College Football

UCLA has hired longtime assistant and former NFL running back DeShaun Foster to be its next head football coach, Bruins athletic director Martin Jarmond announced Monday. Foster, 44, played five of his six NFL seasons with the Carolina Panthers but is a California guy at heart. He played high school football in Tustin, California − about a one-hour drive from …

The Georgia Bulldogs plucked talented wide receiver London Humphreys away from SEC foe Vanderbilt. Humphreys, who transferred to Georgia in December, is ranked as the No. 15 transfer in the country and the No. 3 wide receiver. He has three seasons of eligibility remaining. Humphreys has excellent speed and showcased it during his freshman season with Vanderbilt. In fact, he …

Et tu, Brute? It’s one thing to enter the transfer portal, it’s entirely another to join a rival school. It’s even another thing if that rival school is Ohio State. While it’s rare, it happens. Star offensive lineman Justin Boren transferred to the Buckeyes after longtime head coach Lloyd Carr left. As far as other rivals, Ben VanSumeren transferred from …

Florida first baseman and left-handed pitcher Jac Caglianone leads the 55-man 2024 Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List released on Friday by USA Baseball. Caglianone finished as a finalist for the award in 2023, but LSU‘s Dylan Crews was named the best amateur baseball player in the nation. Naturally, Caglianone returns as a favorite to win the award in 2024, …

The Kent State football team announced the signing of an additional seven players to its 2024 recruiting class after inking 27 future Golden Flashes in December. Among the seven are two high school recruits with the rest all coming through the transfer portal. Here’s a look at the future Kent State players: Kent State coach Kenni Burns finished his first …

Auburn is in the mix to land one of the state of Georgia’s top recruits from the 2025 class. Four-star wide receiver Travis Smith has released his top eight schools, and Auburn has made the cut. The Tigers join several notable programs such as Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Ole Miss by remaining in the hunt to land the talented receiver …

Ohio State named Chip Kelly as its offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach on Friday, a replacement for Bill O’Brien after O’Brien took the head coaching job at Boston College. Here are three thoughts on the splashy hire: There could be a shift in scheme Kelly and O’Brien have similar backgrounds. Both are experienced play-callers who have been head coaches at …

Rutgers football added a second commitment to the program last week in athlete Talibi Kaba. For Sean Ashenfelder, the first commitment in the 2025 class, the addition of Talibi to Rutgers is “big news.” The commitment of Kaba gives the program its first New Jersey commitment of this cycle. He is also quite the player; he is being projected by …

James Simon is a 6-foot, 200-pound, four-star running back in the 2025 recruiting class. He is from Shreveport, Louisiana where he plays for Calvary Baptist Academy. Brian Kelly already has the Tigers 2025 recruiting class off to a hot start as he has obtained commitments from the No. 1 quarterback, running back, and wide receiver in the class already. Even …

Wisconsin defensive line coach Greg Scruggs is taking the same position on Sherrone Moore’s staff at Michigan, according to a report from 247Sports’ Sam Webb. Scruggs was part of Luke Fickell’s staff at Cincinnati from 2018-2021. He then spent 2022 on the New York Jets’ staff before becoming the Badgers defensive line coach entering the 2023 season. The young assistant …

Rutgers football did a very solid job of retaining New Jersey’s top talent during this recruiting cycle. In fact, this might have been the best job of keeping players in-state that has been done by head coach Greg Schiano and his staff since his return to Rutgers four years ago. A look at recruiting in New Jersey is especially significant …

The Wisconsin football program is not commonly known for its quarterback play. It’s no Alabama, which has recently sent Bryce Young, Mac Jones and Tua Tagovailoa to the NFL. Or Clemson with Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence. Or even Ohio State with C.J. Stroud, Justin Fields and others. The Badgers produce linebackers and running backs, plus the occasional tight end. …

The class of 2024 recruiting cycle reached its official end last week with national signing day. While the day doesn’t carry the weight it used to, it still gives a clear end to one class, while accelerating the next. The early signing period in mid-December is the time to pay attention these days, but NSD still must be acknowledged as …

CBS Sports Radio show host Damon Amendolara apparently doesn’t like Kliff Kingsbury very much. Amendolara was in Las Vegas Friday for the Super Bowl week and took a few moments to speak with The Team 980’s Craig Hoffman. Hoffman himself admitted initially he was not too excited about the Commanders hiring Kingsbury to be the offensive coordinator. However, since his …

One of the best linebackers in the 2025 recruiting class has trimmed his list of final schools down to five. Brian Kelly and the LSU Tigers made the cut. LSU joins Colorado, Miami, Ole Miss and Penn State as the final five teams that Mantrez Walker is considering committing to. There are currently no Crystal Ball projections for Walker at …