The NFL on Monday announced its performance-based pay distribution for the 2023 season, and San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy and Dallas Cowboys cornerback DaRon Bland were among the top 25 earners.  The performance-based pay program uses a fund “created and used as a supplemental form of player compensation based on a comparison of playing time to salary,” according to …

Schrock’s Bears NFL mock draft 5.0: Ryan Poles makes flurry of trades to support Caleb Williams originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago It’s no secret what the Bears will do when they officially go on the clock with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft on April 25. Barring an unforeseen red flag, USC star quarterback Caleb …

Apr. 1—CHAMPAIGN — Associate head coach and defensive backs coach David Gibbs has resigned after two months on Bret Bielema’s football staff at Illinois. The program released a statement today, Bielema saying: “Coach Gibbs has resigned from his position on the Illinois coaching staff and will be temporarily stepping away from coaching for medical reasons. We appreciate the contributions David …

April has finally arrived and the countdown to the 2024 NFL Draft is on. With the NFL Draft only weeks away, Nick Wright of “First Things First” released his first mock draft of the season on Monday.  Unsurprisingly, he has three quarterbacks being selected with the top-three picks. But which ones and which teams are making those top picks? Here’s …

Trevor Lawrence didn’t have the season he nor the Jacksonville Jaguars anticipated. Lawrence had 21 giveaways in a season which he regressed after a promising first year under Doug Pederson, as the Jaguars went 0-5 in his last five starts to miss the playoffs.  The turnovers were shades from 2021, a disastrous first season from Lawrence under Urban Meyer. In …

MADISON – Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell and his staff have lost another recruit for the Badgers’ 2025 class. Cody Haddad, a safety/wide receiver from St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, has decommitted. Haddad gave UW an oral commitment in January but recently visited Ohio State. He holds offers from the Buckeyes, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Purdue and several other schools. …

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comApr 1, 2024, 02:00 PM ET CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. The penultimate week of the 2024 fantasy hockey season begins with eight games on Monday, followed by another eight on Tuesday. A …

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Four-star defensive lineman Bryce Davis has been projected to commit to the Georgia Bulldogs according to On3. Davis recently visited the Georgia football program on March 16. Davis has also checked out Clemson football this spring. He has an upcoming visited scheduled with Duke on April 13 and an official visit with North Carolina this June. Bryce Davis plays high …

Getty Images Patrick Peterson is willing to be patient in finding a new team for 2024. As free agency is in the midst of its second wave, the former Steeler will wait things out until he gets the right call. When that call comes, Peterson wants a warning if he’s going to play a different position than cornerback. He’s open …

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders has appointed his friend and a fellow Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Sapp to join his staff in Boulder as senior quality control analyst – an off-the-field job that adds to the considerable NFL experience on the Colorado staff under Sanders. Sanders introduced Sapp, 51, at a team meeting Sunday, as documented on Well …

When it comes to the NFL Draft, there are a lot of people involved in the decision-makings process for each team, from executives to coaches to scouts. The Baltimore Ravens are also getting their quarterback involved. Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said Lamar Jackson is sharing his opinions on who Baltimore should pick in the April event. During NFL’s Annual League …

The UFL has plenty of work to do, especially when it comes to strategic decisions like which weekend in March to debut, and more importantly which weekend in March not to debut. But the UFL has some things that the NFL should be monitoring and exploring. The first-down system, which ditches 10 yards and a cloud of chain for modern …

Dabo Swinney is not only the Clemson football program’s best head coach of all time, but he is also one of college football’s best.  Since Swinney took over the Tigers program, Clemson has had the best run it has ever had, and by a wide margin. Swinney’s presence changed the trajectory of this program and helped develop it into a …

USATSI If the New York Jets have told us anything this offseason, it’s that they are going all in on the 2024 campaign. The club has acquired a litany of veteran players on one-year deals in hopes of maximizing its chances of contending this season with Aaron Rodgers, who’ll be 41 in December. And the next step in squeezing every …