Browns receiver Amari Cooper held out of the mandatory minicamp while seeking a contract extension. He is entering the final year of a five-year, $100 million deal originally signed with the Cowboys and is due to make $20 million in base salary in 2024. Nineteen receivers make more than $20 million a season. It is expected the Browns will sign …

Although Ohio State football is in the midst of another one of its big-time recruiting runs, you can’t win them all. Florida 2026 quarterback, Dia Bell, was highly considering becoming a Buckeye, but that doesn’t look like it will be the case because he committed to Texas on Monday afternoon. Ohio State has now missed out on its top two …

The Wolverines held their penultimate big recruiting weekend of the late-spring, and one prospect appears to have left Ann Arbor feeling a little blue — and maize. 2026 Cocoa (Fla.) four-star quarterback Brady Hart has drawn a lot of comparisons to former Michigan football QB J.J. McCarthy, with his 6-foot-4, 180-pound frame and his name being two parts of two …

The Chargers have signed second-round receiver Ladd McConkey to his four-year rookie deal. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that McConkey will receive the most guaranteed money in NFL history for the 34th overall pick. The Chargers now have signed their entire nine-player 2024 draft class. McConkey was the final second-round NFL pick to sign his rookie deal. Only seven …

Jun. 17—GRAND FORKS — The UND football program’s first prospect camp of the summer has produced five more verbal commitments to the 2025 recruiting class. UND added three defensive players, as well as two wide receivers. Defensive end Ethan Cole of Chatfield (Minn.), inside linebacker Frank McAninch of Mankato West and cornerback Grant Tylutki of ROCORI (Minn.) were the defensive …

Getty Images The Los Angeles Chargers were impressed with Ladd McConkey throughout minicamp. They decided to pay him for his efforts.  Per NFL Network, the Chargers and McConkey reached an agreement on a four-year contract that gives McConkey the most guaranteed money in NFL history for the 34th overall pick (where McConkey was drafted). McConkey ended up getting more guaranteed …

The Dolphins have arguably the deepest running backs room in the league with Raheem Mostert, De’Von Achane, Chris Brooks, Jeff Wilson and fourth-round rookie Jaylen Wright. It creates a good problem: How to keep the backs behind Mostert involved? Achane, one of the fastest players on the Dolphins, which makes him one of the fastest players in the NFL, spent …

Penn State is making a splash in the secondary, as Rivals250 class of 2025 cornerback Jahmir Joseph pledged to the Nittany Lions on Monday. The four-star prospect out of Saint Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, New Jersey was in Happy Valley for his official visit with Penn State this past weekend and saw enough on the trip to commit …

UConn football will no longer face Ohio State in 2025, the Buckeyes announced Monday. The game, which was scheduled in 2020, was set to take place on Oct. 18 in Columbus. It was canceled by mutual agreement, according a statement from Ohio State. UConn will receive a $650,000 buyout for the cancellation, according to the Columbus Dispatch’s Bill Rabinowitz. If …