Jared Keyte is making a transition this offseason on the coaching, this after filling in last year as the defensive line coach. Keyte will be the nickels coach this year for Rutgers. Last year, Keyte stepped in when Marquise Watson was unable to coach the unit. As for Keyte, he will remain in a quality control role but will move …

Full list of Bears 2024 NFL draft picks originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Now that the draft is under one month away, you may be starting to tune into what the Bears may do to improve their team. It’s a foregone conclusion that the team will use the No. 1 overall pick to make Caleb Williams their next quarterback, …

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The truth in recruiting is often a moving target. “Nobody says, ‘Hey man, I hope I can come to your place and play 10 minutes and set screens and rebound, that would be cool,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said ahead of Monday’s national championship game against top-ranked UConn. Doyel: In Indiana, ‘banners’ ends the banter. If Purdue …

The Falcons announced a veteran addition to their secondary on Monday. Cornerback Kevin King has signed with the team. The Falcons did not announce the terms of the deal. King was a 2017 second-round pick of the Packers and he played five seasons with the team before sitting out the 2022 season. King hoped to get healthy after missing chunks …

The North Carolina Tar Heels football program took a step forward in the recruitment of a top player in the 2026 recruiting class. And it’s a prospect that could play for the basketball team as well. Reidsville, North Carolina native Kendre Harrison is one of the best players in the 2026 football recruiting class and is a top 30 player …

Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo knows that last year the Texans hired a first-year coach, drafted a rookie quarterback, and made the playoffs. He doesn’t necessarily want his own expectations to be set that high. Mayo said he talked to a fan who said that since the Texans turned things around in Year One with head coach DeMeco Ryans and …

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Rivals Camp Series stop in South Florida features talent across the board and one of the positions where true athleticism and versatility became the talk of the event was at running back. Multiple standouts at the position are just as likely to see reps on defense at high level collegiate programs, but their work as …

Bears players who were so big they could have caused a solar eclipse originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Much of the United States will look towards the heavens to get a glimpse of a rare solar eclipse on Monday (with proper protective eclipse glasses, of course!), with Chicago just outside the path of a total eclipse. However the celestial …

Did Texas join the Southeastern Conference because of in-state foe Texas A&M? That’s what the SEC Network’s Paul Finebaum said on Friday’s episode of The SEC Football Podcast. Finebaum, the eponymous host of the famous SEC Network show “The Paul Finebaum Show,” said the Longhorns pursued an opportunity to join the top football conference based on the significant success of …

Caleb Williams talk should only be about end of Bears’ QB misery — not his fingernails originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The nit-picking of Caleb Williams started long before the Bears’ pre-draft process got underway. Some of it was in defense of Justin Fields, a quarterback who inspired hope but never realized his star potential. Changing regimes, lack of …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNApr 8, 2024, 03:09 PM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Defenseman Landon DuPont has become just the second player in Western Hockey League history to be granted Exceptional Player Status by Hockey Canada. DuPont is eligible to compete in the league on a full-time basis as a 15-year-old starting next season. The Calgary-born defenseman joins …

Apr. 8—The Ohio State running back room reportedly remains in flux as spring football winds down. 247Sports was first to report Dallan Hayden told the Ohio State football staff he will enter the transfer portal when the spring window opens later this month. That would make him the fourth scholarship running back to leave the program since the end of …

The Seahawks started their offseason program on Monday and they formally re-signed seven of their players as things got underway. Cornerback Michael Jackson and linebacker Jon Rhattigan were both tendered as restricted free agents last month while defensive end Myles Adams, guard McClendon Curtis, tackle Raiqwon O’Neal, linebacker Joshua Onujiogu, and tight end Brady Russell were tendered as exclusive rights …

Anthony Richardson’s rookie season with the Indianapolis Colts did not go as he planned, playing in just four games due to injuries before being shut down to have season-ending shoulder injury. The quarterback underwent the procedure in October and began throwing in February. Since his first throw post-surgery, last year’s No. 4 overall pick has made significant progress and is …

If Florida Gators fans think the 2020s have been rough for the football team, then they didn’t see what happened with the team in the 1940s. The Gators didn’t have a winning season. They had two 5-5 seasons, and the rest were sub.-500 efforts. Heck, they didn’t even field a team in 1943. I imagine the War had something to …