Indiana football head coach Curt Cignetti named the date of Indiana’s upcoming 2026 spring game during an appearance on The Triple Option podcast hosted by Urban Meyer, Mark Ingram II and Rob Stone.
The Hoosiers’ spring game will take place on Thursday, April 23, the same week of the annual Little 500 races in Bloomington. The format will be similar to the past years, Cignetti added. This year will offer fans a look at new pieces like quarterback Josh Hoover, running back Turbo Richard and cornerback
AJ Harris, among others.
The program’s annual spring game made a return under Cignetti in 2024 after it became a scrimmage in 2023. Indiana played spring games in 2024 and 2025 under Cignetti. Fans flocked to this past season’s spring game following the successes of
Unlike past seasons, there will be no spring transfer portal window. Indiana has made key additions during that period in the past, such as signing defensive tackle CJ West in 2024.
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