Apr. 2—The new Ohio State football running backs coach is Carlos Locklyn. His hiring became official Monday night, less than three weeks after Tony Alford left the position to join the staff at Michigan. Locklyn is a Montgomery, Ala., native who played running back and cornerback at Chattanooga then was a high school coach in Tennessee for eight years. He …
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Four-star linebacker Matai Tagoa’i commits to USC football
As predicted earlier last week, Matai Tagoa’i, the bluechip linebacker from San Clemente, California, has verbally committed to the Trojans. The 6-foot-5, 210-pound Tagoa’i is rated the No. 11 linebacker and the No. 80 prospect overall in the 247Sports Composite. In his junior season, Tagoa’i had 73 tackles, six of them for a loss, in 10 games as a sophomore. …
Read More »East Coast Spotlight: Five programs off to strong starts for 2026
Rivals.com The 2026 Rivals250 was unveiled last month and teams around the country are beginning to sort out their priorities for the next recruiting cycle. Here are five programs from the East Region that are off to good starts with the 2026 class. ***** MORE: Rivals250 DL Trent Wilson breaks down his top four contenders CLASS OF 2024 RANKINGS: Rivals250 …
Read More »Clemson vs. Georgia Week in Atlanta projected to host College GameDay
Dabo Swinney and his team, the Tigers, are starting the 2024 season with a big game against the Georgia Bulldogs. The game will be at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. This game is going to be exciting because Clemson is seen as the team that might not win. But don’t think they won’t put up a fight. In the …
Read More »Virginia Tech HC Brent Pry: ‘I tell recruits and families all the time that this place was Clemson before Clemson was Clemson’
Virginia Tech head coach Brent Pry recently spoke with college football analyst Josh Pate and had some interesting things to say about Clemson. During the Late Kick with Josh Pate interview, Pry uses Clemson as a comparative piece when discussing the Hokies program and their history in college football. It’s an interesting recruiting pitch and one that Pry delved deeper …
Read More »2025 Kansas tight end prospect includes Vols in top six
2025 tight end prospect DaSaahn Brame announced his top six schools. Tennessee, Ole Miss, LSU, Oregon, Alabama and Oklahoma are Brame’s top six schools. The 6-foot-6, 235-pound four-star tight end prospect is from Derby High School in Derby, Kansas. Tennessee offered a scholarship to Brame on March 2, 2023. Oklahoma State was the first school to offer a scholarship to …
Read More »Four-star wide receiver places Nebraska in Top 12
A class of 2025 wide receiver has placed the Nebraska Cornhuskers in his Top 12 schools. Corey Simms is a four-star recruit for Christian Brother College in Saint Louis, Missouri. Simms named LSU, Georgia, USC, Ole Miss, Kansas, and Missouri as part of the list. He also named Miami, Tennessee, Penn State, Michigan, and Arkansas alongside the Cornhuskers. is set to visit …
Read More »Tuesdays with Gorney: Ten biggest recent commitments
Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney ranks the 10 biggest recent pledges and another busy stretch in the recruiting world. RUMOR MILL: Plenty of buzz over the holiday weekend ***** CLASS OF 2024 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Position | …
Read More »Former Wisconsin 2025 commit Cody Haddad immediately receives crystal ball to Big Ten rival
Former Wisconsin football class of 2025 commit Cody Haddad received a crystal ball prediction to choose Ohio State on Monday afternoon. The prediction took no time after the promising athlete decommitted from the Badgers earlier that day. Haddad is 247Sports’ No. 527 player in the class of 2025, No. 37 athlete and No. 16 recruit from his home state of …
Read More »Thirty-six inches: One yard, and mail from an Ashland legend, impacted Tressel’s OSU career
ASHLAND — Basketball icon Bob Haas was four years into his Hall of Fame coaching career at Willard when a young man, fresh out of Baldwin-Wallace College, interviewed for the football post at the high school. His name was Jim Tressel. Puff out your chest, preferably while wearing one of his signature sweater vests, if you already knew that. NJ …
Read More »How Michigan football linebackers are ‘trying to get to that level’ of last year
Michigan football had seemingly every necessary ingredient last season en route to a 15-0 record and a national championship. A quarterback who may go in the top five later this month in the NFL draft was key. A running back who rewrote the program record book didn’t hurt either. Of course, those records were all set largely because of an …
Read More »Once overlooked, transfers are competing with Tennessee football’s prized recruits
Jermod McCoy was a high school wide receiver who signed with the only power conference school that offered him a scholarship in the 2023 class. A year later, he was among the most coveted cornerbacks in the transfer portal. McCoy chose Tennessee over Texas A&M, Auburn, Oregon, Washington and other schools who weren’t interested in him the first time around. …
Read More »Jeff Brohm’s offense delivered for Louisville football in Year 1. Cards coach expects more
Cartwheels, fourth-down conversions and trick plays during the 2023 Louisville football season were only a glimpse of what a Jeff Brohm-orchestrated offense can look like. In his first year coaching the Cardinals, Brohm had three months between his hiring and the beginning of spring football to keep the 2023 high school recruiting class together while assembling one of the country’s …
Read More »WSU offers head coaching job to Montana State coach Matt Logie, per report
Apr. 1—PULLMAN — If Montana State coach Matt Logie wants the job at Washington State, it’s his. That’s the word from CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander, who reported Monday that WSU offered the job to Logie, who just wrapped up his first season with the Bobcats. Last season, they collected a 17-18 record, winning the Big Sky Conference tournament title and …
Read More »Here’s what Florida State transfer DT Malcolm Ray adds to Rutgers football’s defense
PISCATAWAY – With so many defensive players returning for next season, Rutgers football doesn’t have many holes to fill or position battles to sort through. But the Scarlet Knights do have to replace two starters on the defensive line. Enter Malcolm Ray, who’s in the mix to help fill one of those spots. Ray transferred to Rutgers after spending five …
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