Florida Gators tight end Arlis Boardingham (8) celebrates a fourth quarter touchdown against Vanderbilt at Steve Spurrier Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, October 7, 2023. [Doug Engle/Gainesville Sun] Florida Gators redshirt-sophomore tight end [autotag]Arlis Boardingham[/autotag] earned a spot on the John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List. The award recognizes college football’s most outstanding tight …

Thomas’ forearm injury leaves 49ers with roster decision to make originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Cornerback Ambry Thomas might have been in an uphill climb to hold onto a 49ers roster spot this summer. Now, he faces another obstacle in order to log a fourth season with San Francisco. Thomas sustained a fractured right forearm …

After saying Thursday that the defense had outshone the offense early in fall camp, coach Mario Cristobal said the offense had the better day in the team’s first scrimmage on Saturday. “Defense has been getting after them and knocking them around all week, and today the offense countered in a big-time way,” Cristobal said in an in-house interview posted on …

Why Shanahan surrendered 49ers play-calling duties for one night originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For one night, 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan decided to step aside and let an assistant call the offensive plays. Klay Kubiak, the 49ers’ offensive passing game specialist, was responsible for calling the plays into quarterbacks Brandon Allen and Josh Dobbs on …

EVANSVILLE — Another high school football season has arrived. Welcome to your headquarters for all matters concerning Southwestern Indiana football, a collection of Courier & Press coverage from the 2024 season. Here, you’ll find links to all stories all season from the Evansville area, including more than two dozen preseason previews and our content from each week. We’ll update this …

Why Shanahan ‘excited’ by 49ers rookie Mustapha’s hard-hitting debut originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The NFL preseason is an opportunity for young players to establish themselves, which is exactly what rookie safety Malik Mustapha did during the 49ers’ 17-13 preseason-opener loss to the Tennessee Titans on Saturday at Nissan Stadium. Mustapha, a fourth-round selection by San Francisco in …

With three weeks to go before the season opener, Jeff Monken said his Army football team is right where he expected them to be. The players donned the full pads just a few days ago and Saturday was an opportunity for a first organized scrimmage on a warm August afternoon under nearly perfect skies. The Black Knights utilized four quarterbacks …

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Marquise Brown went down on the first offensive play of their preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday night and was taken to the hospital with a shoulder injury. Brown sustained a sternoclavicular joint sprain in the Chiefs’ 26-13 loss at EverBank Stadium, coach Andy Reid confirmed after the game. Brown caught an 11-yard …

ARLINGTON, TX – SEPTEMBER 27: Johnny Manziel #2 of the Cleveland Browns reacts after receiving his Aggie Ring during half time of the Southwest Classic at AT&T Stadium on September 27, 2014 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) The Texas A&M football season is approaching soon, and fans are planning their game-day trips to Aggieland. Like most sporting …

Schrock’s Report Card: Grading Caleb Williams, Bears in dominant preseason win vs. Bills originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago ORCHARD PARK, New York – Last week, Caleb Williams said he was on track in his NFL development. “I’m right where I need to be and where they want me to be,” Williams said. That certainly looked to be the case …

Alabama football held its first scrimmage of the fall on Saturday. It was Alabama’s first time back at Bryant-Denny Stadium since A-Day in what coach Kalen DeBoer said was the team’s biggest scrimmage heading into the fall. “It’s good to be out there, scrimmage one in the stadium,” DeBoer said following the scrimmage. “Good to be in your surroundings and …

The 49ers’ preseason opener resulted in an injury to one of their defensive backs. Cornerback Ambry Thomas suffered a broken forearm on Saturday against the Titans. “It will be some time,” coach Kyle Shanahan said after the game. A third-round pick in 2021, Thomas appeared in 15 regular-season games with six starts in 2023. He also started two postseason games …

Georgia football coach Kirby Smart landed a helicopter at Douglass High in Atlanta when Jontae Gilbert was a sophomore, his coach remembered. Things heated up between Gilbert and the Bulldogs this year with Donte Williams and Travaris Robinson now coaching the defensive backs. “They built the relationship back with him,” said Douglass coach Stanley Pritchett, a nine-year NFL fullback who …

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown went down on the first offensive play of their preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday night and was taken to the hospital with a shoulder injury. Brown sustained a sternoclavicular joint sprain in the Chiefs’ 26-13 loss at EverBank Stadium, coach Andy Reid confirmed after the game. Brown caught an …

BATON ROUGE – Blake Baker doesn’t want any poodles. Poodles are show dogs. Poodles prance when they walk. Poodles are prim and proper. The new LSU football defensive coordinator, tasked with fixing a unit that statistically had one of its worst seasons in recent memory last season, has been looking for players on his defense who have personal accountability as …