Austin Howard, a 3-star linebacker from Bartlett, Tennesssee flipped from Vanderbilt football to Mississippi State, he announced on social media Sunday night. Howard first said in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter, “I’d like to thank the entire staff at Vanderbilt, some of the greatest and realest people you’ll ever meet and the relationship I had with the coaches …
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Don’t be so quick to consider Keon Coleman the Bills’ top fantasy football WR (and more heat checks)
With Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis leaving the Bills, many targets have been vacated in Buffalo. Rookie Keon Coleman might already be the best interview in the league and is easy to root for, but his 7.3 YPT was the second-lowest among this year’s WR prospects, and he was never a target hog throughout college. Khalil Shakir has had his …
Read More »2025 4-star defensive end Zion Grady commits to Ohio State football
Ohio State has landed a top defensive end in the 2025 recruiting class. Four-star Alabama defensive end Zion Grady committed to Ohio State Monday according to multiple reports. He picked the Buckeyes over programs such as Auburn, Florida State, Miami, Tennessee and Georgia. Grady, a 6-foot-4, 235-pound athlete out of Enterprise, Alabama, is the No. 66 player in the 2025 …
Read More »Shaquille Leonard landing spots: Free agent linebacker ‘waiting on that opportunity’ to play in 2024
We are just weeks away from the start of training camps across the NFL and Shaquille Leonard is still a man without a team. The veteran linebacker remains on the free agent market searching for his next opportunity in the league. While the 28-year-old does seem open to continuing his career, he told reporters over the weekend that he’s also …
Read More »Iowa WR Kaleb Brown arrested on OWI charge, faces possible one-game suspension to start 2024 season
USATSI Iowa wide receiver Kaleb Brown was arrested on charges of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) and possession of a fictitious ID Sunday morning, according to 247Sports. Brown was spotted backing into a lawn near his Iowa City apartment and spinning his tires. When the police arrived, they noticed heavy damage to the front of Brown’s car, including …
Read More »Ranking top 5 NFL rookie quarterbacks by who will be most productive in 2024, with a surprise at No. 5
We had six quarterbacks selected in the first top 12 picks in the 2024 NFL Draft, the first time that’s happened in NFL history. Selecting who will be the most productive at the position was not easy. These are the five quarterbacks who’ll be most productive in Year 1 in the NFL. I’m starting with an inclusion of Rattler in …
Read More »Don’t be so quick to consider Keon Coleman Bills’ top fantasy football WR (and more heat checks)
• With Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis leaving the Bills, many targets have been vacated in Buffalo. Rookie Keon Coleman might already be the best interview in the league and is easy to root for, but his 7.3 YPT was the second-lowest among this year’s WR prospects, and he was never a target hog throughout college. Khalil Shakir has had …
Read More »Linebackers and secondary the Sooners strength in 2024 per PFF
It’s preview season in the world of college football, and the Oklahoma Sooners got the spotlight this past week from Pro Football Focus in their College Football Preview (subscription required). PFF gave the Sooners just a 4% chance to win the SEC this year, but did have OU No. 13 in the nation in their power rankings. Max Chadwick and …
Read More »The Boys Team of the Year features heavy hitting and no hype
Longtime Centennial football coach Mike Diggins knew before the 2023 season that there was much more to the Cougars than outsiders believed. Centennial had developed a reputation as a gang of roughnecks, bruisers who trafficked in pounding on foes. The soundtrack to the typical Centennial football game was “thud.” In his 32 years as a coach at his alma mater …
Read More »NHL draft week buzz: Top prospects, plus free agency, trades
Jun 24, 2024, 09:30 AM ET An extraordinarily compressed NHL summer continues this week: The Stanley Cup is being awarded Monday night. The NHL Awards show is Thursday. The 2024 NHL draft is Friday and Saturday. Free agency begins Monday, July 1. That comes after two significant trades took place last week: The New Jersey Devils acquired goaltender Jacob Markstrom …
Read More »Jerod Mayo: Keion White is stepping forward as a leader in New England
As a second-round rookie last season, Patriots pass rusher Keion White was primarily a backup, starting only four games and playing a little less than half of the team’s defensive snaps. But the Patriots are expecting big things from him in Year Two. Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo named White when asked which player has surprised him so far, calling …
Read More »Rivals Five-Star: Big 12 programs paying close attention
Nick Lucero/Rivals.com The Rivals Five-Star, the marquee football event of the offseason, is just days away. We kick off a conference-by-conference look at which programs should be paying the closest attention to the results from Jacksonville next week. RELATED: Big 12 recruiting rankings ***** MORE IN THIS SERIES: SEC teams in spotlight | Big Ten teams in spotlight | ACC …
Read More »Ranking top 20 running backs for 2024 NFL season: Christian McCaffrey, Derrick Henry atop list once again
Don’t call it a comeback, but the running back position underwent a resurgence in the 2024 NFL offseason. Just a year ago in the 2023 offseason, Josh Jacobs, Saquon Barkley and Tony Pollard all failed to come to terms with their respective teams on long-term extensions with each settling for the franchise tag, and there had only been one running …
Read More »12 non-QBs under the most pressure for the 2024 NFL season: Cowboys, Jets, Steelers facing big questions
Every NFL season, all 32 teams are under some level of pressure. For contenders like the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, it’s basically Super Bowl or bust. For rebuilding clubs like the Carolina Panthers and Washington Commanders, even slight steps forward might be considered big wins. But what about specific people? Think coaches, players, and others in between. …
Read More »Commit Fit: How the Elite 11 QBs fit with their future programs
The Elite 11 is in the books and after days of seeing these top quarterbacks in action, Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney looks at each of the committed ones and how they’ll fit in each school’s offense. Eighteen of the 20 quarterbacks in attendance have made their pledges. ***** MORE: Florida State lands commitment of five-star QB Brady Smigiel …
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