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"I was in awe for a great deal of time. … I'm just so appreciative for everything. My journey definitely wasn't the easiest, but I'm blessed by God to be in this position, and I'm just so happy to be here."
— Roman Hemby, Jan 20, 2026 Indiana Hoosiers running back Roman Hemby speaks out after championship win - ABC News (+1 sources) | Confidence: 1.00
"I just saw the winning formula. Coach Cignetti, he had the blueprint. He put the people in places that needed to be put there to be successful … they gave me the chance to go there and we were able to get it done."
— Roman Hemby, Jan 20, 2026 Indiana Hoosiers running back Roman Hemby speaks out after championship win - ABC News (+1 sources) | Confidence: 1.00
"I love them to death. I'm so happy that we were able to finish it on the note like that. Those are the guys that I'll call my friends for the rest of my life."
— Roman Hemby, Jan 20, 2026 Indiana Hoosiers running back Roman Hemby speaks out after championship win - ABC News (+1 sources) | Confidence: 1.00
"When you got a guy like Fernando Mendoza on the field, you know that anything can happen in a positive way for your team and we had a testament. He's a testament to that and you know we were able to see what he can do on the field."
— Roman Hemby, Jan 20, 2026 Indiana Hoosiers running back Roman Hemby speaks out after championship win - ABC News (+1 sources) | Confidence: 1.00
"They definitely did everything that they could to make sure that I will be in this position today, so I wouldn't be here where I am without them, and I love them so much. They make my life so much easier, so I'm just so appreciative and so happy that I got a great support system like this."
— Roman Hemby, Jan 20, 2026 Indiana Hoosiers running back Roman Hemby speaks out after championship win - ABC News (+1 sources) | Confidence: 1.00
"I have aspirations to play at the next level. I want to play in the NFL, so I'm gonna go full force into that. But moving on from the season, I'll take on the grit, the determination, the battle of adversity, and then trusting God through the process, and I'll look up and see where I land. [I want] to show that, you know, I can do anything if I put my mind to it."
— Roman Hemby, Jan 20, 2026 Indiana Hoosiers running back Roman Hemby speaks out after championship win - ABC News (+1 sources) | Confidence: 1.00
"It means a lot to me to be in a program where I feel wanted, where coaches have trust in me. They give me the opportunity to play the game that I grew up loving. For (Cignetti) to say I was a warrior, I feel like it's just a testament to what my parents instilled into me. Since I was younger, I was always doubted. I was always overlooked. I never gave up on myself. I feel like just having that mentality that things are going to happen, but I'm going to put my best foot forward every day. I was raised hard to be resilient because the world could be unforgiving."
— Roman Hemby, Oct 15, 2025 How Indiana Football 'Warrior' Roman Hemby Earned Curt Cignetti's Respect | Confidence: 1.00
"They preach a message here that how you do anything is how you do everything. So, who are you going to be when nobody's looking? That kind of thing. When you're in your everyday life, you want to put your best foot forward because you don't know who you can encounter. And just being your greatest self every day because it's a direct reflection of how you are on the field because of your process, how you treat yourself, how you do things and how you approach everything you do."
— Roman Hemby, Oct 15, 2025 How Indiana Football 'Warrior' Roman Hemby Earned Curt Cignetti's Respect | Confidence: 1.00
"I feel like we kind of had these goals set in mind before the season even started. It's just hard work and everything coming together to make those things a possibility. For us, we come into the season with high hopes. We want to win the Big Ten Championship. We want to win the National Championship. It's just going to work every day and trying to make it happen. So, we're not going to look ahead. We're going to play one game at a time, one play at a time. We'll look up at the end and see where we are, but it's definitely good to know that we're moving in the right direction."
— Roman Hemby, Oct 15, 2025 How Indiana Football 'Warrior' Roman Hemby Earned Curt Cignetti's Respect | Confidence: 1.00
"You see the guys we have up front, they work really hard. They make myself and Kaelon (Black)'s job really easy. We just try to out-physical some of our opponents. We want to make it a four-quarter fight where we impose our will. At some point in the game, we feel we can potentially break the defense or make that play that helps us win."
— Roman Hemby, Jan 8, 2026 Indiana Football Doesn't Just Beat Teams. IU Breaks Their Will. | Confidence: 1.00
"Any time you have a good running back tandem to where both guys can stay fresh and both guys can go out there healthy and we can play for one another, that kind of gives us the ability to run hard, to not hold anything back. We're in the stretch to where we want to go win a national championship. We're not really leaving anything on the table. Him and myself, we go out there every day with the mindset we're going to prove ourselves right and play winning football."
