The Raiders reported to training camp Tuesday, and they placed three players on the active/physically unable to perform list ahead of training camp. The league’s transactions wire showed the Raiders moved second-round offensive lineman Jackson Powers-Johnson, linebacker Darien Butler and offensive lineman Jacob Johanning off the active roster. All three players can be removed from the list as soon as …

Former Western Illinois University football head coach Myers Hendrickson has been hired to a role on the University of Illinois football staff. PEORIA — Myers Hendrickson has won a job with the Illinois football program. The Macomb native and former Western Illinois football head coach will be senior analyst for the Illini under head coach Bret Bielema. “I have watched …

The Steelers worked out free agent quarterback Ben DiNucci on Tuesday. DiNucci spent last season on the Broncos’ practice squad, helping back up Russell Wilson, now the Steelers’ starter. The Broncos waived DiNucci in May. The Cowboys selected DiNucci in the seventh round of the 2020 draft. He played three games, starting one, in his time in Dallas. He started …

Florida football developed two young tight ends into pass-catching threats, which bodes well for the position in 2024. Redshirt sophomores Arlis Boardingham and Hayden Hansen combined for 439 yards and 6 receiving TDs in 2023. In 2022, Florida got just a combined 3 TD catches from the tight end position. The increased receiving production from the tight end spot helped …

Some would call it spinning. Others would regard it as digging. A deeper hole. And that’s what the Jets seem to be doing. They traded for pass rusher Haason Reddick at a time when he wanted a new contract. But they didn’t sign him to a new contract before making the deal. Advantage, Reddick. Since then, he has dug in, …

INDIANAPOLIS — Purdue football coach Ryan Walters told reporters at Big Ten media days that the school’s entire athletic department is going into the 2024 season with a “chip on our shoulder” after being picked to finish last in the conference. The Boilermakers ranked No. 18 in the USA TODAY Sports Network preseason media poll and the cleveland.com poll this week. …

When you have two quarterbacks, you have none. When you have three quarterbacks, you have the 2024 Broncos. Veteran Jarrett Stidham. 2021 top-two pick Zach Wilson. Rookie first-rounder Bo Nix. Who will the starter be? That’s to be determined. Coach Sean Payton was asked about the quarterback rotation during his first training camp press conference. “We’ll mix it up again,” …

BLOOMINGTON — Purdue football coach Ryan Walters told reporters at Big Ten media days that the school’s entire athletic department is going into the 2024 season with a “chip on our shoulder” after being picked to finish last in the conference. The Boilermakers ranked No. 18 in the USA TODAY Sports Network preseason media poll and the cleveland.com poll this week. …

Why Shanahan is unbothered by ‘crazy’ QB market as Purdy payday looms originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area While Brock Purdy currently remains a steal for the 49ers on his rookie deal this season, the young quarterback is due for a lucrative contract extension in 2025 after thriving in San Francisco’s starting role. The situation can seem overwhelming at …

As long as you play NCAA Division I football, you should have an opportunity to compete for a national title. That’s how the leadership and players feel at West Point and that’s why it was a prime reason to join the ranks of affiliated football for only the second time since the program was created in 1890. Army was greeted …

The wide receiver position is absolutely loaded in both fantasy and reality. It’s so hard to put together any sort of position ranking list without feeling like you left someone off or slighted a really good player or two. And yet, I’m going to give it a shot … and I’ll absolutely feel the aforementioned. This embedded content is not …

INDIANAPOLIS — Here are four things we learned about Ohio State as it took its turn at Big Ten media days on Tuesday. Quarterback competition continues Coach Ryan Day is planning to maximize repetitions among quarterbacks in the early days of preseason training camp, which opens on Aug. 1. Day said they will divide the Buckeyes between two of their …

The Raiders placed receiver Michael Gallup on the reserve/retired list Tuesday, the team announced. Gallup, 28, played six seasons with the Cowboys before signing a one-year deal worth up to $3 million with the Raiders this offseason. He won’t play a down for his new team. The Cowboys made Gallup a third-round pick in 2018. He made 66 receptions for …

Jul. 23—Polls and predictions? Those two rituals of the preseason in college football say Ohio State will be one of the top teams in the country this season. Ryan Day called them noise and distractions on Tuesday during the first day of Big Ten Football Media Days at Lucas Oil Stadium. “Our focus is on this preseason as the next …

The Cowboys reportedly were prioritizing receiver CeeDee Lamb’s contract. They apparently didn’t prioritize it enough. Via Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Lamb is not reporting to training camp. It’s no surprise. He skipped the offseason program, and prior reports indicated he wouldn’t show up without a new deal. Lamb is due to make $17.99 million in the final year of …