He joins former Wildcats Michael Bishop from the Class of 2023, Darren Sproles from the Class of 2021, Gary Spani from the Class of 2002, and Mark Simoneau from the Class of 2012. Newman also stands alongside coaching legends Lynn Pappy Waldorf, Charles Bachman, and his own head coach, Bill Snyder, who was inducted in 2015.

It's taken Curt Cignetti two years to turn a historically bad Indiana football program into a national title contender. Here's how he did it and how the rest of the sport can learn from it.