"Hardest worker on the team," IU coach Curt Cignetti said of Becker. "Prepares as well as anybody. Nobody prepares more. Goes hard every play. Goes hard in practice. He's a really good special teams guy, too.
"It's really important to him and he does everything he can to be the best explosive player. We've had quarterbacks around here throw more touchdown passes that incompletions in games the last two years probably three, four times, right? He's got almost as many touchdown catches as receptions."
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In typical Becker fashion, he's more focused on what can get better instead of what he's done so far.
"There's still a lot left out there that we can improve upon," Becker said. "My route running, I think I can improve on all that so I can get more receptions, get open, and be a better receiver for Josh (Hoover)."
Becker exploded onto the scene last year in helping the Hoosiers to their 16-0 national championship. The first seven games in 2025, he had 40 yards receiving total. The final nine games, he had 609 receiving yards, including 118 at Penn State and 126 in the Big Ten title game against then No. 1 Ohio State, a win that gave the Hoosiers the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff.
"Being able to get on the field, it definitely helps boost your confidence, going against great teams last year in Ohio State, Miami, all the people in the playoffs, going against great corners like that," Becker said. "It's really helped boost my confidence, and I think all of our receivers."