NORMAN — OU football signed 18 scholarship players to its 2025 recruiting class Dec. 4, the first day of the NCAA’s early signing period. The beginning of the early signing period has become the unofficial signing day with most top players committing to their schools then. OU’s class was headlined by highly-coveted offensive tackles Michael Fasusi and Ryan Fodje, as …

They’ll be back. At least, they know they’re expected to be back. Ohio State coach Ryan Day hadn’t even left Atlanta yet, after the Buckeyes won their first national championship in more than a decade, when he fielded his first question about next season’s expectations. Day surmised that a national championship won’t buy him much of a honeymoon with Buckeyes …

Let’s begin with the undeniable truth that not every NFL draft provides a generational quarterback. Generationally speaking, of course. Joe Burrow isn’t generational. Nor is Trevor Lawrence or Caleb Williams or any other quarterback not named Patrick Mahomes. Now that we’ve cleared that up, we can stop the generational hype of Shedeur Sanders. He’s an uber-talented thrower, a player who …

Westside football players Chamarryus Bomar and Armoni Weaver, who both decommitted from Appalachian State, are expected to join some different Mountaineers. West Virginia. Bomar and Weaver, standout wide receivers and defensive backs for Class AAAA state runner-up Westside, pulled back their commitments to Appalachian State after coach Shawn Clark was fired two days before the Dec. 4 start of the …

We’re just a week away from National Signing Day 2025 and several high school football players from the Knoxville area are unsigned. While the early signing period in December saw a handful of Knoxville area players sign, most decided to explore their options with hopes of latching on to a program by National Signing Day on Feb. 5. That decision …

Colton Nussmeier knows what it takes to get Alabama football’s attention. He once had a front row seat to the Crimson Tide. Colton Nussmeier, the son of former Alabama offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Doug Nussmeier, said his first college football memories came in Tuscaloosa, watching his father help lead quarterback A.J. McCarron and the Crimson Tide to a national …

Penn State football all but wrapped up its 2025 recruiting class pursuits weeks ago − long before next week’s traditional National Signing Day The once-hectic, rush to the finish to land top prospects by the first Wednesday in February is no more. Penn State, like most Power 4 teams, had all 27 members of this class make their verbal commitments …

MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama football has seen its share of movement on its defensive coaching staff, adding former North Carolina defensive backs coach Jason Jones and naming Chuck Morrell as linebackers coach. But after Ryan Grubb was fired as the Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator, Kalen DeBoer was asked about bringing Grubb, who worked with the Alabama football coach at Sioux …

Over 24 seasons as coach of the Patriots, Bill Belichick brought a lot of talent to New England. Now, in his new job, he’s trying to bring some New England talent down to North Carolina. Belichick stunned the sports world in December when he took over the University of North Carolina football program. While out on the recruiting trail, the …

Oregon Ducks star wide receiver Tez Johnson has had five years of college football to build a resume and show NFL teams why they should consider drafting him to the professional level. What he has done over the last day at the Reese’s Senior Bowl may be having the biggest impact, though. Among the best players in the nation, Johnson …

NORMAN — OU football’s big recruiting weekend is seeing some returns. After hosting its Junior Day this past weekend, the Sooners landed a commitment from 2026 four-star wide receiver Daniel Odom on Tuesday. Odom is ranked as the No. 33 receiver nationally and the No. 194 overall player by 247Sports. Odom, a Bellflower, California, native will team up with fellow …

Former Lakota West High School quarterback Mitch Bolden is one of 12 transfers joining the Miami University RedHawks ahead of spring ball, head coach Chuck Martin announced. Bolden spent two seasons at Army, and was listed as a QB on the Black Knights’ roster. He’s a redshirt sophomore tight end on MU’s roster. Bolden’s brother, Luke, played tight end for …

The Brief The 2024 college football season is over. A national champ got their crown. It’s time for the offseason. This season was a banner year, for the new 23-team College Football Playoff as well as the monstrous upsets and steps forward teams took. Here are some parting thoughts on Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Illinois and Notre Dame football. Here are …

MOBILE, Ala. — Kalen DeBoer said he didn’t need to add an Alabama football alum to his coaching staff. But with Jason Jones, it was an added bonus. After firing Colin Hitschler after one season with the Crimson Tide, DeBoer hired Jones, a former Alabama defensive back and Tuscaloosa native who was most recently the cornerbacks coach at North Carolina, to …

East Robertson edge rusher Zach Groves received a scholarship offer from Georgia football on Monday. Groves posted the offer on his X account, formerly known as Twitter. Groves is a 6-foot-4, 212-pound junior. He is a four-star 247Sports Composite prospect ranked as the No. 5 player in Tennessee in the 2026 class and the No. 15 edge rusher nationally. He …