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"The standard doesn’t change. We have the mindset of being the best running back room in the country. That’s our motto. That’s what we live up to. We do whatever we have to, to help the team win. Whether that’s blocking, whether that’s running the ball, whether that’s catching the ball out of the backfield, we do that the best we can."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Feb 2, 2026 Where IU junior's injury recovery is, why he's leading 'best running back room' | Confidence: 1.00
"As of right now, my immediate goal is just to help the running back room as much as I can. Give advice to the young ones coming up, to have a chance during the spring game or anything like that, and just be a leader. Be a leader in the room and help them out as best I can."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Feb 2, 2026 Where IU junior's injury recovery is, why he's leading 'best running back room' | Confidence: 1.00
"Everything’s been going good. Recovery’s been going good. Been getting a lot stronger. I’m at four-ish months right now. That’s about the halfway mark, so I’d say I’m getting ready, and I should be back right on time for fall camp."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Feb 2, 2026 Where IU junior's injury recovery is, why he's leading 'best running back room' | Confidence: 1.00
"It’s all about hard work and grinding. I was out there today on the practice field. I was feeling great. I feel like myself again. I have to continue that. I’ll be full go in fall camp. It’s about building more upon my detail cutting and explosiveness. Those types of things."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Apr 3, 2026 ‘Right Mindset’ -- Beebe Jr. on Track to Make Big Rushing Return - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"It’s very unselfish. We all just try to buy in and try to find the best way we, us as individuals or as a group, what we can do to win a national championship or win that game, go 1-0."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Feb 2, 2026 Where IU junior's injury recovery is, why he's leading 'best running back room' | Confidence: 1.00
"It made me see the game differently. I encouraged my teammates. I lifted them up when they were doing good, lifted them up when they weren’t."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Apr 3, 2026 ‘Right Mindset’ -- Beebe Jr. on Track to Make Big Rushing Return - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"He stepped up a lot in terms of his mindset and how he views the game. His speed of the game has increased. He’s done an incredible job in the offseason and spring ball."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Apr 3, 2026 ‘Right Mindset’ -- Beebe Jr. on Track to Make Big Rushing Return - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"It's been an amazing process"
— Lee Beebe Jr., Jun 25, 2025 ‘Fun Journey’ -- Beebe Jr. Gambled on his Running Back Skills, and Won - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"The journey has been fun. I wouldn’t trade it for anything."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Jun 25, 2025 ‘Fun Journey’ -- Beebe Jr. Gambled on his Running Back Skills, and Won - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"I was really committed to walking on to UAB and just proving myself that I can play at that level and I can earn a scholarship, which I did the following year."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Apr 24, 2025 Lee Beebe Jr. Is An Underdog Story In Indiana Backfield (+1 sources) | Confidence: 1.00
"It shows my hard work and dedication. It proves to everybody that I’m an underdog and I can do it."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Jun 25, 2025 ‘Fun Journey’ -- Beebe Jr. Gambled on his Running Back Skills, and Won - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"Catching. I can catch well for my size. Most running backs my size can’t catch like I can."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Jun 25, 2025 ‘Fun Journey’ -- Beebe Jr. Gambled on his Running Back Skills, and Won - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"It was new for me. I was getting a lot of exposure that I didn't get in high school. I wasn't recruited much in high school. It was a big change. I was thrilled."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Jun 25, 2025 ‘Fun Journey’ -- Beebe Jr. Gambled on his Running Back Skills, and Won - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"The whole process, it was new for me. I was getting a lot of exposure I didn't get in high school, because I really wasn't recruited much in high school. So it was just, it was a big change."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Apr 24, 2025 Lee Beebe Jr. Is An Underdog Story In Indiana Backfield | Confidence: 1.00
"Coach Miller really sealed the deal for me. I love that the (IU) scheme was similar to UAB. I was like, okay, I can really adjust to it. It wouldn't be too much of an adjustment."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Jun 25, 2025 ‘Fun Journey’ -- Beebe Jr. Gambled on his Running Back Skills, and Won - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"I like the people and the atmosphere here."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Jun 25, 2025 ‘Fun Journey’ -- Beebe Jr. Gambled on his Running Back Skills, and Won - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"It was good last year at UAB, but there is always room for improvement. That is one of the areas that I wanted to personally improve. Coach Miller saw that and said the same thing."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Jun 25, 2025 ‘Fun Journey’ -- Beebe Jr. Gambled on his Running Back Skills, and Won - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"I’m working on my speed. The conferences are totally different. The Big Ten is faster. I need to improve my game speed, which I have. I’ve adjusted to it well. That’s the big part."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Jun 25, 2025 ‘Fun Journey’ -- Beebe Jr. Gambled on his Running Back Skills, and Won - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"I love Juice. I ask him a lot of questions. He has a lot of knowledge. Whatever he says, I’m listening. I’m taking everything he says under consideration and applying it to the field. I get in extra work with him so I can be the best I can be."