— Roman Hemby, Jan 8, 2026 Indiana Football Doesn't Just Beat Teams. IU Breaks Their Will. | Confidence: 1.00
"Yeah, I definitely look back at going to Indiana as the best decision I’ve ever made in my life. It was a tricky decision at the time. I’m from Maryland. I had played football in Maryland my entire life. I was at a crossroads."
— Roman Hemby, Mar 13, 2026 Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft | Confidence: 1.00
"The end of the season last year, it was a hard time. I didn’t really know what I wanted to do as far as if I wanted to pursue my goal of playing in the NFL or do another year of college. And when I met with the coaching staff, they pretty much just told me, 'Your time here is done,' in a nice way. They didn’t just kick me out. Ultimately, they told me the role was done. I did all I could for the program, and it was time for me to do something for myself. They urged me to seek my next steps."
— Roman Hemby, Dec 19, 2025 Roman Hemby flourishing with No. 1 Indiana football after being ‘urged’ to leave Maryland - Yahoo Sports | Confidence: 1.00
"They told me the NFL draft is something you can pursue, or you can see what’s out there and what makes the most sense. So, when I told my parents, 'Hey, I can’t go back to Maryland, I got to find something else,' we jumped on it and saw what was best."
— Roman Hemby, Dec 19, 2025 Roman Hemby flourishing with No. 1 Indiana football after being ‘urged’ to leave Maryland - Yahoo Sports | Confidence: 1.00
"It was Coach Locksley who said the door was kind of open for me to leave. I understood it. It hurt my heart. I was definitely upset about it. I cried like a baby."
— Roman Hemby, Dec 19, 2025 Roman Hemby flourishing with No. 1 Indiana football after being ‘urged’ to leave Maryland - Yahoo Sports | Confidence: 1.00
"When it first happened, I was upset. Like, 'Man, I did so much for this program.' And I felt like I had so much more to give. I wanted to be a leader for the younger guys."
— Roman Hemby, Dec 19, 2025 Roman Hemby flourishing with No. 1 Indiana football after being ‘urged’ to leave Maryland - Yahoo Sports | Confidence: 1.00
"I definitely never wanted to kick dirt on the program, because I wouldn’t be here without them. I cross paths with people who say, 'It’s crazy how they did you like that.' I don’t even view it as that. I view it as maybe having my best interests. They put me in a better situation."
— Roman Hemby, Dec 19, 2025 Roman Hemby flourishing with No. 1 Indiana football after being ‘urged’ to leave Maryland - Yahoo Sports | Confidence: 1.00
"We had everything that we needed. We just weren’t able to get it done."
— Roman Hemby, Dec 19, 2025 Roman Hemby flourishing with No. 1 Indiana football after being ‘urged’ to leave Maryland - Yahoo Sports | Confidence: 1.00
"Roman Hemby is a warrior. That guy gives 100 percent every day, every play. Physical runner, fast, smart, great hands, great out of the back field. And he's a guy that wants the ball, that you can give the ball to and that he's been durable."
— Curt Cignetti (Coach), Oct 15, 2025 How Indiana Football 'Warrior' Roman Hemby Earned Curt Cignetti's Respect | Confidence: 1.00
"He always gives you great effort. He's a high character guy. He's one of the leaders on the team. And you know what you're going to get day in, day out. He's got really good hands, too."
— Curt Cignetti (Coach), Oct 15, 2025 How Indiana Football 'Warrior' Roman Hemby Earned Curt Cignetti's Respect | Confidence: 1.00
"The thing I love about him the most is he's just a great person. He really wants to see other people do well in the room, on the team, and that has just always made him the best player he can be."
— John Miller (Coach), Oct 15, 2025 How Indiana Football 'Warrior' Roman Hemby Earned Curt Cignetti's Respect | Confidence: 1.00
"Hard-charging runner with average vision/burst but good decisiveness and the ability to finish through contact. Hemby is wired for hard running inside, but he has the one-cut quickness to succeed on zone carries. He has stop-start quickness to reset the run against penetration but rarely looks to elude tacklers once he hits it downfield. Punishing collisions are inevitable for defensive backs looking to tackle him in the open field. He’s willing in protection but must clean up mental errors. Hemby is a viable pass-catcher, which should add to his value as a likely Day 3 pick and potential three-down backup who can handle short-yardage carries right away."
