One of Nebraska football’s top recruiting targets has committed to the Tennessee Volunteers. Douglas Utu is an interior offensive lineman and member of the class of 2025. Utu currently plays for Bishop Gorman High in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is the No. 2 player in Nevada for the class of 2025 and the No. 3 interior offensive lineman nationwide. The prospect has already …

The Philadelphia Eagles collapsed in 2023, losing five of their last six regular-season games, the NFC East division title to the Dallas Cowboys, then the NFC wild-card game to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  In 2024, Lane Johnson & Co. are prepared to right the wrongs of last season. “We have a lot of new faces, a lot of turnover, but …

Alvin Kamara is being pushed down fantasy draft boards despite coming off another productive season. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) One of the essential truths in fantasy — applicable to all sports — is that we eventually become bored by players who are reliably, predictably and relentlessly great. We cannot wait to move onto the next big thing, even when …

The Oklahoma Sooners are putting together an impressive 2025 recruiting class. Brent Venables is looking to reel in his fourth-straight top-ten recruiting class since becoming OU’s head coach. One insider believes that Venables and Miguel Chavis could be landing a big piece of the class up front on defense. Kade Pietrzak has been predicted to commit to Oklahoma by Nebraska …

More potential good news may be on the way for the Georgia Bulldogs and head coach Kirby Smart in the recruiting world. Three-star receiver Landon Roldan, who has been rising in the recruiting ranks recently, has received multiple projections in the last week to commit to Georgia over in-state rival Georgia Tech as well as a conference opponent in the …

FRISCO, Texas — The 2024 season will mark the first time in his three years with the Cowboys that Tyler Smith will have clarity about which position he will be playing long term.  Smith, the 24th overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft out of Tulsa, played left tackle in college, but with left tackle Tyron Smith — Dallas’ 2010s …

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SOUTH BEND — Time could have tempted punter James Rendell into second-guessing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with Notre Dame football.  Traveling to his new team/home last month, Rendell had two hours to sit and think aboard the plane that sat on the tarmac of Melbourne Tullamarine Airport in his native Australia. He had three more hours of emptiness during an unscheduled …

Not every quarterback gets to be Ben Roethlisberger. In 2004, Roethlisberger enjoyed success never before seen by a rookie passer. That year, Big Ben won each of his 12 regular-season starts en route to winning Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. He followed that season up with an 18-year career that is bound for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  …

A few things I enjoy about every NFL season is seeing teams go worst to first, from pretenders to contenders, and, of course, breakout performances like the quarterback leap. I recently logged every quarterback leap since 2000 to find the most common factors linking them together as we look ahead to project breakout stars in 2024. You can find everything …

NAPLES, Fla. — Inside the beachside Ritz-Carlton resort along Florida’s southwestern coast, leaders of college athletics met in a second-floor conference room to discuss particulars about the industry’s future. Those in the room were limited to five men: NCAA president Charlie Baker and commissioners from the SEC, ACC, Big 12 and Big Ten. Not in the room: the other 28 …

The NFL isn’t exclusively a young man’s game. The 2024 season, after all, could be defined by some of the league’s most seasoned talent: Think Aaron Rodgers, who’s trying to revive the New York Jets (again) while going on 41 years old. And yet, when push comes to shove, many of the game’s top contenders are driven by relative newcomers, …

The Rivals Five-Star, the marquee football event of the offseason, takes place this week with the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars playing host. With 104 of the best prospects in the country scheduled to compete, there are major rankings implications riding on their performances. Yesterday we highlighted some of the biggest rankings for the offensive side of the ball. Today we put …

There won’t be any statues built for the Mike Vrabel/Ryan Tannehill/Derrick Henry era Tennessee Titans. There won’t be any reunions either. But they had a pretty good run. Until, suddenly, everything turned sour. Vrabel had four winning seasons in Tennessee to start his head coaching career. The Titans advanced to the AFC championship game at the end of the 2019 …

NORMAN — Brent Venables, then a young defensive coordinator, recruited Curtis Lofton from Kingfisher High School to OU. Venables helped Lofton develop into an All-American linebacker, a Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and a second-round pick in the 2008 NFL Draft. Lofton was a standout on Venables’ defense, but the two didn’t always get along. “Coach Venables wasn’t my …