2011 (Freshman): Played in nine games with four starts ... posted 34 tackles, 26 solo, with a half-tackle for loss, one forced fumble and one pass breakup ... made a team-high nine stops, eight solo, with a PBU in first career start against Penn State ... led team with a career-high 12 tackles, nine solo, against No. 19 Illinois ... added six stops with a half-TFL at No. 4 Wisconsin ... forced first career fumble against Northwestern ... named IU special teams player of the week following the Iowa game.
2010: Redshirted the 2010 season.
Prep/Personal: Defensive back and running back for head coach Mike Jackson at Ballard High School ... compiled 87 tackles, four forced fumbles and one sack in addition to four rushing scores as a senior ... four-year starter earned all-state honors as a senior ... rated the 13th-best prospect in Kentucky by Scout.com ... four-year football, four-year track and two-year basketball letterwinner ... as a junior, finished fifth in the state in the 110m hurdles and sixth in the 300m hurdles ... honor roll student ... parents are Freeman and Teresa Hardin ... brother, Forisse, is a sophomore safety at IU ... born on Sept. 10, 1991, Freeman Andrew Hardin is a general studies major.