College Football

USATSI The SEC is pushing for major changes to the early signing period in college athletics, including making the entire month of December a recruiting dead period and moving early national signing day up two weeks closer to the start of the month, league commissioner Greg Sankey told Yahoo Sports. According to Sankey, the league’s coaches have already approved the proposed …

Michigan State football has extended a scholarship offer to a big-time safety prospect in the 2025 class. DeShawn Stewart of Wayne, N.J. announced he has received a scholarship from the Spartans on Thursday. Stewart is a four-star prospect in the 2025 class. Stewart ranks as the No. 19 safety in 247Sports’ composite rankings for the 2025 class. He’s also listed …

Cherryville football coach Tim Pruitt has decided to call it a career. The veteran coach informed Cherryville athletic director Scott Harrill on Thursday of his intent to retire. “Cherryville HS would like to thank Coach Tim Pruitt for his many years of service to CHS,” according to a post on the school’s Facebook page. “Coach Pruitt has announced his retirement …

Texas football fans excited for the upcoming College Football ’25 game will be glad to hear that their star quarterback will be making an appearance. Quinn Ewers announced his intention to opt into the game via paid partnership on Instagram, allowing EA Sports to use his name, image and likeness. He’s one of the first of many, as other notable …

EA is bringing back the college football game. And it is offering roughly 11,000 college football players a measly $600 for the ability to use their names, images, and likenesses in the production. They also get a free copy of the game. The College Football Players Association, which in the past has urged players to reject the offer, issued a …

UCF‘s Board of Trustees approved naming its proposed football operations building the Taylor A. Gerring Football Center. The move acknowledges a $5.5 million financial gift from Gerring, a 2005 UCF graduate who is a pioneer in blockchain technology and co-founder of Ethereum Foundation. The gift is the largest single cash pledge given to the athletics department and is part of …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — SEC leaders are exploring a way to unclutter the month of December. In a concept that the league is socializing with other conferences, the entire month of December would be a dead period for recruiting and the early national signing day would move up about two weeks to the early portion of the month, SEC commissioner Greg …

In-state 2025 wide receiver Travis Smith Jr. will visit Georgia football this spring. The four-star wideout will be in Athens on April 6 while the Bulldogs will be participating in spring practice. Smith (6-foot-4, 290 pounds) plays for Westlake High School in Atlanta. He is rated as the No. 25 wide receiver, the No. 26 player in the state and …

Last year around this time, a favored son returned home, but not even a year later, unceremoniously, he was gone. After departing Michigan football for Ole Miss following the 2019 season, Chris Partridge had something of a rumspringa in Oxford before returning to Ann Arbor in 2023. However, Partridge was a casualty of the NCAA investigation into Connor Stalions. With …

Wisconsin is hiring E.J. Whitlow to be its new defensive line coach, according to reports from ESPN’s Pete Thamel and BadgerExtra’s Colten Bartholomew. Whitlow takes over for Greg Scruggs, who recently left to take the same position at Michigan. The Badgers’ new hire spent the last two years as the defensive line coach at Air Force. That stop came after …

Penn State head coach James Franklin has promoted graduate assistant Danny O’Brien to a new role on the coaching staff ahead of the 2024 season. O’Brien will now be labeled as the quarterback coach for the Nittany Lions. O’Brien will take over the role that was previously held by former offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich. Yurcich was removed as offensive coordinator …

Penn State continues to search for top-end players in the class of 2025 that they can add to their growing list of commitments that already sits at 12. With the list of “Power Conferences” reducing from five to four this year, more emphasis will be placed on recruiting at a high level to get the best possible talent into the …

Former Alabama football head coach Nick Saban has been and forever will be one of the most respected figures in college football history. Now, he’s letting his voice be heard regarding the state of the game he left a lasting impact on. While serving as the Crimson Tide’s coach, Saban did not try to hide his emotions and thoughts on …

Auburn is looking to boost its 2026 recruiting haul by pursuing a talented in-state defensive lineman. Vodney Cleveland, a 6-3, 295-pound defensive lineman from Prattville, has caught the eyes of several SEC programs, including Auburn. Cleveland has visited Auburn three times, and Auburn coaches stopped by his high school last month. Auburn is one of four SEC programs that are …

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to The College Football Enquirer Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger & SI’s Pat Forde kick off the podcast analyzing the new approved format for the College Football Playoff, which will have five automatic qualifiers and seven at-large bids. There is already much discomfort from the SEC & Big Ten about the …