Green Bay Packers fans are used to seeing AJ Dillon power his way over defenders at Lambeau Field as the team’s bruising running back the last three seasons. Hey, you might even see him in overalls when wind chills are near 0 degrees at the Frozen Tundra. But next week, you can see him in a different role: children’s book …

Class of 2024 quarterback Demond Williams announced his decommitment from Ole Miss football and Lane Kiffin on Friday evening. Williams is rated by the 247Sports Composite as a four-star prospect. He had originally committed to play for the Rebels on December 30. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound prospect hails from Chandler, Arizona, and is ranked as the No. 16 quarterback and the …

Pat Shurmur did not coach last season, but he’s back in the game. He is joining Deion Sanders’ staff as an offensive analyst at the University of Colorado, Carl Reed Jr. of 247Sports reports. Shurmur, 58, most recently was offensive coordinator with the Broncos in 2020-21. He has not coached in the college ranks since 1998 when he was offensive …

The Georgia Bulldogs continue to reel in big, talented offensive linemen in the class of 2024. Georgia’s most recent commitment is from four-star offensive tackle recruit Nyier Daniels. Daniels selected the defending back-to-back national champion Georgia Bulldogs over Florida State, Texas and Rutgers. Who is Nyier Daniels? Daniels has been invited to play in the 2024 All-American Bowl on NBC. …

The University of North Carolina football team’s offense grabbed national attention last year – mainly thanks to talented quarterback Drake Maye and his trusty wide receiver duo of Josh Downs and Antoine Green. The Heels finished their season ranked Top 20 in the FBS in several categories – sixth in passing yards (4,330), 11th in passing yards/game (309.3), 12th in …

AJ Dillon had aims of writing a book this offseason, and the Green Bay Packers running back has officially accomplished his goal. Dillon recently published “Quadzilla Finds his Footing,” a children’s book about a dinosaur. In a tweet last edited in January of 2023, he wrote, “I’m going to write a children’s book this off-season.” On Tuesday, Dillon will be hosting a launch …

Like Will Johnson at cornerback last year for Michigan football, Colston Loveland started showing signs late that he may be among the nation’s best. Though Loveland made some plays starting in the 2022 spring game, it wasn’t until the Nebraska game in November that he started putting his mark on the game. Then, against Ohio State, he had a big …

The preseason NFL Draft hype is building for Jared Verse. The Florida State football defensive end opted to return to the Seminoles for a second year despite being a potential first round pick in the 2023 draft. He announced his return Jan. 7. So far, it looks like he made the right decision. With a strong returning core and NCAA …

It’s not an entirely different premise for Michigan football to trot out Cornelius Johnson and Roman Wilson as the top two receivers. That will be the case for the Wolverines in 2023, as it was for the bulk of the 2021 season after Ronnie Bell went down with an ACL injury in the season opener. But a team cannot subsist …

Under offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi in 2021 and 2022, quarterback Justin Herbert was one of the most unfairly limited players at his position in the NFL. Herbert, the sixth overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft, has one of the best deep arms in the NFL. Sadly, he’s been unable to use it in the ways in which it was …

247Sports Georgia conitnued to pad its lead atop the 247Sports recruiting rankings on Friday with commitmentes from defensive tackle Joseph Jonah-Ajonye and offensive tackle Nyier Daniels. Jonah-Ajonye is a a 6-foot-4, 275-pounder from Oak Ridge High School in Conroe, Texas. He chose the Bulldogs over Georgia Tech, Oregon and Oklahoma.  “I really love the coaching staff, the fans are amazing people, and just …

Staley recalls pushing 49ers to hire ‘next big thing’ in Shanahan originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers were searching for answers ahead of the 2017 NFL season, and Joe Staley knew exactly where to find them. Following Jim Harbaugh’s firing after the 2014 campaign, San Francisco suffered through two seasons with a combined 7-25 record under then-coaches …

Although Penn State gave its best effort, the Nittany Lions missed out on a key four-star wide receiver recruiting target in the Class of 2024. Penn State’s loss will be Michigan State’s gain. Michigan State won back the commitment of Nick Marsh on Friday afternoon. Marsh had previously been committed to Michigan State but he reopened his recruiting process earlier …

2022 was a huge year of transition for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The retirement of Ben Roethlisberger left a hole in the roster the size of Canton and it was up to then-rookie Kenny Pickett to try and be the guy to follow the guy. For the most part, Pickett did as well as expected. The numbers weren’t great but in …

Preseason college football preview season is officially underway with preview coverage beginning to fly all over the place and conference media days on tap throughout the month of July. Before you know it, Penn State will be kicking things off in a primetime season opener against West Virginia. One of the benchmarks of the summer preview season is the release …