Welcome to the Friday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!  It’s National Donut Day, which I’m only mentioning because it’s my favorite day of the year. The New York Jets celebrated the holiday by having a donut stacking challenge (you can see it here). I’m celebrating the holiday by eating one donut every hour until the end of the day …

Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney is joined by Jeremy Birmingham of DottingTheEyes.com, Jed May of UGASports.com and Ryan Young of TrojanSports.com to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. ***** CLASS OF 2024 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State …

USATSI The Pittsburgh Steelers revealed their 2024 training camp schedule on Friday, with one notable change. Unlike previous camps, the majority of the Steelers’ practices will take place in the morning instead of in the afternoon.  Pittsburgh’s weekday practices (10 in all) will each begin at 10:30 in the morning. Four of the Steelers’ five weekend practices will start at …

The UFL continues to hand out its regular-season awards. The defensive player of the year for the first season of the XFL/USFL merger is Michigan Panthers defensive end Breeland Speaks. He was a second-round draft pick of the Chiefs in 2018. After two years with the Chiefs, Speaks spent time in the offseason with the Raiders, Cowboys, Giants, and Bills. …

Southwest Florida’s top wide receiver prospect is on the move again. Winston Watkins Jr., rated a five-star recruit by Rivals, announced his intent to transfer from First Baptist up to Venice, where he’ll play his senior year for John Peacock and the Indians. Watkins made the announcement public on his social media pages Thursday night during the Southwest Florida Sports …

Getty Images When it comes to BJ Thompson, the Kansas City Chiefs got some fantastic news on Friday. Thompson’s agent, Chris Turnage, told NFL Media that the defensive lineman is awake and responsive.  The positive prognosis comes just one day after Thompson had to be rushed to the hospital after suffering a medical emergency at the team facility. The 27-year-old …

Before you know it, we’ll all be sitting back and watching the NFL. In fact, the preseason is right around the corner with the Hall of Fame Game set for Aug. 1 and the rest of the preseason set to kick off on Thursday, Aug. 8 with a doubleheader featuring the Panthers vs. Patriots and the Lions vs. Giants.  On …

Since losing a commitment from the nation’s top receiver Dakorien Moore last month, the Tigers have been working to keep him in the fold and hosted him for an official visit earlier this week. But Moore isn’t the only elite wideout option on LSU’s radar, and one of the top overall players on the board has set a commitment date. …

Heading into the 2024 season, the Jets have made a series of moves to improve the state of their roster and overall depth, but are they ready to compete for a playoff spot? In this series, we’ll break down the depth chart for every position group. This time, we’ll go in-depth at the cornerback positions… Projected depth chart Starters: Sauce …

Thanks to the new rules regarding kickoffs, things are going to change in a big way when the 2024 NFL season … well, kicks off. We could see more returns, and there will thus be more of an emphasis on actually tackling the return man, being that you don’t have to tackle when the kicker just booms the ball through …

Auburn football’s important recruiting weekend just became more interesting. This weekend’s list of visitors includes Alabama commits Derick Smith and Antonio Coleman, as well as priority wide receiver Travis Smith Jr. Hugh Freeze was surprised Thursday as four-star linebacker Christian Jones changed gears by scheduling his official visit to Auburn instead of his previous plans of visiting USC. This weekend’s visit …

Josh Jacobs started a firestorm this week when he casually mentioned during a podcast interview that the Packers and Eagles wouldn’t be allowed to wear green for their Week 1 game in Brazil. However, it appears that’s not actually the case.  During a recent interview on the Green Light with Chris Long, Jacobs said that the Packers have been told …

The AFC West might as well be renamed “the Kansas City Chiefs Invitational” as long as three-time Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes is around. The Chiefs are the winners of the last eight AFC West titles, a streak that began back in 2016 when Alex Smith was still Kansas City’s starting quarterback. Their current run of AFC West first-place finishes …

The Texas Longhorns are poised for a big recruiting weekend highlighted by the No. 1 athlete in the country, Michael Terry III. Terry is ranked as the No. 28 prospect overall according to 247Sports composite rankings. 247Sports has him rated higher at No. 20 overall and the No. 6 player in the Lone Star State. Currently, there are no projections …

PHILADELPHIA — When A.J. Brown was asked who stood out amongst the cornerbacks in Philadelphia Eagles minicamp, he was quick to praise them all. When asked about Isaiah Rodgers, Brown gave his props. “For a guy that has not played football for a year, and coming back, he looks like he’s been playing non-stop,” Brown said of Rodgers, who is …