Daily Archives: July 27, 2024

Nebraska Football Countdown to Kickoff: No. 36 DB Blake Closman

The countdown to the start of Nebraska’s 2024 season is down to 36 days and in the player spotlight is Cornhuskers defensive back Blake Closman. The 5-foot-9, 195-pound cornerback is originally out of Elkhorn, Nebraska and was a standout safety and wide receiver. He eventually chose to walk on with the Huskers. After not appearing in any games during his …

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Seahawks sign S Marquise Blair

Seattle has brought back a familiar face. The Seahawks announced on Friday that the club has signed safety Marquise Blair. Blair was a Seattle second-round pick back in 2019, but his tenure with the club was marred by injury. He played 14 games as a rookie but just eight games over the next two seasons before he was waived in …

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Bengals sign UFL offensive player of the year Hakeem Butler

The UFL’s leading receiver will get another chance at an NFL job in Cincinnati. Hakeem Butler led the spring league with 652 yards while playing for St. Louis this year and the Bengals announced his signing on Friday afternoon. Butler was named the league’s offensive player of the year in recognition of his effort and he was also an All-XFL …

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Florida State’s Odell Haggins embraces physicality, but here’s what he wants for D-line

Florida State football ended its first week of preseason practice in shoulder pads Friday. However, for Odell Haggins, the Seminoles’ associate head coach and defensive tackles coach, contact and physicality are the last things on his mind for his interior group. Haggins’ main focus this week was to have his defensive linemen playing fundamentally sound football while matching its physicality. “We’re …

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Report: Free agent CB Jerry Jacobs plans to sign with Rams

Free agent cornerback Jerry Jacobs plans to sign with the Rams, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports. Jacobs had visited several teams this offseason, including the Falcons, Jaguars, Panthers and Vikings. The Rams lost cornerback Derion Kendrick to a torn anterior cruciate ligament Thursday, and Darious Williams injured a hamstring. Jacobs signed with the Lions after going undrafted in 2021 and …

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NFLPA wants to restrict media access to locker room

New NFL Players Association executive director Lloyd Howell hasn’t picked many fights with the NFL. He’s sort of picking one with the media. As explained by Mark Maske of the Washington Post, Howell wants to restrict media access to the locker room. “What I was hoping to achieve on behalf of the membership is . . . to accurately articulate …

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Metamora senior linebacker commits to play football at Western Illinois

Metamora’s Cameron Nickel (26) and teammate Eden Cote share a moment after a tackle against Decatur MacArthur in the first half of their Class 5A first-round state football playoff game Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023 in Metamora. PEORIA — Metamora linebacker Cam Nickel has a final prep season ahead of him, but he also knows where he’ll play college football in …

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Marshon Lattimore leaves practice with a hip flexor injury

Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore left practice with an injury Thursday. Coach Dennis Allen said after practice that Lattimore injured his hip flexor, an injury Lattimore has dealt with previously, per John Sigler of USA Today. Lattimore also injured his hip flexor at the 2017 Scouting Combine. Allen offered no details about the severity of Lattimore’s injury. Lattimore has missed a …

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NCAA, college leaders file landmark agreement in antitrust cases; here’s what was settled and what’s next

For decades, the NCAA and college sports leaders went to great lengths to both avoid court and congressional intervention. Now, in the wake of a landmark settlement agreement, the courts hold significant oversight over the industry’s new model and only Congress can prevent what some college leaders see as an inevitable end — athlete employment. The NCAA and power conferences …

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