Ryan Poles offers insight into Justin Fields trade, Caleb Williams lessons originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago ORLANDO — A little over 12 months ago, Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles was fretting about the No. 1 overall pick he had in his back pocket and how best to utilize it to accelerate his rebuild. Three hundred and eighty-two days …

Tennessee offered a scholarship to 2026 quarterback prospect Dia Bell. “I am grateful and blessed to have received an offer from the University of Tennessee,” Bell said. The 6-foot-2, 195-pound quarterback prospect is from American Heritage High School in Plantation, Florida. There are not recruiting rankings for Bell from 247Sports, Rivals, On3 or ESPN. Bell has offers from Tennessee, FIU, Western …

Bears will open NFL preseason in Hall of Fame game vs. Texans originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago ORLANDO — The NFL announced Tuesday that the Chicago Bears will open the 2024 NFL preseason slate by facing the Houston Texans in the Hall of Fame Game on Thursday, Aug. 1, at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Former Bears players …

STILLWATER — Coming off a 10-win season, the Oklahoma State football team enters spring practice with few changes on the roster. Only seven scholarship players transferred out, and five came in — a far cry from what the Cowboys were facing at this time a year ago. So the uncertainty of the team is less severe. The Pokes open spring …

The NFL’s formula for allocating compensatory picks is so complex that even the league itself sometimes makes mistakes in trying to calculate it. That’s what the Bills thought happened to them when they didn’t receive a third-round compensatory pick for losing Tremaine Edmunds in free agency. Bills General Manager Brandon Beane is not happy that he only got a fourth-round …

© Jason Parkhurst-USA TODAY Sports Is USC finally going to return to its status as college football king, a title it has owned so many times throughout the program’s storied history but not for two decades? After a recruiting weekend like the Trojans just finished on Sunday, there are many reasons to believe that answer is yes and the monster …

The 2024 NFL preseason will kick off with the Bears and Texans facing off in Canton, Ohio, for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game. The traditional start to the preseason takes place amid the Hall of Fame’s induction ceremonies and typically features teams with members of the incoming Hall of Fame class. Andre Johnson’s induction will mark the first …

NORMAN — Jackson Arnold doesn’t want to forget the way the Alamo Bowl ended. But Arnold wants to put it in his rearview mirror. The OU quarterback threw an interception and lost a fumble in the fourth quarter of the Sooners’ 38-24 loss to Arizona. Now, Arnold is going through his first spring as OU’s starting quarterback, and is working to …

Filling some key needs in latest Eagles-only mock draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The NFL draft is getting closer and the Eagles have three picks in the first two rounds. Even after their trade with the Steelers to acquire Kenny Pickett, the Eagles have eight picks in the upcoming draft and plenty of options that can help the …

Seth Henigan is changing his jersey number. Again. He’ll wear No. 9 for his final year of college football, and it’s a fitting choice — No. 9 was on Henigan’s back during his senior season of high school, when he led Denton Ryan High School to a state championship in Texas. Now he’ll try to lead Memphis to the American …

NFL approves controversial ban for hip-drop tackles. What it means originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The NFL is eliminating the hip-drop tackle. NFL team owners on Monday unanimously approved a rule that bans players from using a swivel technique to tackle an opponent. A violation will result in a 15-yard penalty and could ultimately result …

In the days after Vanderbilt football’s loss to Tennessee on Nov. 30, Langston Patterson was going to afford himself a moment to take a step back and think where his football career was at, where it was going and if Vanderbilt football was going to continue to be the place where he pursued it. It didn’t take long for the …

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Tim Kavanagh, ESPN.comMar 26, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseTim Kavanagh is a senior editor for ESPN digital editorial. He’s a native of upstate New York. The race for the regular-season division titles is down to two teams in the Atlantic and Metro, and perhaps already won by the Vancouver Canucks in the Pacific. But the Central is our focus today, …

Quarterback Stetson Bennett is on track to return to the Rams. Via multiple reporters, Los Angeles General Manager Les Snead said on Monday that the plan is to “onboard” Bennett for the team’s offseason program next month. Bennett has been working out in Dallas with a private instructor. Bennett, 26, was placed on the non-football injury/illness list just after the …