College Football

With student-athletes now permitted to profit from their name, image and likeness (NIL), the landscape of college athletics has changed drastically in recent years. NIL deals now play a major factor in recruiting and college coaches across the country must either adapt or risk falling behind. At the University of Colorado, eight football players, including incoming freshman Jordan Seaton, and …

CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson University men’s basketball’s PJ Hall (Spartanburg, S.C./Dorman) earned a spot on the 2024 Naismith Trophy Men’s College Player of the Year Midseason Team, announced on Thursday afternoon. Other Atlantic Coast Conference players on the list are Armando Bacot (UNC), RJ Davis (UNC) and Kyle Filipowski (Duke). Name Class Position School Max Abmas Grad Student G Texas Armando Bacot Grad …

The final season of Rider football produced five all-state players, according to the Texas Sports Writers Association. Among the Raiders being named to the Blue Bell/TSWA’s Class 5A all-state team is senior defensive lineman Jailyn Gibbs, who was the team’s lone first-team honoree. Senior running back Elijah Jackson made the second team as a fullback and was joined by senior …

LSU running back Trey Holly has been arrested and faces three charges in connection to a shooting at an apartment complex in Union Parish in northern Louisiana last week that left two people injured. The incident, last Friday night, occurred in Holly’s hometown of Farmerville, Louisiana. Holly turned himself into authorities on Thursday in connection with the shooting and has …

Dabo Swinney and the Clemson football program will take on a familiar face in the 2024 season when they play against one of their top rivals. Former Clemson and Oregon State starting quarterback DJ Uiagalelei transferred to Florida State this offseason, becoming the Seminoles’ new starting quarterback. From a three-year start for the Tigers to the Seminoles starter under center, …

Former North Dakota State head coach Matt Entz, who won two FCS national titles with the school, will oversee linebackers at USC next season. (LM Otero / Associated Press) D’Anton Lynn’s fast makeover of UCLA’s struggling defense started slowly. So slowly, in fact, that when he was installing plays during spring practice last year, players grew frustrated with the snail’s …

GAINESVILLE — Florida offensive line assistant coach Darnell Stapleton is heading to the NFL, leaving coach Billy Napier to make another key offseason hire as spring practices approach. Stapleton’s departure to join the Washington Commanders, who announced his hiring Thursday, gives Napier options with his on-field offensive staff. Stapleton joins Dan Quinn, the Gators’ defensive coordinator in 2011-12. Napier opted …

Michigan State football will return to a bowl game next year, according to Brett McMurphy of the Action Network. McMurphy has released a batch of super early — or as he called it “Never-Too-Early” — bowl projections for the 2024 season this week, which included the Spartans. McMurphy has Michigan State landing in the Music City Bowl facing off against …

Feb. 15—PULLMAN — Washington State will need to look for a new offensive line coach. Clay McGuire, who manned the unit the past two seasons, is taking the same job at his alma mater of Texas Tech, according to the Athletic and confirmed to The Spokesman-Review by a source with direct knowledge of the situation. It was the second stint …

Feb. 15—St. Joseph Christian has handed the keys over to Dr. James Schoonover to lead the school’s football program next season. Schoonover takes over for Troy Schenk, who helped lead the Lions to a 7-4 record this past season, as well as their first district win that didn’t come from forfeit since 2017. The new Christian head coach played football …

Feb. 15—Ohio State football coach Ryan Day completed his 2024 coaching staff Thursday with the promotion of James Laurinaitis to linebackers coach. Laurinaitis, a three-time All-American at the position for the Buckeyes, was a graduate assistant last season. In that role, he worked with the team’s linebackers alongside defensive coordinator Jim Knowles. With his elevation, Laurinaitis will be allowed to …

The Super Bowl is behind us. As is the Senior Bowl. Which means not only do we have the first full first round draft orders, but all the games to showcase draft talent are done, putting draft season into overdrive. With that, we present the first Raiders mock draft database, with 17 different mock draft picks for the Raiders. 2/14 …

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind when talking about Ohio State football coaches coming and going and the most recent change has been announced. James Laurinaitis has officially been promoted to become the linebackers coach for the Buckeyes. Laurinaitis spent this last season as a graduate assistant and it was also his first season in Columbus, Ohio, in …

On Thursday, class of 2025 four-star defensive lineman Jarquez Carter announced on X that he received an offer from Colorado and head coach Deion Sanders. Carter is a 6-foot-2, 284-pound prospect from Newberry High School in Florida who’s also receiving considerable attention from Miami, Florida State, Tennessee, UCF, Ohio State and others. The 247Sports Composite ranks Carter as his class’s …

The talk of the college football world on Thursday has been the announcement that one of the most beloved video games in all of sports is coming back at long last, and we finally have a good idea of when the return will take place. EA Sports College Football 25 is expected to be released this summer, which was announced …