College Football

Hayden May was one of the top wide receivers in the area during the past two seasons with the De Pere football team. His talents were noticed by more than just opponents in the Fox River Classic Conference. The 5-foot-11, 170-pound May signed a national letter of intent Wednesday to play at Northern Michigan University, an NCAA Division II school …

Brian Kelly and his recruiting staff took a trip to the 305 to extend a scholarship offer to a talented defensive lineman in the 2025 recruiting class. Kelly will have to fight off Billy Napier for him, though. Wilnerson Telemaque is a 6-foot-6, 235-pound, three-star defensive lineman from Miami where he plays for Monsignor Pace High School. The Monsignor Pace …

Nebraska made a significant addition to its 2024 recruiting class on Wednesday afternoon. The Huskers added the commitment of four-star defensive end Keona Wilhite. Wilhite originally committed to Washington before the Cornhuskers. Reports had him leaning toward UCLA, but he’s said to have changed course after Bruins’ head coach Chip Kelly made overtures to the NFL. As a senior, he …

I’m more night owl than early riser, but there was a time during my years as a college football beat writer when my alarm clock would jingle before sunrise on the first Wednesday in February. I’d have caffeine handy and recruiting capsules typed up and ready to publish as national letters of intent rolled in throughout the morning. I tracked …

Tyler Shough, Louisville’s new quarterback, has played college football for six years, going 13-7 as a starter and earning the 2022 Texas Bowl MVP. But he hasn’t had a fully healthy year since his COVID-shortened redshirt sophomore season in 2020 at Oregon. Shough has never played more than seven games in a season and officially was granted a seventh year of …

After most schools around the country locked in their recruiting classes for 2024 back in the early signing period in December 2023, a few things happened in college football and in the Big Ten. Michigan won the national championship against incoming Big Ten member Washington and both programs lost their head coaches to other coaching opportunities. Jim Harbaugh left Michigan …

The proverbial bow has been placed on the college football recruiting Class of 2024 as both the early signing period in December and now the traditional National Signing Day have passed. While the traditional signing day on Wednesday was void of much drama, some surprise coaching changes early in 2024 certainly had an impact on how teams capped their 2024 …

Football defined Andrew Zock’s life through his first 18 years, but his eyes are now looking past the game he loves. That’s why the Hawthorne senior chose to spend his next four years at the U.S. Naval Academy. “The livelong benefits that come with going to an academy, you can’t beat it,” Zock said. “You get a top-tier education, you’re …

Isiah Pacheco on Sunday night will have the chance to earn his second Super Bowl victory in as many NFL seasons, a remarkable accomplishment for a running back who wasn’t selected until the seventh round of the NFL Draft but has now become a star with the Kansas City Chiefs. BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – JANUARY 28: Isiah Pacheco #10 of the …

Getty Images In the past, fans were guaranteed a buffet of dramatic storylines on National Signing Day, but changes to the college football calendar have made the first Wednesday in February little more than a formal punctuation to the yearly recruiting cycle. With no major last-minute flips to speak of, the real story of this year’s National Signing Day was …

The Argos are restocking and reloading for the 2024 season. This is second-year head coach Kaleb Nobles’ first full recruiting cycle, after being introduced as head coach in December 2022. That means, for recruits who have signed with UWF football entering the 2024 season, Nobles has been in communication with them every step of the way. UWF signed 23 new …

Anthony Morales committed to Rutgers football on Wednesday. The Bergen Catholic standout was offered by the Scarlet Knights last week. Morales, a talented edge rusher from Bergen Catholic (Oradell, New Jersey), joins Rutgers as a Preferred Walk On (PWO). Last season, he posted a career-high in total tackles (41), tackles for a loss (16.5) and sacks (6.5). Morales, who checks …

Getty Images The son of a WWE legend has officially joined Colorado football for the 2024 season. Boerne (Texas) High School linebacker Gage Goldberg, the son of WWE icon Bill Goldberg, inked his national letter of intent on National Signing Day to play for coach Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes. Goldberg was set to play for Alabama as a preferred …

Happy National Signing Day to those who celebrate. Escambia and Santa Rosa counties weren’t without some top high school football talent signing to play college football across all levels. Here’s a roundup of players who officially signed to play football at the collegiate level. See someone missing from this list? Be sure to get in touch with PNJ sports reporter …

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey has been a busy man of late. In the past week alone he announced a “joint advisory committee” partnership with the Big Ten and the state of Tennessee filed a pivotal lawsuit against the NCAA that could change the way name, image and likeness is governed going forward in college football. In a Wednesday appearance on ESPN, …