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USC Football: Trojans WR Target Commits to Deion Sanders and Colorado ·
The Trojans lose a WR target to Colorado and Coach Prime.USC has lost one of their potential recruits to their former conference rival, the Colorado Buffaloes.Four-star athlete recruit Drelon Miller is joining Deion Sanders and the Buffaloes.Miller, who decommited from Texas A&M in mid-October, took an official visit to USC in mid-June.After the 2024 recruit decommited, the Trojans went after the athlete ...
UCLA football deals with dichotomy between shrinking squad, Pac-12 honors ·
Dec. 6, 2023 1:09 p.m.This post was updated Dec. 6 at 9:44 p.m.The last month has been full of losses for UCLA football.On the field, the Bruins lost three of their last four games to end the regular season. The skid culminated with the largest defeat of them all – a 33-7 drubbing at the Rose Bowl against California in the final Pac-12 regular-season game ever.And in the week and a half following the ...
Hurricanes center and UCF alum Matt Lee declares for NFL draft after one year at Miami ·
12/9/2023Matt Lee spent only one year in Coral Gables, but it was a successful one.The veteran center, who transferred from UCF before the 2023 season to the Miami Hurricanes, announced Saturday that he is entering the NFL draft.“Thank you University of Miami and UCF for an awesome five years,” Lee wrote on social media. “I am declaring for the 2024 NFL draft.”Lee arrived at UM after four seasons with ...
Texas Tech lands Arizona State transfer tight end Jalin Conyers ·
12/10/2023Texas Tech earned its fifth transfer portal addition of the offseason on Sunday bringing in Arizona State tight end Jalin Conyers.Conyers spent his redshirt freshman season with Oklahoma back in 2020 then transferred to Tempe where he gathered 74 receptions, 846 receiving yards and six touchdowns in three seasons.A large tight end that has shown an uncanny knack to find soft spots, Conyers ...
Bailiff Continues To Leave Long-Lasting Legacy, Stretching Over 46 Years ·
Sunday, December 10, 2023It was hard not to feel emotional for David Baillif, Special Assistant to Head Coach G.J. Kinne, as the Bobcats defeated Georgia Southern to earn their sixth win of the season to become bowl eligible nearly 18 years after Bailiff, then head coach, led Texas State to their first ever FCS playoff win over the Eagles in 2005.For someone who has been through the lows and highs ...
Devin Sanchez may be leaning toward Ohio State, but Texas still wants the five-star corner ·
Austin American-StatesmanPFLUGERVILLE — Devin Sanchez said he thought he played well, which he did.It’d be nice for Longhorn Nation to think the junior cornerback for 15-0 Galena Park North Shore, which eliminated Westlake from the high school football playoffs on Saturday, might play even more football in this area with the Texas Longhorns.But that appears to be a long shot.The uber-gifted cornerback ...
Was Washington's Michael Penix a Tennessee commit? Why Heisman finalist never played for Vols ·
USA TODAY NETWORKMichael Penix Jr. has been one of the most electrifying players in college football during the 2023 college football season as the maestro of a dynamic, high-scoring Washington offense that regularly stretches the field with deep passes to one of the country’s best groups of wide receivers.After throwing for an FBS-leading 4,218 yards and leading Washington to an undefeated record ...
3-star wide receiver Jaylan Hornsby flips commitment following Syracuse official visit ·
Syracuse, N.Y. — Fran Brown has landed his first commitment as Syracuse football’s head coach following a busy weekend of official visits.Jaylan Hornsby, a three-star wide receiver from New Jersey, announced on social media that he is flipping his verbal commitment from Texas A&M to Syracuse on Sunday night.Hornsby visited the Salt City this weekend, when Images and videos shared by multiple recruits ...
Aztecs get commitment from Mater Dei Catholic's Isaiah Buxton ·
12/11/2023Mater Dei Catholic High School cornerback Isaiah Buxton made an official visit to San Diego State over the weekend along with a handful of other recruits.Most of the players had previously made verbal commitments to SDSU.On Sunday, Buxton joined them.“I’m home,” Buxton tweeted, linking a collage of Images that included wearing a No. 1 SDSU jersey, along with a picture photo of Snapdragon ...
Who could James Franklin hire as Penn State’s new defensive coordinator? ·
12/10/2023Manny Diaz is gone, leaving James Franklin in the market for a new defensive coordinator.Diaz was officially named Duke’s new head coach Thursday night after two stellar seasons as Penn State’s defensive coordinator. The former Miami head coach wanted to run his own program again and will now have the opportunity to do so in the ACC.So, where does Penn State go from here? Let’s take a look ...
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