For college quarterbacks, transferring is now standard operating procedure. If you’re not playing, you’re leaving. If you are playing and one thing goes wrong, like a season-ending injury or a coaching change, you’re probably leaving. The Athletic studied the careers of the top 50 high school quarterbacks who signed with FBS programs in the recruiting … Read more
AND THE UNIVERSITY SHED LIGHT ON THE TERMS OF MULTIPLE RULES. MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT TODAY KETV NEWSWATCH 7 BILL SHAME SITS ON THE LIVE DESK, BREAKING IT DOWN FOR US. JOEY FREDDY FANS WORRIED TREV ALBERTS THE MIGHT GO CHEAP. THINK AGAIN. THE DETAILS ARE OUT AND THAT RULE WILL BE ONE OF THE HIGHEST … Read more
Recruiting never stops. Neither do your questions. And if we didn’t get to your question, don’t be discouraged! We will be addressing some on “Stars Matter,” our weekly recruiting podcast, which can be found on the feed of “The Andy Staples Show.” Look for new episodes every Thursday morning. Note: Submitted questions have been lightly … Read more
Ed Reed will not be Bethune-Cookman’s head coach after the school chose not to ratify his contract this past weekend, a decision ultimately made by the university’s interim president, Lawrence Drake. Why the school moved on and what happened in the aftermath intertwines two main issues: HBCUs hiring celebrity football coaches (specifically this one) in … Read more
Ed Reed will not be Bethune-Cookman’s head coach after the school chose not to ratify his contract this past weekend, a decision ultimately made by the university’s interim president, Lawrence Drake. Why the school moved on and what happened in the aftermath intertwines two main issues: HBCUs hiring celebrity football coaches (specifically this one) in … Read more
On the NFL team scouting report, the most eye-catching information of all the categories was in the box listed for final grade. It simply read two words in all caps. NO INTEREST This was the write-up for one NFL team last spring when it evaluated Iowa State quarterback Brock Purdy. In fairness, that NFL organization … Read more
The college football season is over and the offseason is underway, so let’s put a bow on the year and look forward in this week’s Group of 5 mailbag. Highlights and lowlights of G5 and the transfer portal — which teams benefited the most and which were hurt the most and/or which were not impacted? … Read more
The Florida portion of the Jaden Rashada saga has reached an end with the school officially releasing him from his letter of intent, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to Sports Illustrated following a report by On3 Sports Friday morning. What remains in the wake in Gainesville is the messiest name, image and … Read more
In the old days (like, two years ago), college football players weighing an early NFL Draft entry realistically had three choices: 1) Cross your fingers and declare; 2) Throw a possible lotto ticket in the garbage, cross your fingers and return to school; 3) Cheat, essentially, by taking money from your school (or someone working … Read more
Recruiting almost never seems to happen like this anymore. Certainly not at a place like Alabama. One January day seven years ago, around 1 am Alabama’s director of player personnel got a call from the team’s new defensive coordinator, Jeremy Pruitt, about some “pretty decent” wildcat quarterback a coach had told him about. Jody Wright … Read more