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Jun 25, 2025 ‘Fun Journey’ -- Beebe Jr. Gambled on his Running Back Skills, and Won - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"The big highlight since coming here is how the coaches want you to be better, strive for you to get better. They do everything they can to make you better as a player and a person. That’s the highlight."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Jun 25, 2025 ‘Fun Journey’ -- Beebe Jr. Gambled on his Running Back Skills, and Won - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"On game days, I couldn’t be on the sidelines. Mostly, I was in the stands cheering the loudest in my section. If I wasn’t able to get to the game, I watched it on television."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Apr 3, 2026 ‘Right Mindset’ -- Beebe Jr. on Track to Make Big Rushing Return - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"In the beginning, it was challenging, but I had to get the right mindset. I talked to my dad. I talked to my mom. They gave me words of encouragement. Once I got the right mindset, got in the right headspace, it wasn’t bad."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Apr 3, 2026 ‘Right Mindset’ -- Beebe Jr. on Track to Make Big Rushing Return - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"It’s how I apply myself in the film room and seeing the game from the eyes in the sky. Seeing everything at once and breaking it down step by step."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Apr 3, 2026 ‘Right Mindset’ -- Beebe Jr. on Track to Make Big Rushing Return - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"It’s how you read the whole defense and when you find daylight, you hit it. They did a great job of that. It’s explosiveness, and when you see a hole, hit it."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Apr 3, 2026 ‘Right Mindset’ -- Beebe Jr. on Track to Make Big Rushing Return - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"It’s a blessing to be in college football that long, but I’m not used to that. It’s been good. We have a couple of new guys who are adapting well. They’re learning. If they need me on the field, off the field, playbook, recovery. All that. I’m available."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Apr 3, 2026 ‘Right Mindset’ -- Beebe Jr. on Track to Make Big Rushing Return - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"I think about it every other day. Just coming from a walk-on standpoint, it's definitely a blessing to be here. It's definitely a blessing to see greatness in the running back room with everybody. It's really a blessing to be where I'm at. I thank God for it, and I'm just trusting His plan."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Feb 23, 2026 Lee Beebe Jr thinks about his walkon roots often but Indianas budding RB star dreams much bigger now | Confidence: 1.00
"The journey's definitely been fun, not going to lie. From walking on UAB in '22 and here now in 2025 has definitely been an amazing process, and I wouldn't trade it for anything else."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Apr 24, 2025 Lee Beebe Jr. Is An Underdog Story In Indiana Backfield | Confidence: 1.00
"I thought I was contributing a lot for the team. Then when I tore my ACL, it definitely hurt."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Feb 23, 2026 Lee Beebe Jr thinks about his walkon roots often but Indianas budding RB star dreams much bigger now | Confidence: 1.00
"I'll be honest, in the beginning it was pretty hard seeing all the guys out there. I was just sitting at home, like, 'Yeah, I'm supposed to be out there,' but in reality, I wasn't able to. My mom and dad talked to me, they just told me, 'Trust in God, He always has a plan, and just put your faith in Him and everything will be okay.'"
— Lee Beebe Jr., Feb 23, 2026 Lee Beebe Jr thinks about his walkon roots often but Indianas budding RB star dreams much bigger now | Confidence: 1.00
"I didn't know much of anything, for real, until I entered the transfer portal. Coach Miller talked to me, and that's when I really did my research about Indiana. I saw that they were an underdog, a lot of people doubted them. I was like, 'You know what, I love Coach Miller, I love what Coach Cignetti's doing, I love the fact that they're technically the underdog of the Big Ten, of the whole college football. I'm gonna commit here because I love being the underdog.'"
— Lee Beebe Jr., Feb 23, 2026 Lee Beebe Jr thinks about his walkon roots often but Indianas budding RB star dreams much bigger now | Confidence: 1.00
"It's going to be a little weird with me being one of the older guys, because my whole career, all the years have just been flying by. I remember just yesterday I was a freshman, so it's definitely going to be kind of weird, but I'm ready for it. I'm ready to be a leader, not only in the running back room but for the whole team."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Feb 23, 2026 Lee Beebe Jr thinks about his walkon roots often but Indianas budding RB star dreams much bigger now | Confidence: 1.00
"Just run it back. I want to run it back, be here (at the national championship), taking interviews from everyone, competing for the national championship, I'll say that's my main goal. Then just improving on being a better player, being a better leader, and I just plan on coming back stronger and ready to dominate the whole Big Ten."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Feb 23, 2026 Lee Beebe Jr thinks about his walkon roots often but Indianas budding RB star dreams much bigger now | Confidence: 1.00
"There was none."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Apr 24, 2025 Lee Beebe Jr. Is An Underdog Story In Indiana Backfield | Confidence: 1.00
"It definitely shows like, my hard work and dedication and just proving to everybody that I'm an underdog and I could do it."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Apr 24, 2025 Lee Beebe Jr. Is An Underdog Story In Indiana Backfield | Confidence: 1.00
"I really just like the people and the atmosphere here. Coach Miller, he kind of really sold the deal for me. I love the way he talked, and the scheme that we talked about was similar to UAB. It wouldn't be too much of an adjustment."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Apr 24, 2025 Lee Beebe Jr. Is An Underdog Story In Indiana Backfield | Confidence: 1.00
"I say the big highlight would definitely be how the coaches want you to be better. The coaches, they strive for you to be better. They want you to get better. They'll do everything that they can to make you better, not as a person, but also as a player."
