{"id":650377,"date":"2026-05-18T13:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/650377\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:30:17","slug":"prized-in-state-four-star-ol-mason-mcdermott-commits-to-indiana-and-curt-cignetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/650377\/","title":{"rendered":"Prized in-state four-star OL Mason McDermott commits to Indiana and Curt Cignetti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/high-school\/noblesville-millers-noblesville-in-8752\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noblesville<\/a> (Ind.) High Rivals300 offensive lineman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/mason-mcdermott-250453\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mason McDermott<\/a> committed to Indiana during his weekend official visit.<\/p>\n<p>Curt Cignetti and the Hoosiers land the coveted in-state target over Northwestern, Stanford, UCLA and Missouri among many others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI think deep down I\u2019ve always known, but I wanted to take the time to explore every opportunity and see what was out there. After speaking with my family and having a lot of conversations throughout this process, I wanted to make sure I was making the best decision for my future. When it came down to it, the coaches made it clear from the beginning that they saw me as a key piece in helping continue the success they\u2019re building. After talking with Coach Cignetti again and spending more time around the players, everything just felt natural. It\u2019s been a great recruiting process, but I\u2019m ready to be a Hoosier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-7, 300-pound McDermott is a four-star recruit ranked as the nation\u2019s No. 21 offensive tackle by the Rivals300 and No. 271 prospect overall by the Rivals Industry.<\/p>\n<p>McDermott has visited Indiana several times in the past and was recruited by future offensive line coach Bob Bostad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe program isn\u2019t rebuilding anymore, it\u2019s reloading,\u201d McDermott has said in the past. \u201cThey\u2019ve got a strong fanbase, talented players, and complete buy-in across the board, everything you need to build a championship-level program for many years to come. Who wouldn\u2019t want to play for that kind of program?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoach Cignetti and his staff are great and do a really good job of showing me each visit what they think of me and how I fit into their vision. Everything feels very natural, from the coaches to the support staff, who even know a lot about my family, and the energy from the fans was incredible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a pretty special place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Noblesville (Ind.) High Rivals300 offensive lineman Mason McDermott committed to Indiana during his weekend official visit. Curt Cignetti&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,280622,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-650377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-mason-mcdermott-27-noblesville","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}