College Football

CLEMSON — Clemson athletics announced Monday former running back and current Tigers running backs coach C.J. Spiller will be inducted into the Clemson ring of honor this fall. Spiller spent four seasons with the Tigers, playing from 2006 through 2009. He earned ACC player of the year and captured All-America honors at running back and kick returner in 2009. He tied the …

Ohio State is bolstering the future of its interior defensive line, as Rivals250 defensive tackle Maxwell Roy committed to the Buckeyes on Monday. Roy, a New Jersey native who currently attends St. Joseph’s Prep in Philadelphia, ranks as a four-star recruit. He is listed as the No. 5 prospect in the state of Pennsylvania, No. 10 defensive tackle and No. …

Kansas State football has picked up its home run commitment in the 2025 recruiting cycle. Goodland five-star tight end Linkon Cure ended months of speculation Monday by committing to the Wildcats during a ceremony at his high school. He chose K-State over a list of finalists that also included Kansas, Oregon and Texas A&M. “This is just the beginning,” Cure …

LSU is looking to add to its receiver class after losing a commitment from five-star receiver Dakorien Moore back in May, but that search will continue after one of its targets committed elsewhere on Monday. Cortez Mills, a four-star receiver from Homestead, Florida, announced his commitment to Oklahoma on its first official day as a member of the SEC. Mills …

After closing out the month of June on a hot streak with commitments, Penn State was hoping to keep the momentum going to start off the month of July. Unfortunately, the Nittany Lions ended up missing out on a commitment from a key wide receiver recruiting target. Matthew Outten, a four-star wide receiver from Virginia, announced on Monday he will …

Four-star safety recruit Rashad Johnson has pushed back his commitment date from July 1 to July 14. Johnson plays high school football for South Sumter High School in Bushnell, Florida. Johnson, who is a member of the 2025 recruiting cycle, is a key recruiting target for the Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia does not have any commitments from defensive backs right now …

It’s no big secret that three-time Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes II played a big role in securing an apparel deal between adidas, one of his sponsors, and the Texas Tech athletics department, where he made his name at the collegiate level. Kirby Hocutt, director of athletics, credited Mahomes with getting the agreement between the two parties …

At any other school, a player signing memorabilia for a tattoo artist wouldn’t be news. At Ohio State memorabilia and tattoo artists bring up horrific memories of Tattoogate and the 2010 season that was lost. If you don’t remember, the 2010 season was vacated due to five Buckeyes selling their gold pants (back in the day when Ohio State players …

Five-star tight end Linkon Cure is set to announce his college decision July 1 during the 247Sports Football Recruiting Show, which begins at 5 p.m. ET. You can watch Cure’s commitment live in the video player below.  Kansas State is considered to be the favorite for the in-state product out of Goodland High School as the Wildcats own all five of the …

The state’s highest-rated high school football prospect is ready to make a college decision. Warren Central senior defensive end Damien Shanklin, rated as the No. 48 prospect in the country by 247sports and the No. 5 defensive end, will announce his college decision on Friday at 5:30 p.m. on his Instagram page. Warren Central’s Damien Shanklin poses for a photo …

The Oklahoma Sooners are still working to add defensive line depth for the 2025 recruiting class. Though they’ve earned commitments from interior defensive linemen Trent Wilson and Ka’Mori Moore and Alexander Shieldknight and C.J. Nickson at defensive end, the defensive staff had been in pursuit of other players on the edge. After missing out on Max Granville, who chose Penn …

A University of Utah cheerleader does a flip during the season opener at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. | Megan Nielsen, Deseret News Utah football’s latest commit in its 2025 class comes from the fertile recruiting grounds in Texas. Shelton “Manny” Fuller announced his commitment to the Utes program on social media Monday, one …

Former Wisconsin football legend Joe Thomas reacted to the Badgers landing a commitment from top-ranked class of 2025 offensive tackle Hardy Watts’ on Monday. It’s safe to say Thomas was excited about his alma mater landing the four-star lineman — who becomes the program’s 22nd overall commitment, fifth offensive lineman and first iOL in the class. “Now we go!!!” Thomas …

The USC Trojans are getting smoked by the Oregon Ducks in college football recruiting. It’s hard to avoid that reality, as unpleasant as it is. Oregon’s collection of four- and five-star football recruits dwarfs what USC has been able to do. Washington and UCLA also have reason to be concerned, alongside USC, about the extent to which Dan Lanning is …

We’ve gathered at this place in history to assess perhaps the most significant migration of programs that’s ever occurred in college football. Realignment has never seen anything like this despite its long, cluttered, painful history. Beginning on Monday, it’s real and it’s spectacular: Texas and Oklahoma are not only playing up a class but playing by a different set of …