Three key Indiana football starters cleared to play against Purdue
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WEST LAFAYETTE — Indiana football wide receiver Elijah Sarratt (hamstring), defensive end Mikail Kamara (shoulder) and offensive lineman Drew Evans are available to play against Purdue on Friday night.
The starters weren’t listed on the availability report the No. 2 Hoosiers (11-0, 8-0 Big Ten) released two hours before this year’s Old Oaken Bucket Game. The only players listed as “out” are receiver E.J. Williams and kickoff specialist Brendan Franke.
Evans has missed the entire month of November with an undisclosed injury, but the team’s starting left guard will be available to return against the Boilermakers.
Sarratt has been sidelined since the first quarter of IU’s 55-10 win over Maryland on Nov. 1 while Kamara aggravated a shoulder injury he’s been dealing with in a win over Wisconsin. The rest they got during the team’s off week helped them heal up for the regular season finale.
The JMU transfers had memorable debuts in the rivalry last year.
Sarratt set a Bucket Game record for Indiana with 165 receiving yards in the 66-0 win — he had an 84-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter — surpassing the mark James Hardy set in 2006 (151 yards). Kamara had six quarterback pressures with a sack to become the first Hoosier since 2008 with double-digit sacks in season.
The Hoosiers can clinch a spot in the Big Ten title game with a win over Purdue and finish the regular season with an unbeaten for the first time in program history.
Michael Niziolek is the Indiana beat reporter for The Bloomington Herald-Times. You can follow him on X @michaelniziolek and read all his coverage by clicking here.
This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: Indiana football releases availability report for Purdue Game in Week 14
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