College Football

Justin Garcia/Rivals.com The second weekend of June official visits is in the books and top prospects have been camping all over the country in recent days so that makes for a loaded Recruiting Rumor Mill. FACT OR FICTION: Miami is the biggest threat to Georgia for Elijah Griffin ***** CLASS OF 2024 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State …

Michael Penix capped off an incredible college football career with an appearance in the College Football Playoff National Championship as the signal caller for Kalen DeBoer and the Washington Huskies last season. Penix has since become a first-round draft pick of the Atlanta Falcons and is on his way to becoming a future star in the NFL. Penix played a …

The Wisconsin Badgers extended an offer to three-star class of 2026 athlete Sharroid Whitehead on Friday Whitehead becomes the latest 2026 target to receive an offer from UW, joining wide receivers Kennan and Jarod Pula, interior offensive lineman Samuel Simpson and athlete Rico Blassingame over the past few weeks. The 5-foot-9, 170-pound athlete represents Ocean Springs High School in Pascagoula, …

Wisconsin class of 2025 cornerback target Naiim Parrish committed to Minnesota on Sunday. Parrish chose the Gophers on the heels of his official visit to the program. He had one other official visit scheduled: to Wisconsin on June 14. Related: Ranking the highest rated recruits in the history of Wisconsin football The three-star recruit is 247Sports’ No. 1,044 player in the …

Wisconsin football’s class of 2025 landed three-star cornerback Jahmare Washington on Sunday. His commitment is the first from the program’s June 7 official visit weekend and brought the class to 15 total commitments. The addition of Washington rose Luke Fickell’s group to No. 13 overall in the 247Sports composite ranking. It remains No. 4 in the Big Ten, behind only …

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State football walked off the field at Davis Wade Stadium in disappointment on Nov. 23. After a 17-7 loss against rival Ole Miss in the Egg Bowl, MSU’s season ended with the conclusion of the regular season. It marked the first year without a trip to a bowl game for the Bulldogs since 2009 – coach Dan …

It’ll be a couple years before we know how well Kalen DeBoer, from a recruiting standpoint, knows how to pick ’em. But when it comes to quarterbacks, he’s wasted no time showing he knows where to pick ’em. The Alabama football coach has secured the first quarterback commitment of his tenure at Alabama in Keelon Russell, an uber-talented, wiry kid …

The Oklahoma Sooners are still almost three months from beginning their first season in the SEC. Year 3 under head coach Brent Venables will be a crucial one, as OU tries to build upon a 10-3 record in 2023. With the dog days of summer and the college football calendar upon us, Athlon Sports is doing season previews for multiple …

Missouri State football will face challenges many have gone through before it transitions from FBS to FCS when it joins Conference USA next year. Every situation is different with some coming from having great FCS backgrounds to having immediate success in the FBS. Some had limited FCS success before finding more at the next levels. Some haven’t had as good …

Penn State football still needs a receiver, a running back and an offensive lineman to step up this summer. A perfect true freshman opportunity. While most of the Nittany Lions’ depth chart will be filled by returning, experienced players, there are a few glaring position needs to account for by any means possible in preseason camp. Which means the next …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti set a high bar for his staff in the spring portal window. The Hoosiers came out of spring camp with a laundry list of needs mostly on the defensive side of the ball after signing 22 transfers in the winter. “I’m looking for the best I can get,” Cignetti said, after IU’s spring game. …

The commitments keep rolling in for Rutgers football. One week after 10 prospects pledged to Greg Schiano and the Scarlet Knights, Rutgers landed two more commitments on Sunday as its 2025 recruiting class expanded to 20 players. June is typically a busy recruiting month – and that’s putting it mildly through the Scarlet Knights’ first two recruiting weekends of the …

TAUNTON— A very familiar face is taking charge of the Bristol-Plymouth varsity football team. Assistant coach Roger Saraiva has been selected as the next head coach of the Craftsmen, the fourth overall in the program’s over 50 year history. He succeeds longtime coach John Parris, who himself was promoted from assistant to head coach in 2008, who retired last month …

After committing to Rutgers football on Sunday afternoon, Gerrick Gordon has shut down his recruitment. His verbal over the weekend while on an official visit to the Big Ten program represents a significant recruiting win for the program. Rutgers fought off some stiff competition to land Gordon, who is a 6-foot-4 and 270-pound interior offensive lineman from Trinity Catholic (Ocala, …

Utah celebrates their 34-32 win against the USC Trojans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News This article was first published in the Ute Insiders newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Wednesday night. What are Big 12 coaches saying about the Utah Utes as they get …