The Oklahoman recently ranked the top linebackers heading into the 2024 Oklahoma high school football season, and now the fans have a chance to have their voices heard. The Oklahoman’s poll for the state’s best high school linebacker is now live and will be available until noon Monday. Cast your vote and check out all of our coverage heading into another OSSAA football …
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Georgia drops in SEC recruiting rankings after recent decommitment
SEC logo seen during SEC Media Days at the Hyatt Regency in Hoover, Ala., Monday, July 19, 2021. [Staff Photo/Gary Cosby Jr.] Sec Media Days The Georgia Bulldogs have lost a commitment from four-star defensive line recruit Christian Garrett. Garrett’s decommitment stings for the Bulldogs because he was Georgia’s top ranked defensive line commitment. Now, Georgia has 22 total commitments …
Read More »10 college football freshman ready to make an instant impact this season
For all the hoopla around the transfer portal, traditional recruiting remains the biggest key to winning national championships. And while it can often take two or more years for teams to see the full benefit of a single recruiting class, several Bowl Subdivision programs are set for an immediate boost from prospects signed last winter. That includes some of the …
Read More »Ohio high school football 2024 | Top 10 Canton-area two-way players to watch
As we prepare for the start of the 2024 Ohio high school football season, we’re breaking down the top players by position. Throughout the preseason, we’re ranking the top 10 Greater Canton quarterbacks, running backs, receivers/tight ends, offensive linemen, defensive linemen, linebackers, defensive backs, specialists and two-way players. Today, we look at the top 10 two-way players, starting with a …
Read More »High school football in the South Bend area: complete coverage of the 2024 season
SOUTH BEND — Every high school football season is exciting, and 2024 should be no different for the South Bend area. Plenty of new stars will be born. Postseason titles will be won. Can the area get its first Indiana state champion in nearly two decades? All of that will unfold from August until Thanksgiving weekend in November. Looking back …
Read More »Changes for 2 legendary Shore football coaches who’ve stepped away: ‘It’s OK. It’s good.’
It’s a void in the Shore Conference football coaching universe the likes of which have never been seen before, with Middletown South’s Steve Antonucci and Shore Regional’s Mark Costantino stepping away from the sideline this season, taking 430 career wins and 10 sectional titles with them. So while the league resettles with 10 programs featuring new coaches as summer camps …
Read More »11 for 11: Juniors to watch for in Escambia, Santa Rosa counties entering 2024 football season
The class of 2026 has some bright spots as far as football players in the Pensacola area. A handful of them have already caught the eyes of college scouts, and have a considerable amount of Division I offers. Some of those players have also found themselves among the best juniors in the nation, with a few on the Top 300 …
Read More »Curt Cignetti has settled on a QB. But that’s not most important news of IU football camp.
BLOOMINGTON – Indiana apparently emerged from its first preseason scrimmage with greater clarity at quarterback. Whether it was needed is debatable, but Curt Cignetti’s pronouncement that Ohio transfer Kurtis Rourke “separated himself pretty significantly” over the weekend provided on Monday the kind of water-cooler fodder that trades as good as gold this time of year. It was not the most …
Read More »24 defensive high school football players to watch from the Topeka area in 2024
TOPEKA — Football returns in the coming weeks with hard hits and important interceptions, and players across the capital city are ready to leave their mark in the trenches, backfield and secondary. There are first-year players to perennial starters that have caught the eyes of their coaching staff this offseason. Expect big plays from this group of players all season …
Read More »Boise State bests Oklahoma State for 2026 QB Jackson Presley
Double-digit offers and a swell of 2026 quarterback recruits led to a preseason decision for Jackson Presley. The Kalispell (Mont.) Glacier standout, who threw for more than 3,000 yards and totaled 32 touchdowns as a sophomore in 2023, went public with a pledge to the Boise State Broncos on Monday afternoon. “I took the trip down to Boise and really …
Read More »Here are 3 of Mike Norvell’s thoughts from Monday’s practice
Florida State football returned for its 12th practice on Monday. After completing their two-day road trip to Jacksonville and their second scrimmage, the Seminoles will hold several practices as they prepare for their season opener against Georgia Tech in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic Saturday. Aug, 24, at noon on ESPN. Norvell opened his statement by looking back at …
Read More »Where Billy Napier sits in USA TODAY’s rankings of SEC coaches
Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier looks on during the first half during the Florida Gators Orange and Blue Spring Game at Steve Spurrier Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Thursday, April 13, 2023. [Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun] Ncaa Football Florida Gators Orange Blue Spring Game Billy Napier is entering his third season with the Florida football …
Read More »Lane Kiffin updates injury status of Juice Wells, Ole Miss football transfer wide receiver
OXFORD ― Ole Miss football transfer portal addition Juice Wells participated enough early in preseason practice to raise eyebrows. More recently, though, he hasn’t done much during practice periods open to the media. Wells has been off to the side wearing a black non-contact jersey for most viewing periods. “I would put him in that category of portal players … …
Read More »USA TODAY Sports gives Travis Hunter preseason All-American honors at multiple spots
Oct 13, 2023; Boulder, Colorado, USA; Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver Travis Hunter (12) carries the ball for a touchdown in the first quarter against the Stanford Cardinal at Folsom Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports USA TODAY Sports released its preseason college football All-American teams on Monday, and Colorado superstar Travis Hunter was featured in two different spots. Hunter, …
Read More »Several Alabama players named to USA TODAY Sports preseason college football All-America teams
Sep 9, 2023; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Texas Longhorns running back Jonathon Brooks (24) reaches out for the ball as Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Deontae Lawson (32) and Alabama Crimson Tide defensive back Malachi Moore (13) close at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The pass was ruled incomplete. Mandatory Credit: Gary Cosby Jr. -USA TODAY Sports We are just 19 days away from the …
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