Wisconsin’s Week 3 contest vs. Alabama was included in On3’s recent ranking of the top 10 non-conference games during the 2024 college football season. On3’s national recruiting analyst Jesse Simonton ranked Texas vs. Michigan, Miami at Florida, LSU at USC, Georgia at Clemson, Notre Dame at Texas A&M, Penn State at West Virginia, Florida State at Notre Dame and NC …

Ex-49ers safety Gipson takes ‘full responsibility’ for PED suspension originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Veteran safety Tashaun Gipson on Monday declared his intention to remain in the NFL for another season. But, first, he must serve a six-game suspension for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. Gipson, 33, who played for the 49ers the past two seasons, …

Wisconsin star safety Ricardo Hallman was listed as an ‘honorable mention’ inclusion in ProFootballFocus’ recent ranking of the top 10 cornerbacks in college football entering 2024. The list included Michigan’s Will Johnson, Notre Dame’s Benjamin Morrison, Iowa’s Sebastian Castro, Arizona’s Tacario Davis, Colorado’s Travis Hunter, Oregon’s Jabbar Muhammad, Ohio State’s Denzel Burke, Virginia Tech’s Dorian Strong, Louisville’s Quincy Riley, and …

CeeDee Lamb will host his youth football camps this week. He won’t answer questions about contract negotiations. The Cowboys receiver will welcome kids to his camps in Texas on Tuesday, Wednesday and July 20. Lamb made clear he won’t entertain any contract questions in response to a post by Brandon Loree of Blogging the Boys who wrote, “If media is …

Tennessee will kick off its 2024 football season in 53 days. The Vols will open its upcoming campaign on Aug. 31 against Chattanooga at Neyland Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 12:45 p.m. EDT and SEC Network will televise the contest. 2024 will be the fourth season for Tennessee under head coach Josh Heupel. In his first three seasons, Heupel is 27-12 and guided the …

The NFL announced on Monday that Steelers cornerback Cameron Sutton has been suspended without pay for the first eight games of the 2024 season. The league noted in its announcement that Sutton violated the NFL’s personal conduct policy in March. Sutton, 29, was released by the Lions that month — a day after the club learned a warrant was issued …

Summertime in the world of college football is a time for coaching and recruiting staffs to get away during the dead period after a busy month of June that was filled with official visits, football camps, and fall camp preparation. With recruiting being year-round between high school players, transfer portal players, and now your own players due to NIL and …

Free agent defensive end Jerry Hughes has re-signed with the Texans, according to the NFL’s transactions wire. Hughes, 35, is a Houston-area native who has spent the past two seasons with the Texans. He started only two games last season, the first time since 2013 that Hughes started fewer than 15 games, and he played 42 percent of the defensive …

LAS VEGAS — Oklahoma State football will be feeling some heat at Big 12 Media Days — and not just the Nevada temperatures that are expected to exceed 115 degrees all week. Oklahoma State’s star running back Ollie Gordon II is on the list to appear among the Cowboys’ four players in attendance at the event, which begins Tuesday at …

The Jaguars didn’t get much out of running back Tank Bigsby during his rookie season, but they’re hopeful the 2023 third-round pick will be a bigger contributor in his second NFL campaign. Bigsby ran 50 times for 132 yards and two touchdowns while playing 141 offensive snaps last year. Bigsby’s role was cut down for most of the second half …

In light of recent decisions by Archbishop Spalding football players Malik Washington, Jayden Shipps and Delmar White to join four former teammates at Maryland, the punch line among the Cavaliers is that the program could be rebranded as “The University of Spalding.” “It’s funny,” Washington said with a smile. “It’s a good little joke. With [junior linebacker] Kellan [Wyatt] and …

In the AFC East, some things change but still remain the the same.  The division was once dominated by a dynamic quarterback, Tom Brady, and a defensive head coach, Bill Belichick, as the New England Patriots dynamic duo led their squad to win 17 of a possible 20 division crowns from 2000-2019. However, New England is now on the bottom …

You want to talk about pressure? How’s this: You’re 30 years old and a first-time head coach. You replaced a legend at your alma mater and your mentor, and the local newspaper writes that you have “enormous shoes to fill.” The media pick your team as the overwhelming favorite to win the conference. Fast forward to 15 years later. It’s …

The tight end position has drastically evolved of late in the NFL, and it’s become extraordinarily top-heavy. There was no way the 2024 class could match the extreme amount of talent in 2023, but that doesn’t mean rookies will fail to contribute in Year 1 at the position.  Let’s rank the five rookie tight ends who’ll be most productive in …

Last year the Patriots spent a fourth-round draft pick on a kicker, Chad Ryland. The results were not good: Ryland made only 16 of his 25 field goal attempts and New England finished dead last in the NFL with a 64.0 percent field goal success rate. This offseason, the Patriots signed veteran kicker Joey Slye, and Patriots.com reports that Ryland …