Player Notes

Mar 15, 2024 Braelon Allen’s sweat covered his shirt and dripped off his beard as he approached a group of reporters Friday.The former University of Wisconsin football running back and NFL Draft hopeful (rated No. 107 overall and No. 5 running back by NFLDraftScout.com)  was a bit out of breath after he went through on-field drills led by NFL personnel during the Badgers' pro day at the McClain Center. ...

By Andy Yamashita Seattle Times staff reporter Jedd Fisch has lofty recruiting goals at Washington. He didn’t waste any time laying out his expectations to “do everything we can to have the best recruiting class Washington has ever had for the class of 2025” during his national signing day news conference on Feb. 7.Washington’s best class since 1999 was the 2019 class, which was rated 15th in the ...

Things certainly look fresh for the 2024 college football season, especially on the Texas campus.There’s a new conference for the Longhorns, if you haven’t heard. And there’s a new postseason structure with 12 teams qualifying for the College Football Playoff, which can only help Texas’ CFP hopes as it readies for its first SEC campaign.And there are plenty of new faces on the Texas football team, ...

The FBS conferences and Notre Dame agreed on Friday to continue the College Football Playoff beyond the 2025 season, signing a memorandum of understanding that paves the way for key details to be finalized in the coming days and weeks.The memorandum, first reported by ESPN, doesn’t include a format for qualification or a specific number of participants, although a 14-team event has strong support.But ...

San Diego State seemingly auditions a new starting quarterback on an annual basis.In the past 12 years, the Aztecs have opened the season with 10 different starting quarterbacks, Christian Chapman (2016-18) being the only returning starter.The 2024 season will again feature a new starter following the departure of Jalen Mayden.Spring practice began this week with four quarterbacks — redshirt sophomores ...

Most of those at Penn State’s Pro Day Friday were relatively quiet throughout the afternoon’s workouts, but there was one notable moment that drew an excited reaction from the crowd of NFL front office members, coaches and players’ families.Penn State quarterback Drew Allar threw a dart to tight end Theo Johnson on a corner route that came with several “oohs” and “aahs” from those looking on.That throw ...

CORVALLIS – Oregon State hit the break of spring practices Saturday, not exactly the midpoint but a good place to assess progress.With finals week and spring break up next, the Beavers ended their sixth of 15 spring practices with a 75-minute scrimmage. It was defense-dominated, with the offense having a few good moments but as the coaches like to say, a lot to clean up.Oregon State coach Trent Bray ...

Published Mar. 16, 2024, 6:26 p.m.By James CrepeaEUGENE — Dillon Gabriel will have much of the same autonomy as Bo Nix did in running Oregon’s offense.The 5-foot-11, 204-pound Gabriel completed 69.3% of his passes for 3,660 yards with 30 touchdowns and six interceptions and ran for 373 yards and 12 scores last season at Oklahoma. The top quarterback available via the transfer portal this winter, Gabriel ...

With that, spring camp’s a wrap.Missouri football held its Black & Gold spring game Saturday in front of a healthy crowd in the Memorial Stadium east stand.The Tigers honored their Cotton Bowl-winning NFL Draft hopefuls on the field, where the Black team, led by running backs coach Curtis Luper, claimed a 10-9 win over linebackers coach D.J. Smith’s Gold team.And Missouri offered fans their first glimpse ...

Former Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh made a bold statement about J.J. McCarthy on the Rich Eisen Show in early-February, saying, “Mark my words, don’t be surprised when he’s maybe the No.1 quarterback off the board.”The comment from Harbaugh, now with the Los Angeles Chargers, seemed outlandish at the time as McCarthy was widely being projected outside the top 10 and behind the top-tier group of ...