— Lee Beebe Jr., Apr 24, 2025 Lee Beebe Jr. Is An Underdog Story In Indiana Backfield | Confidence: 1.00
"Beebe loves ball. He loves the process. He’s a guy you have to slow him down in terms of training. Make sure he doesn’t do too much in the summer on his own. He ran into a little problem last summer with over training, but he really performed well until he got injured."
— Curt Cignetti (Coach), Apr 3, 2026 ‘Right Mindset’ -- Beebe Jr. on Track to Make Big Rushing Return - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"I like what I’m seeing from our running backs. I like what I’ve seen from Turbo and Khobie. The freshmen have come in and gotten better. Add Beebe to them and I feel real good about that group. There’s good depth and good competition."
— Curt Cignetti (Coach), Apr 3, 2026 ‘Right Mindset’ -- Beebe Jr. on Track to Make Big Rushing Return - Indiana University Athletics | Confidence: 1.00
"He sent me a video a couple weeks ago of him deadlifting 500 pounds. So his rehab is going really good."
— John Miller (Coach), Feb 23, 2026 Lee Beebe Jr thinks about his walkon roots often but Indianas budding RB star dreams much bigger now | Confidence: 1.00
"He's been going at rehab nonstop. I always get good updates from our training staff."
— John Miller (Coach), Feb 23, 2026 Lee Beebe Jr thinks about his walkon roots often but Indianas budding RB star dreams much bigger now | Confidence: 1.00
"The first thing about Lee that we all noticed is he works really hard. He's the type of kid that's going to give his all no matter what. That was the first thing we noticed about him outside of his athletic ability. He just has the right mindset, he's a really good person, smart football player."
— John Miller (Coach), Feb 23, 2026 Lee Beebe Jr thinks about his walkon roots often but Indianas budding RB star dreams much bigger now | Confidence: 1.00
"To have him (Beebe), to have Khobie Martin coming back, we got the transfer Turbo Richard from Boston College, it feels good to have some older guys in the room that have played."
— John Miller (Coach), Feb 23, 2026 Lee Beebe Jr thinks about his walkon roots often but Indianas budding RB star dreams much bigger now | Confidence: 1.00
"We'll find out more Sunday or Monday"
— Curt Cignetti (Coach) Lee Beebe Jr. News, Rumors, Updates - Indiana Hoosiers | Confidence: 1.00
Lee Beebe Jr.: Context: General discussion following IU's third spring practice session. — Indiana Spring Camp QA OL Carter Smith RB Lee Beebe Jr (Mar 31, 2026)
Curt Cignetti: Beebe sustained a non-contact injury in the third quarter of Friday's 73-0 win against Indiana State. Context: Coach Curt Cignetti explaining the circumstances of Lee Beebe Jr.'s knee injury during a game. — Indiana RB Lee Beebe Jr. out for season with knee injury - ESPN (Sep 15, 2025)
| # | Source | Type | Date | Quotes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where IU junior's injury recovery is, why he's leading 'best running back room' | news-article | Feb 2, 2026 | 4 |
| 2 | ‘Fun Journey’ -- Beebe Jr. Gambled on his Running Back Skills, and Won - Indiana University Athletics | official-site | Jun 25, 2025 | 11 |
| 3 | Lee Beebe Jr. Is An Underdog Story In Indiana Backfield | feature | Apr 24, 2025 | 7 |
| 4 | ‘Right Mindset’ -- Beebe Jr. on Track to Make Big Rushing Return - Indiana University Athletics | official-site | Apr 3, 2026 | 10 |
| 5 | Lee Beebe Jr thinks about his walkon roots often but Indianas budding RB star dreams much bigger now | news-article | Feb 23, 2026 | 10 |
| 6 | Indiana Spring Camp QA OL Carter Smith RB Lee Beebe Jr | news-article | Mar 31, 2026 | 1 |
| 7 | Indiana RB Lee Beebe Jr. out for season with knee injury - ESPN | news-article | Sep 15, 2025 | 1 |
| 8 | Lee Beebe Jr. News, Rumors, Updates - Indiana Hoosiers | news-article | — | 1 |
