Player Notes

Eugene Register-GuardOregon football’s latest roster addition has no high school recruiting profile or star rankings attached to his name.But he is an Olympian.And his speed is world class.Micah Williams, a record-setting redshirt junior sprinter for the Ducks' track and field program, is chasing a spot on the football team.Oregon sprinter Micah Williams joins the Duck roster as number 84 to field ...

While most programs – including Oklahoma State – are looking for a constant at quarterback, coach Mike Gundy alluded to another possibility.“We might play multiple quarterbacks,” Gundy said. “If there’s two guys that deserve to play, we’ll play both guys.”Perhaps Gundy in his Saturday afternoon press conference simply spat out an outcome that has little chance of happening, but the thought of employing ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — With Michigan zeroing in on its passing attack during the early days of training camp, the defense has reportedly benefitted, too.Especially the group up front.The Wolverines return several familiar faces along the defensive line this fall, a unit determined this offseason to improve its pass-rushing ability. And so far, players on the offense say, there has been a noticeable difference.“The ...

CORAL GABLES — Emory Williams spent his recruitment building relationships with former Miami offensive coordinator Josh Gattis and quarterbacks coach Frank Ponce, but by the time Williams arrived in Coral Gables for the spring semester, both assistant coaches departed.In their place was Shannon Dawson, the Hurricanes’ new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.Instead of regretting his decision, ...

BATON ROUGE — Monday's fight might as well be ancient history to LSU football coach Brian Kelly.Tuesday was a new day, another day to teach and learn. Yesterday's scuffle at preseason practices during an 11 vs. 11 scrimmage involving Harold Perkins, Kyren Lacy and others was already in Kelly's rearview mirror."That's so far behind me — yesterday — because they're 18 to 21-year-olds. And so this morning ...

Topeka Capital-JournalLAWRENCE — Cornerback is one of a number of positions within the Kansas football program that returns a significant amount of production from last season.Fans have come to know players like junior Cobee Bryant, junior Mello Dotson and redshirt senior Kalon Gervin. They all contributed in 2022 as the Jayhawks reached a bowl game for the first time in more than a decade. And fans ...

Topeka Capital-JournalLAWRENCE — If Kansas football is able to take a step forward defensively this season, what the Jayhawks have among their safeties figures to play a key role.There are veterans back, like senior Kenny Logan Jr., redshirt junior Marvin Grant and junior O.J. Burroughs. There are players who figure to at least foster more competition, like redshirt sophomore Jalen Dye, junior Akili ...

8/8/2023ATHENS – Efficiency is the name of the game when it comes to Kirby Smart’s Georgia football practices. There is no standing around at any point, unless it is one of the designated hydration periods, which are few and far between and timed.Smart brought the routine of “two-spotting” to UGA from Alabama. That simply means that any drill in which every participant can’t be accommodated, it is ...

A few weeks before the Pac-12′s collapse, Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham questioned the rivalry between BYU and Utah.The schools’ football teams didn’t play in 2022 and weren’t scheduled to play in 2023. The cadence of the in-state game had been altered and Whittingham saw the health of the matchup waning.“Not quite the same feel that it’s had,” Whittingham said, comparing it to the days when BYU ...

Boise State junior Ahmed Hassanein is the first Division I football player ever to come to Egypt. He will contribute at the Broncos’ edge position.Since he moved back to the United States from Egypt at the age of 16, Boise State defensive lineman Ahmed Hassanein has gotten used to a lot of aspects of American culture.But there are still some things he hasn’t fully grasped.“I don’t get sarcasm at all,” ...