MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The University of Minnesota football team ended its first week of fall camp with a Saturday night practice at Huntington Bank Stadium, the first workout open to fans. The Gophers open the 2024 season against North Carolina on Thursday, Aug. 29, under the lights in Dinkytown, a game you can watch on FOX 9. Five days …

PLATTEVILLE – Luke Fickell promised a more physical camp this year. Saturday the Wisconsin football coach gave his team a taste of that. The Badgers scrimmaged about 75 snaps of live ball Saturday morning on the turf at Ralph E. Davis Stadium at UW-Platteville. It’s the kind of work Fickell hopes will make his team a surer tackling, more ball …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – The weekend in South Florida kicked off with most of the top teams in the area gathering for the Hotbed World media day ahead of the 2024 season. Elite recruits in the class of 2025, 2026 and well beyond connected with Rivals during the event. National recruiting analyst John Garcia Jr. has double-digit predictions coming out of …

GAINESVILLE — Florida senior tailback Montrell Johnson Jr. is week-to-week following arthroscopic surgery for a minor knee injury, a person with knowledge of the situation told the Sentinel. Johnson was expected to shoulder much of the workload in the Gators’ running game, having led the team in rushing yards the past two seasons. The 5-foot-11, 213-pounder did so sharing carries …

Florida State’s football team’s second ACC road game will be in Week 8 The Seminoles will play Duke on Friday night. Also, the Seminoles will be coming off a bye week after their showdown against Clemson. Halfway through the season, the Seminoles will push to return to the ACC Championship. For Duke, it’s a new era. Duke went 8-5 last …

One of the top prospects in the 2026 class is narrowing his list of more than 30 scholarship offers down to five schools. Four-star defensive end Zion Elee out of Saint Frances Academy in Baltimore is focusing on a handful of programs as he enters his junior campaign. On Saturday, Elee released a top-five of Oregon, Alabama, Penn State, Ohio …

. Four-star defensive back recruit Jontae Gilbert is now projected to commit to the Georgia Bulldogs, per Chad Simmons of On3. Gilbert, who is a member of the class of 2025, plans to announce his commitment on Aug. 10. Gilbert visited the Georgia Bulldogs ahead of his decision, which is less than two weeks away. Jontae Gilbert plays high school …

A little more than 30 minutes after Arkansas got a commitment from Durant edge rusher Colton Yarbrough, the top 2026 recruit in Oklahoma, the Razorbacks got another pledge, this time from the state’s most-coveted defensive back prospect. Lawton MacArthur safety Adam Auston announced his commitment to Arkansas on Saturday. A three-star prospect and the fourth-ranked 2026 recruit in the state …

Florida State football played its first scrimmage of its fall camp Saturday night at Doak Campbell Stadium. Seminoles head coach Mike Norvell and defensive coordinator Adam Fuller spoke following the scrimmage, with Norvell saying he was happy with what he saw from his team. “I thought it was a good work night tonight, I think we got about 120 plays,” …

STATE COLLEGE – Defensive end Jameial Lyons and linebacker Kaveion Keys are no longer enrolled at Penn State, an athletic department spokesperson said Saturday. The news came three days after the university announced Lyons and Keys had been placed on interim suspension to deal with a personal matter. The 6-5, 251-pound Lyons, who was expected to see significant playing time, …

Whitner shares insight on Aiyuk after sideline chat with 49ers holdout originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Brandon Aiyuk is staying on top of his game — mentally — amid his 49ers holdout. NBC Sports Bay Area analyst and former San Francisco safety Donte Whitner spoke with the wide receiver at training camp Friday, and revealed a bit about …

STATE COLLEGE – It’s been well-documented that Penn State’s wide receivers became a problem last season, lacking the ability to create separation from defensive backs. But they missed something far more important than speed. They were a rudderless ship. As a group, they lacked leadership from within their room. That’s why Nittany Lions coach James Franklin recruited former Southern Columbia …

Arkansas football added another piece to its 2025 recruiting class Saturday with the commitment of running back Cameron Settles. The in-state product chose the Razorbacks over Memphis, Missouri, Tulsa and Yale. According to 247Sports, Settles is a three-star prospect and the ninth-ranked player in the state of Arkansas. The website also slots Settles as the No. 71 running back in …

Steve McMichael announced in 2021, at the age of 63, that he was battling ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Since he couldn’t get to Canton for Saturday’s enshrinement ceremony, the Hall of Fame took the ceremony to him. Hall of Fame president Jim Porter and several of McMichael’s Bears teammates, including Hall of Famers Richard …

STATE COLLEGE − Penn State football cornerbacks guru Terry Smith attempted to be cautious in his evaluations Saturday, only a couple of workouts into the preseason. His best cornerback room ever at Penn State? He smiled. He wouldn’t bite on that, in part, because he’ll be breaking in new, untested starters. He lost his top three 2023 performers to the …