ESPN named the strength for 2025’s Georgia football team as the linebacker group. Even with the departure of potential first-round NFL draft pick Jalon Walker and three-year starter Smael Mondon Jr., Georgia’s linebackers are poised to anchor the defense in 2025. CJ Allen, the team’s second-leading tackler with 76 tackles last season, steps into a leadership role alongside returning players …

All eyes are on Husan Longstreet at USC This week, USC officially kicks off its 2025 spring practice. One of the key storylines this spring for the Trojans will be the quarterback competition. Redshirt junior Jayden Maiava—who started the final four games of 2024 for USC—enters the spring as the presumptive starter. However, he will be pushed be Husan Longstreet, …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — As Michigan football departed the field after beating rival Ohio State at the end of the season last year, there were questions about the viability of the defense in the coming year given the losses along the defensive line. The Wolverines had two standout defensive tackles, Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant, both expected to be first-round …

Michigan football had an impressive recruiting class in 2025, headlined (of course) by the No. 1 player in the country in quarterback Bryce Underwood. But the class wasn’t impressive just because of Underwood. There were multiple other top targets that the Wolverines managed to land. Among them was former Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy four-star linebacker Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng. Owusu-Boateng chose Michigan …

The Oregon Ducks saw a ton of new players join the team earlier this month for the start of spring football, and when practice resumes next week following spring break, more players will be in attendance. It appears that true freshman cornerback Brandon Finney Jr. is one of the players jumping in after the break. He missed the first two …

BYU has added an intriguing tight end to its 2026 recruiting class. Ty Goettsche has committed to the Cougars, he announced Saturday via social media. Goettsche is currently rated as a 3-star recruit by 247 Sports and the No. 9 player out of Colorado’s class of 2026. He plays for Cherry Creek High School — the alma mater of BYU …

Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers head into the 2025 season with huge expectations, as they do every season. Things have changed over the past half decade with the transfer portal and NIL taking the forefront of college sports, but the expectations for the Tigers are something that haven’t changed, at least from fans. It’s been an up and down …

Colorado and Syracuse won’t scrimmage together this spring, after all. Despite the pitch from Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders and the quick social media acceptance from Orange coach Fran Brown, the two sides were denied a waiver for a joint spring game, the Division I FBS oversight committee announced Friday. Denying a joint scrimmage is a blow to spring football, which …

Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney has three predictions on four-star quarterback Landon Duckworth, possible five-stars in the state of Louisiana and Houston QB commit Keisean Henderson’s ranking. Advertisement COMMITMENT PREDICTIONS FOR THE 2026 RIVALS250: Nos. 1 – 50 | Nos. 51-100 | Nos. 101-150 | Nos. 151 – 200 | Nos. 201-250 YOU DECIDE: What city produces the best …

Four-star safety Kealan Jones will verbally commit to a school on April 12, he tells Sam Spiegelman of Rivals.com. He will be committing to one of his top five schools: Duke, Georgia Tech, Michigan, Florida, or Georgia. Jones is a four-star safety from the class of 2026. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound defensive back plays high school football for Sprayberry High School …

“Coach Prime” is reportedly signing a five year, $54 million deal. In 2004, Baltimore Ravens legend Ray Lewis, along with cornerback Corey Fuller and a friend to Deion Sanders named Joe Zorovich, convinced Prime Time to come out of retirement and play for one more team in the NFL. Across the 2004 and 2005 seasons, Neon Deion played in 26 …

During his short tenure with the Oregon Ducks, head coach Dan Lanning has received a lot of praise for his ability to recruit from the high school ranks and put together classes that rank among the best in the nation. While all of that praise is warranted, what needs more credit is Lanning’s ability to land highly talented players out …

Texas A&M’s 2025 spring football season will also serve as an opportunity to host recruits from the 2026 and 2027 recruiting classes, which has already begun over the last two weekends. Starting Friday, 18 elite prospects will make their way to College Station, including one of the rising signal callers in the 2027 cycle, four-star QB Trae Taylor. Despite Texas …

GRAND FORKS — The UND football program wrapped up a spring football practice last Saturday and Brooks Hendrickson was told to deliver the news. The left-handed 2026 quarterback prospect from Mount Horeb (Wis.) High School was committing to the Fighting Hawks’ program. “I tried to keep it short and sweet and all the guys cheered, so that was a cool …

Though the late spring and summer months are a virtual wasteland for college football news, this is the exact time that the annual recruiting cycle starts to heat up.  December’s early signing period has sped the entire process up by placing more emphasis on building early relationships with recruits. Fall visits are still valuable, but summer is often where the …