Wisconsin football class of 2025 defensive lineman target Kyler Garcia announced his top five schools via social media on Thursday. Wisconsin is among the Teneesee native’s final list, along with Georgia, Purdue, Louisville and Indiana. The Pearl-Cohn High School product had garnered 16 Division 1 offers before whittling the list down to five. The announcement arrives just one day before …
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Chiefs’ latest ring might have a typo
We suddenly feel a little bit better about our periodic typographical errors. The Chiefs’ new Super Bowl ring — the symbol of pro football excellence — quite possibly contains one. As spotted by Joshua Brisco of Arrowhead Report and as confirmed with our own eyes on the graphic posted by the team’s official website, there’s a mistake on the new …
Read More »WATCH: Top 2025 LB Mason Posa fakes out Oregon, Texas A&M while committing to Wisconsin
Newest Wisconsin football commit Mason Posa entertained family and friends during his commitment announcement on Thursday evening. He announced his pledge to Wisconsin, joining the Badgers’ growing class of 2025 that now ranks No. 13 in the nation. Related: Wisconsin class of 2025 national ranking after addition of four-star LB Mason Posa He chose the Badgers over other finalists Texas A&M …
Read More »Taeshawn Alston recaps his Rutgers football official visit
Despite the Rutgers football class filling up, recruits like Taeshawn Alston continue to be a priority for the program. A three-star defensive end, Alston took an official visit last weekend to Rutgers. A class of 2025 recruit, he plays for Vance County High School (Henderson, North Carolina). Last year for Vance County, he had 27 total tackles including nine tackles …
Read More »Bengals sign second-round pick Kris Jenkins
The Bengals signed center Ted Karras to an extension on Thursday and they also got one of their 2024 draft picks under contract. Defensive tackle Kris Jenkins has signed a four-year deal with the team. He is the ninth of their 10 draft picks to sign his rookie deal with the team. Jenkins was a key defensive piece for Michigan …
Read More »4-star UGA recruiting target moves up commitment date
Four-star safety recruit Lagonza Hayward has moved up his commitment date. The talented class of 2025 safety prospect plans to announce his commitment on July 27. He was previously scheduled to commit in August. Hayward’s top four schools are Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee. Hayward, who is ranked as the No. 6 safety in the country, is no longer …
Read More »Quarterback Lawrence agrees new deal worth £216m
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence has agreed a five-year contract extension worth a reported $275m (£216m), according to NFL Network Insider. The deal is reported to be worth $55 million (£43m) per year with $200 million (£157m) guaranteed, which would make the 24-year-old the joint-highest earning quarterback alongside the Cincinnati Bengals’ Joe Burrow. Lawrence, the number one overall pick in …
Read More »Quinten Johnson’s injury led him back to Michigan football — and could get him to the NFL
In retrospect, he sees it as a blessing in disguise. But at the time it happened, it seemed like the cruelest kind of curse. Here was Quinten Johnson on the doorstep of his dreams in January, days away from the College Football Playoff championship game and a perfect coda to his Michigan football career. It had been quite a journey …
Read More »Fantasy Football: It’s time to get hyped about Jonathan Taylor again
Jonathan Taylor was once a hugely hyped fantasy RB — and the hype could be back for 2024. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images) Not that long ago, Jonathan Taylor was a destination pick for fantasy football managers, a game-changer, a league winner. He charted as the RB4 in his 2020 rookie year, and he jumped to the RB1 slot for …
Read More »West Texas A&M tabbed to host 2024 NJCAA Football championship
West Texas A&M’s investment in a new football stadium has paid off as the NJCAA announced Bain-Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium will host the NJCAA Division I Football Championships, beginning in 2024. The stadium opened in 2019, and features 8,500 seats and an estimated capacity of 12,000 when including overflow berm seating and standing-room only space on the concourse level. The stadium …
Read More »Tom Brady: “Quarterbacking has gone backwards a little bit”
In late 2021, Tom Brady said this regarding his post-football life: “I imagine not playing. And I imagine watching football on Sundays going, ‘These guys suck.’ I could do way better than that. And then still knowing in my heart that I actually could still do it.” To this day, he knows in his heart that he could still do …
Read More »Three-star defensive lineman ranks Auburn in ‘top three’ following visit
Three-star defensive lineman Walter Mathis Jr. visited Auburn for the first time last week and the visit went “excellent” according to the Savannah, Georgia native. The No. 38 defensive lineman in the class, like so many recruits before him, mentioned the family culture on the Plains as a main reason he enjoyed his time in Auburn so much. Mathis Jr. …
Read More »NFL rules on tampering cases: Eagles cleared, but Falcons will give up 2025 5th-round pick
After three months of investigation, the NFL resolved the free-agent tampering cases of the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons. The league announced Thursday that its investigation found the Eagles did not have contact with then-free-agent running back Saquon Barkley during the 52-hour legal tampering period prior to the start of free agency, during which teams can speak to only agents …
Read More »How Louisville football’s 2020 COVID-disrupted recruiting class is faring
Three months before the world shut down, then-Louisville head football coach Scott Satterfield signed 23 high school players on Dec. 18, 2019. It could’ve been 25, but the Cardinals lost four-star quarterback Chubba Purdy and three-star defensive end Josh Griffis to Florida State. Without the two, the recruiting class ranked 45th nationally and sixth in the ACC, according to 247Sports. …
Read More »NFL “did not discover sufficient evidence” to find the Eagles tampered with Saquon Barkley
The verdict is in. The Eagles have not been punished for potential tampering with running back Saquon Barkley. The NFL issued the following statement on Thursday morning: “After a thorough review of the Philadelphia Eagles signing of Saquon Barkley, the NFL today informed the club that the investigation did not discover sufficient evidence to support a finding that the Anti-Tampering …
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