Instant impact recruit: Indiana Hoosiers

National signing day has come and gone, which means we can begin to fully evaluate the recruiting haul each team collected. This week on the Big Ten blog, we’re looking at which player or position group has the potential to make an instant impact for each conference team in 2017.

Up next: Indiana

Player: DB Bryant Fitzgerald

The Hoosiers didn’t need to go far to find someone to shore up their improving secondary in this recruiting class. New head coach Tom Allen signed a couple of potential early impact players in the defensive backfield. He said himself on Wednesday that Fitzgerald might have the best chance to help his defense next fall. So, who are we to argue?

“The guy that stick out to me…