Throughout the rest of this spring and summer, questions will continue to be asked about the interior of Texas’ defensive line. That’ll happen when you lose players like T’Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy II. Last season, Sweat was a unanimous All-American and won the Outland Trophy as college football’s top interior lineman and also was named the Big 12’s defensive …
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J.K. Dobbins to visit with Chiefs on Tuesday
Running back J.K. Dobbins already had a visit with one AFC West team and now he’s meeting with another. Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Dobbins is in Kansas City to visit with the Chiefs on Tuesday. Dobbins, 25, is coming off a torn Achilles suffered in the first week of the 2023 regular season. A report from NFL Media last week …
Read More »Spring football practice is in full swing for Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue football coach Ryan Walters fancies himself as a morning person. Walters, with seemingly fresh legs, bounced up and down and dabbed his players with cornerbacks coach Sam Carter. “It’s just good to get up and get to work and while you’re alert fresh and already energized,” Walters said. “Then you’re energized when you go to class, …
Read More »Bears plan to have staff split into teams to debate who to target at No. 9
The Bears appear to be pretty settled on what they’ll be doing with the first overall pick in this year’s draft, so the next few weeks are likely to center on discussion about their other first-round pick. Chicago also has No. 9 in its control and head coach Matt Eberflus said last week that free agency has left the team …
Read More »OU football spring practice observations: Troy Everett to miss spring practice
NORMAN — OU redshirt junior offensive lineman Troy Everett will have surgery Wednesday, head coach Brent Venables announced after practice on Tuesday. Everett didn’t participate Tuesday following an injury that occurred last Wednesday during practice where he walked off on his own power. Appearing in nine games in 2023, Everett was expected to step up as one of the leaders …
Read More »Vikings suspend Wes Phillips for next three weeks after plea deal in DWI case
After Vikings offensive coordinator Wes Phillips was arrested in December for driving while intoxicated, he got a plea deal for a lesser charge of careless driving. Now the Vikings have decided that Phillips won’t get much punishment from the team. Phillips has been suspended by the team for the next three weeks, according to multiple reports. Three weeks in April …
Read More »SEC names Abigail Martin as the SEC Track & Field Athlete of the Week
The SEC has announced their track and field athletes for week three and another Aggie has earned honors for their performance. Freshman thrower Abigail Martin was named the SEC Freshman of the Week after tossing a personal best 56.92m/186-6 in the discus. She is currently the No. 1 freshman in the SEC and No. 17 nationally. Below is the excerpt …
Read More »L’Jarius Sneed: There’s nothing wrong with my knee
The only game that cornerback L’Jarius Sneed missed over the last two seasons came in Week 18 last year when the Chiefs rested him and other starters ahead of their playoff run, but his health was still the subject of a question at his first press conference as a member of the Titans on Tuesday. Sneed was traded to the …
Read More »Carlos Locklyn named Ohio State running backs coach
It’s official. Ohio State has a new running backs coach, and his name is Carlos Locklyn. After a few days of rumors surrounding Locklyn, the move was made official on Monday evening. Locklyn replaces Tony Alford who left for Michigan earlier in March. Locklyn has spent the last couple of years in Oregon in the same position where he has …
Read More »Report: Malik Nabers visiting Cardinals on Tuesday, Chargers on Wednesday
Receiver Malik Nabers has a couple of pre-draft visits out West this week. Per Cameron Wolfe of NFL Media, Nabers is taking his top 30 visit with the Cardinals on Tuesday and will visit with the Chargers on Wednesday. The Cardinals have the No. 4 overall pick in this month’s draft. The Chargers have the No. 5 overall selection. Both …
Read More »Rutgers football offensive line coach Pat Flaherty is unbending his pursuit of perfection
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Even now well into his fourth decade of coaching, pat Flaherty still has pep to his step. The Rutgers football offensive line coach has seen it all and coached it all. And perhaps most importantly for his players on the Rutgers offensive line, he has won it all. This time a year ago, Flaherty was the only …
Read More »Report: Patriots’ Eliot Wolf ‘pushing hard’ for this QB before NFL Draft
Report: Patriots’ Eliot Wolf ‘pushing hard’ for this QB before NFL Draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots might be the most interesting team to watch in the 2024 NFL Draft. Whether the Patriots trade or keep the No. 3 overall pick in the first round, what they decide to do could impact the plans of …
Read More »ESPN Projects Sam Hartman’s NFL Draft Chances
The 2024 NFL draft is just weeks away and several Notre Dame players are hoping to hear their names called. One of those is quarterback Sam Hartman who is draft bound after using his final year of eligibility with the Irish after setting countless records at Wake Forest. Notre Dame’s offense didn’t live up to some lofty expectations in 2023 …
Read More »Seahawks agree to terms with Laviska Shenault
The Seahawks are adding a player who may help in the return game. Per Mike Garafolo of NFL Media, Seattle is signing receiver Laviska Shenault. A Jaguars second-round pick in 2020, Shenault was traded to the Panthers before the start of the 2022 season. He served as a kick returner at points during the last two seasons, averaging 27.7 yards …
Read More »Thompson’s Karter Peterson becomes UND football’s first verbal commitment for 2025 recruiting class
Apr. 2—GRAND FORKS — The UND football program didn’t have to go far to fetch the first verbal commitment of the 2025 recruiting class. Karter Peterson of nearby Thompson High School announced his commitment for the Fighting Hawks on Tuesday morning. The 6-foot-5, 205-pound Peterson is projected as a tight end for the Fighting Hawks. “I felt like I had …
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