Mitch McCarthy
Mitch McCarthy
Drops it inside the 20 and pins them on their own goal line. Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 1 tackles against UCLA — Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tom Allen → Curt Cignetti. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025
W 13–10
at Ohio State
3 NO · 107 YDS · 35 AVG
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Drops it inside the 20 and pins them on their own goal line.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Indiana
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Punter · Indiana
Returning around him
- 8 Indiana players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +1 net (17 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Indiana · Last season: 16-0 (AP #1) · Talent rank #72 · 2026 recruiting class #29
DNA match
Player DNA
Pinner
Drops it inside the 20 and pins them on their own goal line.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Will Spiers’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Nik Constantinou's senior season at Texas A&M (2023).
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