Two Hoosiers Named Preseason All-Americans By Phil Steele, Five Tabbed All-Big Ten

Indiana's Jaylin Lucas and Sean Wracher landed on Phil Steele's preseason All-American team. Steele's All-Big Ten team featured Lucas, Wracher, Aaron Casey, Cam Camper and James Evans.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – College football analyst Phil Steele released his 2023 preseason All-America and All-Big Ten teams this week, which included five Hoosiers.

Steele named Indiana kick returner and running back Jaylin Lucas a second-team All-American and long-snapper Sean Wracher a fourth-team All-American.

The first-team All-Big Ten included Lucas and Wracher, while the second-team All-Big Ten featured Indiana linebacker Aaron Casey, wide receiver Cam Camper and punter James Evans. 

Lucas returns to Indiana for his sophomore season after being named a first-team All-American return specialist as a true freshman in 2022. He returned 21 kicks for 591 yards and two touchdowns, coming at Rutgers and at Michigan State. Lucas also carried the ball 49 times for 271 yards and two touchdowns – good 5.5 yards per carry – along with 16 receptions for 82 yards.

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Wracher has been a mainstay at long-snapper for the Hoosiers, starting all 45 games since the beginning of the 2019 season. Steele has named Wracher an All-Big Ten long-snapper each of the last four seasons.

Casey has missed just one game since the beginning of the 2019 season, and he made a big jump in production in 2022. After making 25 tackles as a junior, Casey led the Hoosiers with 86 tackles and 10.5 tackles for a loss as a senior. Pro Football Focus named Casey a third-team All-Big Ten player in 2022, and he has an extra year of eligibility for 2023 due to COVID-19 rules.

Camper joined the Hoosiers for the 2022 season after beginning his career at Trinity Valley Community College in Texas. Despite playing just seven games due to a torn ACL, Camper led the Hoosiers with 46 receptions and 569 yards, and he more than doubled every Indiana pass-catcher with 81.3 receiving yards per game. 

Coming to Indiana from New Zealand, Evans has started all 24 games at punter for the Hoosiers across the last two seasons. He's already Indiana's all-time punting average leader at 43.1 yards, and he owns 17 career punts inside the 10-yard line.

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