College Football

Memphis football on Tuesday officially announced the hiring of Spence Nowinsky as defensive line coach and assistant defensive coordinator. Nowinsky had been the defensive coordinator at Ohio University since 2022. He was a nominee for the Broyles Award last season (given to the best assistant coach in college football). Memphis offensive coordinator Tim Cramsey was also a nominee. The former …

Oregon wasted no time filling the opening on its football staff. On Tuesday the Ducks announced the hiring of Ra’Shaad Samples as assistant head coach and running backs coach. He replaces Carlos Locklyn, who last week left Oregon for the same job at Ohio State. Samples was in Eugene and on the job Tuesday morning for Oregon’s spring football practice. …

Our USC football call-in show airs on Friday evenings at The Voice of College Football. We take your calls and allow Trojan fans to sound off on what they think is important in the current context of USC football. On our recent show, we took calls for over an hour and were able to cover a lot of ground. One …

There’s a lot going on with the Georgia football secondary this spring, but Malaki Starks hasn’t been in much of the action. The rising junior from Jefferson who was a consensus All-American last season is coming off shoulder surgery which has opened the door for others to get quality reps at safety this spring. The Bulldogs already lost starting safety …

There has been considerable fallout in the Scottsdale Saguaro football program since capturing the 6A championship last season. Coach Zak Hill left. Several players, including one of the state’s best safeties in Zeth Thues, transferred out. And now four assistant coaches have left to join Phoenix Brophy Prep’s football coaching staff. Brophy head coach Jason Jewell told The Arizona Republic …

Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko has already proven his recruiting chops in his first full offseason with the program. After rebuilding Duke’s football program in just two years at the helm, he has returned to the Aggies since his days as defensive coordinator from 2017-2021 with the same level of coaching acumen. Helping recruit several current players from A&M’s …

South Carolina football landed its second commit of its 2025 recruiting class on Tuesday. Three-star receiver Brian Rowe on Tuesday announced his commitment to the Gamecocks via X, formerly known as Twitter. Rowe, who attends Jay M Robinson High School in Concord, North Carolina, told GamecockCentral “everybody is like a family there and I know I can really help the …

After one of the most productive seasons among quarterbacks in college football a year ago at Oklahoma, transfer quarterback Dillon Gabriel talked about his move to Eugene to play for the Oregon Ducks for his final collegiate season Tuesday during the third week of spring ball. While he was looking at his options in the transfer portal for the second …

When Texas Tech football coaches moved Amier Washington from defensive tackle to defensive edge late last season, Washington could have told them how much he appreciated the position switch. Instead, he showed them. As a previously little-used true freshman, Washington wreaked havoc in Tech’s 34-14 conquest of California in the Independence Bowl. He was credited with four tackles for loss, …

BYU Football Head Coach Kalani Sitake walks off the SAB outdoor practice fields after practice at the start of spring camp in Provo on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Before we present the Deseret News’ fifth-annual post-spring stab at BYU’s depth charts for the 2024 football season, a confession is probably in order. While we got most of the 2023 projections …

Former Georgia and current USC defensive lineman Bear Alexander looks to be headed to the transfer portal. The big name interior lineman is set to leave after a good season in Los Angeles. Alexander went for 48 tackles, 1.5 sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss in his 2023 season. And while his role and value to the USC football squad …

For the many rivals who hope Michigan football falls off a cliff following the Wolverines’ national championship win, hopes and dreams do not represent reality. The maize and blue are pretty loaded on the defensive side of the ball with three likely first-round picks in defensive tackles Mason Graham and Kenneth Grant as well as cornerback Will Johnson. The linebacking …

OXFORD — Ole Miss football and coach Lane Kiffin stayed hot on the recruiting trail on Tuesday, landing four-star wide receiver Dillon Alfred. The 247Sports Composite rates Alfred as the No. 347 overall prospect in the Class of 2025. He is considered the No. 51 receiver in the cycle and the No. 17 prospect in the state of Alabama. Alfred, …

OXFORD ― Patience does not award you any guarantees in this era of college athletics ‒ especially within a program like Ole Miss football, which attacks the transfer portal with a vigor that few can match. When one veteran starter leaves, it’s a safe bet that coach Lane Kiffin will scour the portal for another experienced option. Kiffin lost one …

Florida football held its 12th spring practice on Tuesday at the Sanders Practice Fields. The Florida Gators are winding down spring drills in preparation for Saturday’s Orange and Blue Game, which is scheduled for a 1 p.m. kickoff at The Swamp. UF is trying to establish consistency and roles that it can take into the offseason program and fall camp. …