Shanahan shares hopeful updates on Floyd, Gross-Matos’ injuries originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area LAS VEGAS — Two of the 49ers’ top defensive ends sustained knee injuries during Friday night’s NFL preseason finale. But after the players went through preliminary evaluations, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said he believed Leonard Floyd and Yetur Gross-Matos both avoided severe injury. “Most likely …

. On Friday night, the Texas Longhorns got a big win on the recruiting trail. Four-star offensive lineman Nick Brooks committed to Texas over Georgia and USC. He was ranked as the No. 208 player in the nation, the No. 17 offensive tackle, and the No. 30 player in Georgia, according to On3. With Brooks’s commitment, the Longhorns have five …

Bears trade for defensive lineman from Cleveland Browns originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The Bears traded for a defensive lineman for the second day in a row, on Saturday. The team sent a sixth-round draft pick to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for defensive tackle Chris Williams and a seventh-round pick. Williams gives the team …

The 2024 college football season is here. Sort of. The season officially doesn’t begin until Thursday, Aug. 29, but we don’t have to wait until then to get our first actual games of the season. Saturday’s slate includes four games involving six FBS teams. Here’s a look at what’s on tap for the unofficial first weekend of the season. Noon …

Recruiting Michigan State football opened Jonathan Smith’s 2025 recruiting class getting one of the best signal callers on the west coast to commit to MSU. Leo Hannan of Servite High School in California will be the first quarterback recruit Smith and co. bring to East Lansing, and on Friday, he started his high school football season. Watch a beautiful touchdown …

Finally, No. 10 Florida State’s football season is a mere hours away. The Seminoles and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets each traveled 4,000 miles to Dublin, Ireland, for Saturday’s Aer Lingus College Football Classic. Kickoff is noon on ESPN and the game is sold-out (47,000). The forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers and temps in the mid-60s. FSU …

(Scott Cunningham/Getty Images) The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets open up their 2024 college football campaign in the Emerald Isle for a Week 0 matchup against the Florida State Seminoles for this year’s Aer Lingus Classic in Dublin, Ireland. Tech is coming off a winning campaign last year that saw the Jackets go 7-6 overall while going 5-3 against ACC foes. …

There were only three seconds left in Friday night’s preseason finale between San Francisco and Las Vegas, but the 49ers weren’t ready to go home just yet. In a wild sequence that lasted nearly 40 seconds, the 49ers did nearly everything they could to get the ball down the field and break the tie, and while they weren’t successful, it’s …

The Wisconsin football team added a ton of talent in the transfer portal following the 2023 season and The Athletic included three Badgers players in their top 100 transfers. Linebacker John Pius came in as the highest-ranked Wisconsin addition, coming in as the No. 29 overall transfer. Pius transferred to Madison in the offseason after three seasons at William & …

The Cleveland Brown will play the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday night, here’s how to watch (Nick Cammett/Getty Images) After three weeks of summer play, 2024 NFL preseason comes to a close this weekend and for their final game of the preseason, the Cleveland Browns will head to Seattle to face the Seahawks. The game will be the first time the …

The ACC is going international for the matchup between Florida State and Georgia Tech football. The Seminoles and Yellow Jackets kick off the 2024 college football season with a noon game from Aviva Stadium in Dublin for the Aer Lingus College Football Classic. The game marks the third straight year and the ninth time in history a college football game …

TAMPA, Fla. — Get in, get a good feel for things, get out. That was the goal for Bucs starters in Friday night’s preseason finale, a 24-14 win over the Dolphins. Tampa’s offensive starters were done after seven snaps and a 70-yard touchdown drive, and the starting defense was done after just three snaps. “We came out and tried to …

Aug 27, 2022; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels receiver Gavin Blackwell (2) is greeted by teammates after scoring a touchdown during the first half against the Florida A&M Rattlers at Kenan Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports Some top analysts had already projected their year-end bowls before ESPN released theirs and the consensus was …

Quarterback Trey Lance #19 of the Dallas Cowboys is expected to start when the team plays the Los Angeles Chargers this Saturday (Ric Tapia/Getty Images) As the 2024 NFL preseason comes to a close this weekend, the Dallas Cowboys head back to their home turf to host the Los Angeles Chargers for an afternoon game on Saturday. Quarterback Trey Lance …

Aug. 24—We are just one week away from the opening game of the 2024 Idaho football season. The Vandals will open up against two Football Bowl Subdivision teams in Oregon and Wyoming on the road. The first P1FCU Kibbie Dome contest will be a rematch of a FCS quarterfinal game with UAlbany which will be one of five games at …