College Football

We’re just a week away from National Signing Day 2025 and several high school football players from the Knoxville area are unsigned. While the early signing period in December saw a handful of Knoxville area players sign, most decided to explore their options with hopes of latching on to a program by National Signing Day on Feb. 5. That decision …

Colton Nussmeier knows what it takes to get Alabama football’s attention. He once had a front row seat to the Crimson Tide. Colton Nussmeier, the son of former Alabama offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Doug Nussmeier, said his first college football memories came in Tuscaloosa, watching his father help lead quarterback A.J. McCarron and the Crimson Tide to a national …

Penn State football all but wrapped up its 2025 recruiting class pursuits weeks ago − long before next week’s traditional National Signing Day The once-hectic, rush to the finish to land top prospects by the first Wednesday in February is no more. Penn State, like most Power 4 teams, had all 27 members of this class make their verbal commitments …

MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama football has seen its share of movement on its defensive coaching staff, adding former North Carolina defensive backs coach Jason Jones and naming Chuck Morrell as linebackers coach. But after Ryan Grubb was fired as the Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator, Kalen DeBoer was asked about bringing Grubb, who worked with the Alabama football coach at Sioux …

Over 24 seasons as coach of the Patriots, Bill Belichick brought a lot of talent to New England. Now, in his new job, he’s trying to bring some New England talent down to North Carolina. Belichick stunned the sports world in December when he took over the University of North Carolina football program. While out on the recruiting trail, the …

Oregon Ducks star wide receiver Tez Johnson has had five years of college football to build a resume and show NFL teams why they should consider drafting him to the professional level. What he has done over the last day at the Reese’s Senior Bowl may be having the biggest impact, though. Among the best players in the nation, Johnson …

NORMAN — OU football’s big recruiting weekend is seeing some returns. After hosting its Junior Day this past weekend, the Sooners landed a commitment from 2026 four-star wide receiver Daniel Odom on Tuesday. Odom is ranked as the No. 33 receiver nationally and the No. 194 overall player by 247Sports. Odom, a Bellflower, California, native will team up with fellow …

Former Lakota West High School quarterback Mitch Bolden is one of 12 transfers joining the Miami University RedHawks ahead of spring ball, head coach Chuck Martin announced. Bolden spent two seasons at Army, and was listed as a QB on the Black Knights’ roster. He’s a redshirt sophomore tight end on MU’s roster. Bolden’s brother, Luke, played tight end for …

The Brief The 2024 college football season is over. A national champ got their crown. It’s time for the offseason. This season was a banner year, for the new 23-team College Football Playoff as well as the monstrous upsets and steps forward teams took. Here are some parting thoughts on Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Illinois and Notre Dame football. Here are …

MOBILE, Ala. — Kalen DeBoer said he didn’t need to add an Alabama football alum to his coaching staff. But with Jason Jones, it was an added bonus. After firing Colin Hitschler after one season with the Crimson Tide, DeBoer hired Jones, a former Alabama defensive back and Tuscaloosa native who was most recently the cornerbacks coach at North Carolina, to …

East Robertson edge rusher Zach Groves received a scholarship offer from Georgia football on Monday. Groves posted the offer on his X account, formerly known as Twitter. Groves is a 6-foot-4, 212-pound junior. He is a four-star 247Sports Composite prospect ranked as the No. 5 player in Tennessee in the 2026 class and the No. 15 edge rusher nationally. He …

MOBILE, Ala. — Standing outside Hancock Whitney Stadium at the Senior Bowl where former Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe was getting looked at by NFL scouts, Alabama football coach Kalen DeBoer spoke glowingly of what was to come for the Crimson Tide at quarterback. Alabama will have a new starting quarterback taking reps when the Crimson Tide opens the 2025 season on …

Wisconsin wide receiver Vinny Anthony II was included in 247Sports’ top 10 Big Ten wide receivers for the 2025 season on Tuesday. The outlet listed the fourth-year Badger as the No. 9 wide receiver in the conference ahead of Oregon’s Dakorien Moore (No. 10). He was then ranked behind Rutgers’ Ian Strong (No. 8), Nebraska’s Dane Key (No. 7), Washington’s …

The Wisconsin Badgers made the top four schools for highly-touted class of 2026 safety Kaden Gebhardt on Tuesday. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound defensive playmaker received his offer from UW back on Feb. 2, 2024. The Badgers were one of his first Power Four offers at the time.Since then, the Olentangy High School product received offer 20 offers from programs including Oklahoma, …

Let the accolades continue for Tuscaloosa Academy’s Preston Lancaster. For the second-straight year, Lancaster was named the Alabama Sports Writers Association Class 2A Back of the Year award on Tuesday at the 2024 Mr. Football & Players of the Year Banquet in Montgomery. “It means a lot,” Lancaster said. “I couldn’t have done it without my teammates. My receivers and …