Safety Brady Breeze is blowing into Cleveland. The Browns announced that they signed Breeze on Wednesday. He takes the roster spot that opened up when they cut kicker Lucas Havrisik. Breeze tried out for the Browns during their rookie minicamp last month. Breeze was a 2021 sixth-round pick of the Titans and he played five games for the team before …

2024 is a big year for college sports. Major realignment has changed the face of the sport forever. The Pac-12 as we know it is gone, and the remainder of the Power Five, now Power Four, will be accepting new members. One thing remains constant amid the newness: the Oklahoma Sooners are looking for that elusive eighth national title. And …

49ers’ Ward thankful for eye-opening offseason trip to Africa originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — The summer break for a 49ers player still might be a few days away, but cornerback Charvarius Ward already did some meaningful traveling before OTAs got started. The All-Pro cornerback traveled to Zimbabwe and South Africa and visited the cities of …

Alai Kalaniuvalu is a 6-foot-4, 300-pound four-star interior offensive lineman. He plays at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas. He holds offers from 25 Power Four programs, including Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Miami, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Oregon, Penn State, Tennessee, Texas A&M, and Washington. He visited Nebraska in April and Cal in May. He has additional visits scheduled for …

Getty Images A familiar face in back in Pittsburgh. Cam Sutton, a veteran cornerback who spent his first six seasons in Pittsburgh before spending the 2023 season with the Lions, has re-joined the Steelers in the form or a one-year contract.  Sutton was released by the Detroit Lions in March, after a warrant was issued for his arrest alleging domestic …

Getty Images Free agent cornerback Cameron Sutton plans to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers, according to a social media post from his agent David Canter of GSE Worldwide. Sutton is at the team’s facility on Wednesday, according to ESPN.  Sutton played for the Steelers from 2017 to 2022 before suiting up for the Detroit Lions in 2023. Sutton was released …

The LSU Tigers are looking to add more premier prospects to a 2025 recruiting class that ranks in the top five nationally, and they will soon find out if they’re poised to add a top-50 prospect in the cycle. Anquon Feagans, a four-star safety from Thompson High School in Alabaster, Alabama, told on On3’s Hayes Fawcett that he’ll be making …

A QB battle is brewing in Las Vegas.   After nine years of quarterback stability for the Raiders with Derek Carr at the helm, L.V. hoped veteran QB Jimmy Garoppolo would be the answer last season.  That was not the case, as Garoppolo struggled on the field and with injuries.  Instead, 2023 fourth-round pick Aidan O’Connell emerged as the starting quarterback …

Three possible outcomes from Aiyuk’s 49ers contract standoff originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Does it make sense for the 49ers to devote another $30 million annually (or somewhere in that neighborhood) to a wide receiver? That is what San Francisco must determine as second-team All-Pro receiver Brandon Aiyuk skips the team’s mandatory minicamp to apply leverage toward landing …

Practice and time with their teammates are not the only things CeeDee Lamb and Brandon Aiyuk are missing out on by skipping their respective team’s mandatory minicamp. By choosing to stay home, both wideouts are also forfeiting a significant amount of money.  If both players skip all three days of minicamp, the total fine tally will reach $101,716 (via ESPN). Players …

CLEMSON — Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney and his staff earned bonuses from the 2023 season, thanks to their players’ diligence off the field. At athletic director Graham Neff’s discretion, Tigers football coaches will share $100,000 after it was announced Tuesday that Swinney’s team had a near perfect academic progress rate (APR) score. APR is a real-time measure of eligibility and retention of student-athletes …

Instead of coaching a team through the NFL’s offseason program, Bill Belichick has been traveling in his first season away from the sideline in 50 years. Belichick’s latest trip took him overseas to a place where he has a special connection. The former New England Patriots head coach visited Croatia earlier this week, taking a pair of important meetings as …

The Dallas Cowboys have one of the best offensive linemen in the modern era in right guard Zack Martin. He’s been named an All-Pro in nine of 10 NFL seasons, including first-team All-Pro in each of the last three seasons, and made nine Pro Bowls. However, Martin will turn 34 years old in November, and retirement is looming. Recently, Martin …

Lincoln Riley and Josh Henson have successfully added size and depth to the USC offensive line over the past two recruiting cycles in preparation for the move to the Big Ten. USC’s recent official visit weekend attracted a significant number of elite recruits, including 6-foot-8, 285-pound offensive tackle Aaron Dunn from Spanish Fork, Utah. Dunn left with glowing comments about …

For years, the Cleveland Browns’ struggles were largely due to instability at coach and in the front office. Those days are over now, as the Browns have announced that they have extended the contracts Kevin Stefanski and general manager Andrew Berry.  Stefanski and Berry were both hired in 2020. Since then, the Browns have compiled a .552 winning percentage, the …