College Football

GAINESVILLE — The value of spring football practice isn’t just seeing which newcomers look like early contributors or which veterans are playing their way into larger roles this fall. It’s the emergence of players you’ve never heard of who get a rare chance to shine. Players like Florida Gators edge rusher Tyreik Norwood. He’s a seventh-year senior from a 9,000-person …

AMES – Iowa State’s Tyler Miller remembers how daunting it was to start on the Cyclones’ offensive line for the first time as a redshirt freshman in the 2021 Cheez-It Bowl. Miller noticed two Clemson players coming off his side of the ball, but it was too late. He was supposed to call out to his teammates before the play …

Dante Moore put himself back on Oregon’s radar with a phone call to Dan Lanning in December. But the two didn’t talk football, at least not at first. The former UCLA quarterback, who was once committed to Lanning and the Ducks, reached out to the Oregon coach soon after entering the transfer portal when the 2023 regular season ended. “I …

AUBURN — Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze met his own expectations for recruiting in the Class of 2024. Freeze’s goal was to reel in a top-10 class nationally, and with the help of a couple of signatures from notable prospects such as five-star receiver Cam Coleman and four-star defensive lineman Amaris Williams, the Tigers achieved that. The 54-year-old Freeze wasted …

At first, the idea of joining the same recruiting class was a source of amusement for DePaul Catholic High School teammates De’zie Jones and DeShawn Stewart. The Wayne, New Jersey, natives grew up together, played youth football together and eventually developed into key pieces for DePaul Catholic’s football team together. Their recruitment, however, was separate. “We would joke around and …

TAMPA — He scanned the offensive line depth chart he inherited and recoiled, like a steak lover staring at a veggie menu. Alex Golesh saw few appealing options, and nothing fulfilling. It was at that point, perhaps more than any other, that USF’s new coach understood he wasn’t facing a mere rebuild, but a wholesale reclamation. “We had to go …

STATE COLLEGE − Penn State football will rely on its ever-increasing talent depth to make a hopeful “playoff jump” in the expanded Big Ten in 2024. Which means Saturday’s Blue-White Game should highlight some rising standouts who could play key roles this fall − difference-making roles. This scrimmage will be about the “provers” on the team, those fighting to establish …

During the ACC’s spring meeting a year ago, Jeff Brohm, Brent Key and Mario Cristobal shared a moment relishing in being football coaches at their alma maters. Four months later, Brohm began his tenure at Louisville with a win, causing Key to start his official tenure at Georgia Tech with a loss. Brohm then defeated Cristobal’s Miami team on the …

And now, for the main event. Florida A&M’s spring football camp will culminate in its annual Orange and Green Spring Game on Saturday. Kickoff is Saturday at 4 p.m. on Ken Riley Field at Bragg Memorial Stadium. General admission tickets are $15. FAMU’s streaming service, Rattlers Plus, will broadcast the game for fans to watch from home. The spring game serves as an opportunity for …

The stage is set. Florida football will finish off its spring season in Saturday’s Orange and Blue game, which will give fans a sneak peek on what to expect for the upcoming 2024 season. Florida Gators coach Billy Napier divided the squads in an equal manner and had veterans from each squad draft coaches on Friday. Florida is trying to …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football’s quarterback competition is progressing at a steady pace this spring with Kurtis Rourke seemingly creating some distance from the rest of the room based on comments coach Curt Cignetti has made over the last two weeks. Cignetti has been reluctant to go in depth about the topic, but he’s praised Rourke every time he’s been at the …

SEDALIA, Mo. — Missouri’s 2024 Come Home Tour has a new centerpiece. The MU athletics department’s fundraising and fan-engagement tour that will make six stops across the Show-Me State — and one in Dallas, Texas — over the next four weeks had the usual draws for fans who turned up Lamy’s No. 5 Bistro and Bar for the first stop of …

Charlie Wingifield was offered by Rutgers football on Wednesday night. The New Jersey tight end prospect is seeing his recruitment continue to trend up. Rutgers joins a recruitment for Wingfield where the likes of Boston College, Duke, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Syracuse, Wake Forest and West Virginia have all offered. His most recent offer came from Princeton. He is a class …

Florida football has been grinding away at the recruiting trail after an embarrassing collapse at the end of the 2024 cycle. Bill Napier and Co. have put a tremendous amount of effort into the upcoming 2025 class and the fruits of their labors are beginning to show. Make no mistake, there is still a long way to go in this …

Utah coach Kyle Whittingham looks on during game against Colorado Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, in Salt Lake City. The Utes wrap up their spring camp Saturday with their annual spring game. | Rob Gray, Associated Press This article was first published in the Ute Insiders newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Wednesday night. Utah concludes …