As we prepare for the start of the 2024 Ohio high school football season, we’re breaking down the top players by position. Throughout the preseason, we’re ranking the top 10 Greater Canton quarterbacks, running backs, receivers/tight ends, offensive linemen, defensive linemen, linebackers, defensive backs, specialists and two-way players. Today, we look at the top 10 two-way players, starting with a …
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High school football in the South Bend area: complete coverage of the 2024 season
SOUTH BEND — Every high school football season is exciting, and 2024 should be no different for the South Bend area. Plenty of new stars will be born. Postseason titles will be won. Can the area get its first Indiana state champion in nearly two decades? All of that will unfold from August until Thanksgiving weekend in November. Looking back …
Read More »Changes for 2 legendary Shore football coaches who’ve stepped away: ‘It’s OK. It’s good.’
It’s a void in the Shore Conference football coaching universe the likes of which have never been seen before, with Middletown South’s Steve Antonucci and Shore Regional’s Mark Costantino stepping away from the sideline this season, taking 430 career wins and 10 sectional titles with them. So while the league resettles with 10 programs featuring new coaches as summer camps …
Read More »11 for 11: Juniors to watch for in Escambia, Santa Rosa counties entering 2024 football season
The class of 2026 has some bright spots as far as football players in the Pensacola area. A handful of them have already caught the eyes of college scouts, and have a considerable amount of Division I offers. Some of those players have also found themselves among the best juniors in the nation, with a few on the Top 300 …
Read More »Curt Cignetti has settled on a QB. But that’s not most important news of IU football camp.
BLOOMINGTON – Indiana apparently emerged from its first preseason scrimmage with greater clarity at quarterback. Whether it was needed is debatable, but Curt Cignetti’s pronouncement that Ohio transfer Kurtis Rourke “separated himself pretty significantly” over the weekend provided on Monday the kind of water-cooler fodder that trades as good as gold this time of year. It was not the most …
Read More »24 defensive high school football players to watch from the Topeka area in 2024
TOPEKA — Football returns in the coming weeks with hard hits and important interceptions, and players across the capital city are ready to leave their mark in the trenches, backfield and secondary. There are first-year players to perennial starters that have caught the eyes of their coaching staff this offseason. Expect big plays from this group of players all season …
Read More »Boise State bests Oklahoma State for 2026 QB Jackson Presley
Double-digit offers and a swell of 2026 quarterback recruits led to a preseason decision for Jackson Presley. The Kalispell (Mont.) Glacier standout, who threw for more than 3,000 yards and totaled 32 touchdowns as a sophomore in 2023, went public with a pledge to the Boise State Broncos on Monday afternoon. “I took the trip down to Boise and really …
Read More »Here are 3 of Mike Norvell’s thoughts from Monday’s practice
Florida State football returned for its 12th practice on Monday. After completing their two-day road trip to Jacksonville and their second scrimmage, the Seminoles will hold several practices as they prepare for their season opener against Georgia Tech in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic Saturday. Aug, 24, at noon on ESPN. Norvell opened his statement by looking back at …
Read More »Where Billy Napier sits in USA TODAY’s rankings of SEC coaches
Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier looks on during the first half during the Florida Gators Orange and Blue Spring Game at Steve Spurrier Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Thursday, April 13, 2023. [Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun] Ncaa Football Florida Gators Orange Blue Spring Game Billy Napier is entering his third season with the Florida football …
Read More »Lane Kiffin updates injury status of Juice Wells, Ole Miss football transfer wide receiver
OXFORD ― Ole Miss football transfer portal addition Juice Wells participated enough early in preseason practice to raise eyebrows. More recently, though, he hasn’t done much during practice periods open to the media. Wells has been off to the side wearing a black non-contact jersey for most viewing periods. “I would put him in that category of portal players … …
Read More »USA TODAY Sports gives Travis Hunter preseason All-American honors at multiple spots
Oct 13, 2023; Boulder, Colorado, USA; Colorado Buffaloes wide receiver Travis Hunter (12) carries the ball for a touchdown in the first quarter against the Stanford Cardinal at Folsom Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports USA TODAY Sports released its preseason college football All-American teams on Monday, and Colorado superstar Travis Hunter was featured in two different spots. Hunter, …
Read More »Several Alabama players named to USA TODAY Sports preseason college football All-America teams
Sep 9, 2023; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; Texas Longhorns running back Jonathon Brooks (24) reaches out for the ball as Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Deontae Lawson (32) and Alabama Crimson Tide defensive back Malachi Moore (13) close at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The pass was ruled incomplete. Mandatory Credit: Gary Cosby Jr. -USA TODAY Sports We are just 19 days away from the …
Read More »College football analyst Joel Klatt evaluates USC heading into 2024 season
Dec 4, 2021; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Fox Sports analyst Joel Klatt during the Michigan Wolverines game against the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Big Ten Conference championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Fox Sports broadcaster and college football insider Joel Klatt laid down the law last week, revealing his official preseason top 25 poll …
Read More »5 things I think after college football’s preseason coaches, AP polls | Toppmeyer
Coaches think a lot like sportswriters – at least when ranking teams in the preseason. The same 25 teams are ranked in the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 Poll. The ordering of teams is nearly identical, too. The top seven teams are ordered the same way in each: Georgia, Ohio State, Oregon, Texas, Alabama, Ole Miss …
Read More »Class 5A football: O’Hara, Alexander return to lead Cooper, Highlands features rising star
In 2023, some of Greater Cincinnati’s biggest high school football stars played in Northern Kentucky’s Class 5A. Highlands 2024 graduate Brody Benke, who scored over 50 touchdowns and now plays at Middle Tennessee, was among last year’s brightest, as well as Brach Rice from Dixie Heights, who totaled nearly 200 tackles on his way to being a 2023-2024 Cincinnati Enquirer …
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