Much like the defensive line was the coveted position group of the 2024 Recruiting Class, the same could be said about the offensive line in 2025. No position is more necessary for Oklahoma on the recruiting trail than the 2025 offensive line class, and the Sooners’ efforts have reflected that. One of their top targets, Michael Fasusi, is narrowing down …
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How Reed Blankenship’s 2023 salary just more than doubled
How Reed Blankenship’s 2023 salary just more than doubled originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Eagles safety Reed Blankenship just got some really good news. His salary from 2023 just more than doubled. And then the Eagles signed him to an extension through the 2025 season. The former undrafted rookie was second in the entire NFL in performance-based pay from …
Read More »Ohio State football adds 4 verbal commitments, hosts local prospects in busy weekend
Apr. 1—Ohio State enjoyed a fruitful recruiting weekend and hosted several local high school standouts over the weekend. Four four-star 2025 prospects, including New Jersey high school teammates DeShawn Stewart and De’zie Jones, issued verbal commitments over the weekend as Ohio State continued spring practice and hosted its annual student appreciation day public practice. Jones is 6-foot, 180-pound receiver while …
Read More »Jimmy Garoppolo, other former starters look to reinvent themselves in NFC West
Eric Williams NFC West Writer The quarterback carousel has spun at a dizzying rate this offseason. In all, 21 QBs have changed teams over the past month. Seven of those were starters headed into last season and will be asked to serve as backups heading into this season. And four of those signal-callers will play in the NFC West: Jimmy …
Read More »2024 NFL small-college mock draft: What Round 1 might look like if teams could only select non-FBS players
Right now, you are probably tired of hearing about the same nine players in the 2024 NFL Draft, and you’re probably up to your wits end with mock drafts. Well, I have good news and bad news for you. The bad news is that this is another mock draft. The good news is that it’s not like any other of …
Read More »Oregon football expected to lose running backs coach Carlos Locklyn to Ohio State
Oregon running backs coach Carlos Locklyn calls to players Thursday, April 14, 2022, during practice with the Ducks at the Moshofsky Center in Eugene. It appears Oregon will be down one assistant coach when spring football practice resumes Tuesday. According to a late Sunday report bv 247Sports, running backs coach Carlos Locklyn is expected to take the same job at …
Read More »NFL 2023 performance-based pay: Brock Purdy, DaRon Bland nearly double their salary with incentive system
The NFL on Monday announced its performance-based pay distribution for the 2023 season, and San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy and Dallas Cowboys cornerback DaRon Bland were among the top 25 earners. The performance-based pay program uses a fund “created and used as a supplemental form of player compensation based on a comparison of playing time to salary,” according to …
Read More »Schrock’s Bears NFL mock draft 5.0: Ryan Poles makes flurry of trades to support Caleb Williams
Schrock’s Bears NFL mock draft 5.0: Ryan Poles makes flurry of trades to support Caleb Williams originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago It’s no secret what the Bears will do when they officially go on the clock with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft on April 25. Barring an unforeseen red flag, USC star quarterback Caleb …
Read More »Illini assistant steps down for medical reasons
Apr. 1—CHAMPAIGN — Associate head coach and defensive backs coach David Gibbs has resigned after two months on Bret Bielema’s football staff at Illinois. The program released a statement today, Bielema saying: “Coach Gibbs has resigned from his position on the Illinois coaching staff and will be temporarily stepping away from coaching for medical reasons. We appreciate the contributions David …
Read More »Vikings, Raiders trade up for QBs in Nick Wright’s 2024 NFL mock draft
April has finally arrived and the countdown to the 2024 NFL Draft is on. With the NFL Draft only weeks away, Nick Wright of “First Things First” released his first mock draft of the season on Monday. Unsurprisingly, he has three quarterbacks being selected with the top-three picks. But which ones and which teams are making those top picks? Here’s …
Read More »Why Doug Pederson thinks Trevor Lawrence is ‘light years’ ahead of this part of game compared to rookie year
Trevor Lawrence didn’t have the season he nor the Jacksonville Jaguars anticipated. Lawrence had 21 giveaways in a season which he regressed after a promising first year under Doug Pederson, as the Jaguars went 0-5 in his last five starts to miss the playoffs. The turnovers were shades from 2021, a disastrous first season from Lawrence under Urban Meyer. In …
Read More »Wisconsin football sees another defender for 2025 class choose to decommit
MADISON – Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell and his staff have lost another recruit for the Badgers’ 2025 class. Cody Haddad, a safety/wide receiver from St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, has decommitted. Haddad gave UW an oral commitment in January but recently visited Ohio State. He holds offers from the Buckeyes, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Purdue and several other schools. …
Read More »Fantasy hockey preview – Championship round pickups, strategy
Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comApr 1, 2024, 02:00 PM ET CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. The penultimate week of the 2024 fantasy hockey season begins with eight games on Monday, followed by another eight on Tuesday. A …
Read More »2024 NFL Mock Draft: Cowboys make huge trade up as former NFL GM, 2-time Super Bowl champ go through Round 1
… Source link : https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2024-nfl-mock-draft-cowboys-make-huge-trade-up-as-former-nfl-gm-2-time-super-bowl-champ-go-through-round-1/ Author : Kyle Stackpole Publish date : 2024-04-01 17:27:14 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Read More »Four-star DL projected to commit to Georgia
Four-star defensive lineman Bryce Davis has been projected to commit to the Georgia Bulldogs according to On3. Davis recently visited the Georgia football program on March 16. Davis has also checked out Clemson football this spring. He has an upcoming visited scheduled with Duke on April 13 and an official visit with North Carolina this June. Bryce Davis plays high …
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