College Football

Five-star defensive back and Florida commit Xavier Filsaime is set to sign with his college football team of choice. It looks like he will make that choice official on Wednesday, Dec. 20. Filsaime earned his five-star status playing safety for the McKinney High Lions. He commands the following scouting report from 247Sports national scouting analyst Gabe Brooks. “Athletic back-end defender …

Purdue edge Khordae Sydnor has committed to Vanderbilt football out of the transfer portal, he announced Sunday. In 2022, Sydnor was an honorable mention Freshman All-American by College Football News after recording 22 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks. In 2023, he wasn’t as productive, with just five tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and two sacks. According to …

OXFORD — Ole Miss football has spent the weekend making several huge transfer portal additions to its defense. On Sunday, it secured a new offensive weapon for Lane Kiffin. Former second-team All-SEC wideout and South Carolina transfer Antwane “Juice” Wells announced his intent to transfer to the Rebels via social media Sunday afternoon. Wells totaled 928 receiving yards with the …

DJ Uiagalelei is very familiar with the recruiting process. He was the No. 2 overall prospect in the 2020 recruiting class when he signed with Clemson out of St. John Bosco High in Bellflower, California. Last year, he transferred from the Tigers out west to Oregon State. The former 5-star quarterback spent an official visit with Florida State football over …

The 2023-24 college football bowl season has begun but there are nearly 40 matchups yet to be played. With over 2,000 players in the college football transfer portal, college football rosters are changing significantly on a daily basis. The movement can make it difficult to keep track of who will play during bowl season and who won’t, but staying on …

The Iowa State football program on Sunday received a commitment from Dominic Overby, a wide receiver from West Jordan, Utah. Overby, 6-foot-4 and 180 pounds, announced his commitment on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Overby also had offers from Washington State and Southern Utah, according to 247Sports. Overby had 67 catches for 1,140 receiving yards as …

Call it the “tush push,” the “lumbar lunge,” the “coccyx crush” or the world’s least-musical mosh pit. Call the modern quarterback sneak whatever you want. Then call it off. The “brotherly shove” is not a real football play, dumbs down the sport, erases potentially spectacular plays and forces officials to make difficult game-deciding calls. On Saturday in Cincinnati, the Vikings …

The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and Old Dominion Monarchs will head to Charlotte, N.C., for the 2023 Famous Toastery Bowl on Monday. The game was previously known as the Bahamas Bowl but was moved to Jerry Richardson Stadium because of renovations to the venue in Nassau. WKU (7-5) finished fourth in Conference USA and won three of their final four games, …

Now that East Central’s Josh Ringer has been named 2023 IndyStar Mr. Football, let’s take an early look at the contenders going into next season. Keep in mind, a lot can happen between now and August. We will revisit this race again in the summer going into the 2024 season. But for now, here is how I see the top …

Grambling State University has called a news conference for Monday morning to announce former Nebraska interim head coach Mickey Joseph as the school’s next football coach, the USA TODAY Network has learned. A native of Marrero, La., who played collegiately for Tom Osborne at Nebraska, Joseph has been an assistant coach at LSU and at Louisiana Tech in the past. …

Florida State landed another elite recruit from Vero Beach High School. Sophomore athlete Efrem White announced his commitment to the Seminoles on Dec. 12. White primarily plays wide receiver and defensive back for Vero Beach, but also has seen time at quarterback. The 6-foot-2, 155-pounder caught 22 passes for 308 yards and two touchdowns, and made 23 tackles, broke up …

College football fans will be introduced to a new bowl game — and a temporary one — on Monday when Western Kentucky and Old Dominion clash in the Famous Toastery Bowl in Charlotte, North Carolina. The bowl game serves as a replacement for the Bahamas Bowl, which was unable to be contested this December due to ongoing renovations at Thomas …

On Dec. 17, 2021, LSU sophomore quarterback Max Johnson chose Texas A&M as his new home via the NCAA Transfer Portal. Now exactly two years later, Max has already departed College Station and his younger brother Jake appears to be joining him at his next destination. According to a report from 247Sports national college football reporter Matt Zenitz, the “expectation” …

James Franklin has zeroed in on another former head coach to run his defense just as he did when he hired Manny Diaz from Miami. This time, it is a familiar Big Ten foe. Early Sunday afternoon, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported that Franklin and Penn State are finalizing a deal with former Indiana head coach Tom Allen. Allen and Indiana …

Ohio State quarterback Kyle McCord commits to transfer to Syracuse originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Quarterback Kyle McCord, who started every game this season for Ohio State, announced Sunday he is transferring to Syracuse. McCord passed for 3,170 yards, 24 touchdowns and six interceptions in his third season at Ohio Sate, but first as a starter for the seventh-ranked …