College Football

When the 2024 college football season commences, Texas Tech football coach Joey McGuire fully expects Behren Morton to open as his starting quarterback, despite lingering questions about the health of Morton’s throwing shoulder. And the Red Raiders plan to incorporate newcomer Cameran Brown, who was recruited after McGuire directed his staff to find a dual-threat quarterback in the NCAA transfer …

Jun. 21—GRAND FORKS — Grand Forks Central’s Jack Simmers always wanted to play Division I football. His plan was to walk on at UND, but when he realized the roster will likely be full heading into fall camp, leaving no spot for him, Simmers reopened his recruitment. He reached out to schools like Minnesota State Moorhead and Mayville State, which …

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 Ten recruiting rankings ***** MORE RIVALS FIVE-STAR: Five QBs storylines | RB storylines | WR storylines | Roster | TE …

Four-star forward Tylis Jordan — a consensus top-100 player in the 2025 class — committed to Ole Miss Friday. He chose the Rebels over offers from Alabama, Tennessee, Auburn, Georgia Tech and LSU. Jordan is the second four-star commit in the Rebels’ 2025 class, joining guard Patton Pinkins. The Rebels signed four-star center John Bol in their 2024 class in …

Madison Central tight end Micah Jones has announced his commitment to Florida. Jones, a three-star recruit, said “Home” in a social media post on Friday. “I’m super proud for Micah and his family,” Madison Central coach Toby Collums told the Clarion Ledger. “Obviously it’s a huge deal to have one of your kids that has the opportunity to commit to …

Oklahoma State’s Ollie Gordon II won the 2023 Doak Walker Award as the best running back in the nation. He was the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year (besting the likes of Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers for the honor), a unanimous All-American and he finished seventh in Heisman Trophy voting, the highest of three running backs that placed in …

AUBURN — Colorado transfer and former Alabama defensive back Jahquez Robinson has signed with Auburn football. The Tigers announced the acquisition of Robinson on Friday. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound Robinson began his collegiate career with three seasons at Alabama before transferring to Colorado ahead of the 2023 campaign. Robinson was a four-star recruit in the Class of 2020, rated by the …

Iowa State football has announced its five themes for the 2024 home slate. Aug. 31 vs. North Dakota State (Color It Cardinal, Cyclone Club day of honor) Fans are encouraged to wear cardinal for this game. Sept. 21 vs. Arkansas State (Hall of Fame) Six former Cyclones — wrestling’s Rich Binek and Mike VanArsdale, men’s basketball’s Melvin Ejim, volleyball’s Victoria …

After the 2023 college football season concluded, former star Alabama Crimson Tide defensive back entered the NCAA transfer portal. He ultimately decided to move north and commit to the Ohio State Buckeyes. This was the second-biggest loss of Alabama’s offseason, behind only the retirement of head coach Nick Saban. While he was an impressive freshman in 2023, Downs was easily …

Few, if any, head coaches at Power Four programs are on as big a hot seat heading into the 2024 college football season as Arkansas’ Sam Pittman. Pittman is entering his fifth season as Razorbacks coach after going 4-8 last season. Only one of those wins came in SEC play — against a Florida Gators program with their own embattled …

Entering December of 2022, things couldn’t have been going any better for USC football.  In year one of the Lincoln Riley era the Trojans were headed to the Pac 12 championship game where a win over Utah would send them to the College Football Playoff for the first time in program history. Their Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Caleb Williams got …

AUBURN — Four-star running back Alvin Henderson, who originally committed to Penn State in April, has flipped his pledge to Auburn football. Henderson, tabbed by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 113 player and the No. 8 RB in the Class of 2025, attends Elba High School. He’s also rated as the No. 11 player in Alabama, which means the …

Jun. 21—*** Are you ready for the most college football ever? Twelve teams in the playoffs means eight more postseason games than before. What used to be three is now 11 to decide who is best, The favorites might dominate in the first two rounds. Or the semifinals will be filled with bottom seeds. We can only hope. Kick back, …

The final weekend of visits in June is upon us and there are tons of top players hitting the road one final time before a relatively quiet time in July. Here is a look at 10 we’re watching closest this weekend. MORE GORNEY: QB Dominoes | Elite 11 | Recruiting Rumor Mill ***** CLASS OF 2025 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team …

The Oregon Ducks are having a big month in the recruiting world, hosting a long list of blue-chips and 5-star visitors on campus for both official and unofficial visits. We’ve seen a couple of commitments come from that, but there is a good chance that we see many more announced in Oregon’s favor in the near future. One of those …