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Story LinksHOUSTON – University of Houston senior Jack Freeman has been named to The Wuerffel Trophy watch list, college football's premier award for community service, The Wuerffel Foundation announced Thursday.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 ...

Story LinksHOUSTON – University of Houston senior Malik Fleming has been named to the preseason watch list for the Paul Hornung Award presented by Texas Roadhouse, the Louisville Sports Commission announced Thursday.The defensive back enters his first fall with the Cougars after spending the last four seasons at East Carolina. There, the Valdosta, Ga., native played 46 games with the Pirates including ...

The team will kick off the NFL pre-season this Thursday against the Cleveland Browns in the annual Hall of Fame game.The Jets’ defense, led by star cornerbacks Sauce Gardner and DJ Reed, is set to shine in the upcoming season. Ulbrich, who spent ten seasons with the 49ers, sees something special in the 2023 squad.“The dedication this group collectively has to the game is unlike anything I’ve ever seen,” ...

That evening at Aloha Stadium, Hawaii ruined the celebration plans, intercepting Detmer four times in a 59-28 rout. UH quarterback Garrett Gabriel threw three scoring passes, including a 17-yarder to slotback Jeff Sydner.After crossing the goal line, Sydner handed the ball to the referee, noticed a camera operator he befriended during warmups, and then struck a Heisman pose to the delight of many of ...

Eagles take the field at Paulson StadiumSTATESBORO - While the team has been on campus working out most of the summer, the official start to the 2023 Georgia Southern football season was signified Wednesday morning as the squad took the field at Allen E. Paulson Stadium for the start of preseason camp.The team went through a spirited two-hour practice in helmets and jerseys after starting the day with ...

ATHENS — Look out for Cash Jones in Georgia’s running back race.That was the word from Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart, who met with media members Wednesday afternoon in advance of preseason camp. Officially, the first of 25 practices gets underway Thursday morning.As for the running backs, Jones’ name came up when Smart was asked to assess the Bulldogs’ backfield situation. Georgia is in a transition year ...

Fresno State opened fall camp on Thursday and nickelback Morice Norris, who plays a hybrid, high-impact position on the Bulldogs’ defense, was with the Bulldogs.That’s significant, because quite simply, Norris makes plays.And there was a time this past offseason that it seemed Norris’ days at Fresno State were done.COVID got him.But not really. Kind of, almost.That part gets complicated, so much so ...

Florida football held its third practice of camp on Wednesday evening at the Sanders Practice Fields.The Florida Gators will practice 15 times over the next weeks in preparation for their season opener Aug. 31 at Utah."The theme here for training camp, all parts of the organization and the team, is we have to agree to an expectation," Florida coach Billy Napier said. "I think that's a big deal."I think ...

Florida football linebacker Shemar James is being evaluated for a lower body injury suffered Wednesday in fall camp, head coach Billy Napier confirmed on Thursday.Napier did not specify the severity of the injury."That's kind of day-to-day, to be determined," Napier said.James played in 13 games as a true freshman for the Florida Gators last season, making four starts. He was being counted on as a ...

YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Inside Eastern Michigan University's Student-Athlete Performance Center, three trophies highlight the success the Eagles' football team attained in 2022: victors of the 2022 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, co-champions of the Mid-American Conference West Division, and winners of the Michigan MAC Trophy.As the sun rose above "The Factory" at Rynearson Stadium Wednesday, ...