College Football

Four-star quarterback recruit Matt Zollers plans to announce his commitment on April 4. Zollers’ top four schools are Georgia, Penn State, Pittsburgh and Missouri. Zollers is a member of the class of 2025. He plays high school football for Spring-Ford High School in Royersford, Pennsylvania. He has unofficial spring visits with Missouri (March 20), Pittsburgh (March 28), Penn State (March …

Pierce Clarkson came to Louisville football with star power. Even before the California quarterback arrived on campus, he began “FlyVille” branding and was one of the biggest voices helping to keep most of the Cardinals’ 2023 recruiting class together. His time on the field last fall was limited to completing 1 of 2 passes for 7 yards in the 2023 …

STARKVILLE — Coach Jeff Lebby was sporting a white hat, wearing it backwards as he watched the Mississippi State quarterbacks go through drills Tuesday. Defensive coordinator Coleman Hutzler was on the opposite end of the field, throwing his hands in a circle as he motioned for players to rotate between stations. As they tended to their jobs, music blared from …

ATHENS — Coaches with the Ohio football program learned quickly what many around Sheridan High School have known for years. Shay Taylor gets it. Taylor was the second half of the Muskingum Valley League’s tandem in the front seven last fall with the Bobcats, who rode the nation’s fourth-ranked defense to another 10-win season in 2023. Taylor, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound …

Texas A&M’s spring football season has begun, and new head coach Mike Elko and his staff are working hard with the current roster. They are bringing back a bevy of talent and experience on offense and defense, including key players from the transfer portal. While these practices coincide with the spring transfer portal window opening on April 15, every program …

BATON ROUGE — LSU football conducted its eighth spring practices Tuesday morning inside its practice facility. Media members were able to view 20 minutes of individual and positional drills as the team heads into the second half of its allotted 15 spring sessions and afterward, a few players were made available for interviews. Here are some takeaways from LSU’s practice …

PISCATAWAY – Coming off the most successful season Rutgers football has had since Greg Schiano’s return, the Scarlet Knights returned to the practice field Tuesday for their first practice of the spring, ushering in the start of preparation for an intriguing 2024 season. “It’s always a sobering, humbling experience the first time you go out with your new team,” Schiano …

PISCATAWAY – Rutgers’ quarterback competition has officially begun. The Scarlet Knights took the field for their first spring practice Tuesday, giving incumbent starter Gavin Wimsatt and Minnesota transfer Athan Kaliakmanis their first opportunities to make an impression to earn the starting job. Both quarterbacks made it clear they’re embracing the competition. “We’re competing for our jobs every day,” Wimsatt said …

Larry Johnson has coached nine first-round NFL draft picks in his distinguished career as a defensive line coach. Since his arrival at Ohio State from Penn State in 2014, 14 of his players have been drafted, including Nick Bosa and Chase Young as No. 2 overall picks and Joey Bosa a No. 3. It’s unlikely that any of his current …

MASSILLON – Massillon Tigers football offensive lineman Nolan Davenport continues to stack up on Power Five offers, including from the Big Ten. On Monday, Davenport posted on social media that Penn State offered him. Penn State is one of Davenport’s biggest offers, and it becomes one of 28 Division I college football programs recruiting the all-state tackle. Other Big Ten schools …

AUBURN — Auburn football hasn’t had a 1,000-yard receiver since Ronney Daniels in 1999, but four-star freshman Bryce Cain thinks that’s going to soon change. “Oh, yeah,” Cain said Tuesday when asked if there was a player on the roster capable of breaking the 1,000-yard marker. “Definitely.” Who would that be? “I think it’s Cam Coleman,” Cain said. Coleman, a …

Mar. 26—PULLMAN — Washington State’s athletic department is losing brass by the day. Athletic director Pat Chun is leaving for the same job at rival Washington, according to multiple reports, leaving WSU without two key figures: an athletic director and a men’s basketball coach, following Kyle Smith’s departure for Stanford on Monday. Chun, whose WSU tenure began in January 2018, …

Clark Lea is not unfamiliar with being a defensive coordinator. It is, after all, the position he held for three years at Notre Dame before taking the head job with Vanderbilt football. But what he has done this year — taking over the defensive playcalling while remaining the head coach — is a new gig that brings with it its …

Mar. 26—The addition of Paul Randolph as the new defensive line coach for Oklahoma State football was a surprise in January. Because coach Mike Gundy never announced the subtraction of Greg Richmond. Gundy addressed the decision on Tuesday. “I haven’t had to change jobs or coaches very much. I feel like I’m responsible for coaching the guys that I hire …

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — The arrival of Athan Kalaikmanis this semester to Rutgers football also heralds a quarterback competition for the Big Ten program. A competition that Rutgers didn’t have last year but badly needed. And in the arrival of Kalaikmanis, the Scarlet Knights now have two quarterbacks with significant starting experience in the Big Ten. Kaliakmanis comes to Rutgers after …