Sharlandiin Strange, a four-star defensive end from Pennsylvania, is set to announce his commitment on Sunday. Rutgers football is in his top five ahead of the announcement. Cracking the ESPN 300 at No. 296, Strange is an outstanding prospect off the edge. He is a class of 2025 recruit from Cheltenham (Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. At 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds, Strange likely …

There are countless tangible reasons that make Patrick Mahomes a great quarterback. Yet, as NFL legend Dan Marino recently pointed out, the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback also possesses intangible skills that could lead to yet another trip to the Super Bowl.  The former Miami Dolphins Hall of Fame quarterback was recently asked to compare himself with Mahomes, whose career is already …

Replacing Nick Saban was never going to be an easy task, but Alabama Athletics Director Greg Byrne worked swiftly and diligently when hiring new Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer. In such an unprecedented situation, how did Alabama do? ESPN recently graded every new coaching hire (subscription required), including the Tide’s. Adam Rittenberg of ESPN gave the hire an A- and …

Getty Images The New England Patriots continue to round out their coaching staff. They’ve already hired Jerod Mayo as their new head coach. Now, the team is expected to promote defensive line coach DeMarcus Covington to defensive coordinator early next week, according to Sports Illustrated.  Covington, 34, broke into the NFL coaching ranks with the Patriots in 2017 as a …

Class of 2025 offensive lineman Connor Carty earned an offer from the USC Trojans. Connor Carty is a 6-foot-5, 290-pound, four-star interior offensive lineman from Prosper, Texas, where he plays for Prosper High School. The Prosper Eagles finished the 2023 season 11-2 with a loss to North Crowley in the third round of the playoffs. Carty added the USC offer to …

Abilene Wylie announced Friday it will divide the athletic director and head football coaching positions into separate roles. That means Clay Martin, who has been handling both jobs, can focus on football going forward. “That’s something that’s been in a longtime discussion,” Martin said. “I think the decision was made that the time was right to do that. We’ve gotten …

Only four teams remain in the NFL postseason with three games left to play — including Sunday’s AFC and NFC championship games — and per usual this time of the year given the physical grind playing an NFL season, there are some key injuries.  Huge news for the Baltimore Ravens: Pro Bowl tight end Mark Andrews has been activated off …

USC has been getting after it on the recruiting trail this winter. Offering top commits is just the start. The Trojans have offered defensive lineman Brandon Brown, a 2025 Texas Longhorn commit. The 6-1, 285-pound defensive tackle from Melbourne (Florida) Eau Gallie High School committed to Texas over 40 other offers, including Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Miami, Michigan, …

The NFL postseason is down to the final four teams, and while the remaining field includes three that were expected to be here — the San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs — the third-seeded Detroit Lions, who will play in their first conference championship game since 1991, have also joined the party.  Given the four teams involved …

Only one round of playoff football stands between the NFL’s final four contenders and a trip to Super Bowl LVIII, which will kick off Feb. 11 on CBS, Nickelodeon and Paramount+. Two of the league’s top underdog stories at quarterbacks, meanwhile, will go head to head in the NFC Championship, with Brock Purdy and Jared Goff guiding the 49ers and Lions, respectively. How did the …

OXFORD — Lane Kiffin is set to hire Illinois’ George McDonald as Ole Miss football’s new wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator, according to multiple reports. McDonald will replace Derrick Nix, a longtime Ole Miss assistant who was recently named offensive coordinator at Auburn for Hugh Freeze. McDonald has been a Division I assistant since 2001, pausing for two …

The 2024 NFC Championship Game features an intriguing matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions on Sunday. San Francisco topped the NFC and earned a bye in the 2024 NFL playoffs, but looked rusty when they grinded to a 24-21 win against the Green Bay Packers last week. Meanwhile, Detroit is on a historic run after winning its …

PHILADELPHIA — The path Andy Reid and John Harbaugh crossed was unique in NFL coaching circles. Jack Harbaugh was the lone connection between the two when they first met, through significantly different circumstances.  Four decades ago, Jack Harbaugh was a college football coach who knew Reid from his days at BYU as a graduate assistant. Reid met Jack through former …

Jackson State football’s co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Jason Onyebuagu announced Wednesday on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he has accepted an O-line coaching job at the Sun Belt Conference’s South Alabama football team. X has a profile picture of South Alabama Jaguars under his name. Onyebuagu will join Major Applewhite, who was hired Jan. 18 as South …

Anyone used to playing NFL DFS contests likely pays close attention to opposing defenses before setting their lineups. Ahead of the 2024 AFC Championship and 2024 NFC Championship on Sunday, one defense stands out, the Detroit Lions. While they are stout against the run and have allowed the fewest Fantasy points to running backs, they are soft versus the pass …