The final weekend of the summer official visit season was a huge success for Ohio State football. The Buckeyes hosted multiple prospecst and grabbed a commitment from offensive lineman Jake Cook on Sunday. The good news for OSU continued on Monday, as Alabama defensive end, Zion Grady, verbally committed to Ohio State. At 6-foot, 4-inches and 235-pounds, Grady is ranked …
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2025 offensive lineman Douglas Utu commits to Tennessee
2025 four-star interior offensive lineman Douglas Utu announced his commitment to Tennessee on Monday. Steve Wiltfong of On3 predicted Utu as a favorite to commit to the Vols. The 6-foot-5, 300-pound interior offensive lineman is from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Utu is ranked as the No. 67 prospect in the class of 2025. He ranks as the …
Read More »Four-star offensive lineman Mario Nash Jr. commits to Mississippi State football, Jeff Lebby
Four-star offensive lineman Mario Nash Jr. has committed to Mississippi State football, he announced Sunday via social media. Nash, a 6-foot-4, 280-pound offensive lineman, said in a post, “First of all, I want to thank God for blessing me with all of the opportunities I have to further my career in College Football. I also want to Thank every Coach who took …
Read More »Austin Howard, Bartlett linebacker, flips from Vanderbilt football to Mississippi State
Austin Howard, a 3-star linebacker from Bartlett, Tennesssee flipped from Vanderbilt football to Mississippi State, he announced on social media Sunday night. Howard first said in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter, “I’d like to thank the entire staff at Vanderbilt, some of the greatest and realest people you’ll ever meet and the relationship I had with the coaches …
Read More »2025 4-star defensive end Zion Grady commits to Ohio State football
Ohio State has landed a top defensive end in the 2025 recruiting class. Four-star Alabama defensive end Zion Grady committed to Ohio State Monday according to multiple reports. He picked the Buckeyes over programs such as Auburn, Florida State, Miami, Tennessee and Georgia. Grady, a 6-foot-4, 235-pound athlete out of Enterprise, Alabama, is the No. 66 player in the 2025 …
Read More »Iowa WR Kaleb Brown arrested on OWI charge, faces possible one-game suspension to start 2024 season
USATSI Iowa wide receiver Kaleb Brown was arrested on charges of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) and possession of a fictitious ID Sunday morning, according to 247Sports. Brown was spotted backing into a lawn near his Iowa City apartment and spinning his tires. When the police arrived, they noticed heavy damage to the front of Brown’s car, including …
Read More »Linebackers and secondary the Sooners strength in 2024 per PFF
It’s preview season in the world of college football, and the Oklahoma Sooners got the spotlight this past week from Pro Football Focus in their College Football Preview (subscription required). PFF gave the Sooners just a 4% chance to win the SEC this year, but did have OU No. 13 in the nation in their power rankings. Max Chadwick and …
Read More »The Boys Team of the Year features heavy hitting and no hype
Longtime Centennial football coach Mike Diggins knew before the 2023 season that there was much more to the Cougars than outsiders believed. Centennial had developed a reputation as a gang of roughnecks, bruisers who trafficked in pounding on foes. The soundtrack to the typical Centennial football game was “thud.” In his 32 years as a coach at his alma mater …
Read More »Rivals Five-Star: Big 12 programs paying close attention
Nick Lucero/Rivals.com The Rivals Five-Star, the marquee football event of the offseason, is just days away. We kick off a conference-by-conference look at which programs should be paying the closest attention to the results from Jacksonville next week. RELATED: Big 12 recruiting rankings ***** MORE IN THIS SERIES: SEC teams in spotlight | Big Ten teams in spotlight | ACC …
Read More »Commit Fit: How the Elite 11 QBs fit with their future programs
The Elite 11 is in the books and after days of seeing these top quarterbacks in action, Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney looks at each of the committed ones and how they’ll fit in each school’s offense. Eighteen of the 20 quarterbacks in attendance have made their pledges. ***** MORE: Florida State lands commitment of five-star QB Brady Smigiel …
Read More »College Sports Wire picks Colorado’s top breakout candidate
Last week, College Sports Wire’s Patrick Conn named his top breakout candidate for every Big 12 football team, and wide receiver Will Sheppard was his pick for the Colorado Buffaloes. It’s hard to argue with the logic behind choosing Sheppard, as the wide receiver made many plays for the Vanderbilt Commodores over the past four years. Though Sheppard will still …
Read More »UNC football picks up prediction for three-star athlete
Mack Brown and the North Carolina Tar Heels’ football program might be on the verge of picking up another commitment in the 2025 recruiting class. With UNC hosting three-star athlete Julien Horton for a visit this past weekend, the Tar Heels were hoping to pull the Maryland commit away from the Terrapins. And they may have just done that. On …
Read More »Recruiting: State of Florida’s elite 2026 quarterback class making college choices, leaving state
Florida’s heralded 2026 high school quarterback class is quickly becoming the committed 2026 quarterback class. In the past three weeks, four of state’s top juniors have announced their college decisions and at least one more is expected to reveal his decision as soon as next month. “The big thing was just the fit,” said Cocoa quarterback Brady Hart, who committed …
Read More »Recruiting Rumor Mill: June visits end as major camps spin up
Justin Garcia/Rivals.com The final weekend of official visits in June is in the books and a bunch of major camps are happening across the country, as the Recruiting Rumor Mill stays busy yet again: ***** MORE: Florida State lands commitment of five-star QB Brady Smigiel CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State CLASS OF 2026 RANKINGS: …
Read More »An in-state school in pursuit of Wisconsin class of 2025 commit Rukeem Stroud
Wisconsin class of 2025 commit Rukeem Stroud was offered by UCF on Saturday. Stroud committed to the Badgers back on June 2 following his official visit to the program. He did not take any other official visits after committing and has not been rumored to be searching for any other college fits. The offer is of note, however, given UCF’s …
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