Not all six quarterbacks drafted in the top 12 of this past NFL Draft are going to hit. There will be busts. It’s inevitable. Yet, there was nothing to worry about after one preseason week. The story of the preseason was going to be the rookie QBs and the story of the first week was how good they all looked. …

. The No. 1 offensive tackle in the class of 2025 is projected to commit to an SEC school next week. David Sanders Jr. is now predicted to head to Tennessee for his collegiate career. Sanders Jr. narrowed down his choices to the Vols, Nebraska, Ohio State, and Georgia. The 6-foot-6, 290-pound lineman visited Lincoln twice in the last three …

Not all six quarterbacks drafted in the top 12 of this past NFL Draft are going to hit. There will be busts. It’s inevitable. Yet, there was nothing to worry about after one preseason week. The story of the preseason was going to be the rookie QBs and the story of the first week was how good they all looked. …

The Wisconsin Badgers are reportedly among the programs heavily involved in the recruitment of top-ranked class of 2026 running back Javian Osborne. On3’s Vice President Steve Wiltfong recently reported that Osborne ‘will be back at Texas A&M for its opener vs. Notre Dame,’ ‘is aiming to see Texas play a couple times this fall’ and ‘will perhaps get up to …

Bo Nix hasn’t been named the Broncos starting quarterback, but he made a pretty good argument for the job on Sunday. The first-round pick was 15-of-21 for 125 yards and a touchdown in Denver’s preseason opener. One of those completions was a 22-yard strike that he delivered to veteran wideout Courtland Sutton while on the move and the Broncos scored …

We’re guaranteed to see a Group of Five team in the College Football Playoff. The 12-team format includes five spots for conference champions and seven at-large bids. With four power conferences left standing after the Pac-12 dissolved, a conference champion from the AAC, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West or Sun Belt will make the postseason. There are a handful of …

AUBURN — Big plays aren’t a bonus. At least not in the mind of Auburn football offensive coordinator Derrick Nix. They’re a prerequisite to having a successful offense, a necessary tool to be effective on that side of the ball. It’s a facet of the game Nix, who joined the Tigers following a 16-year run at Ole Miss that featured …

The Wisconsin Badgers football team extended an offer to class of 2026 defensive lineman Damari Simeon on Saturday. The Badgers are the 13th Division 1 program to offer the Richland, New Jersey native. Wisconsin, Penn State and Rutgers are now the three Big Ten programs currently on his offer sheet. The 6-foot-3, 275-pound defensive lineman has yet to receive a …

The University of Colorado has finalized an agreement with Deion Sanders’ business manager that spells out the terms for filming another season of the “Coach Prime” documentary series on the university’s Boulder campus. The contract was finalized in late July after Amazon Prime Video announced the renewal of the series in May. It details the agreement between the university and …

Teams that engage in joint practices usually do it before a preseason game. That’s what the Cowboys and Rams did. Now, they’re going to keep it going. Via Clarence E. Hill, Jr. of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Cowboys and Rams will have another joint practice on Wednesday — six days after their prior joint practice and three days after …

Since Alfred Collins joined Texas football in 2020 as a gangly, raw-boned defensive tackle from nearby Cedar Creek High School, he’s had an up-close view of how his former teammates at the position have developed into NFL players. Moro Ojomo began his collegiate career with a redshirt in 2018 and became a seventh-round pick by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023. …

New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr says Charlie Smyth’s first NFL field goal is something the County Down kicker can “remember forever” after delivering his new side a pre-season victory on Saturday. Smyth, a former Gaelic football goalkeeper, came through the NFL’s international player pathway (IPP) programme and signed a three-year-deal with the Saints in March. In what was his …

Every preseason All-America team begins with a debate at quarterback. Georgia senior Carson Beck gets the nod as the first-team starter in the USA TODAY Sports preseason All-America team after throwing for 3,941 yards and 24 touchdowns in 2023, followed by second-team pick Dillon Gabriel. After starting his career at Central Florida and spending two years at Oklahoma, Gabriel takes …

Over a two-week span in late fall 2021, Lincoln Riley left Oklahoma for Southern Cal, and OU hired Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables as Riley’s replacement. Since then, it’s been two years of “meh” for the Sooners and Trojans. Riley is 19-8 at USC. Venables 16-10 at OU. Riley’s winning percentage (.704) at USC is better than that of his …

MADISON, WISCONSIN – NOVEMBER 18: Matt Rhule head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers looks on third quarter against the Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium on November 18, 2023 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images) Nebraska head football coach Matt Rhule met with the media on Saturday morning. The Husker coach discussed the morning scrimmage and the play …