If 2024 Arizona high school football prospects were great, 2025 has the potential to be even greater. With the state growing, so do the prospects’ lists. This is The Arizona Republic’s Big 150 for the 2025 high school class. As we transition into spring, then summer, this list will grow to 10 more each week. We start off with the …

No player has accounted for more touchdowns from scrimmage the last three years than Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler and his 44 touchdowns.  The 28-year-old running back is remarkable story, going from being an undrafted free agent out of Western Colorado University to leading the NFL in touchdowns in both 2021 (20) and 2022 (18). Ekeler’s career is …

49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel has had some time to process the team’s Super Bowl loss to the Chiefs, but he hasn’t been totally able to move on to next season. Samuel said on Up & Adams that “it’s just so heartbreaking” to lose the Super Bowl for the second time in the last five years, but that he and …

After a couple of long off-season months, the grass is starting to grow and trees are getting ready to bloom. Spring is coming in Eugene, and with it comes the long-awaited return of football for the Oregon Ducks. A lot will look different in this new year for Dan Lanning and his team, with several of last year’s top players moving onto the …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMar 6, 2024, 07:50 AM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Lindy Ruff is no longer the coach of the New Jersey Devils, becoming the seventh NHL head coach to be fired during the 2023-24 season. He is also the latest example that being behind an NHL bench might be the most …

‘Dancing bear’ Suamataia could be 49ers’ Day 2 draft target originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area INDIANAPOLIS — The 49ers took advantage of the talented offensive linemen at the NFL Scouting Combine, meeting with several prospects as part of their process looking ahead to the 2024 NFL Draft. BYU tackle Kingsley Suamataia is a prospect the 49ers could target …

The Rose Bowl ended up being Nick Saban’s last game at Alabama. (Photo by Steve Limentani/ISI Photos/Getty Images) Nick Saban was not thrilled with the way that his team reacted to losing the Rose Bowl. Alabama lost 27-20 to eventual national champion Michigan in the College Football Playoff on Jan. 1. The overtime loss came after Jalen Milroe’s fourth-down run …

Is there room for Jason Kelce on Eagles’ Mt. Rushmore? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt are the four Presidents sculptor Gutzon Borglum carved into the face of Mount Rushmore in western South Dakota in the 1930s. But what about the 5th-best President? Sorry, FDR. Sorry, Eisenhower. Sorry, James K. Polk. …

While the majority of recruiting focus is on the current 2025 class, it’s never too early for programs around the country to start developing relationships with players in the later classes as well. That’s what Penn State and offensive line coach Phil Trautwein is doing with a specific class of 2026 offensive line prospect. Darius Gray is a 6’3″ 285-pounder …

2024 Eagles mock draft roundup 4.0: A couple trades in post-Combine edition originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The NFL Combine was last week so it’s a chance to see if the week in Indianapolis did anything to change the mock drafts. Here’s a look at the latest projects for the Eagles at No. 22: Dane Brugler, The Athletic Trade …

Steve Spurrier weighed in on the state of Florida football under embattled coach Billy Napier, and the HBC’s assessment came off as anything but a ringing endorsement. Florida Times-Union columnist Gene Frenette quoted Spurrier questioning the direction of Napier’s Gators in a recent column. The most biting quote? “There’s a feeling around the Gators of, ‘What the heck are we …

Bears salary cap situation after Jaylon Johnson gets franchise tag originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Now that the Bears have made the decision to place the franchise tag on star cornerback Jaylon Johnson, the team’s salary cap picture is much clearer as free agency approaches. Johnson is now locked into a $19.8 million deal to play in 2024, unless …

GAINESVILLE — Florida coach Billy Napier opens spring practices Thursday aiming to set a new course for a struggling program entering Year 3 on his watch. Napier welcomes 30 new scholarship players and four new assistant coaches, the latest being Jonathan Decoster as UF continues to have two offensive line assistants. In the search for answers, leaders, playmakers and momentum, …

New Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter has been familiarizing himself with the team in recent weeks and that process has been helped by having familiarity with some players from their time in college. Minter was the defensive coordinator at Michigan the last two years and one of the players that he saw on tape was edge rusher Tuli Tuipulotu. Tuipulotu …

Daniel Akinkunmi used to stroll into Southgate College in North London carrying massive lunch boxes filled with chicken and rice. He transported the food three hours each morning by train from North England to stay on top of his diet and then carried them home each evening to be refilled the next day. When he arrived on campus in the …