Player Notes

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana football coach Tom Allen shared some roster updates on Tuesday during his virtual press conference previewing fall camp.According to Allen, wide receiver David Baker signed a medical hardship waiver and offensive lineman Cam Knight has retired from football.The medical hardship waiver allows an athlete to retain their scholarship without counting against the team's 85-player ...

CHAMPAIGN — Isaiah Williams earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors last fall after a breakout 2022 season. The expectations are significantly higher for the Illini wide receiver heading into 2023.Williams added to his haul of preseason honors Monday by winding up on the Maxwell Award watch list. The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the top player in college football. USC quarterback Caleb ...

MOSCOW, Idaho – After the Idaho Vandals wrapped up their first day of fall camp, star receiver Hayden Hatten highlighted a couple of team strengths that have developed greatly over the past year – “comfort” and “unity” within the program.Idaho’s 58 returning players, entering Year 2 under coach Jason Eck, enjoy a deeper understanding of the playbooks. They’re now comfortable with Eck’s schemes, so ...

Story LinksHOUSTON – University of Houston junior Patrick Paul has been named to the 2023 Outland Trophy preseason watch list, recognizing the nation's outstanding returning interior linemen, the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) announced Tuesday.The Big 12 Conference has 10 players on the list spread among nine different schools, including one each from its four new members. There are ...

While the University of Hawaii football team progresses towards the 2023 season with a return to the run and shoot at fall camp, the Rainbow Warriors have continued to lean on players with past experience in the pass-happy offense.Not many members of the team fit the bill quite as well as slotback Koali Nishigaya, who thrived in the offense just down the road at Saint Louis, racking up 79 receptions ...

When you’re built like Chewbacca and possess a Jedi’s agility, you’re destined to be a force in football.Luke Felix-Fualalo, who was named after the Luke Skywalker character in the “Star Wars” series, has impressed as a University of Hawaii offensive lineman in training camp.“He’s doing a good job,” co-offensive coordinator Roman Sapolu said of the 6-foot-8, 310-pound senior who grew up in Australia ...

Not more than five months into his tenure, Damon Stoudamire is still feeling things out as the 15th coach in Georgia Tech basketball history.Stoudamire was hired in March after spending two seasons as an assistant coach with the NBA’s Boston Celtics. A former All-American at Arizona, NBA rookie of the year and coach at Pacific, Stoudamire takes over a Tech program that finished 15-18 last season and ...

ATHENS — Georgia coach Kirby Smart will address the media Wednesday afternoon as the back-to-back defending national champion Bulldogs prepare to step on Woodruff Practice Fields for the first official practice of the 2023 season Thursday.The objectives for Smart’s eighth preseason camp are apparent. On offense, he’ll need to settle on a No. 1 quarterback, a left tackle and running back and wide receiver ...

Georgia football’s recruiting machine under Kirby Smart keeps humming through evaluating talent, connecting with top prospects and pouring money into the process.During its run to the 2021 national championship, Smart and his staff closed out a No. 3 2022 recruiting class and in the months that followed set in motion a No. 2 ranked haul for 2023.Those two classes included 10 five-star prospects including ...

Florida football wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was named as one of 85 players to the preseason Maxwell Award watch list on Monday.The award is given to the most outstanding player in college football. Pearsall finished with 33 catches for 661 yards and five touchdowns in his first season as a Gator in 2022. Of Pearsall's 33 catches last season, 27 went for first downs and 28 went for 10 yards or more.Pearsall ...