College Football

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Rivals Five-Star is in the books and now it’s time to hand out some hardware. These are the Gorney Awards: ***** RIVALS FIVE-STAR: Position MVPs | QBs battle it out | Video recap | Biggest surprises | Prospects that boosted their stock in Jacksonville | Live from the Rivals Five-Star | Shamar Arnoux commits to USC …

Every summer, I spend a good amount of time talking to NFL scouts in an attempt to gather a quality perspective on how draft-eligible college players are viewed as prospects by those in the NFL space. In the coming weeks, I’ll share different pieces of feedback that have come from those conversations. To start, here are 12 under-the-radar offensive draft …

Michigan football was seen as being dead in the water entering the month of June with just five commitments and ranking around No. 50 nationally. But seven pledges later, suddenly, the Wolverines are cooking with gas. The maize and blue got four four-stars and three three-stars in the month of June, including four-stars S Kainoa Winston, DL Jaylen Williams, RB …

The SEC will see its ranks swell for the first time since 2012 and just the second time since the turn of the century as Texas and Oklahoma join the fold. While the Longhorns and Sooners don’t expand the SEC’s geographical footprint too much, they do add to the league’s already significant total of college football blue bloods.  But just …

Jun. 26—With multiple offfers, visits and more camp workouts, this was another busy work in the college football recruiting world. Here is a look back at some of the most note-worthy developments for local prospects: — Wayne senior quarterback Tyrell Lewis verbally committed to Arkansas State on Wednesday. He is the third Warrior to commit to an FBS school from …

Michigan football already has two running backs committed in the 2025 class but it wouldn’t exactly mind if it took a third. The Wolverines got pledges from three-star Jasper Parker and four-star Donovan Johnson within the past week and a half, but their eyes have long been set on Santa Ana (Calif.) four-star Jordon Davison. Davison has had a solid …

Longtime college football expert Phil Steele recently revealed his annual college football preview ahead of the upcoming season. He also unveiled his rankings for the top 25 quarterback prospects for the 2025 NFL draft. USC Trojans quarterback Miller Moss rounds out Steele’s top 10 with far and away the least experience of any quarterback in the top 20, not just the …

Syndication: Gainesville Sun JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Rivals Five-Star, the marquee high school football event of the summer, has come and gone. One hundred of the best prospects in the nation competed at the Jacksonville Jaguars’ facility in one-on-ones and a 7-on-7 tournament. Here are the prospects who boosted their stock the most. ***** RIVALS FIVE-STAR: Live from the Rivals …

The Iowa Hawkeyes boasted one of the nation’s top defenses in the 2023 college football season. Their performance earned Hawkeye defensive coordinator Phil Parker the Broyles Award which is handed out to the nation’s top assistant coach. Iowa’s defense surrendered just 14.8 points and only 282.5 yards of total offense to opponents to rank fourth in scoring defense and seventh …

Michigan State football’s success on the recruiting front continued with another in-state commitment Wednesday. MSU earned a commitment Wednesday from Justin Bell, a 6-foot-8 offensive tackle from Macomb Dakota in the 2025 class. He’s a three-star prospect ranked as the No. 24 player in Michigan and 90th offensive tackle in the country, according to 247Sports’ composite rankings. “1000% committed let’s …

Auburn football has failed to live up to expectations since last reaching the SEC Championship game in 2017. Because of this, the program is on its third head coach since 2020. Auburn has failed to reach at least seven wins since 2019, which could change this season says Will Backus of CBS Sports. Backus recently shared his win projections for …

The Alabama Crimson Tide football program picked up a commitment from 2025 four-star outside linebacker Dawson Merritt on Wednesday. The Kansas native chose the Crimson Tide over Nebraska. Merritt took official visits to both Alabama and Nebraska in the month of June. He was a priority target for both programs and the Crimson Tide won out for the blue-chip recruit. …

One of the nation’s top linebackers in the 2025 recruiting class has narrowed his list of potential schools to just five and Notre Dame has made the cut. Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng is rated as the nation’s top outside linebacker according to Rivals and is the brother of former Notre Dame standout Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, who now stars for the Cleveland Browns. On …

Rancho Cucamonga (California) cornerback RJ Sermons Jr. is very much in demand. USC football extended an offer to Sermons, a four-star prospect from the 2026 class. Sermons is rated as a four-star recruit by both the On3 and 247 rankings. He is the No. 18 overall player and No. 2 cornerback in the 2026 recruiting class. He also is the …

One of Auburn’s top pledges has re-opened his recruitment. Carde Smith, a four-star OT from Mobile, shared to X (formerly Twitter) Wednesday that he has backed off his pledge to Auburn and will look to sign elsewhere this cycle. Smith joined Auburn’s 2025 recruiting class on April 10, choosing the Tigers over Florida State and Mississippi State. At the time, …