As Penn State works through some of the final stages for the 2025 recruiting class, they are hoping their official visits pushes them over the top for many of the top targets who are coming to campus. When players leave after these visits, fans get a bit nervous when there aren’t commitments that immediately follow. Sometimes that’s warranted as it …

Picking the best player in the NFL is easy, a layup, a gimme putt.  It’s Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes — and then everybody else. Mahomes has won two straight Super Bowls, three total, has two regular-season MVPs and three Super Bowl MVPs. He showed last season that he can win it all, even at a time when the …

Steelers starting guard James Daniels may be heading into his last year in Pittsburgh. Daniels said the Steelers told him they won’t extend him before the season, according to TheAthletic.com. And the Steelers generally won’t talk contract with players during the season. Which would mean Daniels will play out the final year of his deal in 2024 and hit free …

Last football season saw plenty of sophomore talent rise into the spotlight. Now a season later and a year older, those now-juniors are set to become their team’s main playmaker. Here are 15 juniors to watch during the 2024 NCHSAA high school football season. Camden Breazeale Murphy | Defensive end Breazeale had 108 tackles and eight sacks in an All-WNC …

Louisville football should expect to be a top-25 team when the preseason rankings are released over the next few months. Jeff Brohm’s debut performance as his alma mater’s head football coach put the program back on the national stage for the first time in nearly a decade. “They weren’t a team that really forced the attention of or the national …

FAMU wide receiver Jacquay Nunnally lit up defenses as a member of the RAC Boys in 1998. He was voted to the 50th anniversary All-MEAC team. Rattler Rewind is a weekly summertime series authored by the Tallahassee Democrat’s FAMU Beat Reporter, Gerald Thomas. If you have suggestions for future Rattler Rewind guests, contact Thomas at GDThomas@Tallahassee.com. Hearing the name ‘Jacquay …

Penn State is looking to secure a top recruiting class in the 2025 cycle. Things have been relatively quiet and slow compared to past classes where they seemed to know where they stood among many of the top targets they were pursuing. With official visit season taking place at Happy Valley, James Franklin and his staff need a huge showing …

The month of June is typically a busy recruiting month. Greg Schiano and Rutgers football have taken that to another level. Since the start of the month, the Scarlet Knights have added 19 commitments to their 2025 recruiting class, with 10 of those pledges coming during the first weekend of the month. As it currently stands, the class comprises 27 …

Three more players chose the Tigers last week, and that might just be the appetizer. Missouri football secured three commitments last week after hosting sizable groups of Class of 2025 prospects on official visits over various weekends in the past month. Four-star offensive guard Henry Fenuku kicked MU’s week off by committing Monday, June 10; three-star safety Dyllon Williams out …

Tight end Andre Tillman, linebacker Thomas Howard and inside receiver-return man Wes Welker will be the three newest additions to the Texas Tech football Ring of Honor, athletics director Kirby Hocutt announced Monday. Tillman and Howard played on two of the best teams in Tech history, Tillman earning first-team All-America recognition from The Associated Press after the Red Raiders’ 11-1 …

Former LSU football coach Les Miles has filed a lawsuit against the school, arguing that a 2023 decision to vacate 37 wins from the program prevented him from being considered for the College Football Hall of Fame. In addition to LSU, Miles also named the NCAA and National Football Foundation (which manages the College Football Hall of Fame) as defendants …

The college football preseason magazines are coming out these days, and Ja’Juan Seider peruses them like many fans do. Seider, though, is the Penn State running backs coach. He’s surprised that some publications don’t rank former Gov. Mifflin star Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen with the very best backs in the country. “It’s laughable,” Seider said last week during interviews …

Jun. 17—PULLMAN — Washington State might have its quarterback of the future. Steele Pizzella, a three-star quarterback from the Los Angeles area, committed to WSU on Monday, turning down offers from power-conference foes like Georgia, Utah, Texas A&M and others. Pizzella, a class of 2025 prospect who took a visit to WSU over the weekend, stands out for his arm …

Former LSU football coach Les Miles has reportedly filed a suit against the university on Monday over 37 wins it vacated from his tenure as the Tigers’ coach from 2005-16, with Miles arguing that the loss of those victories makes him ineligible for inclusion in the College Football Hall of Fame. As originally reported by ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg, Miles claims …

The Big 12 conference might become the Allstate 12. That traditional school logo painted at the 50-yard line of your favorite stadium might become a Merrill Lynch symbol. Oh, and the stadium named after an alum may become Crypto.com Field. Your university’s iconic basketball jersey? Expect some patches, if not a complete redesign, featuring corporations big and small — from …