Indiana transfer EDGE Philip Blidi schedules visits to Oklahoma, Washington

Indiana transfer EDGE Philip Blidi is making plans for his first swing of portal visits, he tells On3.

The grad transfer has gone through the portal process once before, transferring from Texas Tech to the Hoosiers last January. With one year of eligibility remaining, the pass rusher has landed on plenty of portal recruiting boards ahead of the spring window opening on April 16.

Blidi told On3 on Tuesday afternoon that he plans to visit Washington the weekend of April 5, before visiting Arizona the weekend of April. Texas A&M, LSU and Auburn are also pushing to land a visit from the 6-foot-3, 295-pound defensive lineman.

He also plans to visit Oklahoma from April 19 to 21, the weekend of the Sooners’ spring game. TCU, Baylor, Cal and Missouri have also been in contact with the EDGE. In 12 games with 11 starts this past season, Blidi tallied 30 tackles, four tackles for loss, two quarterback hurries and a pass breakup.

During his time with the Red Raiders, he posted 39 tackles, six tackles for a loss and two sacks.

“The things that are important to me when it comes to a school that I’m going to pick, opportunity is very important,” he recently told On3’s Auburn Live. “I’m not going nowhere to be a depth guy. I’m going somewhere that I add a lot to a team and wherever a team I go to, I’m going to bring a winning edge to them. A guy that wants the guys around to get better, a leader. So you got that in me. Then another factor is the defense. How I’m going to be using the defense, a highly-productive defense.”

Arizona and Washington have both been pushing to add depth on the defensive line. Due to coaching movement at both programs in the coaching carousel, each will be prioritizing the portal in April.