Michigan State football earned its commitment to the 2026 recruiting class Friday afternoon from tight end Joey Caudill. He’s a 6-foot-5, 215-pound player listed as an “athlete” and ranked three stars by 247 Sports, though unranked in 247 Sports’ composite rankings. He attends Lexington High School in Mansfield, Ohio. Caudill had offers from Miami (Ohio), Toledo and Western Michigan, but …

UCF head coach Scott Frost has finalized his coaching staff by hiring Mark D’Onofrio as the Knights’ new linebackers coach. D’Onofrio, 55, most recently served as the inside linebackers coach at Stanford for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. “I’m thrilled to join Scott Frost’s staff at UCF,” D’Onofrio said in a statement. “It’s an incredible opportunity to be part of …

Another Notre Dame player has announced his plans to enter the draft ahead of Friday’s deadline for players who took part in the national title game earlier this week to do so. Safety Xavier Watts will be leaving South Bend and throwing his name into the 2025 NFL Draft. Watts started his time in college at wide receiver, but switched …

SOUTH BEND — One year after fending off overtures from Michigan, Notre Dame football is reportedly losing de facto general manager Chad Bowden to rival USC. According to Football Scoop, which named Bowden its player personnel director of the year, the struggling Trojans poached coach Marcus Freeman’s longtime recruiting ace with a multiyear deal paying more than $1 million per …

Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles announced Friday he will remain in school for his senior year rather than leave early for the NFL. “It’s an honor to play for Ohio State,” he wrote in a graphic posted on X. “I’m not done yet. I’m here to stay. Let’s run it back.” With heavy attrition as a result of maintaining a …

A little more than a month after he was formally unveiled as North Carolina’s new football coach at a news conference, Bill Belichick has put pen to paper and formally signed his contract with the university. Belichick signed the deal Wednesday and the school released it Thursday. The longtime NFL coach, who led the New England Patriots to six Super …

CLEMSON — Clemson football has an official date for its first conference regular-season game in 2025. The ACC announced Friday that the Tigers will face Georgia Tech on Sept. 13 at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Time and network will be announced later this year, and Clemson’s full schedule will be released Monday (9 p.m. ET, ACC Network). This will be the 89th meeting …

Former Wisconsin and Stanford inside linebackers coach Mark D’Onofrio has been hired to the same position at UCF, the program announced on Friday. In doing so, D’Onofrio goes from working under one former Wisconsin assistant to another. At Stanford, he worked under defensive coordinator Bobby April III (Wisconsin OLBs coach from 2018-22). He now moves to a UCF defensive staff led …

Brian Bohannon ATLANTA — Former Kennesaw State coach Brian Bohannon is returning to Georgia Tech as a senior offensive assistant on coach Brent Key’s staff. Bohannon’s return was one of four staff additions announced by Georgia Tech. Kobie Jones, who was Alabama’s assistant cornerbacks coach in 2024, was named cornerbacks coach. Also, Mike Polly was named assistant offensive line coach …

USATSI Nina Day, wife of Ohio State coach Ryan Day, received unsolicited text messages following the Buckeyes’ loss to Michigan in November suggesting that her husband should commit suicide. “They told me multiple times to have Ryan follow in his father’s footsteps and kill himself,” Nina Day told the Columbus Dispatch. The text messages were just part of a vitriolic …

Ohio State running back Quinshon Judkins (1) celebrates a touchdown against Notre Dame in the 2024-25 College Football Playoff title game Monday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Photo by Camden Hall/UPI Jan. 24 (UPI) — Ohio State Buckeyes running back Quinshon Judkins will forgo his senior season and declare for the 2025 NFL Draft, he announced Friday. Judkins made the …

Michigan State football earned its commitment to the 2026 recruiting class Friday afternoon from tight end Joey Caudill. He’s a 6-foot-5, 215-pound player listed as an “athlete” and ranked three stars by 247Sports, though unranked in the 247 Sports composite rankings. He attends Lexington High School in Mansfield, Ohio. Caudill had offers from Miami (Ohio), Toledo and Western Michigan, but …

One of the biggest wins for Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks on National Signing Day a month ago was getting a commitment from 5-star quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele, who flipped from the California Golden Bears at the last minute to sign in Eugene. Just a few weeks later, though, Sagapolutele made the surprising announcement that he would be entering the …

Ohio State football set the blueprint for winning a national title in the NIL era. The Buckeyes knocked off Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship thanks in large part to an NIL strategy that kept several key players in school for their senior seasons and attracted key pieces such as quarterback Will Howard and safety Caleb Downs …

Scott G Winterton, Deseret News This article was first published in the Ute Insiders newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Wednesday night. Utah Athletics had a budget deficit of $17 million, according to the school’s latest financial report. For financial year 24, which ranges from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, the Utah athletics …