LeBron Bond

LeBron Bond (born February 24, 2007) is an American college football wide receiver for the Indiana Hoosiers. He played high school football and ran track at Matthew Fontaine Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia, becoming both an All-American in the latter sport and being selected to the first-team all-state football team as a wide receiver and return specialist. He received 21 NCAA Division I college football offers, including from Boston College, Duke, Maryland, Syracuse, and Virginia Tech, before ultimately committing to Indiana in April 2024. Bond is part of the 2025 Indiana Hoosiers football team that won the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship.

Early life Bond was born on February 24, 2007, to Levar and Lachele Bond, and is a native of Norfolk, Virginia. He is named for basketball player LeBron James. Bond ran high school track at Matthew Fontaine Maury High School in Norfolk, where he qualified twice in the 55-meter dash at state and placed fourth as a sophomore and sixth as a junior for state track finals. He also qualified for the Adidas Track Nationals and placed fifth in the 200-yard dash as a sophomore at state track finals as well. Bond also played high school football as a wide receiver, catching 47 passes for 1,347 yards and 16 touchdowns in 2023 as his high school team finished 15–0 and won the state title. He also averaged an explosive 28.7 yards per catch that season. He was also named first-team all-state as a wide receiver, and as a return specialist.

Bond was rated as a four-star recruit by ESPN and a three-star recruit by 247Sports, On3, and Rivals. He was ranked as the No. 51 wide receiver nationally from ESPN and a top-30 recruit from Virginia, according to 247Sports, On3, and Rivals. before announcing his commitment there on April 7, 2024, having been recruited by the team's offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan. Bond was the first wide receiver commit of Indiana's 2025 recruiting class.

College career Bond caught four passes for 29 yards and one touchdown in Indiana's spring game. At 5 foot 9 inches, Bond was tied as the second-shortest player for the 2025 Indiana Hoosiers football team, with cornerback D'Angelo Ponds. Bond saw limited action in his first season with Indiana despite appearing in 13 games, catching 5 passes for 49 yards with his longest catch of 14 yards coming against Maryland in a 55–10 win in Week 10. He became a College Football Playoff National Champion after Indiana defeated Miami 27–21 in the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship.