College Football

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football offensive lineman Carter Smith was one of the rare returning players on the team’s roster who didn’t get displaced by a transfer. He didn’t even have to fend off one to retain his starting job. Smith was penciled in the starting lineup at left tackle the minute he withdrew his name from the portal back in …

Over the last three years, Hollin Pierce has been a mainstay on the Rutgers football offensive line. Due to his play, he enters the 2024 campaign with high expectations after being named the No.98 best player in the country on the On3 Top 100 Players in College Football list. Since making his college debut in 2020, Pierce has been a …

The University of Utah campus, with Rice-Eccles Stadium in the foreground, in Salt Lake City on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. | Ben B. Braun, Deseret News On Thursday, a huge step was taken to soon make college sports as we know them changed forever. The NCAA settled three lawsuits, including House vs. NCAA, and agreed to pay a nearly $2.8 …

It’s been a long offseason, but one filled with a lot of very positive developments for the Ohio State football team. A bushel of NFL draft eligible players decided to come back, the Buckeyes nabbed some top-end talent in the transfer portal, and welcomed in a consensus top-five recruiting class. Still, it’s been quite a while since a real, live …

Penn State quarterback Drew Allar is entering his second season as the starting quarterback of the Nittany Lions in 2024. Allar has shown he has all of the tools to make some big things happen in the Penn State offense, but the 2023 season saw more than enough growing pains when it came to establishing consistency with his receivers. With …

May 25—A busy week for Silver Bluff High School’s football program wrapped up Saturday morning with what’s become a familiar — and fun — spectacle for current, former and future Bulldogs alike. Tarron Jackson’s third annual youth football camp capped the week, with nearly 80 kids receiving instructions from Jackson, some of his NFL friends and former Coastal Carolina teammates, …

The start of a new college football season is beginning to creep up on us already with the countdown to kickoff for Penn State recently entering double digits. Penn State has added a number of key players to the roster out of the transfer portal since the close of the 2023 season, and it has seen its share of players …

Oregon’s nationwide recruiting efforts keep going at full throttle as four-star linebacker Gavin Nix is seriously thinking about coming to Eugene to play football. The 6-foot, 225-pounder from Bradenton, Flor. has set his official visit date to Oregon for June 14. He has two other official visit dates set as well. Nix will look at Miami on June 7 and …

Rivals national recruiting analyst Marshall Levenson is joined by national recruiting analyst Greg Smith, Brandon Drumm of OUInsider.com and TideIllustrated.com’s Jack Knowlton to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. FACT OR FICTION: Allegations will impact Penn State’s recruiting efforts ***** CLASS OF 2024 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS …

May 25—The Ada High School football team wrapped up spring drills with a spirited practice session Wednesday afternoon inside the Craig McBroom Football Complex. It capped off a series of eight spring workouts under the watch of new head coach Wade Boyles and his revamped coaching staff. “Our coaching staff has done a fantastic job this spring of bringing the …

Notre Dame just added another blue-chip prospect to its No. 1 recruiting class in the 2025 team recruiting rankings. Indianapolis (Ind.) Ben Davis four-star defensive back Mark Zackery announced his commitment to the program on Saturday. Zackery is the 22nd commitment for the class of 2025 for Notre Dame. He joins a large group of defensive backs in the class …

This week, Rutgers football became the latest offer for Florida athlete Ayden Pouncey. A class of 2026 recruit, Pouncey is the No. 128 ranked recruit in the 247Sports and is a four-star defensive back. In addition to Rutgers, he holds offers from Boston College, Cincinnati, Duke, Florida State, Georgia, Illinois, Louisville, Penn State, Oregon, South Carolina, Syracuse, and Tennessee among …

The long wait is nearly over for fans of EA Sports’ college football video game revival. EA Sports College Football 25 is resurrecting the fan-favorite franchise this summer and will be shelling out payments to each school included in the game. And as it turns out, Penn State will be one of the schools eligible for the highest payout from …

Kentucky football landed another in-state star Saturday afternoon, as 2025 defensive back Martels Carter Jr. committed. Carter plays for Paducah Tilghman High in Paducah. He’s a four-star prospect, per the 247Sports Composite, slotting in as the No. 196 player nationally and No. 16 among safeties. Carter is ranked No. 2 among 2025 prospects in Kentucky, behind only defensive lineman Javeon …

Mark Zackery IV has known for some time Notre Dame was where he wanted to be for his college football career. But just to make sure, he took another trip to South Bend this spring and another to get a final look at Cincinnati, his other finalist. If he was not 100% decided before, Zackery was completely in on the …