College Football

Oct 7, 2023; Tempe, Arizona, USA; Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders (2) celebrates after defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils at Mountain America Stadium, Home of the ASU Sun Devils. The Big 12 has expanded to 16 teams for the 2024 college football season and the path to a conference title is wide open. Last season’s Big 12 champion, Texas, …

Wisconsin football received commitment No. 18 in the class of 2025 with linebacker Mason Posa’s announcement on Thursday. Posa chose the Badgers over other finalists Oregon and Texas A&M. He joins three other linebackers who have pledged to Luke Fickell’s class of 2025 thus far: three-star Cooper Catalano, three-star Brenden Anes and three-star Samuel Lateju. At 6-foot-3, 210 pounds, Posa is a …

Wisconsin football class of 2025 defensive lineman target Kyler Garcia announced his top five schools via social media on Thursday. Wisconsin is among the Teneesee native’s final list, along with Georgia, Purdue, Louisville and Indiana. The Pearl-Cohn High School product had garnered 16 Division 1 offers before whittling the list down to five. The announcement arrives just one day before …

Newest Wisconsin football commit Mason Posa entertained family and friends during his commitment announcement on Thursday evening. He announced his pledge to Wisconsin, joining the Badgers’ growing class of 2025 that now ranks No. 13 in the nation. Related: Wisconsin class of 2025 national ranking after addition of four-star LB Mason Posa He chose the Badgers over other finalists Texas A&M …

Despite the Rutgers football class filling up, recruits like Taeshawn Alston continue to be a priority for the program. A three-star defensive end, Alston took an official visit last weekend to Rutgers. A class of 2025 recruit, he plays for Vance County High School (Henderson, North Carolina). Last year for Vance County, he had 27 total tackles including nine tackles …

Four-star safety recruit Lagonza Hayward has moved up his commitment date. The talented class of 2025 safety prospect plans to announce his commitment on July 27. He was previously scheduled to commit in August. Hayward’s top four schools are Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee. Hayward, who is ranked as the No. 6 safety in the country, is no longer …

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 …