Indiana's D'Angelo Ponds reacts to Miami's Mark Fletcher Jr throwing punch after championship loss: 'Shocked'

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As someone who grew up with Miami Hurricanes star running back Mark Fletcher Jr., Indiana cornerback D'Angelo Ponds was very surprised to see him get in an altercation with his Hoosiers teammate. 

The Hoosiers made history on Monday night, defeating the Hurricanes to complete the first-ever 16-0 season in college football since 1894. It was Jamari Sharpe, Ponds' fellow cornerback teammate and another football player he grew up with in the Miami area, who secured the game-winning interception of quarterback Carson Beck at Hard Rock Stadium. 

Following the game, the ESPN broadcast picked up an altercation that saw Fletcher, who had two touchdowns for Miami in the 27-21 loss, throw a punch at Hoosiers' Tyrique Tucker. It may have escalated even more if Hurricanes teammates and staff members didn't hold back Fletcher, as the celebration ensued for the Hoosiers. 

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Indiana Hoosiers DB D'Angelo Ponds (5) during a college football game between the UCLA Bruins and Indiana Hoosiers on October 25, 2025 at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, IN.  (James Black/Icon Sportswire)

Ponds was on hand with Sharpe and Hoosiers receiver Elijah Sarrat for a celebratory "shift" at Raising Cane's in Bloomington, Indiana, and before he met with the raucous fans outside, he spoke with Fox News Digital about that moment with Fletcher and Tucker. 

"Those guys that were going at it, that’s a guy that I knew growing up and things like that," Ponds said of Fletcher, who attended American Heritage high school in Plantation, Florida – just a half