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MURFREESBORO - Middle Tennessee football single-game tickets for the 2023 season are on sale now for all six games and the athletic department is once again offering their "BLUEnited Home Opener Package".The Blue Raiders will play six home games this fall including a home-opening contest with Murray State on Sept. 16 and a Homecoming matchup vs. Colorado State on Sept. 23. Middle Tennessee will also ...

DALLAS (FWAA) – The Football Writers Association of America has announced the preseason watch list for the 2023 Outland Trophy, and Middle Tennessee's Keylan Rutledge is among 91 players on the prestigious list. The 2023 season will close with the award's 78th anniversary and the watch list offers a talented field of players alongside two returning FWAA All-Americans.Rutledge, a rising sophomore offensive ...

DALLAS (FWAA) – The Football Writers Association of America released its 2023 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List today, and Middle Tennessee's Tra Fluellen is among the 96 defensive standouts announced.Fluellen, a safety out of Gilmer, Tex., was a second team All-CUSA pick by PFF College last season. The senior led the team with 104 tackles to go with 4.0 TFLs, two interceptions and eight pass breakups.The ...

Howell defensive tackle Bobby Kanka announced his commitment to Michigan on Tuesday, becoming the third commitment for the Wolverines in the 2025 class.Kanka is a 6-foot-5, 260-pound prospect who 247Sports sees as the No. 4 junior in the state of Michigan.He gave the staff his verbal commitment when he visited campus. Minnesota, Penn State, Michigan State, Tennessee, Kansas and others had offered.Kanka’s ...

The Detroit NewsWest Bloomfield − Expectations are high for returning starting Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy, but he seemed at-ease as usual talking about the upcoming season shortly before he hit the golf course on Monday.Michigan’s players report Tuesday for preseason camp, but about 30, including McCarthy, as well as assistant coaches and staff, participated in the Champions Circle Golf Classic ...

Published Aug. 01, 2023, 2:16 p.m.By Ryan Zuke |Michigan’s football program scored a commitment from a key in-state prospect on Tuesday afternoon.Howell four-star defensive lineman Bobby Kanka announced his decision in a post on social media, choosing the Wolverines over 12 other reported offers, including Michigan State, Penn State and Tennessee.“Michigan man,” he wrote. “#committed. #home.”Kanka’s ...

Published Aug. 01, 2023, 12:50 p.m.By Aaron McMann |Watch list season continued on Tuesday, with six Michigan football players appearing on two separate watch lists ahead of the 2023 season.And one player in particular made both.Defensive tackle Kris Jenkins, who led all Michigan linemen with 54 tackles and two sacks last year, led the group with spots on the Bronko Nagurski Trophy preseason watch ...

UPDATED AUGUST 01, 2023 1:57 PMThe Miami Hurricanes kicked off training camp Tuesday with a host of new faces dotting the field at the Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility.On another scorching day in Coral Gables, seven new coaches began their first fall camp at Miami with about half a dozen newcomers also getting in some work with the first-team units.Reporters were able to watch about 30 or 40 minutes ...

UPDATED AUGUST 01, 2023 11:48 AMOne prominent local high school coach was mentioning the other day the impressive presence that Jason Taylor carries when he walks into schools as a recruiter.“He’s really serious and professional; there’s no messing around with him,” the coach said. “He reminds me of an NFL scout.”Taylor has proven his value as a recruiter in his year plus with UM, and the Hall of Famer ...

Memphis Commercial AppealEvery college football team will rely on transfers in 2023, and Memphis is no different. The Tigers lost production in key areas such as wide receiver and defensive tackle, but coach Ryan Silverfield has more than a dozen players transferring in from other colleges.“I think the guys we added, some of them are going to be immediate starters, they’re going to have a major impact ...