Wisconsin football begins its spring practice period later this month. It marks a pivotal point in the offseason as roster management yields to full-out preparation for the upcoming season. This pivotal point leads into what is an important Year 2 for Luke Fickell at Wisconsin. The Badgers underwhelmed with a 7-6 record in his first season and face a daunting …

Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy knows the edge he has over other top college football quarterbacks headed into the 2024 NFL Draft — a winning record.  The national championship-winning quarterback is self-aware when it comes to his stats compared to other prospects, and he’s using his proven track record as a winner to woe prospective teams at the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine. …

Getty Images University of Washington wide receiver Rome Odunze is widely expected to be one of the first players off the board in the 2024 NFL Draft, regardless of position. He might well be the second or third wideout drafted, behind presumptive top wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr.  After racking up 95 catches for 1,640 yards and 13 touchdowns for …

Getty Images There aren’t many NFL Draft prospects who have the luxury to bypass the standard operating procedure of participating in the NFL Combine’s official medical examinations.  Caleb Williams, the USC quarterback who won the 2022 Heisman Trophy and is projected to be the 2024 NFL Draft’s first pick, is one of them, and he became the first in collective …

Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart did not believe it when he first heard that legendary Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban would be retiring from college football. Smart had heard that story before and was skeptical initially. However, true to the initial report, Nick Saban ended up retiring. Smart, who was the defensive coordinator under Saban for four …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter INDIANAPOLIS — One of the most intriguing, versatile athletes at the NFL combine will not run this weekend. Iowa defensive back Cooper DeJean fractured the fibula in his left leg while practicing in November — while working on offense, no less — and while he’s been fully cleared three months after surgery, he won’t run …

Safety Kevin Byard is reportedly set to move on from Philadelphia. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Eagles are going to release Byard. They acquired him in a trade with the Titans during the 2023 season and sent safety Terrell Edmunds, a 2024 fifth-round pick, and a 2024 sixth-round pick back to Tennessee in the swap. Byard had 75 …

The NFL scouting combine, a vital mechanism in the draft evaluation process, continues Friday when defensive backs and tight ends hit the field at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. More than 300 invited NFL draft hopefuls will attempt to impress future employers during the scouting combine. Friday’s workouts will include some projected first-round draft picks, including Alabama cornerback Terrion Arnold, …

All throughout this week at the NFL Combine, draft prospects are pitching themselves to teams. They’ll be afforded chances to do just that with their measurements, athletic testing, medicals and interviews.  University of North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye is already expected to be one of the top two or three picks in the draft. But he nonetheless had perhaps the …

2024 will mark a new era of the ever-evolving landscape of college football. The Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns make the move to the SEC and face new challenges. Though if you hear former Texas tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders talk about it, the SEC won’t be much of a challenge. After a 2023 season that didn’t see an SEC team …

The 2024 NFL Scouting Combine is officially underway from Indianapolis. For a third straight year, players will do measurements and on-field workouts all in the same day. Plenty of NFL teams are looking to add talented pass rushers and defensive linemen to their rosters via the draft. Some of the top edge rushers are Dallas Turner out of Alabama, Laiatu …

Kenny Pickett went through a well-documented sophomore slump last season. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback dealt with several injuries that limited him to only 12 games, and he finished the year with only six touchdown passes and four interceptions. He watched third-string quarterback Mason Rudolph start the final three games of the season, including the final two regular-season games and Pittsburgh’s …

LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers is a potential top-10 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, and he sees himself as fit for a team that is sitting in that exact range. “It was a great interview,” Nabers said Friday at the NFL Scouting Combine about his potential fit with the New York Giants, who own the No. 6 pick in …

The North Carolina Tar Heels will welcome in a big recruiting target on campus this weekend. Football and basketball recruit Kendre Harrison is making a return trip to Chapel Hill this weekend, a few weeks after he was on campus for a game in late January. And now he’s returning for Saturday’s game between North Carolina and NC State, two …

A year after acquiring him via trade, the Dallas Cowboys have decided to retain Trey Lance for at least one more season, according to The Dallas Morning News, with plans to exercise the quarterback’s $4.25 million 2024 roster bonus, officially due this summer. The move dictates that Lance will count $5.3 million against this year’s salary cap, which is slightly …