17–0
80Overall
CBBig Ten

D'Angelo Ponds

Indiana · Cornerback · 2024-25

INT
5
PD
19
TKL
115

Career totals · 2 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

Ponds was a first-team All-American on at least one selector's team in 2025 and a 2-time first-team all-conference pick (2024 and 2025).

From 2024 to 2025, Ponds recorded 115 tackles and 5 interceptions.

Ponds was the No. 50 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 80 overall, the highest cornerback rating at Indiana since 1990 and No. 4 among all cornerbacks of the 2025-Present era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2024
    • First-team all-conference
  2. 2025
    • First-team All-American
    • First-team all-conference
  3. 2026
    • No. 50 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

D'Angelo Ponds season-by-season statistics at Indiana
SeasonTklPDInt
20245593
202560102
Total115195

Seasons with tracked stats at Indiana. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Rating by Era

  • 2020-2024 eraCB80
  • 2025-Present eraCB80

Indiana Teammates

  1. 97Fernando Mendoza2025QB
  2. 83Aiden Fisher2024-25LB
  3. 83Rolijah Hardy2024-25LB
  4. 80Aaron Casey2018-23LB
  5. 80Tiawan Mullen2019-22CB
  6. 80Louis Moore2022-25S
  7. 80Kurtis Rourke2024QB
  8. 77Micah McFadden2018-21LB
  9. 77Isaiah Jones2022-25LB
  10. 75Elijah Sarratt2024-25WR

Full Indiana all-time roster

Top Cornerbacks of the 2025-Present Era

  1. 90Leonard MooreNotre Dame · 2024-25CB
  2. 90Mansoor DelaneLSU · 2025CB
  3. 88Hezekiah MassesCalifornia · 2025CB
  4. 80John NestorMinnesota · 2025CB
  5. 75Evan JohnsonBYU · 2022-25CB
  6. 75Devon MarshallNC State · 2024-25CB
  7. 74Treydan StukesArizona · 2020-25CB
  8. 74Keith Abney IIArizona State · 2023-25CB

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Sources: Wikipedia (D'Angelo Ponds) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.