— Lance Zierlein (Analyst), Feb 28, 2026 What to know about Indiana RB Roman Hemby and the NFL draft | Confidence: 1.00
"Hemby grades out as a complementary back in a committee approach at the next level. His speed and receiving ability make him an intriguing third-down option, but he'll need to improve in pass protection to secure that role immediately."
— NFL Draft Buzz (Analyst), Feb 28, 2026 What to know about Indiana RB Roman Hemby and the NFL draft | Confidence: 1.00
"He projects as a rotational depth piece on an NFL depth chart."
— Damian Parson (Analyst), Feb 28, 2026 What to know about Indiana RB Roman Hemby and the NFL draft | Confidence: 1.00
"He's a prototype running back. We've played some good running backs before. Our job is just to tackle him. So, I really don't know his differences between the other ones we've played."
— Sidney Stewart (Opponent), Oct 30, 2025 Indiana Football RB Roman Hemby Can Spoil Homecoming in Return to Maryland | Confidence: 1.00
"They've got a guy that we're very familiar with, Roman Hemby. Roman, you can tell, is their every-down back. They throw it to him, he's a hit few home runs. ... Roman is a home-run hitter, that if you give him a crease, it will and can go (far)."
— Mike Locksley (Coach), Oct 30, 2025 Indiana Football RB Roman Hemby Can Spoil Homecoming in Return to Maryland | Confidence: 1.00
"They're different. (Hemby) and Black are both complementary of each other. Both those guys are redshirt seniors who've had a lot of football in front of them. Big toolbox in protection and experience, and it shows up because in critical situations you see those guys being familiar with making plays when they need them."
— Mike Locksley (Coach), Oct 30, 2025 Indiana Football RB Roman Hemby Can Spoil Homecoming in Return to Maryland | Confidence: 1.00
"Not only was he a good player, but I think you could walk in that building and ask anybody there what they think of him, and they would speak tremendous about him. How he carried himself, how he was a leader. People looked up to him because he did all the right things."
— Ken Brinkman (Coach), Dec 19, 2025 Roman Hemby flourishing with No. 1 Indiana football after being ‘urged’ to leave Maryland - Yahoo Sports | Confidence: 1.00
Roman Hemby: a brotherhood where we don’t care who has the success Context: Describing the relationship with fellow running back Kaelon Black, emphasizing teamwork over individual success. — Indiana Football Doesn't Just Beat Teams. IU Breaks Their Will. (Jan 8, 2026)
Roman Hemby: I made a decision to better myself. The University of Maryland football program was going in a different direction. I had to look at other options and figure out what made the most sense for me. Context: Explaining his reasoning for transferring from Maryland to Indiana, focusing on personal growth and program direction. — Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft (Mar 13, 2026)
Roman Hemby: I spoke with my family. I decided to enter the portal and search for the best opportunity. Context: Describing the process of deciding to enter the transfer portal after consulting with family to find the best opportunity. — Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft (Mar 13, 2026)
Roman Hemby: Because our season ended so late, I had to get a quick start on my pre-draft training process. I headed down to Pete Bommarito’s training facility down in Florida the day after we won the National Championship. Context: Discussing the rushed start to his pre-draft training due to a late season end, and his immediate move to a training facility in Florida. — Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft (Mar 13, 2026)
Roman Hemby: I immediately started working on my body and getting myself back healthy. I want to be at my best throughout this pre-draft process. It was all about getting ready for pro day [4/1]. I also enjoyed the opportunity to showcase my talent at the NFL Combine. I was able to meet with different coaches and conduct some workouts. Context: Describing his focus on physical recovery and preparation for Pro Day and the NFL Combine, including meeting coaches and showcasing talent. — Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft (Mar 13, 2026)
Roman Hemby: I met with a bunch of teams at the NFL Combine. I feel like I built some good connections. It’s funny, I had a really good connection with some of those teams on the West Coast. The San Francisco 49ers, the Seattle Seahawks, the Las Vegas Raiders. I had some really good meetings with those teams on the opposite side of the country. Context: Discussing meetings with NFL teams at the Combine, particularly noting strong connections with West Coast teams like the 49ers, Seahawks, and Raiders. — Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft (Mar 13, 2026)
Roman Hemby: There were a lot of teams I felt like I had a good connection with. I look forward to continuing to explore those relationships leading up all the way to the 2026 NFL Draft. I’m focused on preparing for Pro Day. I have a great support system in place. Context: Expressing optimism about connections with multiple teams and his focus on building relationships and preparing for Pro Day with support. — Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft (Mar 13, 2026)
