Player Notes

Arizona State was delivered a major blow when the NCAA announced local wideout Jake Smith was denied eligibility and will not play for the Sun Devils this season.Smith has been attending his third school (Texas and USC) since 2019. He played the 2019-20 seasons at Texas but was declared a medical non-counter at USC due to a foot injury in 2021 and did not play a snap for the Trojans.The medical non-counter ...

By Creg StephensonThere is as much uncertainty around the quarterback position at Alabama this preseason as there has been in a half-decade or more.Whether the Crimson Tide’s starter this year is Jalen Milroe, Ty Simpson or Tyler Buchner, he will enter the season as a largely unproven commodity. It hasn’t always been that way, of course, as the Crimson Tide has had a number of high-profile and star-quality ...

By Matt StahlIt’s been a big week for Alabama football’s 2024 recruiting class. With three flips announcing their commitments to the Crimson Tide, the success has come at the expense of Georgia, Tennessee and Florida State.Four-star wideout Amari Jefferson started the party Saturday. He switched to the Tide after previously committing to Tennessee baseball.On Tuesday, four-star safety Peyton Woodyard ...

LARAMIE — University of Wyoming running back Dawaiian McNeely, who was the projected starter for the Cowboys, will miss the entire season after tearing his ACL during practice Wednesday, coach Craig Bohl said Friday morning.McNeely left Wednesday's practice with the injury and was immediately ordered an MRI. The test revealed the torn ACL, ending his season before it even began."He'll be done for the ...

The University of Wisconsin looked to the Sunshine State once again for its future in the secondary.Xavier Lucas, who will play for American Heritage School in Florida this season, announced Friday his verbal commitment to the Badgers.Rivals currently ranks him as four-star player and No. 40 cornerback in the nation for the 2024 class, while 247Sports, On3 and ESPN all view him as a three-star recruit.Lucas’ ...

MADISON – Nyzier Fourqurean has always felt the need to prove his worth as a football player.Coming out of Mentor High School in Ohio, Fourqurean had a solid résumé. He had been named all-conference, all-district and all-region as a senior defensive back for a team that finished 13-1.Nevertheless, he had no FBS scholarship offers.He initially committed to play at Saint Francis University, an FCS program ...

Western Kentucky quarterback Austin Reed was recognized by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, which on Friday announced the names of 45 “players to watch” for its 2023 Player of the Year award, the nation’s fourth-oldest individual college football accolade.Reed is coming off a 2022 season in which he was the leading passer in all of college football with 4,746 yards. The Florida native also tossed ...

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia is now up to 20 commitments in the 2024 class.The Mountaineers reached that number when defensive lineman Nate Gabriel from Auburndale High in Florida announced his commitment Thursday evening with a video and graphic posted to the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, along with two mountain emojis.The 6-foot-3, 285-pound tackle is considered a three-star prospect ...

PULLMAN – Around Washington State’s football program, the injuries are beginning to pile up.Through the early stages of the Cougars’ fall camp, never had that been more clear than during their eighth practice on Thursday morning, when a host of players sat out with injuries. The list included the following:Offensive lineman Christian HilbornOffensive lineman Fa’alili Fa’amoeWide receiver Josh KellyLinebacker ...

The pass-rushing technique Virginia defensive tackle Michael Diatta plans to unveil this fall comes after an offseason of fine-tuning the move with teammate Aaron Faumui.Faumui is in his sixth year in the Cavaliers’ program. Diatta is in his third, and he will enter the new campaign as Faumui’s backup.“He’s played a lot of football,” Diatta said, “and knows a lot just from playing the game. He does ...