The Illinois football team enters the 2024 season under fourth-year coach Bret Bielema. Will the Fighting Illini improve on their 5-7 record last season and return to another bowl game? Bielema is 18-19 in three seasons in Champaign, with one bowl appearance in 2022. The coach will oversee a team picked to finish near the bottom of the new-look Big …

New Steelers wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni is not wasting any time in demanding more from No. 1 receiver George Pickens. Azzanni and Pickens got into a heated exchange at training camp because Azzanni didn’t like what he saw from Pickens, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The report says Pickens “didn’t take kindly to Azzanni’s words” and that Pickens was …

Alabama football returns plenty of experience along its defensive line ahead of the 2024 season. The Crimson Tide returns seven interior defensive lineman from its 2023 squad while bringing in two prospects from its 2024 recruiting cycle. It lost four members from 2023 over the offseason: Justin Eboigbe (NFL Draft), Isaiah Hastings (transfer to Syracuse), Anquin Barnes (transfer to Colorado) …

The formative period of Florida A&M football’s preseason training camp has been vital. The first two practices of 25 have given the Rattlers a direction of who and where they are as a team. FAMU has practiced in helmets and shorts thus far. However, the Rattlers will wear helmets and shoulder pads for Saturday’s third training camp practice. “Day two, …

CLEMSON — Clemson football added its first linebacker in the 2025 class with the commitment of four-star recruit Logan Anderson on Friday. The 6-foot-2, 218-pounder from Fyffe High School in Alabama is rated as the No. 19 player in the state and the No. 40 linebacker nationally by the 247Sports Composite. Anderson is the 15th player to commit to coach Dabo Swinney’s 2025 …

Five-star defensive linemen Justus Terry and Elijah Griffin are both projected to commit to the Georgia Bulldogs. The two elite defensive line recruits are visiting the University of Georgia over the last weekend in July. “I think those are two five-stars that it is hard for us to not see them in Georgia’s class,” said recruiting expert Steve Wiltfong of …

P.J. Fleck is an OK gameday coach, a good program builder and a great motivator. That makes him decidedly above-average at his job as the Gophers football coach, and Fleck deserves credit for Minnesota’s accomplishments during what is now the third-longest tenure in the Big Ten. This is also a transformational time in college football — and particularly the Big …

Recent USC Trojans commit Shamar Arnoux announced an offer from head coach Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes late Thursday evening. A four-star cornerback in the 2025 recruiting class (247Sports composite), Arnoux visited Southern Cal in mid-June before giving his pledge to head coach Lincoln Riley later that same month. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound prospect became the Trojans’ second true cornerback …

2023 Stats (Rank) Points per game: 28.9 (3rd) Total yards per game: 398.4 (2nd) Plays per game: 60.2 (27th) Pass Attempts + Sacks per game: 30.9 (32nd) Drop back EPA per play: 0.3 (1st) Rush attempts per game: 29.4 (7th) Rush EPA per play: 0.03 (1st) Coaching Staff Kyle Shanahan enters his eighth season as the 49ers’ head coach, boasting …

Clemson added to an already impressive 2025 recruiting class Friday with the commitment of four-star linebacker Logan Anderson (Fyffe High School, Ala.). Listed as 6-foot-2, 225 pounds, Anderson made the announcement in a social media post to X. He chose Clemson over offers from Georgia, Auburn, Arkansas and others. “It’s a family program. It is a dedicated team and they …

The Bengals are making an addition to their secondary on Friday. According to multiple reports, the team is signing cornerback Nate Brooks to their 90-man roster. There’s no word about any additional roster moves in Cincinnati. Brooks spent time in 49ers camp last summer and he’s also had stints with the Titans, Raiders, Cardinals, Buccaneers, Ravens, Dolphins, and Patriots. He’s …

The East Forsyth varsity football team geared up for the 2024-25 season with a Mini Camp on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday. Eagle head coach Todd Willert was pleased with the turnout for the camp and sees some big potential for the team, even in the early preseason. “We probably had over 115 kids. We will be bigger than last …

The Jets held their third training camp practice on Friday. Here are a few takeaways from the afternoon… – It was another very good day for Aaron Rodgers. Again: The ball just never hits the ground. He was 10 of 12 passing throughout practice with two touchdowns. He was 6 of 8 with both scores in 11-on-11 periods (including 4 …

Mississippi Rebels running back Quinshon Judkins (4) and Auburn Tigers running back Jarquez Hunter (27) shake hands after the game as Auburn Tigers take on Mississippi Rebels at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala., on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. Mississippi Rebels defeated Auburn Tigers 28-21. ESPN’s Bill Connelly revealed that Hunter is his favorite Auburn player in his SEC preview When …

Deebo focused on day-to-day amid 49ers’ Super Bowl expectations originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area It’s no secret what the 49ers’ goal is for the 2024 NFL season. After coming close to a Lombardi Trophy in four of the last five years, San Francisco is looking to get over the Super Bowl hump finally. Despite the unanimous expectations — …