Notre Dame football has started to heat up its wide receiver recruiting over the last few weeks. New Jersey’s Elijah Burress committed just over a week ago, giving the Irish their first verbal of the 2025 class at the position. On Sunday that number grew to two, as Ohio’s Shaun Terry committed to Notre Dame. The 5-foot, 10-inch and 170-pound …

Bill Connelly of ESPN has released his SP+ rating for the 2024 season. The metric views Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon and Texas as the four best teams in college football heading into the upcoming season. The ranking adds credence to the widely accepted notion that the above four teams are the top contenders for the 2024 College Football Playoff and …

For the first time, America’s most popular sport intersected with America’s most terrifying trend. Now that a mass shooting has occurred at the Kansas City parade and rally following the Chiefs’ latest Super Bowl win, it’s fair to wonder whether other places where thousands of football fans gather can or will be secure. The next significant event happens in two …

Michigan Wolverines safety Keon Sabb entered the NCAA transfer portal after Jim Harbaugh accepted the head coaching job with the Los Angeles Chargers. Sabb, a former four-star recruit, is one of the top players available in the transfer portal. Sabb will have three seasons of eligibility remaining. He just won a national championship with Michigan and would project as a …

The Dallas Cowboys have been the model of consistency over the last three years, posting 12-5 seasons in each campaign. However, that consistency has also reared its head in the postseason with early playoff exits in all three seasons. Now, they embark on the offseason where they’ll look to retool the roster in hopes of getting over the hump and …

Nick Allegretti found himself thrust into a starting role along the Kansas City Chiefs offensive line in the wake of Joe Thuney’s pectoral injury in the divisional round. While rising to the occasion and playing 79 offensive snaps in the eventual win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII is impressive enough, it grows in K.C. lore when …

Tennessee offered a scholarship to 2025 wide receiver prospect Cortez Mills. “University of Tennessee offered,” Mills said. The 6-foot-1, 170-pound four-star wide receiver prospect is from Homestead High School in Homestead, Florida. Mills is the No. 130 overall prospect in the class of 2025. He ranks as the No. 18 wide receiver prospect and No. 19 player in Florida, according …

With the Super Bowl now in the rearview mirror, we are officially out of the 2023 season and gearing up for 2024. Over the next several months, 31 teams are going to do their best to catch up to the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.  That process begins in earnest with free agency, which opens next month. With that …

10 reasons why 49ers fell to Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area A week later, it remains as obvious as ever that this is never going away. The 49ers were crushed on Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. And they remain crushed. There was not just one reason the 49ers lost 25-22 to the …

Eagles Stay or Go 2024: A couple of specialists are free agents 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 and offensive tackle. Up …

The NFL’s chronic struggles with racial bias in the hiring of coaches and General Managers has had, in a strange sort of way, an indirect benefit for the league. It has obscured the question of whether the league also has a bias against older coaches. Most legally-protected characteristics are hard-wired. From race to gender to sexual orientation to disability, people …

In Roob’s Observations: Can Eagles rely on Avonte Maddox in the slot? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Can the Eagles depend on Avonte Maddox in 2024? What are the Eagles’ options at running back? And why I was wrong about Michael Clay. It’s our first offseason edition of Roob’s 10 Random Eagles Observations. Training camp is only five months …

One of the thinnest groups on the Arkansas football roster heading into the 2024 season is linebacker. With Saturday’s addition, another body has been added to the room. Little Rock Christian linebacker Preston Davis committed to the Razorbacks as a preferred walk-on over the weekend. He chose Arkansas as a walk-on over scholarship offers at places like Central Arkansas, Harding, …

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired Georgia Bulldogs wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator Bryan McClendon to be their wide receivers coach. McClendon’s departure for the NFL is part of a growing trend of college coaches heading to the NFL. Most college coaches are looking for the improved work-life balance that the NFL has to offer. McClendon, who played …

The countdown has begun for the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit, Michigan. The headlines are easy to follow this year: There are obviously many more, but those are the biggest talking points. Related: ChatGPT ranks the most intimidating Big Ten football stadiums to play in Only a few former Wisconsin Badgers accepted NFL Combine invitations this year: RB Braelon Allen, OL …