2024 / AS A FRESHMAN
• Did not appear in any games
PREP
• NE8 Conference Champion as a senior, while earning Second Team All-Conference honors
• Posted 370 yards receiving on 25 catches with three touchdowns, also made 88 tackles with four for loss as a senior
• Recorded 23 receptions for 180 yards and a touchdown and made 60 tackles
• Tabbed All-Conference in basketball as a junior and senior, lettered four years
• Honors Honor Roll recipient six times, member of the National Honors Society
• Academic All-State in football and basketball
• Earned United State Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award, Indiana High School Academic All-Stars Sertoma Award, 21 Alive News Scholar Athlete
PERSONAL
• Full Name: James Willis Hardy IV
• Parents: James Hardy III and Kyra Nolan
• Sibling: Jordan Thompson and London Hardy
• James III played football at Indiana and later the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens
• Cousin Rod Smith played at Ohio State before being drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in 2015
• Cousin Jaylon Smith played football at Notre Dame before being drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 2016
• Birthdate: November 12, 2005
• Major: General Management
• Did not appear in any games
PREP
• NE8 Conference Champion as a senior, while earning Second Team All-Conference honors
• Posted 370 yards receiving on 25 catches with three touchdowns, also made 88 tackles with four for loss as a senior
• Recorded 23 receptions for 180 yards and a touchdown and made 60 tackles
• Tabbed All-Conference in basketball as a junior and senior, lettered four years
• Honors Honor Roll recipient six times, member of the National Honors Society
• Academic All-State in football and basketball
• Earned United State Marine Corps Scholastic Excellence Award, Indiana High School Academic All-Stars Sertoma Award, 21 Alive News Scholar Athlete
PERSONAL
• Full Name: James Willis Hardy IV
• Parents: James Hardy III and Kyra Nolan
• Sibling: Jordan Thompson and London Hardy
• James III played football at Indiana and later the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens
• Cousin Rod Smith played at Ohio State before being drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in 2015
• Cousin Jaylon Smith played football at Notre Dame before being drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 2016
• Birthdate: November 12, 2005
• Major: General Management