College Football

From the likes of Ole Miss commit Maison Dunn to five-star recruit Bralan Womack, the talent at the defensive back position is present. A few weeks until the kickoff of the MHSAA and MAIS 2024 football season, here are the top defensive backs in Mississippi. Players are listed in alphabetical order. Preston Ashley Brandon 5-foot-11, 170 pounds | Junior Ashley, a …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti outlined a pretty straightforward path for E.J. Williams to have a prominent place in the rotation this fall. Cignetti addressed the topic when he spoke with reporters at Big Ten Media Days last week. “Got to get him on the field and keep him on the field,” Cignetti said. “That’s the biggest thing, the …

2025 four-star cornerback prospect Onis Konanbanny included Tennessee in his top two schools after a visit to Knoxville last weekend. Konanbanny’s top two schools are Tennessee and Florida State. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound four-star cornerback prospect is from Heathwood Hall Episcopal School in Columbia, South Carolina. Konanbanny ranks as the No. 298 prospect in the class of 2025. He ranks as …

RaRa Thomas transferred to Georgia from Mississippi State ahead of the 2023 season. (Photo by Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Georgia wide receiver RaRa Thomas was arrested Friday morning on multiple charges. Thomas was booked into the Athens-Clarke County jail on a felony count of second-degree cruelty to children and two family violence misdemeanor charges. The former Mississippi State …

INDIANAPOLIS — Brebeuf Jesuit grad Jay Higgins walked into Lucas Oil Stadium this week with the admiration and respect of the entire Big Ten Conference. Well, almost. When the video board displayed the league’s 12 preseason honors recipients, Higgins’ name appeared over a photo of Ohio State defensive end J.T. Tuimoloau. The rest of the Big Ten doubted Higgins would …

INDIANAPOLIS — The only frustration of Gary Danielson’s Purdue football experience came on the field. One of 12 members of the Cradle of Quarterbacks, Danielson fed the Otis Armstrong-led rushing attack. When given the chance to use his arm, in 1971, he averaged 9.5 yards per attempt and completed 61.7% of his passes — then a record for Big Ten …

Kyle Hockman starts his sixth season leading the New Hampstead football program having transformed the Phoenix into one of the top teams in the Coastal Empire. Last season, New Hampstead won its first playoff game under Hockman (and second in school history) as the Phoenix also hosted their first postseason contest — knocking off Westside Macon 42-12 in the first …

What’s not to love about the fall high school sports season in Cincinnati? The Cincinnati Enquirer wants to make it easy for our readers to connect with all our high school sports content during the 2024-2025 fall preseason by offering links to our stories in one place. This file will be updated as the preseason moves forward, which means we …

Brigham Young Cougars defensive end Tyler Batty (92) recovers a fumble near the end of the game at Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. BYU won 38-31. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News Editor’s note: This story is the 16th in a series previewing each football team in the Big 12 in 2024. If the BYU football …

Michigan football 2025 recruiting class is already in solid shape. Now head coach Sherrone Moore and his staff are beginning to add the next crop of reinforcements. The Wolverines added four-star class of 2026 defensive back Brody Jennings on Sunday night. The Jacksonville, Florida, product is 6 feet 1 and 175 pounds. Michigan Wolverines fans celebrate a touchdown against the …

One of the top interior offensive linemen in the 2026 recruiting class has committed to LSU. Jalan Chapman is a 6-foot-2, 275-pound, three-star offensive lineman from New Orleans where he plays for Warren Easton High School. Chapman chose the Tigers over Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas and others. Chapman becomes the third commit of the 2026 recruiting class joining Richard Anderson and Jakai …

Jul. 28—PULLMAN — Here is the ninth installment of our countdown to Washington State fall camp, which starts on Wednesday. This issue covers the Cougars’ linebacker corps. What can we expect from WSU’s linebackers? There likely won’t be a ton of drama when it comes to the Cougars’ linebacker group, besides the race for the final starting spot. The first …

One of the top 2026 offensive tackles, Pennsylvania’s Kevin Brown, was offered a scholarship by Notre Dame football at the middle of March during “Pot of Gold Day.” The 6-foot, 5-inch and 270-pound star held offers from the major of powerhouse programs across the country, but this weekend made the short tip to State College and visited Penn State. The …

This weekend was the last recruiting time before a dead period, and Ohio State football didn’t host a gathering like many other schools did. That opened up the time for some Buckeye 2025 commits to visit other schools, and defensive end commit, Zion Grady, was one of them. The nation’s No. 80 overall player according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings …

SOUTH BEND — Is this the year? Notre Dame football hasn’t won a national championship since 1988. There were near misses in 1989 and 1993. Then there was a BCS Championship Game appearance at the end of 2012 that ended with a thud in South Florida at the hand of Alabama. College football playoff appearances in 2018 and 2020 ended …