College Football

Florida football coach Billy Napier was not shy about playing true freshmen during the course of the 2023 season. Of UF’s 20 true freshmen, 12 played in 10 or more games. Two — safety Jordan Castell and wide receiver Eugene Wilson III — emerged as starters for the Florida Gators. Wilson, Castell, defensive lineman Kelby Collins and defensive lineman T.J. …

Georgia Bulldogs standout center Sedrick Van Pran plans to play in the 2024 Senior Bowl. Van Pran is the first Georgia player to accept an invitation to the Senior Bowl. Accepting a Senior Bowl invitation is a strong indication that Van Pran plans to enter the 2024 NFL draft. Sedrick Van Pran gave the Georgia offensive line a massive boost …

Five-star Georgia commit Dylan Raiola could make major waves across the college football recruiting landscape as the early signing period approaches. On Monday, 247Sports Director of Recruiting Steve Wiltfong flipped his Crystal Ball prediction for Raiola from Georgia to Nebraska despite the quarterback’s commitment to the Bulldogs. He would be the first five-star prospect to sign with Nebraska in the …

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — For the third time in four years, Notre Dame football has landed an experienced quarterback rental through the transfer portal. This time, it’s Duke junior transfer Riley Leonard, who pledged his final season of eligibility to the Irish after visiting campus last week. Leonard revealed his choice Tuesday via his Instagram account. Leonard, 21, follows Sam …

Ohio State football has been focusing on closing out its 2024 recruiting class along with adjusting its transfer portal prospect board. That doesn’t mean it isn’t looking at the 2025 recruiting class, and that was evident on Monday as the Buckeyes offered Virginia running back Jeffrey Overton. The 5-foot, 11-inch and 187-pound back is ranked as the No. 619 overall …

Florida football’s prized 2024 defensive commit, five-star safety Xavier Filsaime out of McKinney (Texas), will be hosting in-home visits from a pair of schools this week as the early signing period quickly approaches, according to Swamp247. The 6-foot-1-inch, 180-pound defensive back is considered a hard commitment by the recruiting experts but there has been a push of late from a …

Duke v Louisville A veteran ACC quarterback will transfer to Notre Dame to be the almost-certain starter in 2024. Duke’s Riley Leonard will follow in Sam Hartman’s footsteps, he announced Tuesday morning. Leonard announced an intention to enter the transfer portal in late November, five days before it even officially opened, and online speculation immediately pointed toward Leonard joining the …

The college football transfer portal has been going wild, and on Saturday, Oklahoma transfer Dillon Gabriel announced his decision to go to Oregon. The Ducks will now go from Bo Nix to Dillon Gabriel, and Dan Lanning’s first year in the Big Ten Conference looks a whole lot better now. Gabriel was arguably the best signal-caller on the market, so …

Jon Sumrall NEW ORLEANS — Newly hired Tulane coach Jon Sumrall held a green and white parasol as he walked to the beat of a brass band toward a podium for his formal introduction to a crowd of boosters and university officials in Yulman Stadium’s Glazer Club. For the 41-year-old Sumrall, who was an assistant coach at Tulane a decade …

It’s been a while since Nebraska football was relevant nationally. Seven consecutive losing seasons. No top five finishes this century. No national titles — which the Cornhuskers used to compete for and win with regularity — since 1995. The changing tides of the sport — and Nebraska’s change to the Big Ten — have left a once powerhouse program drifting …

247Sports released its True Freshman All-America team on Tuesday, highlighting the best newcomers the 2023 college football season had to offer. While the advent of the transfer portal has made it less common to see true freshmen play major roles in the modern game, there are still plenty of highlights.  For example, two College Football Playoff teams in Alabama and …

Oregon State true freshman defensive back Jermod McCoy announced last week that he has entered his name into the transfer portal and has been offered by USC. “After much prayer and discussions with my family, I’ve decided to enter my name into the transfer portal,” McCoy said on social media. The Whitehouse (Texas) product was a three-star recruit coming out …

The highest ranked team to not make the New Year’s Six bowl games is No. 12 Oklahoma. As a result, its final game as a Big 12 member will take place on Thursday, Dec. 28 when it faces No. 14 Arizona in the 2023 Alamo Bowl. The game also marks the Wildcats’ final game as a Pac-12 member, and Arizona …

Four-star running back recruit Jabree Wallace-Coleman has decommitted from the the Georgia Bulldogs. Wallace-Coleman had been committed to Georgia for over a year. The four-star running back decommitted from Georgia football shortly after Georgia defensive backs coach Fran Brown accepted the head coaching role at Syracuse. Brown is a recruiting guru in the Northeast. Wallace-Coleman, who is a member of …

After spending just one season on the Plains, defensive lineman Wilky Denaud has decided to enter the transfer portal. He did not play as a true freshman. Denaud was a four-star prospect coming out of Fort Pierce, Florida, and is the first member of Auburn’s 2023 recruiting class to enter the portal. He was the No. 417 overall player and …