College Football

Most of Alabama’s 2024 football recruiting class signed during the Early Signing Period in December, leaving just a handful of players who participated in the 2024 National Signing Day on Wednesday. Five-star wide receiver Ryan Williams, who originally committed to Alabama during his sophomore year, was one of the players who signed. He decommitted from Alabama following Nick Saban’s retirement, …

The high school recruiting scene is bustling in Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the Class of 2025, and Penn State is actively pursuing the top recruits in each state. Already with a handful of players lined up from each key recruiting state, Penn State is looking to add to its offensive line with Michael Troutman of DePaul Catholic in Wayne, …

Georgia football topped its own record spending for recruiting in the fiscal year 2023 NCAA financial report by nearly $758,000. Expenses for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 totaled nearly $5.3 million, up from more than $4.5 million in the previous fiscal year. Only Texas A&M ($4.0 million) and Clemson ($3.5 million) have also reported more …

Michigan’s lack of recruiting gusto the past three years is unprecedented. The Wolverines have lost three games, one regular season game, won the Big Ten three times, beaten Ohio State three times, won a national title, had dozens of draft selections, and still can’t land top prospects. There are a couple of reasons for the lack of talent, but the …

Getty Images Former TCU coach Gary Patterson is joining Baylor’s staff as a senior consultant, according to 247Sports and multiple reports. Patterson spent some time away from the game in 2023 and most recently served as a special assistant to Texas coach Steve Sarkisian in 2022.  This latest move serves as a hop over Bluebonnet Battle lines for Patterson, who …

COLUMBIA − Illinois football has hired South Carolina football tight ends coach Justin Stepp, the Fighting Illini announced Thursday. Stepp has spent the last three seasons coaching wide receivers for the Gamecocks and moved to coaching tight ends in the offseason after South Carolina hired James Coley as wide receivers coach on Jan. 12. Stepp helped develop two All-SEC wide …

Host J.C. Shelton and former Georgia Bulldog Arthur Lynch breakdown some positive updates on multiple 2024 signees!  Your friends at UGA Football Live and UGA Wire present your one-stop-shop podcast for all things Georgia football: “UGA Football Live with J.C. Shelton.” The podcast streams on YouTube as a part of The Pulse Sports Network and wherever you get your podcasts. Check …

Baylor is hiring former TCU coach Gary Patterson as a senior consultant to head coach Dave Aranda, a person with direct knowledge of the move told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was being finalized. The website SicEm365 first reported Baylor was hiring Patterson. Patterson, 63, was coach at TCU, maybe …

Florida State fans have painted Kirk Herbstreit as a villain like they have the College Football Playoff Committee for not backing the Seminoles as worthy of making the four-team field. It was Georgia football fans turn this week to have a beef with the longtime ESPN College GameDay host and analyst. At issue is whether Herbstreit helped steer five-star Georgia …

Colorado coach Deion Sanders made waves with his rapid roster turnover last year, netting 72 new additions before his first season with the Buffaloes. Of those, 21 came from the high school ranks — a rather standard prep recruiting class in the modern age of college football. Following that tone-setting first offseason, the Buffaloes were relatively quiet this year.  With …

Feb. 8—THOMASVILLE — On the eve before National Signing Day when ten of his senior teammates would make their football futures official, Thomas County Central junior Dee Reddick made headlines as he announced his surprising flip. Reddick has de-committed from Auburn and is now committed to UCF.w For many, the flip was a shock. UCF has recently joined the Big …

Getty Images Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel will serve as the College Football Playoff Selection Committee’s new chair, the CFP announced Thursday. He replaces NC State athletic director Boo Corrigan, who held the role in 2022 during the final season of the CFP’s four-team format. Manuel spent the past two seasons on the selection committee and has become one of …

Penn State had a relatively quiet February national signing day this week after locking up its Class of 2024 back in the early signing period in December. But the pieces came together and Penn State put together another good quality class that should provide some key players for future success and add to the quality depth across the roster. It …

Penn State has already attacked the linebacker position in the Class of 2025, but James Franklin and his staff may be wondering what went wrong in the pursuit of one more of the top linebackers in Pennsylvania, and one who has a strong Penn State connection. Anthony Sacca, the son of former Penn State quarterback Tony Sacca, announced his top …

Another National Signing Day is in the books. The 2024 edition didn’t have too much drama, aside from the initial surprise of Josaiah Knight signing with Mississippi State less than two months after signing with Illinois. But it did feature a lot of really talented high school football players signing to play in college. State of Florida Recruiting H.Q. hosts …