Rice explains why he wants CMC to break his 49ers TD record originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Jerry Rice set an abundance of records during his illustrious NFL career, but one of his all-time milestones is in jeopardy of being broken by a current member of the 49ers. Christian McCaffrey has scored 20 touchdowns during the 2023-24 NFL …

Dec. 19—The Penn State Board of Trustees formally approved the hiring of former Indiana head coach Tom Allen as the football team’s new defensive coordinator and linebacker coach on Tuesday. The 53-year-old Allen replaces Manny Diaz, who left the Nittany Lions earlier this month after two very successful seasons to become head coach at Duke. Allen is expected to be …

Few receivers have been on more of a heater than Deebo Samuel this week. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) Remember when a lot of folks were worried about Deebo Samuel being a bit too volatile this year, as many believed he wouldn’t be used as a rusher as much as he was previously? Those worries look laughable now, and especially …

The accountants at ABC Sports had spoken. There would be no new money for a Rose Bowl extension. In the mid-1990s, sports television revenue was booming … but just not enough at that moment in a Pasadena, California, hotel ballroom. ABC Sports executives Tony Petitti and Dennis Swanson had flown across the country to deliver what was not necessarily bad …

The Dolphins are no longer down with JPP. Miami waived veteran pass rusher Jason Pierre-Paul on Tuesday. His roster spot will be filled by running back Chris Brooks, who was activated off IR. Pierre-Paul appeared in two games for the Dolphins, participating in five defensive snaps and eight special-teams snaps. He was inactive for Sunday’s 30-0 win over the Jets. …

Dec. 19—It hasn’t been difficult to identify Penn State’s greatest personnel need, whether it’s in the current recruiting cycle or through the transfer portal. The Nittany Lions want to improve their wide receiver position. They’ve received commitments from three high school wide receivers, who are expected to sign national letters of intent on Wednesday, the first day of the early …

The Falcons released defensive lineman Travis Bell, the team announced Tuesday. The rookie played two games for the Falcons this season. He totaled 30 defensive snaps total in the Week 14 loss to the Buccaneers and the Week 15 loss to the Panthers. Bell totaled one tackle in each game. The Bears drafted Bell out of Kennesaw State with a …

There is a three or four team race going on right now for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft. Depending on which of those teams gets that pick will determine the entire direction of the first round. But what about the rest of the NFL? Who are they picking if they should somehow land that top …

Some great teams have one clear MVP candidate. The greatest team has three. Maybe four. Appearing Monday on Tom Brady’s Let’s Go! podcast on SiriusXM, 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey listed his top two MVP candidates. “If I had my vote, it’d be Brock [Purdy] as the MVP and Trent [Williams] would be the second in line,” McCaffrey said. Brady …

Rutgers football will be welcoming 23 new high school players on National Signing Day as well as one player in the transfer portal. That means that, if everything goes according to plan, the entirety of the 2024 recruiting class for Rutgers will sign their National Letter of Intent on Wednesday during the start of the early signing period. One player …

Subscribe to the Yahoo Fantasy Football Show This embedded content is not available in your region. The last regular season episode of ‘Ekeler’s Edge’ is one you don’t want to miss. The Chargers RB connects with Matt Harmon and details one the wildest weeks of his NFL career. Ekeler shares his thoughts on the TNF debacle against the Raiders and …

Dec. 19—”Dolla Bill” is officially here to stay. New Mexico running back Andrew Henry — nicknamed “Dolla” — has withdrawn from the transfer portal, a program spokesperson confirmed to the Journal. The redshirt senior has one year of eligibility remaining. Henry, a Dallas native and former University of Louisiana-Monroe transfer, ran for 350 yards and three touchdowns over nine games …

The Jets placed defensive lineman Quinton Jefferson on injured reserve Tuesday, the team announced. They signed defensive lineman Jalyn Holmes to the active roster in a corresponding move. The team also announced it signed defensive lineman Stephen Jones and running back Jacques Patrick to the practice squad. Jefferson injured a hip against the Dolphins, playing 11 snaps. He signed with …

Dec. 19—Slowly — but surely — UNM football head coach Bronco Mendenhall’s staff is coming together. ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg reported on Tuesday that Syracuse offensive coordinator Jason Beck is set to join UNM in the same capacity. A former quarterback at BYU, Beck, 43, coached quarterbacks under Mendenhall at BYU and Virginia before coordinating an offense that averaged 358.7 yards …

Former Chiefs offensive lineman Ed Budde died Tuesday, his family announced. Budde was 83. Budde spent his entire 14-year pro career with the Chiefs and entered the team’s Hall of Fame in 1983, seven years after his retirement. “He was a cornerstone of those early Chiefs teams that brought pro football to Kansas City,” Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said in …