Player Notes

Omaha World-Herald 7 hrs agoFeature running back for Nebraska? Barring the emergence of a generational talent, the Huskers are planning to take a committee approach this season.Offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield said Thursday the staff knows the top quality it’s seeking in a top-end rusher — dependability. As a runner, in pass protection, in health and everything else a back is asked to do.“I ...

Omaha World-Herald 5 hrs agoAn abrupt change at tight ends coach last week has led to a smooth transition early in training camp for Nebraska.The Huskers began on-field workouts Monday with a new on-field assistant in Josh Martin, who replaced Bob Wager after the former coach resigned last Friday following multiple citations including for a DUI last week.Offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield said ...

4 hrs agoThe Nebraska football roster is loaded with true freshmen wide receivers — seven of them to be exact — and they're already reaping the benefits of NU's split practice system.Offensive coordinator Marcus Satterfield said Thursday that Nebraska's practice setup has allowed some younger players to get up to 100 reps in the first four practices. At other places, Satterfield said, freshmen could ...

8/3/2023 2:14:00 PMANNAPOLIS, Md.—Navy senior striker Xavier McDonald has been named to the Watch List for the Wuerffel Trophy, college football's premier award for community service. The Wuerffel Trophy is named after Danny Wuerffel, the 1996 Heisman Trophy winning quarterback from the University of Florida who parlayed his success on the football field into a lifetime of service.Semifinalists for ...

Special to the Post-Dispatch13 hrs agoCOLUMBIA, Mo. — Kirby Moore doesn’t stand still.Mizzou’s new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, running drills in the team’s second practice of preseason camp, is a man in constant motion. Dressed in all black from fitted cap to long-sleeved T-shirt and pants, Moore blends in with the end zone turf at the program’s new indoor practice facility.But there ...

Columbia Daily TribuneSo, you want to be a Heisman winner, Luther?Of the personal goals he set, Luther Burden, the former five-star prospect who made electrifying plays for Missouri football as a freshman last season, is shooting beyond the moon and will aim directly for the sun."I wanna win the Heisman, basically," Burden said Sunday. "That's all. I wanna show people I'm the best in the country."That's ...

9 hours agoSTARKVILLE — The countdown to this year’s college football season has begun in earnest with just 30 days until Mississippi State football kicks off its season on Sept. 2 against Southeastern Louisiana at Davis Wade Stadium.The Bulldogs, under first-year head coach Zach Arnett, will open fall camp on Aug. 3 with the team’s first practice taking place on Aug 4.Until then, The Dispatch will ...

Mississippi Clarion-LedgerOXFORD — Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin spent a chunk of his media session on Wednesday batting away questions about the Rebels' quarterback situation.It's nothing new. Since Ole Miss added transfer Spencer Sanders to a group that returned a productive starter in Jaxson Dart, the questions surrounding quarterbacks have attracted the majority of the media attention.Kiffin ...

8/3/2023 3:00:00 PMAtlanta, GA – August 3, 2023 – The Wuerffel Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to inspire greater service and unity in our communities, today announced The Wuerffel Trophy watch list for the 2023 season, and MTSU's Teldrick Ross was one of 108 players from college football's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) honored.Ross, a senior out of Macon, Ga., was a second team ...

Staff ReportMURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Zaylin Wood described the first day of practice for MTSU Football as one of the best practices he thinks the team has had since he's been a part of it.His quarterback, Nicholas Vattiato, went with the more vivid "phenomenal first day" when asked how he felt.Their head coach, Rick Stockstill, went with the simple, but potent, "really, really good first day."Any way ...