BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana cornerback Tiawan Mullen was named to The Athletic first-team Freshman All-America team for 2019 on Thursday. He was named a 247Sports first-team True Freshman All-America honoree and a second-team PFF All-Freshman Team member on Monday.
An honorable-mention All-B1G selection, Mullen has started the last seven games and played in all 12. He shares the league lead (15th nationally) with 12 passes broken up.
The Fort Lauderdale, Fla., native has 25 stops, 22 solo, with 3.5 TFLs, and a team-high-tying two forced fumbles (T-13th in the Big Ten) and two fumble recoveries (T-3rd in the Big Ten, T-25th nationally).