Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti won the national championship in January with a roster comprised mostly of three-star prospects.

A five-star in Indianapolis, just an hour north of Bloomington, took note. Now he wants in on the action, too.

Wide receiver Monshun Sales, the nation’s No. 8 prospect and No. 2 wide receiver in the 247Sports Composite, took the first step in making history Friday afternoon when he committed to Cignetti and Indiana over blue bloods Texas, Ohio State, LSU and Alabama. Sales, assuming he makes it official with IU in December, will become the program’s first five-star signee out of high school.

He announced his decision live on “The Pat McAfee Show.”

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“Coach Cig is a straight up guy,” Sales said. “He’s going to keep it real with you. He’s not going to sit there and tell you what you want to hear. … It just clicked instantly. I don’t want (a) guy that’s going to sit there and tell me what I want to hear and just give me bulls—. I want to work for everything.”

Sales, who plays at Lawrence North High in Indianapolis, took official visits to all five of his finalists, and as recently as Tuesday, teased a picture of himself on a visit to Texas on his personal Instagram page. The Longhorns, whose class currently ranks No. 6, were hopeful Sales would join fellow five-star Easton Royal, the top receiver nationally, in Austin.

But Indiana won out and was on Sales early, becoming just the second Power 4 school to offer him in April 2024, six months after Cignetti’s arrival. The Hoosiers took advantage of their proximity and got him to Bloomington as often as possible, including for his first official visit in April. LSU and Alabama both offered in the spring of 2025. Texas, meanwhile, didn’t offer until April of this year.

He finished his junior season with 37 catches for 794 yards — for a healthy 21.5 yards per reception — and nine touchdowns.

Sales’ commitment is monumental for the Hoosiers, who not only beat out some of the biggest (and richest) programs in the country but were able to keep their top in-state target from leaving home — something that has become increasingly difficult nationally in the NIL era and something that has historically been unheard of for a program like Indiana.

At 6-foot-5, 195 pounds, Sales is as close to ready-made for college football as prospects come, and his presence on IU’s campus has the potential to change the fabric of the school’s recruiting.

Despite winning the championship in January, Indiana previously had just four blue-chippers in the 2027 class, none of whom ranked inside the top 200 nationally.

Now it will be Indiana’s job to get this recruitment to the finish line. No doubt other programs will try to flip Sales as December gets closer, but for now, he has his sights set on Bloomington.