College Football

One of Nebraska football’s top recruiting targets has committed to the Tennessee Volunteers. Douglas Utu is an interior offensive lineman and member of the class of 2025. Utu currently plays for Bishop Gorman High in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is the No. 2 player in Nevada for the class of 2025 and the No. 3 interior offensive lineman nationwide. The prospect has already …

The Oklahoma Sooners are putting together an impressive 2025 recruiting class. Brent Venables is looking to reel in his fourth-straight top-ten recruiting class since becoming OU’s head coach. One insider believes that Venables and Miguel Chavis could be landing a big piece of the class up front on defense. Kade Pietrzak has been predicted to commit to Oklahoma by Nebraska …

More potential good news may be on the way for the Georgia Bulldogs and head coach Kirby Smart in the recruiting world. Three-star receiver Landon Roldan, who has been rising in the recruiting ranks recently, has received multiple projections in the last week to commit to Georgia over in-state rival Georgia Tech as well as a conference opponent in the …

SOUTH BEND — Time could have tempted punter James Rendell into second-guessing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with Notre Dame football.  Traveling to his new team/home last month, Rendell had two hours to sit and think aboard the plane that sat on the tarmac of Melbourne Tullamarine Airport in his native Australia. He had three more hours of emptiness during an unscheduled …

NAPLES, Fla. — Inside the beachside Ritz-Carlton resort along Florida’s southwestern coast, leaders of college athletics met in a second-floor conference room to discuss particulars about the industry’s future. Those in the room were limited to five men: NCAA president Charlie Baker and commissioners from the SEC, ACC, Big 12 and Big Ten. Not in the room: the other 28 …

The Rivals Five-Star, the marquee football event of the offseason, takes place this week with the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars playing host. With 104 of the best prospects in the country scheduled to compete, there are major rankings implications riding on their performances. Yesterday we highlighted some of the biggest rankings for the offensive side of the ball. Today we put …

NORMAN — Brent Venables, then a young defensive coordinator, recruited Curtis Lofton from Kingfisher High School to OU. Venables helped Lofton develop into an All-American linebacker, a Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and a second-round pick in the 2008 NFL Draft. Lofton was a standout on Venables’ defense, but the two didn’t always get along. “Coach Venables wasn’t my …

Wisconsin football class of 2025 cornerback target Charles Bell announced his commitment to Iowa on Monday. Bell became the latest Wisconsin class of 2025 target to commit elsewhere in June, joining several three-star recruits like DL Abu Tarawallie, WR Vernon Allen III, iOL N’Kye Wynn and RB Bo Jackson. Like other 2025 prospects, the 6-foot-1, 170-pound corner recently included Wisconsin …

If Caleb Downs takes snaps at both safety and running back in 2024, he would not be the first Ohio State player to play both offense and defense. Ohio State coach Ryan Day said Downs has the “capability” and “athleticism” to play both positions, and has taken occasional reps at running back during individual drills in March and April’s spring …

OXFORD ― Ole Miss football has fattened up against the ACC since Lane Kiffin’s arrival five season ago. The same can be said for the coach’s bank account. The Rebels are 3-0 against the ACC under Kiffin, claiming one win in each of the past three campaigns. Each of those victories has earned Kiffin an additional $100,000 in bonus compensation, …

Former Ohio State quarterback and current Westerville North football coach Stanley Jackson witnessed the transformation firsthand. He saw Jake Cook, a 2025 offensive lineman, develop into a player Jackson feels is worthy of OSU’s attention. And that’s exactly what he told the Buckeyes. “I said, ‘Listen, he’s the top-rated lineman in the state of Ohio,’ ” Jackson said. “‘If we …

Taylor Swift’s music wields the power to lay bare a listener’s soul. To true Swifties, Taylor isn’t just singing. Her lyrics resonate. Even Ole Miss’ 49-year-old football coach sees a bit of himself in those lyrics. Consider Lane Kiffin a Swiftie. He appreciates her music, and although he didn’t embrace Swift’s latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” with as much …

For Michigan football , it was perhaps the best 72-hour stretch thus far for Sherrone Moore in his stint as head coach. On May 16 — a few weeks after the Wolverines had wrapped up spring practice — defensive coordinator Wink Martindale called a team meeting, in which he told his group the defense would be actively looking to add …

CLEMSON — Clemson football is projected to win 8.5 games in 2024, according to ESPN’s Football Power Index. The Tigers rank second out of 17 ACC teams in projected win totals, trailing only Florida State, after finishing with a 9-4 record last year. Clemson’s strength of schedule ranks 26th in the country with the Tigers facing Georgia and South Carolina in non-conference …

A state champion and one of the Bayside Conference’s top football players has announced that he will be playing college football in the ACC when he finishes his high school career. Davin Chandler, who is listed as a three-star recruit in the Class of 2025 on 247sports, committed to the University of Virginia on Sunday. The First Team All-Bayside Conference …