Michigan football added reinforcements to its secondary on Saturday. The Wolverines landed a commitment from UNLV defensive back transfer Ricky Johnson, his agents told ESPN’s Pete Thamel. REQUIRED READING: Michigan football depth chart: What the two-deep looks like heading into summer Johnson, entering his fifth season of college football, recorded 78 total tackles with four interceptions in four seasons with …

Purdy details NFL wake-up call in 49ers’ NFC title game vs. Lions originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area With the 49ers’ 2023 NFL season on the line in the NFC Championship Game against the Detroit Lions, Brock Purdy came to an important realization. San Francisco was just one win away from a trip to Super Bowl LVIII, but the …

Four-star cornerback recruit Blake Woodby has decommitted from Ohio State. Woodby, a member of the class of 2025, received a scholarship offer from the University of Georgia in 2022. Woodby plays football for St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, Maryland. St. Frances is one of the best high school football programs in the nation. Former Georgia linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson played at …

The Falcons have signed one more of their 2024 draft picks. Atlanta announced on Friday that third-round outside linebacker Bralen Trice has signed his four-year rookie deal. Trice, 23, was the No. 74 overall pick out of Washington. He was a two-time, first-team All-Pac 12 honoree. He also was the defensive MVP of the 2022 Alamo Bowl. In 15 starts …

Former Florida head coach Steve Spurrier is not a fan of the modern recruiting structure, but it’s not for the reason you might think. Spurrier knows that adapting is the only way to survive in the game, so he’s not outright rejecting the name, image and likeness game. Instead, he sees NIL as a new tool that needs to be …

When Kirk Cousins first spoke to reporters after signing with the Falcons, he admitted (unwittingly) that the team committed multiple violations of the league’s tampering policy. This week, for his second time against the logos-and-sponsors background, Cousins was asked about the status of the investigation. “The league’s still kind of going through that,” Cousins said. “So, I’ll let them do …

Former Wisconsin cornerback A.J. Tisdell announced his transfer commitment to Incarnate Word on Friday. Tisdell entered the transfer portal on April 26 after spending only the 2023 season with the Badgers. Related: Big Ten football 2024 season win-loss record predictions for each team after spring practice The former three-star recruit was 247Sports’ No. 796 player in the class of 2023, No. …

Arizona Cardinals linebacker B.J. Ojulari put together a pretty solid rookie season. He worked mostly as a rotational pass rusher off the edge, totaling 4 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, and 6 QB hits while playing 37% of the team’s defensive snaps. His 13.4% pressure rate, per Tru Media, ranked just outside the top 50 among the 272 players who …

Alabama football landed a commitment Saturday in four-star class of 2026 safety Jamarrion Gordon, per On3. The 5-foot-11, 185-pound Jackson, Alabama, native is tabbed as the No. 17 safety in the 2026 class and the No. 10 prospect in Alabama per 247Sports Composite. He chose the Crimson Tide over a total of 20 offers, including offers from Auburn, Georgia and …

Getty Images It’s fitting the Baltimore Ravens, who famously coined the phrase “Festivus Maximus” at the start of the 2000 Super Bowl, issued an airing of grievances shortly after their 2024 NFL schedule was released.  If you didn’t know better, you would have thought that Frank Costanza himself wrote the Ravens’ official announcement of their upcoming schedule. But this isn’t …

Promptly (and not coincidentally) after the Rams didn’t use a first-round draft pick on a quarterback, Matthew Stafford’s camp made it known he wants a new contract. To date, he has yet to get one. His only leverage that doesn’t entail a potential fine consists of staying away from OTAs. For the Rams, they start Monday. So it’s fair to …

After retiring, unretiring and then retiring again, quarterback Tom Brady has officially hung up the cleats, but he is far from done in the football world. The seven-time Super Bowl champion’s retirement ventures have kept him heavily involved in the league. This season, Brady is moving to the Fox broadcast booth where he will serve as a color commentator. He is …

The Alabama Crimson Tide added a commitment from 2026 athlete Jamarrion Gordon. Gordon announced his commitment to the Crimson Tide on Saturday. Gordon is the first prospect to commit to Alabama as a part of the ’26 recruiting class. The native of Jackson, Alabama is ranked as the No. 186 prospect in the country according to 247Sports’ Composite rankings. He is …

A Kansas City Chiefs star again made headlines this week — just not for anything football related — as three-time Super Bowl champion Harrison Butker created significant controversy drawing responses from the NFL and GLAAD after a recent commencement speech at Benedictine College in Kansas went viral. The 20-minute speech, addressed to graduating students, took a firm stance against “poor …

May 18, 2024, 10:50 AM ET Mike Sullivan was selected U.S. coach for the 2026 Milan Olympics on Saturday, an expected move that puts the two-time Stanley Cup champion in charge of the country’s bid for its first gold medal since the “Miracle On Ice” in 1980. USA Hockey also announced the Pittsburgh Penguins coach will be behind the bench …