If Lyndi Rae Davis had another year of eligibility, she might leave campus with a PhD. By the end of her junior season at UGA, she had completed undergraduate degree requirements in sports management and is on her way towards earning a Masters degree in her final year of eligibility as the Lady Dog softball team’s regular catcher. Graduation this …

Shortly after Chandler Reid walked through the doors of Beach High School as a freshman, head football coach Michael Thompson realized the versatile athlete was something special. Reid was a four-year starter at point guard for the Bulldogs and became a standout cornerback earning All-Region honors for the last two seasons in that sport as well. On Wednesday, he set …

The Texas Tech football program has drifted away from the days of torturing defenses with a short, slick slot receiver. Oh, the Red Raiders have continued to deploy inside receivers in three- and four-wide formations. Not ones, however, who confounded defenses to the degree of Wes Welker, Eric Morris, Danny Amendola, Jakeem Grant, Keke Coutee, all sub-6-foot playmakers who put …

Wisconsin fans should get used to this headline: former NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver T.Y. Hilton took to social media on Tuesday to react to the Badgers’ latest class of 2026 commitment. That commitment came from three-star wide receiver Tayshon Bardo. The Badgers earned his pledge over several notable programs, including Michigan State, Cincinnati and Vanderbilt. Bardo is the program’s …

Alabama football is set to have another athlete on the cover of the EA Sports College Football video game. According to pictures that have popped up on social media, Alabama wide receiver Ryan Williams is one of a number of college football players posing for the cover of the deluxe edition of EA Sports College Football 26. Williams is standing …

CLEMSON — Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney believed spring break came early for quarterback Cade Klubnik. The Tigers held their first spring scrimmage at Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, and Swinney thought his quarterback didn’t bring his best in the friendly competition. “I didn’t think Cade had a good day today. I thought he was very average,” Swinney said. “I think …

Dave Johnson was born and raised in Pittsburgh, but his parents are natives of West Virginia, in the small Harrison County town of Lumberport. Johnson graduated from Penn Hills High School in 1979. A high school All-America offensive lineman, he was heavily recruited by college recruiters. But for all that interest, the choice was easy for Johnson. He would be …

There isn’t a good time to have to hire a football coach, but Scot Loeffler’s sudden departure from Bowling Green to take an assistant job with the Philadelphia Eagles on Feb. 28 left athletic director Derek van der Merwe in a particularly bad spot. With college football’s coaching carousel already complete and spring practice just around the corner, van der …

The Georgia Bulldogs hosted four-star quarterback Jaden O’Neal of Mustang High (Oklahoma) for a visit to their spring practice on Monday and Tuesday. Georgia’s coaching staff offered a scholarship offer to the four-star quarterback in the end of January. Despite his commitment to the Oklahoma Sooners, the 6-foot-3, 200-pound quarterback is facing significant pressure from Georgia, who is considered the …

BATON ROUGE — As LSU football opens up spring football practice, there are a few big names sidelined for the Tigers. Linebackers Harold Perkins Jr. and Whit Weeks, along with senior defensive tackle Jacobian Guillory, suffered season-ending injuries last season and they won’t participate in spring drills this spring for the Tigers. Following LSU’s third practice of the spring Wednesday, …

Keaton Hendricks utilizes his speed as well as any running back in the state. It is what led the Zeeland West rusher to a record performance in the state championship game, and had him looking for a college program on the rise. The Dux senior committed to Hope College on Wednesday, joining a Flying Dutchmen team that is coming off …

Michigan football fans knew it was coming while the college football world laughed at them. However, on Nov. 21, 2024, it was the maize and blue faithful who were having the last laugh. Despite being a longtime LSU commit, No. 1 recruit in the nation, Bryce Underwood, flipped from the Tigers to the Wolverines, spurning a near 11-month commitment to …

When following the former Bryce Underwood recruiting saga, Michigan football fans were paying attention to the names behind the scenes. From former quarterbacks coach Matt Weiss (who didn’t have much of a relationship with him) to Kirk Campbell (who worked to repair the relationship), there were a lot of names that fans followed. However, it wasn’t an offensive name that …

One of the top targets on the Iowa Hawkeyes’ recruiting board in the 2028 class is headed elsewhere. In-state guard Jhaliana Guy announced her commitment to the Stanford Cardinal on Tuesday night, writing on social media, “When it’s right, it’s right.” Guy is ranked as the No. 1 player in the state of Iowa in the 2028 class per Prep …

Second stint West Virginia head coach Rich Rodriguez has revealed that he has banned his football players from TikTok dancing, saying that is not the image of the program he wants as the teams heads into the season. Rodriguez made it clear that he is not banning his players from being on the platform but he doesn’t want to see …