College Football

In most places college football fans look, the Iowa Hawkeyes find themselves just inside the top 25 or as one of the first teams out. In its recent post-spring top 25 rankings, ESPN ranked Iowa as the nation’s No. 23 team heading into the 2024 college football season. While Iowa is thought of by most as either a top 25 …

Between rule changes that have benefitted the other side of the ball and the emergence of spread offenses that force players to cover and tackle in space, playing in a college football secondary has become much more difficult over the past 10-15 years. For a while, this resulted in higher scores across the country as offenses pressed their advantage to …

Jamarion Morrow has selected Missouri football. The 5-foot-9, 180-pound Germantown athlete announced his decision on X, formerly known as Twitter, to commit to coach Eli Drinkwitz and the Missouri Tigers’ 2025 class. Morrow is the No. 2 recruit in the Memphis area, ranks No. 5 in the state and No. 253 in the country. He is listed as a four-star …

Which college football team was the most influential ever in the prestigious sport? That is a question ESPN’s Bill Connelly attempted to answer in his recent ranking of the top 30 most influential teams in the history of the amateur gridiron. Unsurprisingly, the Florida Gators made the list. Maybe somewhat surprising is that the program landed a top-10 team in …

Colorado target Shedrick Sarratt Jr. committed to his home state South Carolina Gamecocks on Friday evening only days after visiting Boulder. Leading up to his commitment, the class of 2025 four-star offensive lineman was also considering the CU Buffs, North Carolina State Wolfpack, Florida State Seminoles, Tennessee Volunteers and Florida Gators. Colorado may have been a geographical outlier among Sarratt’s …

Jay’len Mosley has cut his list down to six. Mosley, a 6-foot-1, 190-pound rising senior wide receiver at Jackson Christian, posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, showing the six colleges he’s choosing from. Mosley, the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football winner and All-West Tennessee Offensive Player of the Year in 2023, will select from Alabama, Louisville, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, …

One of the biggest recruiting storylines on the gridiron and hardwood in the Gainesville area took a new turn Friday afternoon. CJ Ingram, the rising senior from Hawthorne, received an offer from Todd Golden and Florida basketball Friday. Ingram, of course, is the son of Gators legend Cornelius Ingram. “CI” played at UF from 2004-08. He starred for the football …

For some time now, the Colorado Buffaloes’ decision to host Football Championship Subdivision powerhouse North Dakota State in their season opener has been widely criticized. The most recent to offer worry about the game is Athlon Sports writer Scout Springgate, who included the Week 1 matchup on a list of five early season games with upset potential. Here’s what Springgate …

Wisconsin received a commitment from top-ranked class of 2025 wide receiver Eugene Hilton Jr. on Friday. Hilton chooses the Badgers over other finalists Georgia, Ole Miss, Miami, Missouri, Kansas and Purdue. He is commitment No. 19 for the Badgers in the class of 2025 and the fifth blue-chip player. Related: Wisconsin class of 2025 vaults up national rankings after addition …

Jun. 14—CANTON, S.D. — One of the top in-state athletes in the 2025 class is going to be a Coyote. Canton High School linebacker and versatile offensive player Cain Wallner pledged a verbal commitment to the University of South Dakota football team via social media on Wednesday. Wallner also weighed offers from North Dakota State, North Dakota, the University of …

September 15, 2022; Phoenix, Arizona; USA; Brophy Prep wide out Layton Duncan prepares for a game against St. Marys at Central High School. Several players and coaches with Arizona ties will compete on USA Football’s U20 national team later this month. Wide receivers Layton Duncan and Kamron Jackson, linebacker Chris Pemberton and coaches Michael Patterson and Myron Blueford will be …

Few coaches have had as much influence on the game of football as former Oklahoma Sooners offensive coordinator and long-time college football head coach Mike Leach. His deployment of the Air-Raid first with OU as the coordinator and then as the head coach at Texas Tech, Washington State, and Mississippi State revolutionized offense at every level of the sport. His …

247Sports Wide receiver Eugene Hilton Jr., the son of former Pro Bowl wideout T.Y. Hilton, committed to Wisconsin as the first 247Sports Composite four-star wide receiver for the Badgers since 2017.  The younger Hilton chose Wisconsin over offers from Georgia, Ole Miss and Missouri, among others. He took an official visit to Madison, Wisconsin, the weekend of June 7 that …

Jonathan Smith and Michigan State football have landed another wide receiver recruit. Charles Taplin, a three-star wide receiver from Red Oak, Texas, announced on social media Friday that he intends to head to East Lansing to play for the Spartans. Taplin is a three-star recruit in the class of 2025, according to 247 Sports, and reportedly had offers from Arizona, …

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas football beefed up its future by adding a pair of offensive line commits to its 2025 recruiting class this week. Connor Howes announced his commitment to Sam Pittman and offensive line coach Eric Mateos Friday, just one day after Kash Courtney joined the Razorbacks class. More: Arkansas football recruiting: Hogs land two high school commits More: Arkansas …