College Football

Jul. 4—Trotwood-Madison offensive tackle Jermiel Atkins announced his commitment to the Kentucky Wildcats on Thursday. The 6-foot-8, 300-pound Atkins is the 19th-ranked 2025 prospect in Ohio, according to 247Sports.com. He ranks 47th in the nation among offensive tackles. Atkins picked Kentucky over a final three that also included Minnesota and Virginia Tech. He narrowed his choices to three schools in …

It seemed like Notre Dame football was in great position to ultimately land former Ohio State football wide receiver commit Jayvan Boggs. The Irish offered about a month before the 2025 Florida prospect decommitted from the Buckeyes, which led many to believe that Notre Dame was at the forefront of his recruitment. An official visit never happened, which clearly put …

When 2025 Florida wide receiver Jayvan Boggs committed to Ohio State football in October of 2023, it looked like the Buckeyes wide receiver pipeline to The Sunshine State was going to continue. That ultimately wasn’t the case, as the 6-foot, 1-inch and 200-pound pass catcher decided that Columbus wasn’t the place for him. Boggs decommitted from the Buckeyes at the …

The USC football program is trying to change perception and reality under the new defensive coaching staff. One thing which will help is that Taylor Mays now gets a more hands-on role with the coaching staff. New recruits such as Shamar Arnoux stand to benefit from what Mays can provide. We wrote about Mays and the new landscape he faces …

USC beat out Penn State in the recruitment of wide receiver Corey Simms, but it’s the other school the Trojans beat out for the St. Louis-based receiver which adds to this particular football recruiting success story for Lincoln Riley and the Trojans. In most years, we wouldn’t give a second thought to the fact that USC beat out Missouri for …

The expanded SEC is awesome. The conference should be as competitive as ever following the additions of Texas and Oklahoma. However, the 16-team SEC is sacrificing some historic rivalries in the new conference schedule. Perhaps most notably, the Georgia Bulldogs won’t play the South Carolina Gamecocks this fall for the first time since 1991. Georgia also won’t play the Gamecocks …

College football is expanding to a 12-team College Football Playoff for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. After decades upon decades of the polls deciding the national champion (1936-1991) and early futile attempts at creating a national championship game like the Bowl Coalition (1992-1994) and the Bowl Alliance (1995-1997), the Bowl Championship Series was born. The BCS lasted from 1998 to …

LSU has a lot of new pieces on offense after Jayden Daniels, Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas Jr. all moved on to the next level. However, there’s one position we know won’t be a question mark, and it’s the offensive tackle. Will Campbell anchors what is arguably the best offensive line in the country entering the 2024 season at left …

Ed White’s Joshua Patterson (2) signals to the sidelines during the first quarter of a high school football scrimmage Friday, May 26, 2023 at Ed White High School in Jacksonville, Fla. The Bolles Bulldogs held off the Ed White Commanders 23-21. Iowa State football added 3-star safety Josh Patterson to its 2025 recruiting class on Thursday. The 5-foot-11, 165-pound rising …

A Penn State football legacy has committed to the Nittany Lions. LaVar Arrington II, the son of former Penn State All-American LaVar Arrington, announced his commitment to Penn State on Thursday via Instagram. Arrington II plays outside linebacker at Charter Oak High School in Covina, California. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound athlete is a three-star recruit in the 2025 recruiting class, tabbed …

A Penn State football legacy has committed to the Nittany Lions. LaVar Arrington II, the son of former Penn State All-American LaVar Arrington, announced his commitment to Penn State on Thursday via Instagram. REQUIRED READING: Penn State football recruiting: Why 2025 class is overlooked, undervalued … and rising Arrington II is a three-star recruit in the 2025 recruiting class, tabbed …

Muskogee quarterback Jamarian Ficklin was The Oklahoman’s 2023 All-State Offensive Player of the Year. One of the top quarterbacks in Oklahoma high school football has made his college decision. Muskogee’s Jamarian Ficklin announced his commitment to Texas State on Thursday. Ficklin led Muskogee to the Class 6A-II state title as a junior last season and was named The Oklahoman’s All-State …

Nov 25, 2023; Auburn, Alabama, USA; Auburn Tigers running back Damari Alston (22) breaks free of Alabama Crimson Tide defenders during the second quarter at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John Reed-USA TODAY Sports The SEC has received a facelift this summer by adding former Big 12 powers Oklahoma and Texas to the conference. As the Sooners and Longhorns enter the …

SMU has started their month of July on a tear and it gets even better today, on July 4. A day after landing their headlining quarterback piece of their 2025 class, they now add a big offensive tackle to block for him. Houston (Texas) Lamar four-star offensive tackle Dramodd Odoms is off the board and headed to SMU, he announced …

USATSI Stacking the ACC coaches against each other is an incredibly difficult task, and that’s not just because there are now 17 teams in the league after the offseason additions of Cal, Stanford and SMU.  Heading into 2024, the ACC is a wildly disparate league when it comes to coach rankings; it’s easy to pick out a couple names for …