Three Hoosiers leave football team for various reasons

Three IU football players have left the team, an IU Athletics Department spokesman said Thursday night. \nStarting linebacker freshman Josh Bailey left the Hoosiers this week and plans to transfer to Western Kentucky.\nFellow freshman defensive end Neil Jones and sophomore linebacker Greg Weeks also left the team this week. \nBailey, a graduate of Warren Central High School in Indianapolis, made 40 tackles in the 2006 season -- the ninth most for the Hoosiers. He recovered one fumble and broke up three passes. He was recruited as a wide receiver and converted to linebacker once he arrived in Bloomington.\nBailey was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team by Sporting News. Scouting service Rivals.com named him a freshman All-American.\nJones and Weeks saw minimal action during the year.