College Football

Ohio State football scored a massive transfer portal recruiting win on Thursday evening, when Kansas State quarterback Will Howard committed to the Buckeyes. The 6-foot, 5-inch, 242-pound signal caller brings a big-time skill set with him to Columbus, one that fits the Ohio State offense very well. Howard is one of the top transfer options at quarterback, and the second …

Jan. 4—Ohio State added another potential weapon for its 2024 offense Thursday night with the verbal commitment of Will Howard. The 6-foot-5, 242-pound Howard is rated the No. 6 quarterback in the transfer portal by 247Sports after throwing for nearly 6,000 yards in three seasons at Kansas State. He told ESPN the Buckeyes had everything he was looking for after …

Kamar Missouri has made a commitment out of the transfer portal, the former Rutgers football offensive lineman making a move to an American Athletic Conference program. An offensive lineman, Missouri committed to UTSA on Thursday afternoon. Missouri started four games for Rutgers in 2023 and he played 14 total games for the Scarlet Knights across three seasons. Since entering the …

BRONX, N.Y. — The offensive line played a huge part a week ago for Rutgers football, opening holes and providing good protection in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami. The Rutgers offense, against a very strong Miami front, played as a cohesive unit in what might have been their best performance of the season. They were the …

Iowa star defensive back and return specialist Cooper DeJean declared for the 2024 NFL Draft Thursday, bringing to an end a three-year stint with the Hawkeyes. The 2023 unanimous All American is projected as a first-round pick, No. 22 overall and fourth at his position in CBS Sports’ 2024 NFL Draft prospect rankings.  “These past three years have been filled with …

Two former Massillon football stars have found new college homes after entering the NCAA transfer portal. On Thursday, Caiden Woullard announced he has committed to Oklahoma. This was after the Sooners offered the former Miami RedHawk on Dec. 26. The 6-foot-5 defensive played three years with Miami after starring for Massillon. He broke out with nine sacks this past season, …

Former Kansas State quarterback Will Howard is transferring to Ohio State, he announced on social media. Howard is the No. 7 overall available transfer in 247Sports’ rankings for the 2024 cycle. He joins a Buckeyes program that must identify a new full-time starter in 2024 after former starter Kyle McCord transferred to Syracuse. Howard’s biggest immediate competition is Devin Brown, who …

BLOOMINGTON – IU capped a busy day in the transfer portal with one of Curt Cignetti’s biggest wins of the cycle, when All-Sun Belt wide receiver Elijah Sarratt announced his intention to follow Cignetti to Bloomington. Sarratt had been on a visit to Indiana. The rising junior from Virginia was remarkably productive across two years in Harrisonburg, posting 124 receptions …

Jan. 4—GOSHEN — The RedHawks look to have found their next head football coach. After Goshen Community Schools announced Wednesday afternoon that Joseph Hecklinski would become the next head football coach at Goshen High School pending an approval from the school board at the upcoming Monday meeting, the northern Indiana native echoed his appreciation for this next path of his. …

Alan Bowman is going to run it back one last time. The Oklahoma State quarterback was granted a rare waiver on Thursday so that he can play a seventh season next fall. He will turn 24 before next season kicks off. “I just heard back that I was granted another year of eligibility, and we have unfinished business,” Bowman said …

Jacksonville State football will be looking for a new defensive coordinator as Zac Alley is leaving for the Oklahoma job per multiple reports. The news was originally reported on Thursday night by 247 Sports and later reported by other outlets. Alley will leave a defense that allowed 21.15 points per game and 352.8 yards per game in the programs first …

Oklahoma defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Ted Roof will not return in 2024, coach Brent Venables announced in a release. The Sooners are expected to hire Jacksonville State defensive coordinator Zac Alley, who just finished his first season with the Gamecocks, as Roof’s replacement, 247Sports reports. Roof spent the past two seasons as the Sooners’ DC, arriving as part of Venables’ …

The Oklahoma Sooners mutually parted ways with defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Ted Roof on Thursday afternoon. But it didn’t take long for the Sooners to zero in on his replacement. According to multiple reports, including one from Matt Zenitz of 247Sports, Oklahoma is set to hire Zac Alley as their next defensive coordinator. Most recently, Alley was the defensive …

NORMAN — OU football coach Brent Venables apparently isn’t taking long to fill his defensive coordinator opening. Just hours after Venables announced Ted Roof would not return as the Sooners’ defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, 247Sports first reported the Sooners would hire Jacksonville State defensive coordinator Zac Alley to replace Roof. Alley knows Venables well from his time as a student …

New Michigan State football coach Jonathan Smith has made the latest addition to his program, adding a nice piece to his offensive coaching staff. According to reports, the Spartans are hiring Aaron Pflugrad as a senior offensive analyst that will work with the quarterbacks. A former AFCA 35 Under 35 recipient, Pflugrad is a highly thought of young coach that …