The New Orleans Saints had an overall successful picking in the 2023 NFL Draft, but the team has landed in the bottom half of Dan Hanzus of NFL.com’s power rankings. Still, that’s an improvement from their previous placement, and they’re the only NFC South team to rank inside the top-20. Hanzus had the Saints at No. 18 overall in the …

Jaylan Honrsby is set for an official visit to Rutgers football in early June. A three-star recruit out of Camden High School (Camden, N.J.), Hornsby is ranked as the No. 11 recruit in New Jersey in this current recruiting class according to 247Sports. His recruitment has gone national over the past six months. Hornsby might be not just the best …

The 49ers lacked badly in draft capital this year. That should change dramatically in the 2024 draft where San Francisco holds all but one of its own picks, plus a projected five compensatory selections. A prediction from NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein has the 49ers on track to once again lead the league in comp picks. Their only free agency gains that …

Entering the 2023 season, LSU was looking for some depth on the defensive line. Though that was partially addressed in the transfer portal, a player who was already on the roster could fit that bill: redshirt freshman Fitzgerald West. A two-way player who played on both the offensive and defensive lines in high school at Lafayette Christian Academy, West appeared …

The New Orleans Saints 2023 NFL draft class has been given a lot of mixed reviews. USA Today’s Nate Davis is on the more negative end of the spectrum, citing a move that they made last year as a factor in his C+ grade of their haul: A little meat and potatoes, which is fine given the arrival of QB …

The fourth week of the 2023 USFL season got off to a wild start as two teams that entered as underdogs not only won outright but dominated. Then the league’s only remaining unbeaten showed why it’s the team to beat. On Sunday, the New Orleans Breakers won a battle of division leaders, as the top team in the South knocked …

It didn’t take long for the UNC football program to land a commitment from a three-star quarterback in the 2024 class. Just a day after they offered three-star Michael Merdinger, the Florida native has pledged his verbal commitment to the Tar Heels. Merdinger made the announcement via Twitter on Sunday afternoon, giving UNC a quarterback for the class after missing …

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have made quite a few moves to shore up their defensive line this offseason, and there’s reason to believe that those moves will pay dividends once the regular season starts. Pro Football Focus seems to think so, at least, as they named the Bucs among the 10 teams who most improved their defensive lines after the …

Another day, another couple of transfer additions. Soon after Southern Utah transfer safety Rodrick Ward gave his pledge to Colorado, former Florida State defensive lineman Bishop Thomas joined him on Sunday morning by announcing his own commitment to the Buffs via Instagram. The former three-star recruit becomes the sixth transfer DL — not including EDGE rushers — to come to …

USATSI It came as a surprise to no one when Zach Ertz was traded away from the Eagles before the 2021 trade deadline. What may be surprising, however, is the team Ertz said nearly acquired him before he was traded to the Arizona Cardinals.  The veteran tight end recently revealed that the Bills tried to trade for him before that …

Getty Images Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons showed up to Game 4 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference semifinals between longtime bitter rivals in the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics wearing a No. 0 Tyrese Maxey jersey. Fans quickly jumped on Twitter to comment on the outfit choice because of the longtime bitter rivalry between the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia …

Former North Texas tight end Var’Keyes Gumms is back in the Arkansas fold. Apparently. About a week after de-committing from Arkansas out of the transfer portal, Gumms recommitted to the Razorbacks on Sunday. The rising sophomore originally declared his intent to play for Arkansas on April 23, but changed his mind on May 2. Per a report by WholeHogSports’ Richard …

The Cowboys raised some eyebrows when they signed North Dakota State’s Hunter Luepke as UDFA following the draft. Widely regarded as the top FB in the class, Luepke embarks on the difficult task of convincing Dallas the position still has a place in today’s NFL. Given Mike McCarthy’s respect for the position over the years in Green Bay, and the …

DALLAS — The Dallas Stars canceled a watch party that was planned during their road playoff game Sunday night in the plaza outside their home arena, which is less than 30 miles from a Texas outlet mall where an assailant killed eight people the previous day. While Game 3 of the NHL playoffs series went on as scheduled Sunday night …

Rutgers football received a commitment from tight end Monte Keener, adding another offensive addition to their 2024 recruiting class. The 6-foot-6 215 pounds tight end is the second recruit from Michigan (running back Gabriel Winowich is the other) the Scarlet Knights snatched up deep in Big Ten territory. Michigan is not prime recruiting territory for Rutgers, but the Scarlet Knights …