2026 Charlotte Independence High School linebacker Dallas Brannon was offered by USC football last month. He took his visit with the Trojans this past weekend, as football recruiting heats up in the month of June. Brannon is a 6-2, 207-pound athlete who also holds offers from UConn, Duke, Miami, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Wake Forest, Wisconsin …

Auburn football has built a solid 2025 recruiting class to this point in the cycle, and is looking to do the same with its 2026 haul. Auburn is in good standing to land one of the top linebackers of the 2026 class as four-star LB Shadarius Toodle includes the Tigers in his top-10 schools list. Several schools joining Auburn in …

On Friday, the USC Trojans officially offered quarterback Jared Curtis from Nashville Christian School (TN). The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Curtis is rated as the number one quarterback in the 2026 class, the top player in the state of Tennessee, and the ninth-best player in the country, according to the 247Sports composite rankings. Alabama, Florida, Florida State, LSU, Miami, North Carolina, Notre …

Most teams keep close to the vest the various different scenarios that might have played out in round one. The reason is simple. Teams don’t want to undermine the guy they ultimately got. The Rams have leaned all the way into the potential alternative scenarios, via their cooperation with The Pick is In, a 90-minute documentary regarding the 2024 draft. …

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to four-star running back recruit Jaylen McGill. McGill is a member of the class of 2026. McGill plays high school football for Mountain View Prep in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He previously played for Broome High School in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The talented running back is the fifth-ranked recruit in the South Carolina in …

Malik Nabers has been the talk of the town throughout the Giants’ offseason program.  The superstar wide receiver has been putting his game-changing talents on full display and he’s showing his new teammates exactly what they can expect from him over the course of his rookie campaign.  While it’s still early on and we haven’t seen him in game action …

USATSI The 2024 NFL offseason has come to a quiet pause with NFL teams on break post-minicamp and ahead of training camp. The NFL Draft is now months in the rearview mirror, and before that, the league enjoyed a red-hot start to free agency, which featured countless big names changing teams. All 32 teams began negotiations with pending free agents …

We’re almost at the halfway point of June and several high-profile Florida football recruits have made their college decision. In the past two weeks, Sumner offensive tackle Ziyare Addison committed to Oregon, Wiregrass Ranch cornerback Graceson Littleton committed to Clemson and Atlantic running back Deandre Desinor announced that he is headed to West Virginia. Most of the players on the …

In Roob’s Eagles Observations: Can Avonte Maddox really play safety? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Why I have concerns about Avonte Maddox playing safety, an unprecedented achievement for DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown to go after in 2024, and the only player to score a touchdown in his only game as an Eagle. We may be entering the only …

Two-sport stars aren’t new to LSU. Many will remember Chad Jones, who was All-SEC on the gridiron and won a national championship on the baseball field. More recently, Maurice Hampton was a member of both squads. That’s the vision LSU athletics tried to sell to five-star safety Jonah Williams this weekend. “Jonah Williams is the definition of a two-sport star,” …

The Gophers football program held is second “Summer Splash” recruiting weekend, and on Sunday coach P.J. Fleck and his staff began receiving commitments from players who made their official visits to campus. The first players to commit from the group of 13 visitors were a pair of offensive linemen: Mark Handy, a three-star recruit from La Cueva High School in …

The Big 12, as you once knew it, is long gone. Half of the membership from the original dozen teams vamoosed. The conference’s name itself might be the next to go. What’s in a name? Money, in this case. The Big 12 preserved its name even while it operated with 10 and later 14 teams. Now, that it’s back to …

Adam Friedman/Rivals.com The Rivals Five-Star is June 25-26 in Jacksonville, and the top high school football prospects from across the country will compete against each other in the summer’s marquee event. Many of these competitors are known quantities after competing at other events, but others have had fewer opportunities against elite competition and will have a chance to boost their …

A few weeks ago, I locked myself in my film cave and meticulously analyzed every snap of coaches’ film to evaluate the six quarterbacks stepping in to replace the outgoing 2024 first-round picks from the 2024 NFL Draft. Some took a long time (new Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel), while others, thanks to a smaller sample size, were much shorter, though …

Steelers receiver George Pickens has superstar potential. For whatever reason (and part of the problem is the team hasn’t given him enough chances), it has yet to fully emerge. With a revamped offensive coaching staff, led by new coordinator Arthur Smith and including new receivers coach Zach Azzanni, Pickens in his third year might finally become what the Steelers need …