Greg Auman NFC South Reporter The compartmentalization of the excitement surrounding Falcons quarterbacks is simple enough: Kirk Cousins is the quarterback of the present, and rookie Michael Penix Jr. is, for an as-yet-undetermined time, the quarterback of the future. Don’t let the next three weeks confuse that, as Cousins sits out the preseason schedule while he continues to recover from …

There was no wrong approach to the running back position in terms of fantasy football draft strategy last season. Every popular method of roster construction had a path to success. Here’s a quick look at the average draft positions in 2023 of the game’s most valuable running backs: If you won a fantasy title last year, one (or more) of …

The 2024 TSSAA football season is officially less than a month away. In anticipation of the upcoming season, fans can decide who their best returning high school player is at each position. This week you can choose your kicker/punter in the Knoxville area heading into the year. Vote for your choice of the area’s top kicker/punter among eight players to …

BATON ROUGE – LSU football opens up the 2024 season where it finished last season in the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll. The Tigers are ranked No. 12 in the ranking that were released by USA TODAY Monday afternoon. Entering Brian Kelly’s third season in Baton Rouge and despite losing Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Jayden Daniels to the NFL, expectations …

With the July visit window closed and the season coming into focus, in today’s Tuesdays With Gorney, Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney breaks down what he’s hearing on numerous five-stars – committed and uncommitted – in the 2025 class. RUMOR MILL: Summer visits are over but buzz ramping up ***** CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position …

The Seahawks got a big piece of the puzzle back on the field Monday. Quarterback Geno Smith missed four practices with hip and knee injuries, but he was back in action without any limitations to kick off this week’s work. Wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba said that the offense picked up where it had been before Smith took a seat on …

Only one man could stop Kirby Smart the past three seasons. The GOAT, they called him. Now that Nick Saban works for ESPN, who’s going to stand in Smart’s way? Maybe no one. After Saban’s retirement, Smart became the SEC’s only active coach to have won a national championship. He’s the SEC’s unquestioned overlord, while a power struggle unfolds down …

The surprise speaker at Eagles’ seminar on NFL gambling rules originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Every summer, all NFL teams gather their players together for a meeting about the NFL’s gambling policy. What’s allowed? What’s not allowed? What will get you in trouble? What will get you suspended? This year’s presentation was a little different. Because the Eagles had …

TAMPA — The resemblance, from their names to their statures to their facial features, is striking. Five-foot-10 USF receiver Sean Atkins is a dead ringer for Sean Astin, the diminutive actor who portrayed the most famous walk-on in college football lore, Notre Dame’s Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger. Like Rudy, Atkins also arrived at his school as a walk-on with minimal opportunities …

DeSean Bishop. Tennessee Volunteers kick off spring football practices at Anderson Training Center on March 18, 2024. Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire Tennessee will kick off its 2024 football season in 25 days. The Vols will open its upcoming campaign on Aug. 31 against Chattanooga at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 12:45 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the contest. …

LAKELAND — Quarterbacks, last year, were The Ledger’s Big School and Small School high school football players of the year, awarded to Lakeland’s Zander Smith and Fort Meade’s Carson MontsDeOca. Will quarterbacks win the awards again in 2024? Smith returns at Lakeland, having recovered from offseason shoulder surgery and would have to be considered a favorite. MontsDeOca is now playing …

Louisville went 15-21 in Steve Kragthorpe’s three seasons with the team. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) Former Louisville coach Steve Kragthorpe died Monday. He was 59. The longtime college football coach was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease over a decade ago. After playing quarterback at Eastern New Mexico and West Texas, Kragthorpe got into coaching in the 1990s for a career …

. 2025 offensive tackle prospect Josh Petty will announce his commitment on Aug. 12. Petty will choose between his top five schools: Tennessee, Georgia Tech, Ohio State, Florida State and Stanford. The 6-foot-5, 262-pound offensive tackle is from Fellowship Christian School in Roswell, Georgia. Petty ranks as the No. 14 overall player in the class of 2025. He also ranks …

Eagles linebacker earns a special shout-out from Nick Sirianni originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Late last week, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni was asked a question about the toughness C.J. Gardner-Johnson brings to his team. He answered it. Then he was asked an entirely unrelated question and answered that too. But then a little lightbulb went off. And the …

Memphis football’s defense will look different in 2024. How different, and in what ways? That remains to be seen. And it could change on a game-by-game basis, according to new defensive coordinator Jordon Hankins. “As far as exactly what type of defense we’re going to be, I have no idea,” Hankins said last week. “I know I’m going to put …