National Signing Day is set for Wednesday and some of the top football players in the 2024 recruiting class will make things official. As signing day nears, here’s a look at the 2024 recruiting rankings in the Big 12 and SEC, according to 247Sports Composite and Rivals. More: OU football lands Eddy Pierre-Louis, 4-star offensive lineman, for 2024 recruiting class …
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USATSI Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell did not commit to keeping Nick Mullens under center after Week 15’s overtime loss to the Bengals. But that’s exactly what he’ll do, per ESPN, with Mullens expected to remain the starting quarterback for Sunday’s game against the Lions. The career backup got his first start of the 2023 season in Cincinnati, where he went …
Read More »NFL: Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders I have only included players who are rostered in less than 50 percent of Yahoo fantasy football leagues. A player’s roster percentage will appear in parentheses next to their name. Denny Carter is mercifully handling the kicker section of this article which will be added Tuesday mornings. Updates from Monday Night Football …
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Who could have known exploring whether the Chicago Bears should take a quarterback at No. 1 overall or soldier forth with Justin Fields would become evergreen content? A year after trading the No. 1 overall selection in the 2023 NFL Draft and the eventual rights to Bryce Young, the Bears are in a similar position with three games remaining in …
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A former Nebraska quarterback and assistant has been hired as the head coach of an HBCU. Mickey Joseph is set to take over as the head coach at Grambling State. Joseph will be taking over for Hue Jackson, who was dismissed after two seasons in charge of the Tigers. The former Nebraska quarterback joined the Huskers coaching staff under former head …
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The San Francisco 49ers are living the good life. They improved to 11-3 to clinch the NFC West division and remain the conference’s top seed following a dominant 45-29 victory over the 3-11 Arizona Cardinals. As a virtue of being one of the NFL’s top teams, San Francisco has two players in the top five of the NFL MVP odds, …
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Joe Flacco joined the Browns in Cleveland right before Thanksgiving, and before Christmas, he did something that hasn’t been done in the franchise in the last 45 years: throw for 212 yards in the fourth quarter of Cleveland’s roaring comeback win over the Chicago Bears to stay in the No. 5 spot in the AFC playoff picture. Flacco is now …
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One of Texas’ best high school football players, Franklin senior quarterback Shay Smith, has decided to stay home and play for UTEP. Smith will be part of new coach Scotty Walden’s first recruiting class. Walden was hired earlier this month to replace Dana Dimel. Smith, the son of former UTEP and NFL running back, Paul Smith, had a strong high …
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Week 15 of the 2023 NFL season concludes with a Monday Night Football matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field. After losing two in a row, the Eagles (10-3) have dropped to second in the NFC East behind the Cowboys (10-3). If the season ended today, Philadelphia would be the top wild card team in the …
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The Commanders Daron Payne (94) sacks quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) in the first quarter, forcing the Rams to settle for a field goal. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) The Rams defeated the Washington Commanders, 28-20, on Sunday at SoFi Stadium. What we learned from a victory that improved the Rams’ record to 7-7 and tentatively put them in the No. 7 …
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USC quarterback Malachi Nelson is entering the transfer portal after one season with the program, according to 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz. Nelson signed with the program as a five-star recruit and the No. 12 overall prospect in the 2023 class. An Elite 11 finalist and an Under Armour All-American while at Los Alamitos, Nelson initially committed to Lincoln Riley when he …
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The Week 15 NFL schedule will conclude with the Seattle Seahawks hosting the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football at 8:15 p.m. ET and both teams are desperate for a win. Tyler Lockett and DeVonta Smith aren’t the top options in their respective passing attacks, but they’re both among the best No. 2 receivers in the NFL. How much exposure …
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The Commanders benched quarterback Sam Howell for veteran Jacoby Brissett in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Rams. But while Brissett provided a clear spark and tossed two touchdown passes to make things interesting, head coach Ron Rivera said after the game that Howell remains Washington’s QB1. “Well, [we were] just really trying to take care of him …
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The Philadelphia Eagles enter Monday Night Football at 8:15 p.m. ET against the Seattle Seahawks averaging 358.8 yards per game this season, which ranks eighth in the NFL. Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown has recorded 90 receptions for 1,258 yards and seven touchdowns. He’s finished with 94 or more receiving yards in eight of his last 10 games and his …
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The first day of the Early Signing Period is on Wednesday and it has become the biggest day on the football recruiting calendar, replacing February’s National Signing Day. A majority of big-time prospects will sign with their future program on Wednesday and Rivals.com will have wall-to-wall coverage of all the twists and turns. Expect hat ceremonies, commitment videos and plenty …
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