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Columbus DispatchC.J. Stroud struggled in his first taste of NFL action Thursday night.After being selected as the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft in April, the former Ohio State quarterback took the field as the Houston Texans' starting quarterback in the team's preseason opener against the New England Patriots.Leading the Texans through their first two drives, Stroud completed two passes ...

Updated: Aug. 11, 2023, 8:59 a.m.|Published Aug. 10, 2023, 9:54 p.m.By Nathan Baird, cleveland.comCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Jordan Hancock spent Ohio State football’s 2022 season in a physical and emotional purgatory.Months of building promise stopped cold one week into preseason camp when the cornerback injured a hamstring while covering a route in practice. When he finally returned at midseason, he couldn’t ...

ATHENS, Ohio—The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the names of forty-five “players to watch” for its 2023 Player of the Year award, the nation’s fourth-oldest individual college football accolade.Graduate student quarterback Kurtis Rourke (Oakville, Ontario, Canada) is representing the Bobcats. During the 2022 season, he went 244-for-353 on 3,256 passing yards, throwing 25 total touchdowns ...

7-9 minutes 8/10/2023Northwestern commenced its first open practice of the 2023 season on Wednesday, and its sixth practice of fall camp.The Wildcats took the field under new leadership for the first time since 2006 in the wake of Pat Fitzgerald’s firing. Tasked with marshaling 103 players ahead of NU’s season-opening clash with Rutgers on Sept. 3, freshly-appointed interim head coach David Braun said ...

2-3 minutes 8/10/2023UNC Football senior linebacker Cedric Gray has been named to the Butkus Award Watchlist for the upcoming 2023 football season.The UNC football program has seen several players earn honors on pre-season watchlists across the country for their respective positions. Now, 23 days from kickoff, another player has earned their name on a watchlist.Cedric Gray has been one of 51 players ...

4-5 minutes 8/11/2023Our 2023 UNC football positional previews continue on offense with a talented group of players at the wide receiver position.The UNC Football program is trying to replace their top wide receiver threat of the last three years, Josh Downs, who was drafted in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft this year, as well as Antoine Green, who became a big-time playmaker for the Tar Heels.How ...

Linebacker Eric Fields’ listed frame of 6-foot-1 and 195 pounds is relatively small for a Big Ten linebacker. Through two weeks of fall camp, the freshman has made up for it with an excess of physicality, impressing coaches in his first practice action at Nebraska.“It don’t matter how much he weighs,” defensive coordinator Tony White said, “he hits like he’s 230.”Fields, a three-star recruit from Ardmore, ...

7-8 minutes 8/10/2023Coach Brian Newberry stated from the moment he was hired that Navy’s offense would continue to be based on triple-option principles, but would expand to include many new elements.Newberry hired Grant Chesnut as offensive coordinator because he was “creative” and “innovative.” Chesnut has expanded the offense to include a short passing game, quarterbacks switching seamlessly between ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Shortly after Missouri All-SEC wide receiver Dominic Lovett entered the NCAA transfer portal in December, the Tigers shopped for reinforcements.Theo Wease Jr. doesn’t play the same receiver position — he’ll line up outside at the X position, while Lovett played in the slot — but if Wease can make a major impact this fall, along with Mississippi transfer Dannis Jackson, another addition ...

Mississippi Clarion-LedgerOXFORD — Since Ole Miss football opened preseason practice last week, most of the attention has revolved around Lane Kiffin's bevy of transfer additions and the Rebels' quarterback competition between Jaxson Dart and Spencer Sanders.Look beneath that surface, though, and you'll find what seems to be another strong group of Ole Miss freshmen, with a handful of rookies already ...