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Central Valley Christian’s Bryson Donelson runs the ball against Los Gatos during the CIF State Football Championship at Pasadena City College in Pasadena CA on Saturday, Dec. 09, 2023. The Cavaliers won the game 45-42. Central Valley Christian senior Bryson Donelson is the Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register’s Bob Mathias Award Winner as Tulare County’s most outstanding football player for the 2023-24 …

The Dolphins are adding former NFL defensive back Ronnie Bradford to their coaching staff. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Bradford will be the team’s senior special teams assistant. He was the defensive coordinator at the University of Montana in 2023. Bradford was a Dolphins fourth-round pick in 1993, but he never played a game for the team. He was …

When Mike Bellotti interviewed potential offensive coordinators at Oregon in 2007, he sought input from his defensive coaching staff. To gain the perspectives from the opposite side of the ball, Bellotti had them meet with the candidates. That gave Nick Aliotti, the Ducks’ longtime defensive coordinator, his first look at a bright assistant coach from New Hampshire named Chip Kelly. …

Patriots offensive tackle Trent Brown takes a step closer to free agency today. Brown’s contract voids at the close of the league’s business day today. It is possible the Patriots could sign him to a contract extension before then, but that’s extraordinarily unlikely after a season in which both Brown and the team seemed unhappy with each other. “It’s been …

This offseason, Will Hall will be a football coach for just a few hours a day. He’ll attend morning winter workouts and, once spring practice starts, lead his Southern Miss football team on the field. Aside from those instances, Hall is a fundraiser. On a random Wednesday in February, Hall, the coach, starts his day at 7 a.m. observing workouts. …

PARSIPPANY, N.J. –Kyle Monangai acknowledges that the best thing for his NFL future was for him to return for one more year of college football, The driving force for Monangai and many of his teammates to return for a last dance with Rutgers football isn’t as much about bettering their position to play on Sundays. After all, the Big Ten’s …

The 2024 NFL offseason is underway after the Kansas City Chiefs raised their latest Lombardi Trophy. And free agency is right around the corner. Starting March 11, all 32 teams can begin negotiating with players who have expiring contracts. Two days later, signings and trades can be made official, setting the stage for next season’s biggest wave of roster turnover. …

Eagles Stay or Go 2024: Will Fletcher Cox be back for another season? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Reuben Frank and Dave Zangaro bring back Stay or Go in 2024, trying to figure out the futures of every Eagles player on the roster. We already looked at quarterback, running back, receiver, tight end, interior offensive line, offensive tackle and …

Let’s take a trip to Stockbridge, Georgia. In that town, there’s a player USC is interested in: 6-foot-3, 200-pound senior-to-be Chase Taylor. The linebacker just landed an offer from the USC Trojans. As a junior, Taylor tallied 73 tackles, six for loss, with six sacks, three caused fumbles, an interception, and four pass breakups. He logged 66 tackles and three …

Dunbar’s Kyeran Garcia signed a letter of intent to play under coach Deion Sanders at Colorado on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Colorado football commit Kyeran Garcia’s future changed drastically in a matter of two months. At the conclusion of his senior season at Dunbar High School (Fort Myers, Florida), the wide-receiver-turned-linebacker had a handful of college football offers to the …

Can new Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh build a winner in Los Angeles? Harbaugh accomplished his first task of forming a coaching staff and one thing is clear. The Chargers head coach placed an emphasis on continuity and familiarity when constructing his staff.  Most of the Chargers coaches have previous ties to the Harbaugh family. “Getting this staff, putting this …

The 2024 NFL offseason is set to ramp up over the next several weeks as franchises will be making crucial decisions on setting their rosters for the upcoming season. The franchise tag window opens on Tuesday, Feb. 20. This marks the start for teams to decide whether to place the franchise tag or transition tag on any one of their …

The Big Ten football season is going to look different in 2024. New additions USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington bring more formidable opponents to the table. But more importantly, gone is the East-West Division model, replaced by a format of conference standings similar to that in basketball. There are some blockbuster out-of-conference games to monitor before the conference slate begins …

Defense. Toughness. “Punting is winning.” Iowa’s football team thrives on physicality, and for that, it’s unsurprising that head coach Kirk Ferentz takes a page out of the Hawkeyes’ dominant wrestling program in his recruiting efforts. “The theory I developed was that if a guy was a great wrestler, it didn’t mean he was going to be a great football player, …