Kentucky tight end Josh Kattus has been named one of four finalists for the 15th annual Pop Warner College Football Award, Pop Warner Little Scholars announced Tuesday. The Cincinnati native has caught 21 passes for 310 yards and five touchdowns in 33 career games and 15 starts for the Wildcats. This season, he made six receptions for 77 yards and …

Following Sunday’s win over the Bengals, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said George Pickens has “just got to grow up, man,” after the third-year receiver committed a pair of personal fouls. Pickens was flagged for taunting and for making finger guns after a catch, costing Pittsburgh 30 yards in penalties. He finished the game with three receptions for 74 yards …

Travis Hunter of the Colorado Buffaloes, center, celebrates after scoring a fourth-quarter touchdown against Utah at Folsom Field last month.Photograph: Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The Heisman Trophy is college football’s supreme individual honor, an annual tribute to the best player in the game, and more often than not it’s the country’s top quarterback who takes the prize. But this could be …

The Week 14 game slate is an abridged one; there are six teams on a bye, which means fantasy football managers will be treated to just 12 total games this week — AKA, just 12 total teams from which to carefully construct your fantasy lineups in what could be an absolutely crucial week toward your trip to the playoffs. [Week …

(Photo by Eric Francis/Getty Images) The Nebraska Cornhuskers are already feeling the impact of the transfer portal during the 2024 offseason. The portal officially opens on Monday, December 9, and closes on Thursday, December 28. That hasn’t stopped several Huskers from already declaring their intentions to enter when it opens. The first player to announce his plans to enter the portal …

Tennessee Titans wide receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine has been on a hot streak of touchdown production, making him an intriguing flex play for fantasy football managers moving forward. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.) Touchdown production is incredibly fluky. That’s especially the case for a player like Tennessee Titans WR Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, who’s scored eight times on just 20 catches this year. He …

Ben Davis standout Mark Zackery IV will sign with Notre Dame on Wednesday, the start of the early signing period for college football. Zackery explains, in his own words, why he committed to the Irish: Notre Dame was a school I saw a lot on TV when I was younger, but I never knew much about it. I grew up …

The 2024 NFL preseason was one filled with hope for the potential of the tight end position. It felt like there were a myriad of options who could change the trajectory of a hstorically volatile position. Detroit Lions TE Sam LaPorta was coming off a record-setting rookie campaigni and looked poised to take another step forward. There was an opportunity …

CHEBOYGAN – Luke Munger was a force on the football field for the Cheboygan Chiefs. Recently, the Cheboygan senior star was recognized by the Northern Michigan Football League Legends Division in a major way. Thanks to an excellent final season, Munger was named the league’s defensive player of the year. In addition, he made the NMFL defensive first team as …

Trevor Lawrence is in the concussion protocol and the Jaguars have added a quarterback to the practice squad to flesh out their current options at the position. The team announced the signing of John Wolford on Tuesday. They also signed punter Matt Haack and long snapper Tucker Addington and released defensive end Joe Gaziano, cornerback Tyler Hall, and offensive lineman …

Four days is a long, long time in college football recruiting. Class of 2025 and three-star running back Brendon Haygood committed to Missouri football on Tuesday evening. The tailback was committed to Boise State until Saturday, when the tailback announced he was backing out of his pledge to the Mountain West Conference team while on a visit with the Tigers …

Legendary Eagles linebacker named Hall of Fame seniors finalist originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Maxie Baughan, who made the Pro Bowl in five of his six seasons with the Eagles, is among five finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the combined contributor, coach and senior committee category, the Hall announced Tuesday. Baughan was the Eagles’ 2nd-round …

The upsets on the penultimate weekend of the college football season created drama around how the playoff rankings, released by the committee Tuesday, would shape the announcement of the 12-team field that is coming in less than a week. The suspense was centered on how far Ohio State, ranked No. 2 last week, would fall after its loss to Michigan …

The 11-1 Lions are the best team in the NFL right now, but their schedule doesn’t make things easy: They play the 9-3 Packers on Thursday, the 10-2 Bills next week, and finish the season against the 10-2 Vikings. Lions coach Dan Campbell says as far as he’s concerned, his team needs to be treating December like it’s the playoffs. …

USA TODAY SMG On the eve of National Signing Day, a key member of LSU’s 2025 recruiting class took himself off flip watch. Linebacker Keylan Moses took to social media and announced his intention to sign with LSU on Wednesday. The four-star linebacker committed to LSU in November of 2023, but took a visit to Texas A&M last week. There …