The Oklahoman recently ranked the top defensive lineman heading into the 2024 Oklahoma high school football season, and now the fans have a chance to have their voices heard. The Oklahoman’s poll for the state’s best high school defensive lineman is now live, and it will be available until noon Thursday. Cast your vote and check out all of our coverage heading into …

If today’s news that the Patriots planned to release receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster was aimed at getting someone to trade for him, the phone didn’t ring. The Patriots have officially parted ways with the veteran receiver. Making a trade impractical was his $7 million salary in 2024, which is fully guaranteed. That said, a team could have offered the Patriots a …

Tyler Barnes has a new title with the Iowa Hawkeyes. Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz announced in his Media Day press conference that Tyler Barnes is now Iowa football’s chief of staff and general manager. “The other announcement to make, Tyler Barnes has a new title. It’s football chief of staff and general manager, which is kind of the …

Cordarrelle Patterson is ready to get on the field for the Steelers. The NFL’s daily transaction wire shows that Patterson passed his physical on Friday. That takes him off the non-football injury list and makes him eligible to start practicing and playing with the AFC North club. Patterson won’t be practicing right away because the Steelers are playing the Texans …

NCAA Football: Big 12 Media Days BOULDER, Colo. — Deion “ Coach Prime ” Sanders kicked off his second season at Colorado with a combative news conference Friday when he also celebrated his 57th birthday and became a grandfather. Donning his signature shades and a Buffaloes baseball cap, Sanders started things off by thanking the person who left a card …

Brandon Aiyuk’s tenure in San Francisco may not be coming to an end just yet. Aiyuk’s future with the reigning NFC champions has been in limbo since he requested a trade after not being able to negotiate a long-term contract extension this offseason. Teams such as the Pittsburgh Steelers have reportedly shown interest in acquiring the All-Pro receiver. Then came …

MILAN – Kalen Edwards was one of the loudest people on the Dyersburg sideline on Friday. While Edwards didn’t play in the TSSAA football scrimmage against Milan at Johnnie Hale Stadium to avoid potential injury, he still made his presence felt. Any time his teammates made a big play, he was the first to celebrate. Anytime his teammates made a …

Kirk Cousins won’t play in the preseason, but the Falcons quarterback will be ready for the regular season. Cousins, who is returning from a torn Achilles on Oct. 29, said during the team’s preseason opener that he will be good to go against Pittsburgh. “I’ll be ready to go Week 1,” Cousins said during a sideline interview, via NFL Media. …

Aug. 9—It was a risk. Randolph Kpai will tell you as much. Before joining New Mexico this summer, the former top-rated recruit out of South Dakota spent the first three years of his career at Nebraska without playing a single game. There wasn’t one determining factor in his decision to enter the transfer portal; a lingering shoulder injury and “the …

Roob’s Instant Observations: Rookies shine as Eagles beat Ravens in wild last-second finish originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Now, this was some pretty high drama for a preseason game. Jake Elliott, who missed a 50-yard field goal with 15 seconds left in the fourth quarter, got another chance moments later after edge rusher Patrick Johnson forced a fumble, and …

Freshman Boo Carter is in the mix for Tennessee’s starting nickelback position, and former Karns standout DeSean Bishop appears to be the early frontrunner for the No. 2 running back spot. Those were among the takeaways from the Vols’ first scrimmage of preseason practice on Friday night. It was a closed scrimmage under the lights at Neyland Stadium. But coach …

49ers running back Christian McCaffrey won’t play in the preseason after straining his calf in Sunday’s practice. He has not participated in practice since. McCaffrey, though, said his rehab is strictly precautionary. “Yeah, I feel great,” McCaffrey said on SiriusXM NFL Radio on Friday, via 49erswebzone.com. “Very cautionary stuff. If we had a game, I would play, but just trying …

Running back Trevor Etienne (Jennings, Louisiana/ Jennings H.S.), the four-star prospect, was officially honored as a 2022 All-American. Tuesday afternoon the watch list for the 2024 Doak Walker Award was released. The award is presented annually to the nation’s premier running back. Eight former All-American Bowl athletes were named to the watch list. · Chez Mellusi (Wisconsin) · Trevor Etienne …

Why Aiyuk, 49ers might have no choice but to work out extension originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk is under contract with the 49ers, and that’s how it might remain despite all the strange occurrences and acrimony this offseason. Aiyuk might be on his way to Pittsburgh if the 49ers and Steelers could come to …

Syracuse v Clemson Thursday afternoon the Davey O’Brien Foundation released the watch list for the 2024 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award. The award is presented annually to the nation’s best college quarterback.   We are ready to start watching some football! Here’s our Preseason Watch List of three dozen quarterbacks we have our eyes on. More QBs will be added …