College Football

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 …

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 …

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. …

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. …

MANHATTAN — For the most part, Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman and his staff have pivoted to assembling its 2025 recruiting class. Before that, much of their energy was focused on bolstering the 2024 roster via the transfer portal, and for the most part they accomplished that goal at the positions of greatest need. After the portal claimed 15 …

SOUTH BEND — Marcus Fakatou just finished up his eighth-grade year in Riverside, Calif., but that didn’t keep Notre Dame football from offering the prodigy a scholarship for the 2028 recruiting cycle. A defensive lineman who already stands 6 foot 7 and weighs 265 pounds, Fakatou reported the offer on social media after attending camp at Notre Dame on Monday. …

Wonderful “Champ” Monds IV has never played a snap in a high school football game, but he already boasts offers from Florida State and UCF. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound incoming freshman quarterback, who will officially begin classes at Vero Beach in the fall, checks a lot of the boxes that colleges are looking for. He’s already made a strong impression on …

Arizona State football coach Kenny Dillingham doesn’t mind a good prank. He gives as good as he gets. He tries to foster an environment of working hard while having fun at the same time so this was just another example of that. The most recent practical joke involved a popular video game and the infatuation most college athletes have with …

Zionsville star wide receiver Eugene Hilton Jr. will make his college commitment announcement 5 p.m., Friday. Hilton, the son of former Colts’ star T.Y. Hilton, is one of the top prospects in the state and rated as a four-star recruit on the 247Sports composite list. He told IndyStar last month Wisconsin was one of the schools making a push for …

A tall, athletic receiver has joined the Colorado State football team from another Mountain West program. Keynan Higgins has transferred from San Jose State and is now listed on CSU’s roster for the 2024 season. He’s a 6-foot-4, 180-pound receiver who joins the Rams with three seasons of eligibility remaining. Higgins didn’t have any catches last season as a freshman …

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech men’s basketball will visit Oklahoma in the second ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge, with the game taking place Tuesday, Dec. 3, at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla. The ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge will take place over back-to-back days Tuesday, Dec. 3 and Wednesday, Dec. 4. The Challenge events will feature games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC …

Northwestern AD Derrick Gragg moves to new position amid changes in college sports originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Northwestern has created a new position for athletic director Derrick Gragg, naming him to oversee the university’s athletic strategy and help the school navigate the looming changes in college athletics. Gragg, who has overseen the athletic department as vice president for athletics and …

Wisconsin football is no longer in contention for class of 2025 running back John Forster, according to a report from 247Sports’ Brian Dohn. The Badgers had previously made his final five schools along with Illinois, West Virginia, Rutgers and Virginia Tech. That list has reportedly been trimmed to only Illinois and Rutgers. Related: Wisconsin updated class of 2025 commitments after flipping …

The Big 12 Conference is talking with Allstate about selling the naming rights of the conference to the insurance company, per Action Network’s Brett McMurphy. The Arizona State Sun Devils’ new conference has been named the Big 12 since 1996, when the conference had its inaugural season after the Big Eight Conference combined with four Southwest Conference teams (Texas A&M, …

The good people over at CBS Sports are continuing to release their positional group rankings and one of the recent posts come from David Cobb in regard to defensive front sevens. It should come as no surprise that Ohio State was not No. 1 on this list, but landing at third is an honor in its own right. It needs …