A three-year standout and two-year starter for Oregon football, starting left tackle Josh Conerly Jr. officially declared for the NFL Draft Wednesday afternoon, opting to forgo his senior season in Eugene, in a prepared Instagram post. The junior lineman played 965 offensive snaps in 2024 after 901 in 2023 and allowed just two sacks over the last two seasons combined, …

Students hold and shake a large banner just before kickoff as BYU and Kansas play at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday Nov. 16, 2024. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News BYU’s latest transfer portal addition has a familiar last name. Former Baylor long snapper Garrison Grimes has committed to the Cougars, the program announced Wednesday afternoon. Garrison Grimes …

(This story was updated to add new information.) Wisconsin freshman cornerback Xavier Lucas has still yet to officially enter the transfer portal. This update arrives nearly two weeks after Lucas’ last public comments on the situation (Dec. 27): “I still intend to transfer,” Lucas wrote on X. “But at the moment Wisconsin is refusing to release me into the transfer …

. The Georgia Bulldogs’ secondary has been a major talking point heading into the 2025 college football season. Georgia has already lost a lot of cornerbacks and safeties in the NCAA transfer portal and another one just announced his intentions to transfer. Freshman Collin Gill announced he will enter the transfer portal, according to 247Sports. Gill, a three-star recruit, originally …

Texas football is traveling to the Cotton Bowl in Arlington for the College Football Playoff semifinal to face Ohio State. There, they’ll be an underdog for the first time since playing Alabama at the beginning of the 2023-24 season. Ohio State has been on a tear. They defeated Tennessee 42-17 and in the next round, trounced No. 1-seeded Oregon 41-21. …

Penn State head coach James Franklin has never shoed away from sharing his opinions on what he feels are good or bad for the game of college football. And he is certainly not one to back away from speaking his mind about how the game should operate. With Franklin’s Penn State Nittany Lions prepping for a College Football Playoff semifinal …

Jan. 8—BROOKINGS — A few short years ago, the South Dakota State coaching staff was teeming with candidates to one day replace program patriarch John Stiegelmeier. But as the Jackrabbits rose to FCS prominence and won consecutive national championships in 2022 and 2023, the rest of the college football world took notice. Eric Eidsness and Dan Jackson took jobs at …

Jan. 8—Here’s a look at what former South Dakota high school standout athletes are doing at colleges around the country: BRONX, N.Y. — Chamberlain High School graduate Nash Hutmacher capped his Nebraska football career in winning fashion as the Cornhuskers won 20-15 over Boston College in the Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 28 at Yankee Stadium. Hutmacher played his 49th game …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Ever since Abdul Carter left the Fiesta Bowl last week with an upper-body injury, his status for Thursday night’s Orange Bowl has been a hot topic. Speculation ran rampant after Carter, Penn State’s outstanding defensive end, was not seen Sunday at practice. Nittany Lions coach James Franklin described Carter’s availability for the College Football Playoff semifinal …

BYU head coach Kalani Sitake celebrates an interception during the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Anything can happen, and usually does, in college football, so pronouncing any team’s roster for the upcoming season finalized and a done deal is almost always a fool’s errand. Even predicting a depth …

Dec 28, 2024; Boston, MA, USA; Connecticut Huskies running back Mel Brown (7) runs the ball against the North Carolina Tar Heels during the first half at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images The North Carolina Tar Heels limped into bowl season during December, hoping to end a tumultuous campaign with one final win. UNC faced UConn in the …

Jan. 8—PULLMAN — Washington State may have lost its class of 2025 quarterback with last month’s coaching change, but the Cougars are bringing in another high school QB. Norman North (Oklahoma) product Owen Eshelman, who previously committed to coach Jimmy Rogers at South Dakota State, announced Wednesday he’s flipping to WSU. Eshelman is Rogers’ third high school pledge with the …

Jan. 8—MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Ahead of a blockbuster semifinal matchup, Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman is aware of what step of the postseason his Fighting Irish team is at by just listening to the noise surrounding his program this late in the season. He’s warning his team to not fall into the trap a second time. “I think …

Purdue football added another experienced transfer to its secondary — one who spent much of the season starting for a College Football Playoff contender. The Boilermakers announced the signing of former BYU safety Crew Wakley on Wednesday. The 6-0, 200-pound Utah native, who began his career at Utah State, has two years of eligibility remaining. Wakley started seven games in …

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