College Football

Auburn football is always on the hunt when it comes to the recruiting game, trying to beat out other schools for some of the nation’s top prospects. That holds even if the athletes are still a couple of years from being seniors. The Tigers are slowly beginning to move towards pushing on 2026 targets, one of those being a tight …

With the conference tournament set to tip off Wednesday in Minneapolis, the Big Ten released its all-conference basketball teams and various other awards Tuesday. The honorees included some familiar names. Purdue’s Zach Edey repeated as the Big Ten player of the year after averaging 24.2 points, 11.7 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game for the Boilermakers, who won the Big …

Georgia Bulldogs sophomore tight end Pearce Spurlin has been medically disqualified from playing college football. Doctors discovered that Spurlin’s congenital heart condition worsened after his freshman season at Georgia. Spurlin is medically retiring from football, but will remain active with the Georgia program. Spurlin will stay on scholarship. It’s an unfortunate turn of events for Pearce Spurlin, who is a …

The 2023 quarterback recruiting class is set up to go down as a historic group. Though such a status can only be solidified through what the prospects accomplish at the collegiate level, there’s no doubt that the amount of signal-caller talent produced during that cycle is unparalleled.  The 2023 class boasted five five-star quarterbacks, more than any other recruiting crop …

Nick Saban advocated for revenue-sharing for college athletes Tuesday at a roundtable discussion in Washington, D.C., hosted by Sen. Ted Cruz to discuss issues related to name, image and likeness, and the future of college sports. But the legendary former Alabama football football coach believes a reform model that would make the athletes employees of universities is the wrong path …

Washington State Head Coach Kyle Smith was named the 2023-24 John R. Wooden Pac-12 Coach of the Year. A candidate for Naismith National Coach of the Year, Smith has engineered one of the nation’s most unexpected seasons to have Washington State on the brink of its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2008. Smith joins former WSU coaches George Raveling (1976, …

Four-star Alabama football commit Anthony Rogers has transferred from IMG Academy to Carver High School for his senior year. The Montgomery native spent two seasons at Pike Road before transferring to IMG in the 2023 high school football season. Rogers is the No. 7 senior prospect in Alabama, according to 247 composite rankings. In his freshman season with Pike Road, …

The OU football program has 12 former players competing at its 2024 Pro Day in Norman on Tuesday. The Sooners’ list of participants are headlined by offensive tackle Tyler Guyton, wide receiver Drake Stoops, offensive linemen Andrew Raym, Caleb Shaffer, McKade Mettauer and Walter Rouse, along with defensive linemen Rondell Bothroyd, Isaiah Coe, Jonah Lulu and Marcus Stripling. Other participants …

© Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports In late March 2022, I was in New Orleans for the Rivals Camp Series and I thought it would be an opportune time to interview five-star quarterback Arch Manning. I’ve done thousands of these interviews over the years with the best players in football. This would be a piece of cake. It was like trying …

On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams speak with Chris Del Conte, athletic director at the University of Texas at Austin, about all the changes underway in college sports, and what it looks like from the helm of one of the richest athletic departments in the country. The Texas Longhorns spent $232.3 million on athletics in …

2025 offensive tackle Micah DeBose announced his top 10 schools. Tennessee, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Mississippi State, Auburn, Alabama, USC, LSU, Florida State and Florida are DeBose’s top 10 schools. DeBose decommitted from Georgia on Dec. 22, 2023. The 6-foot-5, 315-pound four-star offensive tackle prospect is from Vigor High School in Prichard, Alabama. Tennessee offered a scholarship to DeBose on Nov. 16, 2022. …

A Texas high school linebacker has set his visit date with the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Elijah Barnes will visit the Lincoln campus officially the weekend of April 26-28. Barnes appeared in ten games last season, recording 65 tackles with 12.0 for loss and 3.0 sacks. The linebacker named LSU, FSU, Ohio State, Texas A&M, SMU, Alabama, Oregon, USC and Texas in …

Talibi Kaba, the first New Jersey player to commit to Rutgers in the 2025 recruiting class, recently saw a bump in his recruiting rank. The now four-star linebacker is transitioning from being a recruit to a recruiter. Kaba is very much embracing his role now as a leader of this Rutgers class. He does so with a little extra clout …

Ohio State football’s 2025 recruiting cycle is already in full swing. The Buckeyes have eight commitments in the 2025 class, including six top-100 players and two five-stars. With eight commitments, the Buckeyes have the No. 4-ranked class in the country per 247Sports’ rankings behind Notre Dame, Clemson and LSU. However, Ohio State has the highest average commitment rating of any …

Charles ‘CJ’ Bell will be taking an official visit this May to Rutgers football, with the Connecticut standout citing a strong recruiting push from the Big Ten program. A 6-foot-1, 160-pound defensive back for St. Thomas More (Oakdale, Connecticut), Bell is the No. 8 recruit in Connecticut in the 2025 class. He has been offered by Boston College, Maryland, Notre Dame, Penn …