The hope is that he won’t have to play a truly meaningful snap for at least another year. And when the time eventually comes for Donaven McCulley to take over Indiana’s offense, the Hoosiers believe they’ll have a special quarterback on their hands.
Prior to last Friday’s first practice of fall camp, it had been a while since IU head coach Tom Allen and offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan had seen McCulley, the No. 100 overall prospect nationally in the 2021 recruiting class, compete in any sort of athletic setting. For Sheridan, the last time he could recall was a basketball game of McCulley’s during the Indianapolis native’s junior year of high school in 2019-20.