College football recruiting has vastly changed over the years, but one of the constants that’s remained is the weight of expectations on five-star recruits. The higher a recruit is ranked, the higher the expectations are that they’ll immediately become a difference-maker for their team — and perhaps leave conference championships and College Football Playoff appearances in their wake.  In the …

Greenlaw shares encouraging update about his Achilles injury recovery originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Dre Greenlaw’s 2023 NFL season came to an abrupt end after suffering a torn Achilles tendon in the 49ers’ Super Bowl LVIII loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, but the star linebacker is on the road to recovery. While speaking to NBC Sports Bay …

The march to the return of the fan-favorite video game franchise continued this week with a look at the first official gameplay trailer for EA Sports College Football 25. Penn State was featured in multiple shots within the trailer released by EA Sports. The long-awaited return of EA Sports’ college football video game franchise will be official later this summer …

In the second year of the removal of the traditional CBS and Fox network assignments, with AFC games going to CBS and NFC games going to Fox, 49 games that would have landed at one network have been shifted to the other. In the playoffs, the NFL says the old rules remain in effect. With one exception. Per the league, …

Getty Images Auburn running back Brian Battie was injured during a fatal shooting Saturday morning in his hometown of Sarasota, Florida, 247Sports confirms. Battie’s brother, 24-year-old Tommie Battie, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. The incident, which took place around 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning, sent four others to the hospital, including the Tigers running back.  “We are …

See first-round pick Pearsall in 49ers uniform for first time originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The moment the 49ers Faithful have been waiting for is here. San Francisco offered fans a glimpse of first-round draft pick Ricky Pearsall in the Red and Gold on Saturday, and the No. 14 49ers uniform certainly suits him well. The photos come …

Off a season where he was among the best running backs in college football, Rutgers‘ Kyle Monangai believes that there is more to be done this upcoming season. And, that last year’s season isn’t the ceiling for his time with the Rutgers football program. In 2023, Monangai had a breakout season where led the Big Ten in rushing with1,262 rushing …

The Bills will once again have training camp at their longtime summer home of St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York. Bills Chief Operating Officer Pete Guelli announced today that the team will return to St. John Fisher, which is about 80 miles east of the Bills’ facility in Orchard Park. The decision had been widely expected but not …

May 18—*** The Big Ten football season will be here before you know it. Illinois is one of the two Big Ten teams opening Aug. 29 (Minnesota is the other). The rest of the league opens that weekend. Between now and May 29, I am continuing to count down the 2024 Big Ten race. Feel free to disagree. New coach …

Christian McCaffrey is expected to be the top pick at running back — and the No. 1 overall pick, in general — for fantasy purposes. No surprise there, especially if he (hopefully) stays healthy throughout training camp. So, who goes No. 2? This embedded content is not available in your region. How about Breece Hall (whom Dalton Del Don took …

Texas appears to be in good standing with five-star wide receiver Dakorien Moore following his recent decommitment from LSU. The nation’s No. 1 wide receiver announced via social media that his recruitment is not open. Moore is currently only focused on three schools: Texas, Ohio State and Oregon. Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian and his staff will host Moore for …

May 18, 2024, 09:29 PM ET NEW YORK — Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov has won the Selke Trophy as the NHL’s best defensive forward, the league announced Saturday night. Barkov is a two-time Selke winner after also finishing first in voting for the award in 2021. He was a big part of the Panthers allowing the fewest goals this …

Marvin Harrison Jr. took an unorthodox approach to the pre-draft process, skipping workouts at the scouting combine and Ohio State Pro Day to “prepare for the NFL season” instead. Even after the draft, the No. 4 overall pick is paving his own path off the field as well. Harrison still has yet to sign a preliminary licensing agreement with the …

AUBURN — Auburn football added a commitment from three-star cornerback Dante Core. Core, listed by 247Sports at 5-foot-11.5, 165 pounds, announced his pledge to the Tigers via social media Saturday. He’s the 11th commitment in Auburn’s Class of 2025, joining defensive linemen Malik Autry and Jourdin Crawford, edge defender Jakaleb Faulk, linebacker Tyler Lockhart and cornerback Devin Williams on the …

Patrick Mahomes may have won another Super Bowl for the Chiefs last season, but that’s just another example of fantasy not always equating to reality. No, Mahomes is not the No. 1-ranked fantasy QB of 2024, even though he was the last QB standing in reality a season ago. This embedded content is not available in your region. That No. …