Since the day Mike Elko stepped back on campus at Texas A&M as the head coach of the Aggies, the recruiting presence has been strong. That was amplified on Friday night as elite four-star tight end Kiotti Armstrong committed to Texas A&M. He chose the Aggies over the Texas Longhorns. The 6-foot-5, 246-pounder out of Jasper, Texas, is now the …

Jun. 14—In episode six of Reider’s Block, Journal staff writer Sean Reider sits down with New Mexico head coach Bronco Mendenhall to discuss his first six months on the job, recent transfer additions, the Lobos’ upcoming schedule and more. Watch Listen Read UNM football wraps up spring practice. Here’s what we learned. UNM football: Get to know the 13 transfers …

In most places college football fans look, the Iowa Hawkeyes find themselves just inside the top 25 or as one of the first teams out. In its recent post-spring top 25 rankings, ESPN ranked Iowa as the nation’s No. 23 team heading into the 2024 college football season. While Iowa is thought of by most as either a top 25 …

Between rule changes that have benefitted the other side of the ball and the emergence of spread offenses that force players to cover and tackle in space, playing in a college football secondary has become much more difficult over the past 10-15 years. For a while, this resulted in higher scores across the country as offenses pressed their advantage to …

Jamarion Morrow has selected Missouri football. The 5-foot-9, 180-pound Germantown athlete announced his decision on X, formerly known as Twitter, to commit to coach Eli Drinkwitz and the Missouri Tigers’ 2025 class. Morrow is the No. 2 recruit in the Memphis area, ranks No. 5 in the state and No. 253 in the country. He is listed as a four-star …

Which college football team was the most influential ever in the prestigious sport? That is a question ESPN’s Bill Connelly attempted to answer in his recent ranking of the top 30 most influential teams in the history of the amateur gridiron. Unsurprisingly, the Florida Gators made the list. Maybe somewhat surprising is that the program landed a top-10 team in …

Colorado target Shedrick Sarratt Jr. committed to his home state South Carolina Gamecocks on Friday evening only days after visiting Boulder. Leading up to his commitment, the class of 2025 four-star offensive lineman was also considering the CU Buffs, North Carolina State Wolfpack, Florida State Seminoles, Tennessee Volunteers and Florida Gators. Colorado may have been a geographical outlier among Sarratt’s …

Jay’len Mosley has cut his list down to six. Mosley, a 6-foot-1, 190-pound rising senior wide receiver at Jackson Christian, posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, showing the six colleges he’s choosing from. Mosley, the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football winner and All-West Tennessee Offensive Player of the Year in 2023, will select from Alabama, Louisville, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, …

One of the biggest recruiting storylines on the gridiron and hardwood in the Gainesville area took a new turn Friday afternoon. CJ Ingram, the rising senior from Hawthorne, received an offer from Todd Golden and Florida basketball Friday. Ingram, of course, is the son of Gators legend Cornelius Ingram. “CI” played at UF from 2004-08. He starred for the football …

For some time now, the Colorado Buffaloes’ decision to host Football Championship Subdivision powerhouse North Dakota State in their season opener has been widely criticized. The most recent to offer worry about the game is Athlon Sports writer Scout Springgate, who included the Week 1 matchup on a list of five early season games with upset potential. Here’s what Springgate …

There were moments where the back-to-back Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs were on the brink of postseason elimination in each of the last two seasons during their road through the AFC.  The 2022 AFC divisional round vs. the Jacksonville Jaguars, the 2022 AFC Championship vs. the Cincinnati Bengals, the 2023 AFC divisional round at the Buffalo Bills and the …

The NFL quarterback market has skyrocketed in recent seasons. Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence signed a $275 million deal which became the second-largest contract in NFL history by total value — trailing only Patrick Mahomes’ $450 million deal signed in 2020. (Mahomes has re-negotiated since then.) Three of the ten largest deals in league history have come in 2024, with …

Wisconsin received a commitment from top-ranked class of 2025 wide receiver Eugene Hilton Jr. on Friday. Hilton chooses the Badgers over other finalists Georgia, Ole Miss, Miami, Missouri, Kansas and Purdue. He is commitment No. 19 for the Badgers in the class of 2025 and the fifth blue-chip player. Related: Wisconsin class of 2025 vaults up national rankings after addition …

When teams select quarterbacks high in the draft, they are looking for a new face of the franchise who can make an immediate impact on the field. A talented leader who will come in, get the most out of his weapons and lead his club to victory. We have seen this numerous times, whether it was Ben Roethlisberger in 2004 or C.J. …

Established veterans returning to their previous star form — it doesn’t happen often in the NFL, but when it does, it’s a huge boost for any team. Which players who labored through tough, relatively unproductive seasons last year are aligned to rebound in 2024?  Before I begin, I did not include players who simply were injured for all or most …