49ers sign receiver Pearsall to four-year rookie NFL contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers have one less wide receiver to sign after first-round draft pick Ricky Pearsall put pen to paper on his four-year rookie contract. The team officially announced the signing Friday morning. The 49ers’ entire eight-player rookie class has now finalized its contracts ahead …

Entering December of 2022, things couldn’t have been going any better for USC football.  In year one of the Lincoln Riley era the Trojans were headed to the Pac 12 championship game where a win over Utah would send them to the College Football Playoff for the first time in program history. Their Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Caleb Williams got …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 21, 2024, 01:23 PM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid has dominated the Stanley Cup Final with 11 points in five games, two behind Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record of 13 with Edmonton in 1988. Leon Draisaitl, the Oilers’ other superstar, has not dominated in the Final. He has hardly made …

Earlier this offseason, the Las Vegas Raiders made former Miami Dolphins defensive lineman Christian Wilkins the highest-paid non-quarterback to change teams in free agency, signing him to a four-year, $110 million deal that contains $82.75 million in total guarantees, $55.5 million of which is fully guaranteed at signing. The contract carries the second-largest average annual value among all interior defensive …

AUBURN — Four-star running back Alvin Henderson, who originally committed to Penn State in April, has flipped his pledge to Auburn football. Henderson, tabbed by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 113 player and the No. 8 RB in the Class of 2025, attends Elba High School. He’s also rated as the No. 11 player in Alabama, which means the …

In their first season under new head coach Jonathan Gannon, the Arizona Cardinals didn’t get to run their preferred offense for much of the season. With Kyler Murray rehabbing from a torn ACL and sitting out the first nine games, Arizona started Clayton Tune and Joshua Dobbs under center, going just 1-8 during those contests. And yet, by the end …

While quarterback Trevor Lawrence’s contract extension has garnered headlines over the last week, the Jaguars also locked up one of their defensive leaders with a long-term deal earlier this offseason in linebacker Josh Allen. After posting a franchise record 17.5 sacks in 2023, Allen was franchise-tagged before signing a five-year, $150 million contract in April. During Lawrence’s Thursday press conference, …

Jun. 21—*** Are you ready for the most college football ever? Twelve teams in the playoffs means eight more postseason games than before. What used to be three is now 11 to decide who is best, The favorites might dominate in the first two rounds. Or the semifinals will be filled with bottom seeds. We can only hope. Kick back, …

The final weekend of visits in June is upon us and there are tons of top players hitting the road one final time before a relatively quiet time in July. Here is a look at 10 we’re watching closest this weekend. MORE GORNEY: QB Dominoes | Elite 11 | Recruiting Rumor Mill ***** CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team …

The Oregon Ducks are having a big month in the recruiting world, hosting a long list of blue-chips and 5-star visitors on campus for both official and unofficial visits. We’ve seen a couple of commitments come from that, but there is a good chance that we see many more announced in Oregon’s favor in the near future. One of those …

On Thursday’s edition of “The Herd,” Colin Cowherd was in his quarterback bag. Cowherd revealed the 12 quarterbacks he believes are in the 2024-2025 Super Bowl bubble, suggesting that there are only two ways to win a Super Bowl.  “Have Mahomes, Stafford, Brady, Peyton Manning, a next-level superstar, like a really elite all-time guy, or have a talented guy on …

Last season’s Las Vegas Raiders looked like a disaster under then-head coach Josh McDaniels. They went 3-5 in their first eight games but failed to score more than 21 points in a single one of them, and there was strife throughout the organization. Things improved over the second half of the year under then-interim coach Antonio Pierce, who won the …

BEDMINSTER, N.J. – As nice as it is for Rutgers football head coach Greg Schiano to have a highly ranked recruiting class, it is equally – if not more important – that the group fits the culture being developed around the Big Ten program. It has been the road less taken for Schiano and Rutgers since his return, with Rutgers …

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Don’t forget about the kicker; Elliott is an important Eagle in 2024 originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Over the next few weeks leading up to training camp, we’ll be counting down the top 25 most important Eagles for the 2024 season. 25. Brandon Graham24. Nakobe Dean23. Milton Williams22. Jake Elliott A lot of Eagles ended up slumping in 2023. …