NFL teams have shifted their running back strategy in recent years. Teams are less interested in drafting them early — with rare exceptions — and most NFL offenses employ some kind of backfield platoon. The days of dominating your fantasy draft with a slew of early running back picks are long over. But rookie production at this position has been …

Notre Dame football has made huge leaps in its program since Marcus Freeman took over. The Irish have changed multiple aspects of how they operate and on Wednesday they announced a new one: TransceND. The goal is player development which hopefully will help the individuals reach their full potential. In a post by Notre Dame’s X account, the website formerly …

The Colts have signed all of their draft picks. Work on that front concluded on Thursday when they signed wide receiver Adonai Mitchell. The second-round pick was the ninth and final member of the class to sign their four-year rookie deals with the AFC South club. Mitchell caught 93 passes for 1,405 yards and 18 touchdowns in 35 games at …

Rebuilding the defensive tackle room is a top priority for LSU head coach Brian Kelly and defensive line coach Bo Davis. Kelly has stressed the Tigers’ need at interior defensive line on multiple occasions. LSU signed a good high school class and brought in a couple of transfers, but Jacobian Guillory is the lone returner with significant experience. As LSU …

Randy Gregory wants the NFL to change its marijuana policies again. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Randy Gregory reportedly wants to take the NFL and his former team, the Denver Broncos, to court over a half-million dollars in fines. The pass rusher filed a lawsuit in Arapahoe County District Court on Wednesday claiming discrimination for …

The 2024-25 College Football Playoff schedule was unveiled Wednesday. We’ve now got the complete college football bowl game schedule for the upcoming season to go with it. The schedule was released Thursday and it features 44 total games, starting with the Cricket Celebration Bowl on Dec. 14 and concluding with the East-West Shrine Bowl on Jan. 30 (and including the …

The Eagles wrapped up their mandatory minicamp on Thursday and they also wrapped up their draft pick signings. Their top pick from April was the last member of the group to agree to a deal. First-round cornerback Quinyon Mitchell signed a four-year deal with the team and the Eagles hold an option for a fifth season. Mitchell broke up 38 …

AUBURN — Auburn football has picked up a commitment from a three-star cornerback in the Class of 2025. Donovan Starr, who attends Ravenwood High School in Tennessee, announced his pledge to the Tigers on Thursday through Hayes Fawcett of On3 Sports. Starr is tabbed by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 429 overall player and the No. 35 CB in …

Why Bears look forward to joint practice with Bengals this summer originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The Bears will participate in joint practices again this summer, but this time they’ll play host. Head coach Matt Eberflus announced on Thursday that the Bears will welcome in the Bengals for one day of practice ahead of their …

TAMPA, Fla. — The first day of the Overtime OT7 Finals was about outside-the-box competition, and it resulted in a variety of prospects showing up to participate in everything from a relay race to tug of war before the actual 7-on-7 game broke out between the 2025 and 2026 classes. MORE: Rivals250 2026 QB Dereon Coleman talks top eight contenders …

The Colts signed cornerback Clay Fields III and wide receiver Derek Slywka on Thursday, the team announced. Both are undrafted free agents. To make room for the signings, the Colts placed safety Daniel Scott on injured reserve and waived center Jack Anderson. Fields participated in the Colts’ veteran and rookie minicamps on a tryout basis. He went undrafted after playing …

Like the other Power Four conferences, the ACC is expanding in 2024 with the addition of Cal, SMU and Stanford. However, that’s not the only offseason development that will change the complexion of the league. Strong transfer classes — headlined by a group of high-profile quarterbacks — have a chance to shake up the conference hierarchy entering the first year …

Eagles minicamp observations: Rookie uses pterodactyl frame for a catch originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles wrapped up their mandatory minicamp on Thursday with a 50-minute session that had some definite last-day-of-school vibes. The practice began with some red zone work and ended with coaches doing box drills and running gassers to the delight of their laughing players. …

Jun. 6—Maybe a couple of New Mexico Bowl tickets would be a good stocking stuffer this year. For the first time in the 19-year history of the state’s annual college football bowl game, hosted each December in Albuquerque, the bowl game will be taking place after Christmas. Due to some reshuffling of the traditional bowl season schedule due to the …

The Patriots signed rookie receiver JaQuae Jackson, the team announced Thursday. The Patriots cut first-year receiver T.J. Luther in a corresponding move. Jackson signed with the Falcons as an undrafted free agent out of Rutgers on April 30. Atlanta cut him Tuesday, and the Patriots are giving him a second chance. He played four seasons at California (Pennsylvania). In 13 …