Many college football programs quickly took notice of the immense talent in Oklahoma’s high school class of 2025. Offers poured in, and top recruits committed early with several choosing to stay home at OU. With their senior seasons approaching, it’s time to take an initial look at The Oklahoman’s 2025 Super 30 rankings of the state’s top recruits. The list …
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Nation’s No. 1 recruit includes Georgia in top 15 schools
Georgia is in the running for the No. 1 overall recruit in the 2026 class, defensive lineman Jahkeem Stewart. The five-star recruit included the Bulldogs among his top 15 programs on Tuesday. Out of St. Augustine High School (New Orleans), Stewart is rated as the No. 1 overall player and the No. 1 defensive lineman, per 247Sports composite. Although he’s …
Read More »Why Memphis football hired a general manager, and what it means for college football
Ryan Silverfield was looking to replace his recruiting director, but he ended up with something else — a general manager. The Memphis football coach recently hired Beau Davidson, who had been the director of player personnel at Georgia Tech, to be the Tigers’ general manager. That’s a position popping up more and more in college football — someone still focused …
Read More »These players have most to gain as Ole Miss football, Lane Kiffin prepare for spring practices
OXFORD — Ole Miss football has made it its business to acquire finished products. Coach Lane Kiffin was among the first to embrace the transfer portal, and has continued to use it to acquire talent more consistently than any of his peers. Still, the Rebels, like any other college football program, depend on developing talent. With an eye toward spring …
Read More »Report: ESPN agrees to six-year extension to televise College Football Playoff through 2032
The College Football Playoff is staying on ESPN. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) The expanded College Football Playoff is staying with ESPN. According to The Athletic, ESPN is in agreement with the CFP to extend the network’s deal to televise the playoff for another six seasons. ESPN’s original contract went through the 2025-26 season. The extension is worth a reported …
Read More »321 college prospects invited to 2024 NFL Scouting Combine
The 2024 NFL Scouting Combine kicks off on February 26 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and runs through March 4. Most of the top college players in the country will be there as they attempt to impress NFL scouts from all 32 teams. On Tuesday, the league announced that 321 college prospects have received invitations to this year’s combine. Check out all …
Read More »Hard hitters: Our 2023 Football Defensive Player of the Year, Super Team and All-Stars
It was a year to remember for Fairhaven football, which won the Division 6 Super Bowl, knocking off three higher-seeded teams along the way. Another highlight for the Blue Devils was winning on Thanksgiving against a Dartmouth team that went undefeated during the regular season and reached the Div. 3 Elite 8. Old Colony captured its third straight Mayflower Athletic …
Read More »Their intros to Penn State football: The time James Franklin tackled one of his players…
King Mack remembers the Penn State football practice moment well, some seven months later. How could he not? The day head coach James Franklin tackled one of his players … Mack was one of more than 20 second-year Nittany Lions Tuesday doing their first official media interviews since arriving on campus. Some played key backup roles last year, like linebacker …
Read More »Kansas State football assistant Matt Wells eager to work with old friend Chris Klieman
MANHATTAN — It should come as no surprise that Kansas State head football coach and Matt Wells someday would find themselves on the same staff instead of lining up across the field from one another. The fact that it took 10 years was simply a matter of timing. But here they are together at last, after Wells accepted Klieman’s job …
Read More »Breaking News: Neal Posey leaving Saint James football for college coaching opportunity
Saint James head coach Neal Posey is leaving the program to accept a college coaching position the school announced in a press release Tuesday afternoon. The specifics of where Posey is headed is to be announced, while Saint James is slated begin the search for its new football coach. “My family and I are incredibly grateful for our many years …
Read More »What will BYU’s 2024 offensive depth chart look like?
BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff (12) calls the play in the huddle during game against Oklahoma play at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. Retzlaff will find himself in a heated battle for QB1 duties when spring camp opens later this month in Provo. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Both signing periods have come and gone, …
Read More »Seahawks announce Ryan Grubb, Aden Durde hires along with five other coaches
The Seahawks announced the addition of seven coaches to Mike Macdonald’s staff, including confirmation of the top coaches on offense, defense and special teams. Ryan Grubb will be the offensive coordinator, Aden Durde will be the defensive coordinator, and Jay Harbaugh will be the top special teams coach. Grubb was at the University of Washington last year and joined former …
Read More »Perfect Penn State football fits: Progress report on Julian Fleming, Nolan Rucci
They are making their first true impressions on Penn State football in the past couple of weeks, these half-dozen transfers. Potential leaders, playmakers and positive impacts for the 2024 season. So far, they’ve impressed, according to head coach James Franklin and at least one of his Nittany Lions. Franklin talked about his transfer pickups for the first time publicly on …
Read More »Attorneys close to completing Idaho volleyball interviews as former players reflect on coach’s abuse allegations
Feb. 13—Shannon Webb inadvertently helped recruit two players into her personal “nightmare” of alleged verbal and physical abuse from Idaho women’s volleyball coach Chris Gonzalez. Webb played for two teams at American University, based in Washington, D.C., that made it to the NCAA Tournament. Then in 2018, the school brought in Gonzalez as an assistant coach. “Volleyball was the best …
Read More »Penn State’s James Franklin voices opinion on NIL, transfers in college football
It’s no secret that the transfer portal and Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) has changed the landscape of college athletics — particularly college football. It’s a recent development, Penn State football coach James Franklin said, that doesn’t necessarily bode well for the sport. “We’ve been on a slippery slope for a while,” Franklin said at his winter news conference on …
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