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Published 7:54 am Friday, August 11, 2023On Thursday, Aug. 10, Troy University Athletics announced that safety Reggie Bracy has been suspended due to gambling allegations that have arisen from his time at the University of Iowa.Earlier in the day, Bracy was one of three former Iowa players that were charged with tampering with records, a misdemeanor, as part of the state’s illegal sports wagering investigation.According ...

Published 12:51 pm Friday, August 11, 2023The tight end is a position group that oftentimes gets overlooked in modern college football but Troy University currently has one of the school’s best collection of tight ends in recent memory.Troy’s tight end room is currently filled with two veterans, a couple of transfers and a few young faces, as well.“I like the direction of the guys in that room and ...

There are few players who you could say would make or break a recruiting class. Duncanville five-star edge rusher Colin Simmons is that for the Texas Longhorns. By simply earning his commitment, the Longhorns’ 2024 recruiting class is a success.The Simmons decision is huge for a number of reasons. Perhaps the biggest is that he brings elite play to a position that has lacked on the Forty Acres in recent ...

Texas is home to two of the top college football players in 2023.Perhaps players like left tackle Kelvin Banks, quarterback Quinn Ewers, and linebacker Jaylan Ford should be included on PFF’s top 50 college football players right now, but tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders and wide receiver Xavier Worthy were the only two listed.Sanders was the highest rated Texas player on the list, landing at No. 36.Outside ...

Updated: Aug. 11, 2023, 11:51 a.m.|Published Aug. 11, 2023, 11:50 a.m.By Creg StephensonSouth Alabama returns two all-conference quality receivers in 2023 in Caullin Lacy and Devin Voisin, who combined for 129 receptions, 1,687 yards and nine touchdowns last season.However, a little-known walk-on is poised to steal their thunder a bit this fall. Diminutive sophomore Jamaal Pritchett — a Jackson native ...

PISCATAWAY – In their neighborhood, in pickup games, and even earlier playing “kill the carrier,” Charles and Thomas Amankwaa loved playing footballOlder brother Charles eventually joined the Hillsborough Dukes“I was in sixth grade, my first year playing,” Charles said last week, sitting at a table inside the upper deck dining area at SHI Stadium. “Thomas was like a crybaby and wanted to play, so my ...

An ongoing investigation into unlawful sports wagering activities from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation found its way to the Oklahoma State football program on Thursday afternoon.Arland Bruce IV, an incoming transfer wide receiver, was a part of a group of Iowa football players – former Hawkeye, in Bruce’s case – formally charged with tampering with records, the DCI said in a release.“These ...

Columbus DispatchC.J. Stroud struggled in his first taste of NFL action Thursday night.After being selected as the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft in April, the former Ohio State quarterback took the field as the Houston Texans' starting quarterback in the team's preseason opener against the New England Patriots.Leading the Texans through their first two drives, Stroud completed two passes ...

Updated: Aug. 11, 2023, 8:59 a.m.|Published Aug. 10, 2023, 9:54 p.m.By Nathan Baird, cleveland.comCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Jordan Hancock spent Ohio State football’s 2022 season in a physical and emotional purgatory.Months of building promise stopped cold one week into preseason camp when the cornerback injured a hamstring while covering a route in practice. When he finally returned at midseason, he couldn’t ...

ATHENS, Ohio—The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the names of forty-five “players to watch” for its 2023 Player of the Year award, the nation’s fourth-oldest individual college football accolade.Graduate student quarterback Kurtis Rourke (Oakville, Ontario, Canada) is representing the Bobcats. During the 2022 season, he went 244-for-353 on 3,256 passing yards, throwing 25 total touchdowns ...