Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte was arrested in January in Louisiana on a felony charge related to alleged illegal gambling, and the NFL has confirmed it is investigating. But until the Patriots hear otherwise for the league, they’re operating as if Boutte is eligible to participate in all offseason work. New England head coach Jerod Mayo said today that Boutte …

The Ravens won a Super Bowl with Qadry Ismail in their lineup and his son will now have a chance to make a positive impact on the team’s fortunes. Qadir Ismail tried out for the team at their rookie minicamp and the Ravens announced his signing on Monday. They did not announce any other roster moves. Ismail is now a …

Missouri State football coach Ryan Beard began pitching to recruits that the Bears will be in the FBS rather than the FCS come 2025. He’s already landed a handful of prospects ready to lead the football program into its new era. Here are those MSU has landed since announcing it will join Conference USA before the 2025 season. Khalil Anderson, …

For JuJu Smith-Schuster, the best thing about this year is it isn’t last year. The Patriots receiver estimates he was at 60 percent this time last year when the Patriots began their organized team activities. He was still rehabbing a knee procedure he underwent after the Chiefs won Super Bowl LVII. Now entering this second season with the Patriots, Smith-Schuster …

The Chiefs released defensive tackle Matt Dickerson last Monday. They re-signed him today. The team had an open roster spot after releasing running back La’Mical Perine on Friday. Dickerson, who entered the NFL with the Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2018, spent last season with the Chiefs. He played 12 games and totaled 15 tackles, while logging 190 …

Over the last two seasons, running back Travis Etienne has been one of the Jaguars’ most productive offensive players. He had 1,441 yards from scrimmage with five total touchdowns on 255 touches in 2022. Then in 2023, he had 1,484 yards with 12 total touchdowns on 325 touches. But Etienne’s yards per carry went down from 5.1 in 2022 to …

The Giants held their first day of 2024 Organized Team Activities (OTAs) on Monday, and starting quarterback Daniel Jones took another key step in his recovery from ACL surgery. According to Dan Salomone of Giants.com, Jones participated in seven-on-seven drills, completing passes to Malik Nabers and Wan’Dale Robinson. There is no contact permitted during this portion of the spring – …

When the NFL schedule was released last week, 31 teams learned that they will be playing games in prime time this season. The Panthers were the only team to be left out of the fun. They will have a standalone game when they face the Giants in Germany on a Sunday morning in the U.S. in Week 10, but they …

After 11 years in the making, it’s finally here. There will be a college football video game for the first time in 11 years with EA Sports College Football 2025 coming out worldwide this summer. The full, nearly two-minute official trailer for this year’s installment premiered Friday across numerous social media platforms. The last installment in the franchise was back …

Ward offers encouraging injury update after offseason surgery originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers kicked off organized team activities on Monday while receiving an encouraging update regarding one of their star players. Charvarius Ward, who underwent core muscle surgery in February, revealed that his rehab is progressing well during an interview with Kay Adams on the “Up …

Florida football landed one of the top offensive players in the spring transfer portal as four-star receiver Elijah Badger committed to the Florida Gators. Badger, who visited UF last week, had 65 catches for 713 yards and 3 TDs for Arizona State last season. Overall, the 6-foot-2, 190-pound Badger has posted 142 catches for 1,640 yards in three seasons at …

The NFL Draft is still fresh in our minds, and with that, I thought it was a good time to dig into Pro Football Reference and see just how well certain positions have performed as rookies in the fantasy era. The series started with the tight ends. Now, let’s go with the quarterbacks. The 2024 NFL Draft went down as …

Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze gave a brief update via social media Monday morning on the status of running back Brian Battie, who was injured in a shooting in his hometown of Sarasota, Florida, over the weekend. “Auburn family. Please continue to pray for Brian Battie,” Freeze wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “There was a set back last …

The Broncos will begin the season without Drew Sanders. The second-year linebacker tore his Achilles early in the offseason program, Mike Klis of 9News reports. The injury occurred before the draft in late April, according to Klis, and Sanders already has undergone surgery to repair it. The hope is Sanders can return sometime before the end of the season. Still, …

We are entering year three of Marcus Freeman’s tenure as Notre Dame football’s head coach and he has yet to reach the College Football Playoff. Over the course of the first two full seasons, the Irish have improved on their record each season. Last year a high-water mark for wins was established with 10, but once again missed out on …