Indiana still has one roster spot sitting open for the 2026-27 season, and Darian DeVries has made it clear that vacancy was left there on purpose. With August closing in, the Hoosiers have room to make one more swing, and Auburn transfer Keyshawn Hall has emerged as a name worth watching.
Hall is newly eligible after receiving an additional year from the NCAA, and he is now weighing his college options. He has already played four seasons at four different schools - UNLV, George Mason, UCF and Auburn - and his path back into the college game opened last week when On3 reported he was granted a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit challenging the NCAA’s new age-based eligibility rules. The case was filed in Ohio, where Hall is from Cleveland.
Even after appearing in five games for the Miami Heat in the NBA Summer League, Hall remains eligible for college because he has not signed a professional contract. That keeps him in play for the 2026-27 season, and Indiana would be wise to at least push its way into the conversation.
The appeal is obvious. Hall has been productive everywhere he’s gone, and his numbers at Auburn this past season jump off the page: 19.3 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.
He shot 45.1% from the field and 37.9% from three. Before that, he averaged 16.6 points at George Mason in 2023-24 and 18.8 points per game at UCF in 2024-25.
The accolades followed, too. Hall earned Second-Team All-Big 12 honors with UCF in 2024-25 and Third-Team All-SEC honors at Auburn this past season.
At 6'7" and 230 pounds, he would bring size, scoring and versatility to a Hoosiers portal class that already includes 7'2" center Samet Yigitoglu from SMU, 6'11" power forward Aiden Sherrell from Alabama and returning 6'8" forward Trent Sisley. Add Hall to that mix, and Indiana’s frontcourt suddenly gets a lot more dangerous.
That kind of fit also lines up with what DeVries wants offensively. Hall’s ability to stretch the floor and handle multiple roles is the sort of thing DeVries values, and it could help Indiana play with more pace and efficiency than it did last season. The roster is already in good shape, but Hall would give the Hoosiers a clear boost if he ends up in Bloomington.
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