College Football

The Thompson Warriors have become the state of Alabama’s powerhouse by winning four of the last five Class 7A state championships. Safety Anquon Fegans has been a major reason why. Fegans, a four-star safety, has recorded 176 tackles in three seasons as a varsity player for the Warriors, with five tackles for loss and 18 interceptions. He is one of …

The last time fans got to see Gophers coach P.J. Fleck’s football team at Huntington Bank Stadium was in a home loss against Ohio State in November. A lot has changed since then. The 2024 version of Fleck’s Gophers are different in key areas, including quarterback and others. The Gophers opted not to hold a spring game, so Thursday at …

Central Bucks East four-star offensive lineman Mike Carroll has narrowed his college football choices down to an even dozen. Carroll, a 6-foot-7, 305-pounder who will be a senior in the fall, named his final schools on X (formerly Twitter). Central Bucks East offensive lineman Mike Carroll (left) has narrowed his college choices down to 12 big-time programs. They are (in …

A long-rumored blow to the Michigan football defense was confirmed on Wednesday. Rod Moore, a senior safety who’s started since the second half of his freshman year, suffered a serious injury earlier this spring. Though new defensive backs coach Lamar Morgan declined to get into specifics on his injury, he did tell reporters Wednesday afternoon in Ann Arbor that Moore …

There’s a lot that goes into a college player’s decision-making when they enter the transfer portal. One of those decisions right off the bat is to whether or not go in the portal in the first place. Once they do go into the portal, the road to another destination has some bumps have curves. It’s rarely smooth sailing. That wasn’t …

AUBURN — Make it 10 commitments in the Class of 2025 for Auburn football recruiting. The Tigers landed a pledge from four-star offensive lineman Carde Smith on Wednesday. Carde is rated by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 258 player in 2025 and the No. 27 offensive tackle. Playing at Williamson High School in Mobile, Carde is tabbed as the …

Wisconsin safety Hunter Wohler is the Badgers’ highest-graded returning player per PFF College’s latest post on X. With the departures of running back Braelon Allen and quarterback Tanner Mordecai, Wohler is slated to lead the Badgers in his fourth season representing the Scarlet and Red.  Wohler, a rising senior, spearheaded UW’s secondary a season ago. The Muskego native led all Big …

The Carolina Panthers have another tight end on their mind. A day after we learned that they’d be meeting with two-time first-team All-Big 12 selection Ja’Tavion Sanders, the team looked to have Kansas State University’s Ben Sinnott in the building . . . A Waterloo, Iowa native, Sinnott had initially committed to playing his college football for South Dakota. He …

2025 wide receiver prospect Travis Smith Jr. will visit Tennessee. Smith Jr. will officially visit the Vols on Saturday, according to Steve Wiltfong of On3. He will visit Georgia on May 31, Auburn on June 7 and Alabama on June 14. Smith Jr. unofficially visited the Vols on Oct. 14, 2023, Nov. 18, 2023 and April 6. The 6-foot-4, 191-pound …

USATSI USC defensive tackle Bear Alexander plans to enter the transfer portal when it opens next week, he announced on social media Tuesday. Alexander started his career at Georgia before transferring to USC last offseason. Listed at 6-foot-3 and 313 pounds, Alexander emerged as an impact player for the Trojans during his lone season on campus.  The sophomore posted 48 …

The Clemson football program has developed into a powerhouse during the Dabo Swinney era, with the Tigers becoming one of the top recruiting schools in the country during that time. While Clemson hasn’t had a top 5 class in some years, the Tigers always recruit in the top 15 and have hit on some big time recruits. Even if their …

LSU redshirt freshman edge rusher Jaxon Howard plans to enter the transfer portal when the spring window opens later this month, according to 247Sports. Howard was 247Sports’ No. 131 player in the class of 2022, No. 20 edge rusher and No. 1 recruit from his home state of Minnesota. Related: Ranking Wisconsin football’s incoming transfers by expected impact in 2024 …

The Oklahoma Sooners and cornerback coach Jay Valai have been putting in the work trying to build depth at the cornerback position with the 2025 recruiting class. The Sooners are expected to land four-star Maliek Hawkins later on Wednesday but they are also right in the thick of it for another 4-Star cornerback. Cobey Sellers is from Pearland, TX, and …

Washington Huskies running back Tylin “Tybo” Rogers has been suspended from the team after being charged with two counts of rape. Rogers, 18, was arrested by Seattle police on Friday and later released on bond. He was officially charged on Tuesday with one count of second-degree rape and one count of third-degree rape. Prosecutors say the incidents occurred between late …

Apr. 10—MAHOMET — Frank Dutton didn’t cast a shadow over Tom Shallenberger when Shallenberger succeeded him as Mahomet-Seymour’s football coach in 1992. Dutton wasn’t the type to keep the spotlight on himself after 21 years at the helm of the program. He knew Shallenberger, an offensive tackle on the Bulldogs’ 1977 state championship team, would handle the job on his …