Preston Zachman

I credited Relijah Hardy for that safety earlier, but it was really Ndukwe that got to Childs on that play.

Preston Zachman leading in tackles in this one.

Relijah Hardy, who of course went out injured.

We don't know what his status is as of yet, but he had six tackles and two assisted tackles on the game.

Like I think it'll be far, a far easier contest, but I am curious about KJ Duff and Ben black against those safeties.

Like, I, I think that is, that is a question I have like Preston Zachman, I think is a decent safety, but I am curious how KJ Duff and Ben black.

how they might be able to attack this Rutgers defense next week.

Yeah.

He's a really quality player.

Excuse me, Kurt, can you talk a little bit about Preston Zachman, what you're getting from him? And I believe he was the one who made a key one-on-one tackle to preserve the shutout there.

Yeah,

that big-time play that he made down there, and he was a player of the game on defense.

So they earned 10 points in that game.

last half of the last well minute or two of the of the uh second quarter and got another three points in the first four minutes of the first or the third quarter so that right there was the quote-unquote the catapulting of the offense into kind of running roughshodded over western kentucky's defense because then you had the big flash pay to charlie from um Hoover, that 78-yarder, and they took off right from there.

But he talked about Preston Zachman, the kid from Wisconsin.

The play that he made on the goal line was as headsy as the play that I've seen.

Indiana may have developed exactly the kind of defensive flexibility it needs for this very matchup.

Key name here, do not forget this bad man out there, Preston Zachman, he was Indiana's defensive player of the game against Western Kentucky, and what makes Zachman particularly interesting isn't simply the tackles he made, it's that Indiana can use him as a free safety, strong safety, a rover, I mean, whatever they want to do.

Quan Sinks also gives the Hoosiers flexibility in the secondary and Indiana has been moving defensive backs around trying to keep players fresh.

Obviously injuries have been a part of that as well.

Amari Farrell will have his spot.

Preston Zachman has quietly had a good season so far, and I don't think we're talking enough about it.

And then there's Byron Baldwin, who plays kind of the rover spot, kind of floats wherever he needs to go.

That's who I expect Indiana to have out there on the field today.