Indiana football signs defensive coordinator Bryant Haines to lucrative extension

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BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football has signed defensive coordinator Bryant Haines to a lucrative new extension that will pay him in the range of $3 million a year, per a source familiar with the situation.

Haines' latest deal comes on the heels of him shutting down OSU's star-studded offense in the Big Ten title game.

The No. 1 Hoosiers (13-0) go into the College Football Playoff ranked sixth in total defense (257.2 yards allowed per year allowed), third in rushing defense (77.6 yards per game) and second in scoring defense (10.8 points per game). They were also incredibly disruptive with 112 tackles for loss (second in the FBS) and 39 sacks (fourth most in the country).

Indiana has upped Haines' salary three times since the former JMU defensive coordinator followed coach Curt Cignetti to Bloomington.

"We attack," Cignetti said of the defense after IU earned the top spot in the CFP. "We move a lot up front. TFLs, sacks, stop the run is the emphasis. There's a lot of line movement. We were very disruptive."

(This story will be updated)

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.

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