College Football

CLEMSON — Clemson football added its first defensive back in the 2025 class with the commitment of four-star safety Tae Harris on Monday. The 5-foot-11, 200-pound defensive back from Cedartown High School in Georgia is rated as the No. 15 safety nationally and the 26th-ranked player in Georgia by the 247Sprots Composite. Harris, who decommitted from Georgia on Jan. 21, …

Oklahoma’s Konnor Near speaks during a media day for the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) football team in Norman, Okla., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. NORMAN — OU linebacker Konnor Near is reportedly jumping ship. The redshirt senior are set to enter the transfer portal, On3 reported Monday. The report came a week after the Sooners opened spring camp ahead of …

The University of Memphis’ renovations of Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium will be split into three phases and are expected to be completed before the start of the 2026 football season, university officials announced Monday. Officials unveiled new renderings and specific plans for the project, which is expected to cost $220 million. Among the new features unveiled Monday were a party …

The Michigan football program kicked off spring practice on Monday and already there’s a departure. Eamonn Dennis, a senior wide receiver who mostly played special teams, posted on social media that he has entered the transfer portal. The 5-foot-10, 188-pound wide receiver from Worcester, Massachusetts, shared in his post that he graduated early after 3½ years of school and that …

Four-star defensive back recruit Tae Harris decommitted from the Georgia Bulldogs on Jan. 21, 2024. Now, Harris has committed to the Clemson Tigers. The 5-foot-11, 200-pound athlete is the No. 193 recruit and No. 15 safety in the rising senior class, per 247Sports. Harris is ranked as the No. 26 player in Georgia. Tae Harris plays high school football for …

Coach Josh Heupel answered nine questions before quarterback Nico Iamaleava was even mentioned in his opening press conference of Tennessee spring football practice. Eight transfers, 14 freshmen and two new assistant coaches were the hotter topics on Monday. So was edge rusher James Pearce, who’s projected as a potential NFL first-round pick. And freshman quarterback Jake Merklinger, who will compete …

More players could soon be suiting up for the Oklahoma Sooners and other FBS and FCS schools across the country. There was a limit of 110 student-athletes who may engage in practice activities before the school’s first day of classes or before the fifth day before the school’s first game, whichever occurs earlier. But that will change for the 2024 …

Well before Mike Sainristil became Mike Sainristil, Michigan football had hoped that it had managed to secure his clone. Similarly hailing from New England, Eamonn Dennis had many comparables to his Wolverines predecessor — size, skill, ability to play on both sides of the ball, and more. Contrasted with Sainristil, Dennis started at defensive back and switched midway through his …

The Oklahoma Sooners have spent their offseason trying to build their offensive line and make it “SEC Ready.” They signed four guys in the transfer portal and five in the 2024 Recruiting Class. That is after they lost five starters from a season ago and only return two players who started a few games last season in Troy Everett and …

Marcus Applefield, a former Rutgers football offensive lineman, took his turn on the combine coaching circuit over the weekend. Applefield coached the offensive line at the US Army Bowl National Combine Series in Orlando, Florida over the weekend. Applefield, who transferred to Virginia following his time at Rutgers, played in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens. He currently owns and …

Do high school coaches in Florida need and deserve a raise? Of course. Is the Florida Coaches Coalition’s plan of paying coaches $15 an hour for a minimum number of hours worked financially feasible for school districts? Well …. “I’m all for it,” said Shelton Crews, executive director of the Florida Athletic Coaches Assocation. “We’re losing coaches every day to …

According to FootballScoop, Notre Dame is losing a key member of their football staff. Butler Benton joined the Notre Dame staff as Assistant Athletic Director for Player Personnel in April of 2023 after spending the two previous seasons as the General Manager at the University of Arkansas. Accoring to the FootballScoop report: Sources tell FootballScoop that Benton has left his …

Football and men’s basketball have historically headlined college athletic departments, but finding success in both sports remains an elusive task for many schools. Hitting on both hires and supporting them successfully has been a challenge for even the most high-profile colleges, but a select few have managed to stand apart.  The past few years have been a rapid period of …

Despite already adding Jameis Winston, NFL rumors indicate the Cleveland Browns are not done at the quarterback position yet. This time, they add former Baltimore Ravens quarterback Tyler Huntley on a one-year deal. Huntley made the Pro Bowl as an alternate in 2022 after filling in for Lamar Jackson for four starts. That season, Huntley had a statline of 658 …

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