Indiana Adds Walk-Ons Jackson Creel, Jordan Rayford for 2023-24 Season

Jackson Creel and Jordan Rayford will join the 2023-24 Indiana basketball roster as walk-ons. Creel played three seasons at Rend Lake College, and Rayford spent his freshman year at Air Force.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Jackson Creel and Jordan Rayford will join the Indiana basketball roster as walk-ons for the upcoming 2023-24 season.

The news was first reported Monday morning by 247Sports.

Creel played the last three seasons at Rend Lake College, a community college program in Ina, Ill. Listed as a 6-foot-5 forward, Creel averaged 12.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game last season and started 65 games in his career. He is originally from Mount Vernon, Ill. 

Jackson Creel of Mt Vernon drains a Trey during the Rend Lake College 87-81 victory over highly touted Parkland College on Tuesday night in Ina. pic.twitter.com/n0co5T6xI1

— AreaSports.net (@areasports) February 23, 2022

Rayford, a 6-foot-5 guard, spent his freshman year at Air Force, but he missed the entire season due to shoulder surgery. In the high school class of 2022, he committed to Air Force out of Phillips Academy Andover in Andover, Mass., where he was a NEPSAC All-Conference and MAC All-Conference player. 

Rayford also held Division I offers from Maine and Old Dominion as a high school recruit. He entered the transfer portal in March.

@PABoysBball 2022 Jordan Rayford Mid-Season Highlights pic.twitter.com/db5wrK5RyA

— Jordan Rayford (@jrayford17) February 15, 2022

With these additions, Indiana's 2023-24 roster now includes five walk-ons: Creel, Rayford, Shaan Burke, James Goodis and Ian Stephens. Indiana still has one open scholarship for next season, as the fall semester begins Monday.

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