Yearly Archives: 2024

2024 NFL free agency: Browns sign former Jets Pro Bowler to improve special teams

Getty Images While it’ll likely be overlooked, the Cleveland Browns are making a smart signing as free agency enters its second month. The Browns have signed Cleveland native and former Jets Pro Bowler Justin Hardee.  This is a smart signing given Hardee’s special teams prowess and the NFL’s recent adjustments to the kickoff, adjustments that all but guarantee significantly more …

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Jarrett Guarantano by the numbers against Memphis

Memphis (1-0) defeated Houston (0-1), 18-12, at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas during Week 1 of the inaugural UFL season. Former Vol Jarrett Guarantano completed 16-of-21 passing attempts for 157 passing yards for Houston. He also recorded 22 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown. Guarantano played quarterback at Tennessee from 2016-20. He appeared in 41 games for the Vols, totaling …

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Browns to sign Justin Hardee

The Browns are set to add a core special teams player to their roster. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team will sign former Jet Justin Hardee. No terms of the deal he’s agreed to have been reported. Hardee spent the last three seasons with the Jets and he was named a Pro Bowler after the 2022 season. …

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Coveted West Coast offensive lineman takes in Gators during visit

Billy Napier and the Florida football program played host to a plethora of prep prospects this weekend for the team’s first team scrimmage on Saturday. Among them was a coveted offensive lineman from the other side of the country. Three-star offensive tackle John Mills out of San Francisco (California) St. Ignatius College Preparatory in the 2025 cycle dropped in to …

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Desert Edge in Goodyear building deep pool of two-way athletes

For a while, it seemed as if football coaches and track and field coaches were locked in a perpetual battle against one another. Football coaches didn’t want their players to hurt themselves running. Track coaches wanted their athletes to focus on only their sport. But that view has changed, it’s very evident at Desert Edge High School in Goodyear. Mark …

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Vikings suspend OC Wes Phillips for three weeks following misdemeanor DWI charge, per report

Getty Images The Minnesota Vikings have suspended offensive coordinator Wes Phillips for three weeks without pay following the legal resolution of a 2023 traffic stop in Minneapolis, according to ESPN. His suspension reportedly begins Tuesday and will conclude April 22. Phillips was arrested on a misdemeanor DWI charge last December, according to Hennepin County jail records (via ESPN). Phillips blew …

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Cooper DeJean set to work out for teams on April 8

One of the top-rated cornerbacks in this year’s draft class is set to get on the field in front of scouts next week. Cooper DeJean’s final season at Iowa ended with a fractured fibula, but he said at the Scouting Combine that he’d been medically cleared. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that he has informed teams that he’s also been …

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Ohio State names new running backs coach

Apr. 2—The new Ohio State football running backs coach is Carlos Locklyn. His hiring became official Monday night, less than three weeks after Tony Alford left the position to join the staff at Michigan. Locklyn is a Montgomery, Ala., native who played running back and cornerback at Chattanooga then was a high school coach in Tennessee for eight years. He …

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Four-star linebacker Matai Tagoa’i commits to USC football

As predicted earlier last week, Matai Tagoa’i, the bluechip linebacker from San Clemente, California, has verbally committed to the Trojans. The 6-foot-5, 210-pound Tagoa’i is rated the No. 11 linebacker and the No. 80 prospect overall in the  247Sports Composite. In his junior season, Tagoa’i had 73 tackles, six of them for a loss, in 10 games as a sophomore. …

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