Roman Hemby: I’m a versatile player. I’m one of those running backs who can do a little bit of everything. I’m definitely a speed to power running back. If you try to prevent me from running with power, I can out-run you. If you anchor down on my speed, I can run through you. Context: Describing his running style as versatile, with a mix of speed and power, able to adapt to defensive strategies. — Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft (Mar 13, 2026)
Roman Hemby: If you take away those rushing lanes, I can use power to keep my legs moving and fall forward for extra yards. I can do that at a high level, run between the tackles, or outside to the edge. Context: Explaining his ability to gain extra yards with power and versatility in running both inside and outside the tackles. — Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft (Mar 13, 2026)
Roman Hemby: I run the football with a terrific amount of confidence. I’m also versatile enough to catch the ball. I’m one of those three-down backs who can make a splash play. Context: Highlighting his confidence in running, versatility in catching passes, and ability to be a three-down back with impactful plays. — Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft (Mar 13, 2026)
Roman Hemby: I loved running duo in our offense. We were a heavy inside zone and duo team. I love running those duo concepts. I was able to put the linebacker in a bind every time I touched the ball. Context: Discussing his favorite play, the duo concept, in Indiana’s offense, and how it allowed him to challenge linebackers effectively. — Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft (Mar 13, 2026)
Roman Hemby: If you’re one of those defenders who fits the run fast, I made them guess wrong and turned a four-five-yard play into an explosive gain. We had a lot of success running those duo concepts. It was great for our offense. Context: Explaining how the duo play concept allowed him to turn short gains into explosive plays by outsmarting defenders. — Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft (Mar 13, 2026)
Roman Hemby: Every time we called it, I knew I had a chance to make something special happen. I was always excited to hear that play call in the huddle. Context: Expressing excitement for the duo play call in the huddle, knowing it offered a chance for a significant impact. — Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft (Mar 13, 2026)
Roman Hemby: A team should draft Roman Hemby because they’re going to get exactly what they’re looking for in a running back. I’m going to come in with a winning mindset. I have that drive to continuously grow and become the best player and person I can be. Context: Making a case for why an NFL team should draft him, emphasizing his winning mindset and drive for personal and professional growth. — Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft (Mar 13, 2026)
Roman Hemby: I have great character both on and off the field. I have a great foundation beneath me. I’m very eager to contribute to a winning football team. I can get it done on the field in all facets of the game. Context: Highlighting his character, foundation, eagerness to contribute, and all-around on-field capabilities as reasons to draft him. — Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft (Mar 13, 2026)
Roman Hemby: Whatever team takes a chance on me, the coaching staff is getting a player with the correct make up. You’ll never regret putting me on the field. I’m extremely driven to be successful. You’re getting a guy who has all of the qualities needed to be a successful pro in the league. Context: Assuring potential NFL teams of his suitability as a player with the right makeup, drive, and qualities for professional success. — Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft (Mar 13, 2026)
Roman Hemby: I want to help bring a Super Bowl to the organization. Context: Expressing his ultimate goal of contributing to an NFL team’s success by helping win a Super Bowl. — Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft (Mar 13, 2026)
Roman Hemby: urged me to transfer after the 2024 season to allow the program to 'seek new avenues, restart, build a new culture, get some younger players.' Context: Reflecting on his departure from Maryland during a news conference, Hemby discussed how Coach Locksley encouraged him to transfer to make way for changes in the program. — Roman Hemby flourishing with No. 1 Indiana football after being ‘urged’ to leave Maryland - Yahoo Sports (Dec 19, 2025)
| # | Source | Type | Date | Quotes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indiana Hoosiers running back Roman Hemby speaks out after championship win - ABC News | news-article | Jan 20, 2026 | 6 |
| 2 | How Indiana Football 'Warrior' Roman Hemby Earned Curt Cignetti's Respect | feature | Oct 15, 2025 | 6 |
| 3 | Indiana Football Doesn't Just Beat Teams. IU Breaks Their Will. | feature | Jan 8, 2026 | 3 |
| 4 | What to know about Indiana RB Roman Hemby and the NFL draft | feature | Feb 28, 2026 | 3 |
| 5 | Indiana Football RB Roman Hemby Can Spoil Homecoming in Return to Maryland | feature | Oct 30, 2025 | 3 |
| 6 | Roman Hemby Betting On His Explosive Skillset in NFL Draft | scouting | Mar 13, 2026 | 17 |
| 7 | Roman Hemby flourishing with No. 1 Indiana football after being ‘urged’ to leave Maryland - Yahoo Sports | news-article | Dec 19, 2025 | 8 |
