And then there was one. Michigan football secured the bulk of its 2025 recruiting class in December during the early signing period, but one target remained. Though still committed to Alabama until mid-January, 2025 Denton (Tx.) Ryan four-star offensive tackle Ty Haywood started to look like a lean to the Wolverines after the maize and blue were able to up …

Former Colorado football head coach Mike MacIntyre has been hired as a defensive assistant by the Mississippi State Bulldogs, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. MacIntyre was most recently the head coach of the FIU Panthers, where he led them to three straight 4-8 seasons before being fired in December. FIU was MacIntyre’s third head coaching stop. He previously led the …

Michigan football’s transfer portal options and targets have been dwindling. But there were two players left who the Wolverines had been targeting. And now it’s looking like both options are likely off the table. After losing to Ohio State in the national championship game, two Notre Dame offensive linemen entered the transfer portal, and both had been Michigan targets in …

LSU football’s offensive line will look different in 2024. The Tigers are losing four starters from the 2024 unit. Both tackles — Will Campbell and Emery Jones — declared early for the NFL Draft. Both guards — Miles Frazier and Garrett Dellinger — graduated and are off to the pros. LSU returns center DJ Chester, but it’s not clear where …

The Georgia Bulldogs ended the 2025 recruiting cycle with another top three recruiting class. In the Kirby Smart era, UGA has landed nine consecutive top five recruiting classes and has signed the No. 1 class four times. Kirby Smart has been an elite recruiter and talent developer with an example of that being former Georgia defensive end Nolan Smith dominating …

Wisconsin football extended an offer to top class of 2027 quarterback Jameson Purcell on Friday. The Park Ridge, Illinois native is the program’s sixth reported quarterback offer in the class. The Badgers are looking to continue their talent pipeline at the position after landing top 2025 signal-caller Carter Smith. Related: Final winter transfer portal destinations for every former Wisconsin Badger …

College football coaches have been busy on the recruiting trail. On Friday, the winter recruiting period came to a close, but LSU football coach Brian Kelly had one more stop to make with one of the nation’s top prospects. According to John Eads of WAFB, Kelly checked in with 2027 quarterback Elijah Haven. Haven is a Baton Rouge recruit in …

With Texas football now in the offseason, the American-Statesman is breaking down each position group. Who’s gone from the 2024 squad that went 13-3 and fell a win short a national title-game appearance? Who’s back? And what portal arrivals and freshmen from the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class have joined the team? The Longhorns are coming off an impressive season that include a record …

Jan 28, 2025; Mobile, AL, USA; American team offensive lineman Miles Frazier of LSU (70) spars with American team defensive lineman Walter Nolen of Ole Miss (2) during Senior Bowl practice for the American team at Hancock Whitney Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images The 2025 Reese’s Senior Bowl will kick off at 2:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Feb. 1. Live …

In today’s college football where players can play for nearly a decade and late bloomers are all the rage, freshman phenoms still wowed us throughout the 2024 season. And when the young players who lived up to the billing happen to be five-stars, what’s better than that? Here are the five-star prospects (according to 247Sports’ 2024 recruiting rankings) who did …

Wisconsin safety Hunter Wohler is having no trouble translating his terrific collegiate production to the practice field at the Reese’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. Wohler has been the subject of several ‘practice standout’ reports by the media in attendance. Longtime Wisconsin sports writer Gery Woelfel even quoted an NFL scout calling the former Badger star ‘a baller.’ Related: The …

The play in the trenches will define Texas A&M’s 2025 season, as coach Mike Elko and O-line coach Adam Cushing have emphasized the offensive line on the recruiting trail, landing six commitments in the 2025 class, led by five-star offensive tackle Lamont Rogers and rising guard Nelson McGuire. Last season, Cushing’s influence was seen throughout the year, as all five …

(Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports) NFL teams are in Mobile, Alabama this week to watch the Reese’s Senior Bowl at Hancock Whitney Stadium. Players from the National Team and American Team will compete to impress scouts ahead of the 2025 NFL draft. The 2025 Senior Bowl will kick off at 2:30 p.m. ET (12:30 p.m. MT) on Saturday, Feb. 1. The …

How a college football roster is formed has drastically changed in recent years with the increasing activity in the NCAA transfer portal and the start of the NIL era in college sports. Decades have passed since a college football coach could just walk into a living room, impress the recruiting target and his family and sell the excellence of a …

New Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson has brought a few assistants from the Detroit Lions as he builds his coaching staff. One of the assistant coaches who followed Johnson was J.T. Barrett, who started as an offensive assistant before being promoted to assistant quarterbacks coach in Detroit. Now, he’ll be leading the quarterbacks in Chicago. Tasked to work with …