College Football

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Penn State football coach James Franklin announced the hiring of Jim Knowles as defensive coordinator Monday morning. Knowles reportedly will earn $3.1 million annually over three years to become the highest-paid coordinator in college football history. “Join me in welcoming Jim Knowles back to his home in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania as the defensive coordinator of …

ANAHEIM, Calif. – When Michigan flipped five-star quarterback Bryce Underwood from LSU with a massive NIL deal in the final days before National Signing Day, it was one of the biggest coups in recent recruiting history. The Belleville, Mich., star quarterback made a commitment to LSU in January and stuck with the Tigers throughout his recruitment, really never taking any …

The University of Miami’s season may not have gone according to plan, but the Hurricanes still still take pride in an effective year on the recruiting trail. Miami sits at No. 12 in 247Sport’s composite class rankings, one spot behind USC and ahead of Penn State. Headlining their 21 December signees are some of the top players in Florida like …

With Texas football now in the offseason, the American-Statesman is breaking down each position group. Who’s gone from the 2024 squad that went 13-3 and fell a win short a national title-game appearance? Who’s back? And what portal arrivals and freshmen from the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class have joined the team? The Longhorns are coming off an impressive season that include a record …

MOBILE, Ala. ― Quarterbacks Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders, pass rusher Abdul Carter and cornerback/receiver Travis Hunter are the four names most directly linked to the Tennessee Titans with the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. None of them are at the Senior Bowl this week. Still, the draft is more than one pick long. The Titans currently …

The Oklahoma men’s basketball team will continue SEC play with a road game against No. 15-ranked Texas A&M at 8 p.m. Tuesday. OU (15-4, 2-4 SEC) earned a 65-62 road win over Arkansas on Saturday. Texas A&M (15-5, 4-3 SEC) suffered a 70-69 road loss to Texas on Saturday. Here’s how to watch the OU vs Texas A&M game today, …

Players from the Tennessean’s 2024 Dandy Dozen are done with their TSSAA football careers and ready for their college assignments. Now, the Tennessean is taking a look at next fall’s potential athletes from the 2026 class for its 2025 Dandy Dozen, a hand-picked group of the area’s top senior class recruits. From Jared Curtis to Joel Wyatt, here is a …

The transfer portal hasn’t been around long enough for anybody to figure out exactly how to manage it. So, the guessing game continues from one unpredictable college football season to the next. You know this much, though: Unless a school has a vibrant NIL program, it can’t expect to flourish in the portal. Prominent players don’t hop from one program …

The NFL Draft is months away, but several prospects can make a major impression at the Reese’s Senior Bowl practices and game this week. A strong week at the Senior Bowl a year ago helped Washington quarterback Michael Penix, a Tampa Bay Tech graduate, vault into the Top 10 where he was picked No. 8 by the Atlanta Falcons. Houston …

A full lap around the sun. On Jan. 27, 2024, James Colzie III became Florida A&M’s 19th full-time head football coach. He was promoted from the Rattlers’ assistant head coach and cornerbacks coach. Colzie replaced former FAMU head coach Willie Simmons, who left on New Year’s Day 2024 to become Duke’s running backs coach and was later named the head …

SOUTH BEND — Thanks to an extended run in the College Football Playoff, four Notre Dame football signees got a head start on their program immersion in recent weeks. In addition to linebacker Madden Faraimo, quarterback Blake Hebert and safeties JaDon Blair and Ethan Long had a chance to work out alongside their new teammates during preparations for the Sugar …

It’s a small wonder the collective “WHAT!?” wasn’t audible throughout Dutchess County that night in October, when area football fans first heard what Drew Kozak had done. It was that hard-to-believe performance in which the senior went for 467 yards and a Section 9-record nine touchdowns while leading Our Lady of Lourdes to victory in a high-scoring shootout against Wallkill. …

For the offensive tackles who had the unenviable task of containing Moses Seketawa, there always was a concern that he might bend that corner. Unrelated to LiAngelo Ball’s lyrics, of course, but the defensive end did develop a knack for zipping by offensive lineman around the edge and creating an angle toward the quarterback. That happened frequently over the last …

(This story was updated with new information) For a significant portion of its history, the Atlantic Coast Conference has notoriously been a two-team race between Duke and North Carolina in men’s college basketball. That doesn’t appear to be the case in the 2024-25 season — at least at this point of the season, where the calendar flips to February and …

The Baltimore Ravens have started their off-season plans, and as the organization looks to regroup and keep their Super Bowl window open, they’ll need to retool through the draft and could have 11 picks in April’s selection process. The East-West Shrine Bowl will kick off later this week, and we’re previewing prospects that could become future Ravens. We’re starting with …