Fall camp begins Tuesday for most college football teams across the country, which means players are back on the practice field and the final run-up to the 2025 season is officially underway.
This is a time of year when coaches and fans learn a lot about their teams. It’s the first change to observe some freshmen and transfers in pads. It’s also the moment when depth chart battles really begin to take shape.
Ahead of fall camp, these are several players who need a strong preseason showing for a variety of reasons, including several household names. Whether they are high-profile transfers trying to make an immediate impact, or program stalwarts looking for a breakout season, each of these players have something to prove as the 2025 college football season rapidly approaches.
Beck is one of the highest, if not the highest, paid players in college football with a NIL deal of over $3 million a year. He’s the player Miami banked its 2025 hopes upon. He also really didn’t throw much in the spring while recovering from UCL surgery. That means fall camp is the first time, at least in organized team activities, that Beck will take command. That’s a challenge given one of the tasks in front of him is developing rhythm and timing with an unproven group of Hurricane wide receivers.
The stakes are high for both Beck and Miami (the Hurricanes have the second-best odds to win the ACC, per DraftKings Sportsbook). Beck needs to be way more like the 2023 version of himself — one that…
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Author : Chris Hummer
Publish date : 2025-07-29 12:26:00
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