College Football

Note: This list will be updated throughout the day as more names come in. If there are any Gainesville area players continuing their playing career at the next level who is missing from this list, please send their name, position and what school they’ll be attending to nram@gannett.com. The immediate taste of success and/or disappointment has long exited the psyche …

These are the North Jersey athletes who signed or will sign a national letter of intent, or made a formal commitment to play sports in college. Wednesday is the first day of the regular signing period. The early signing period took place in the fall. Our list is based on information provided by athletic officials, and will be updated all day long. …

Nick Saban took the college sports world by storm last month when he announced his retirement as head coach at Alabama — just nine days after leading the Crimson Tide to another appearance in the College Football Playoff. The immediate question that followed the initial shock of Saban’s retirement centered on who would replace the decorated coach, viewed by many …

Memphis football signed 34 scholarship players on early signing day in December. So it makes sense to expect a much more low-key day on Wednesday, the first day of the regular signing period for college football. Coach Ryan Silverfield will add a few more transfers and high school players to his roster for 2024, but it won’t be close to …

SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame football’s recent victory over national champion Michigan in a tug-of-war for recruiting director Chad Bowden was especially good news for Micah Gilbert. The early enrollee from Charlotte (N.C.) Christian smiled last week when asked for his favorite recruiting story about Bowden, Marcus Freeman’s highly regarded wingman who helped the Irish corral the four-star wideout and …

LSU coach Brian Kelly took a short break from his football duties to assist the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine release a rehabilitated bald eagle back into the wild. The eagle entered LSU’s care last October after appearing dehydrated with an injury to its left wing. With the help of Kelly, the eagle was officially released last Friday. LSU Football …

LSU’s top remaining target, five-star athlete Terry Bussey, has announced his decision time. He’ll make his final commitment Wednesday at 9 a.m. CT. Bussey remains committed to Texas A&M, but his recruitment has remained open heading to the finish line. LSU and Georgia are pushing to flip him, but this one appears to be a race between the Aggies and …

USATSI First-year Washington coach Jedd Fisch is bringing more NFL experience to his staff with the hiring of New England Patriots assistant Steve Belichick as its defensive coordinator, the school announced Tuesday. Belichick spent the last 12 seasons with the Patriots, working under his father and surefire future NFL Hall of Famer Bill Belichick. The younger Belichick spent the last …

The recruiting chronicles of 2024 5-star athlete Terry Bussey will finally come to an end, as the highly talented, versatile playmaker, who is currently committed to Texas A&M, is also considering LSU and Georgia before signing with either program on Wednesday, Feb. 7, at 9:00 a.m. CT. All three programs are deadlocked entering tomorrow’s announcement; however, Bussey is coming off …

Withrow junior and four-star wide receiver Quintin Simmons Jr. announced his commitment on Feb. 5 to play football at the University of Kentucky. Simmons announced Kentucky as his choice after featuring the Wildcats in his final six programs in January. He chose Kentucky over West Virginia, Penn State, Michigan, Syracuse and Cincinnati. He will join teammate Terhyon Nichols, who already …

Talibi Kaba gave a verbal to Rutgers on Tuesday night, landing the Big Ten program its first commitment from a New Jersey prospect in the 2025 class. A 6-foot-3, 220-pound linebacker from Hillside (Hillside, New Jersey), Kaba is coming to Rutgers as an athlete. He currently holds offers from Boston College, Duke, Kent State and Iowa State. He is currently …

TAMPA — New Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen reached back to his former Rams staff to hire offensive line coach Kevin Carberry. Last season, Carberry served as the Saints’ assistant offensive line coach. But in 2021-22, he directed the Rams’ offensive line. His seven seasons in the NFL also include stops with the Cowboys and Washington. The Bucs finished last …

On Tuesday, Ratumana Bulabalavu took to social media to announce his commitment to play football at USC. Defensive line coaches Shaun Nua and Eric Henderson closed in on the Carlsbad, California, four-star lineman after he decommitted from the University of Washington on January 24. USC defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn has made it no secret that he values versatile linemen who …

Feb. 6—PULLMAN — Washington State will likely get its men’s basketball defensive coordinator back this weekend. Associate coach Jim Shaw, who missed Saturday’s game against Washington as he recovered from a medical scare, should be back on the bench for WSU’s games against Oregon State and Oregon, head coach Kyle Smith said. Shaw initially exited early from the Cougars’ win …

For the second consecutive year Oklahoma will boast the most former players on the field for football’s biggest game when the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII on CBS Sunday. The Chiefs will be looking to defend their title with four former Sooners on their roster. The 49ers will add two more two …