LSU football landed a big commitment from the 2025 recruiting class Tuesday night. Calvary Baptist rising senior interior offensive lineman and four-star prospect Devin Harper pledged to LSU coach Brian Kelly and the Tigers, who have commitments from the state’s top three rated recruits in the 2025 class. St. Martin’s Episcopal running back Harlem Berry is the top-ranked Louisiana prospect …
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Report: LA Chargers broke the bank to steal Jim Harbaugh from Michigan football
Michigan football was reportedly set to make Jim Harbaugh the highest-paid coach in all of college football. And it wasn’t enough. Apparently literally, as well as figuratively. Harbaugh said on Sunday on CBS that he went back to the NFL because you can’t win a Lombardi Trophy at the college level. Considering he’s coming off of a national championship with …
Read More »Florida State decommit CJ Heard reportedly deciding between Colorado and UCLA
Colorado may not be finished adding to its 2024 recruiting class. According to Steve Wiltfong of 247Sports, uncommitted three-star safety CJ Heard is deciding between Colorado and UCLA. The former Florida State commit will visit both schools in the coming days before announcing his decision on Feb. 8, Wiltfong reported Tuesday. Heard decommitted from the Seminoles on Nov. 19, about …
Read More »UCF coach Gus Malzahn needs to make up his mind about calling plays | Commentary
Head coach Gus Malzahn created quite a flood of discussion and debate a few days ago when he revealed that he will go back to being the chief offensive play-caller next season for UCF. Personally, I don’t understand why there is so much debate about this. Malzahn, after all, has been one of the great offensive minds in college football …
Read More »Tennessee CB commit schedules Georgia visit
Georgia will host 2025 cornerback and current Tennessee commit, Shamar Arnoux, this weekend, per On3’s Jeremy Johnson. The three-star recruit committed to the Volunteers in April of 2023. Arnoux (6-foot-1, 170 pounds) plays for Carrolton High School in Carrollton, Ga. He is rated as the No. 41 cornerback and the No. 46 player in the state. Although Arnoux has been …
Read More »Florida near the top for this DL target after receiving offer
It was another busy weekend at The Swamp, but Billy Napier and his recruiting staff’s efforts have paid off for at least one recruiting target that was in town. Lipscomb Academy (Mount Juliet, Tennessee) defensive lineman Amir Leonard-Jean Charles was one of the many visitors, and he left Gainesville with an offer in hand. The visit went so well that …
Read More »NCAA stuck in quagmire of its own making with latest NIL mess
It is a weird time in college athletics, perhaps the weirdest ever. Let’s count the ways, shall we? In December, the NCAA president himself proposed a plan that, if adopted this summer, would permit schools to directly strike name, image and likeness (NIL) deals with athletes as well as pay them through a trust fund. Within the next 18-24 months, …
Read More »Raiders DL coach Rob Leonard joins coaching staff at Senior Bowl
Each year you see players from the senior bowl who go to teams that had coaches on staff to get up close and personal looks at them. The Raiders have one of their coaches on hand in Mobile as well. They sent defensive line coach Rob Leonard there to coach linebackers as Tashan Reed of The Athletic reports. #Raiders defensive …
Read More »Patience pays off for QB Will Howard in transferring from Kansas State to Ohio State
Will Howard needed to wait. It was last month before the Cotton Bowl when the transfer quarterback from Kansas State heard from Ohio State, the program examining possible options to replace Kyle McCord behind center. But the search was only in its early stages. The Buckeyes were waiting until after the bowl game before picking up their pursuit. Quarterback transfer …
Read More »Former Georgia OL returns to UGA, takes coaching role
A former Georgia offensive lineman is headed back to Athens. On Tuesday, Warren Ericson joined the Bulldogs’ coaching staff as a graduate assistant. He will serve under offensive line coach Stacey Searles. Ericson played multiple positions along UGA’s offensive front over back-to-back national championship seasons in 2021 and 2022. He signed with the Bulldogs in 2018 as a four-star recruit, …
Read More »Chargers HC Jim Harbaugh on coming to NFL: ‘There’s no Lombardi Trophy in college football’
In a recent interview with CBS Sports, Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh revealed why he left his former coaching job at Michigan and decided to make the move to the NFL. “I love Michigan, but I love the NFL too,” Harbaugh said. “There’s no Lombardi Trophy in college football.” After going undefeated and winning the National Championship over Washington, Harbaugh …
Read More »‘This is where I want to be.’ Why star RB Quinshon Junkins transferred to Ohio State
The timing of Quinshon Judkins’ commitment to Ohio State wasn’t totally planned. It also wasn’t coincidental. Judkins, a two-time All-Southeastern Conference running back at Mississippi, posted on X (formerly Twitter) at 11:13 p.m. on Jan. 8 that he would transfer to Ohio State. Jan 30, 2024; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Ohio State University football transfer Quinshon Judkins talks with the Columbus …
Read More »Source: Notre Dame football QB Riley Leonard still on track for spring ball after surgery
SOUTH BEND — Riley Leonard, Notre Dame football’s projected starting quarterback this fall, is still on the mend. According to a source with knowledge of the situation, the rising senior transfer from Duke recently underwent surgery on his right ankle, but is expected to be a full participant in spring practice. A mid-January physical exam upon Leonard’s arrival revealed that …
Read More »Where Penn State ranks in updated On3 team rankings for 2024
The final days in the recruiting cycle for the Class of 2024 are nearly upon us. The traditional signing period will open back up next week on February 7 as the final decisions to be made from any undecided high school football players are made official. The introduction to the early signing period has changed the game in a major …
Read More »Former Wolverine called ‘biggest riser’ in first Senior Bowl practice by ESPN
He was a household name among Michigan football fans, and now it appears he’s about to become a household name to everyone else. The maize and blue faithful are well aware of just how good wide receiver Roman Wilson is — from the circus catch against Nebraska, the touchdown vs. Ohio State, or timely plays made in the College Football …
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