Player Notes

When Reggie Brown walks across the field at Bridgeforth Stadium, there’s a sense of confidence that’s oozing from his wide smile.It’s there practically every time he steps on the field with James Madison.And when it disappears, that usually means Brown’s helmet is strapped up and he’s ready to go up against anyone.The senior wide receiver isn’t scared. He feels like he can beat anyone.Brown grew up ...

Aug. 10, 2023 11:20 PMFriday is a high holy day here.Iowa Hawkeyes football players and coaches are available in mass quantity to talk to media creatures about, well, football. Every major-college football team has a media day. How else would you know another season was nigh?At these annual events, we seek interesting comments to flesh out our story angles or fill our airtime. Then we process and scrutinize ...

Aug. 11, 2023 6:00 amIOWA CITY — It’s that time of year again for Iowa football.Its preseason local media day is Friday afternoon, and its Kids’ Day open practice is Saturday. (Gates open at 11 a.m., and the practice begins at noon.) Like last year, the open practice is three weeks ahead of Iowa’s first game of the season.But unlike some other years, the Hawkeyes have some metaphorical clouds hanging ...

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football linebacker Aaron Casey was named to the Butkus Award preseason watch list on Thursday.The award is given annually to the college football's top linebacker.Casey, who earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors last season, had a career-high 86 tackles with 10.5 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles. According to Pro Football Focus, he was the team's highest-rated overall ...

Coaches and players were available Thursday ahead of Illinois' seventh training camp practice. Here's what they had to say, courtesy beat writer Scott Richey:Veteran handJohn Paddock played in 17 games in five seasons at Ball State, starting all 12 last year after spending his first four years in Muncie, Ind., as a backup with the Cardinals. It's a type of experience the rest of the Illinois quarterback ...

When UH head football coach Dana Holgorsen was asked what position has stood out so far in training camp, he did not hesitate to heap praise on the defensive line.“‘Sack Ave’ is not dead,” Holgorsen said. “We’ve got some guys that look pretty good rushing the passer.”Despite losing key pieces such as founding members D’Anthony Jones and Derek Parish to the NFL, the aptly-named defensive line room has ...

Hawaii cornerback Cam Stone was among 35 defensive backs named Thursday to the Jim Thorpe Award Preseason Watch List.Stone, a senior from Angleton, Texas, earned honorable mention All-Mountain West honors last season for Wyoming when he posted 10 pass breakups and two interceptions. Last month, Stone was named to the preseason All-Mountain West first team as selected by the league’s media.The award ...

Dontae Smith has somewhat quietly put together a solid career as a Georgia Tech running back. Now the senior has an opportunity to cement his legacy with a breakout season in 2023.Smith goes into the campaign penciled in as the team’s No. 1 option out of the backfield. He needs 841 yards to reach 2,000 for his career, a total which would move him into the top 20 on Tech’s all-time rushing list.“No ...

4-5 minutes 8/10/2023While an offer from a Pac-12 program these days might not have the same value perceived to have had in past years, there’s also nothing like getting an offer from the local school.And so, Buchanan High senior linebacker Logan Studt declined a chance to play college football with at least three Pac-12 programs to instead choose the hometown team.Studt announced Thursday evening ...

Eastern Michigan University Athletics5-6 minutes 8/11/2023NEW HAVEN, Conn. (EMUEagles.com) — The Walter Camp Football Foundation today, Aug. 11, named Eastern Michigan University senior running back Samson Evans (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge/Iowa) as one of 45 players on the Preseason Watch List for the 2023 Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, the nation's fourth-oldest individual college football ...