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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 ...

Florida football held its second practice of fall camp on Tuesday afternoon at the Sanders Practice Fields.In all, the Gators will practice 15 times over the next three weeks in preparation for their opener on Aug. 31 at Utah.Here are three takeaways from the 15-minute open portion of practice:Mertz sharp:QB Graham Mertz sharp and other takeaways from Florida football's first fall camp practiceCamp ...

Kejon Owens said he was early in his career at Miami Central High when he shared carries with fellow running backs James Cook, Lexington Joseph and Amari Daniels.“We all put up numbers,” Owens said. “It was a great backfield.”Indeed, Cook won a national title at Georgia and is now in the NFL as a key member of the Buffalo Bills; Joseph led FIU in rushing last season; and Daniels was Texas A&M’s second-leading ...

Hartford CourantPUBLISHED July 31, 2023 at 4:17 p.m. | UPDATED: July 31, 2023 at 4:31 p.m.The windows in Jim Mora’s office look directly out over the UConn football team’s indoor practice field at the Shenkman Center, and, though he couldn’t plant himself and watch his players work out, the second-year head coach couldn’t help himself from glancing out a few times over the summer.Leading up to the ...

Hartford CourantPUBLISHED August 1, 2023 at 2:10 p.m. | UPDATED: August 1, 2023 at 4:24 p.m.National recognition came ahead of the 2023 season for two star UConn football seniors as Jackson Mitchell and Christian Haynes were each named to major award watch lists from the Football Writers Association of America on Tuesday.Mitchell, a Ridgefield native who quickly became a face of the program, is among ...

Coastal will open the 2023 season at UCLA on Sept. 2Staff Report8/1/2023 12:00:00 PMDALLAS – Coastal Carolina super senior defensive lineman Kennedy Roberts was named to the preseason watch list for the 2023 Outland Trophy, the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) announced on Tuesday. The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best college football interior lineman in the United States as voted ...

Jul 31, 2023CLEMSON — Will Putnam had just finished talking about a pool-based "Royal Rumble" between himself and his fellow linemen, as well as lugging sandbags up and down a neighborhood street for sport, when the subject of Clemson's new offensive coordinator was raised.New play-callers can be a concern."Sometimes, maybe, people don't really understand the offensive line — maybe, the big boy lifestyle ...

By: Andy Sneddon7/31/2023 5:21:00 PMMOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Accountability and responsibility involve pointing fingers. Not at coaches, not at teammates, but at the mirror.Looking back and ahead, coach Jim McElwain's Central Michigan football team is taking that to heart as the Chippewas look to rebound from the disappointment and frustration of a 4-8 season."I think this year there's more accountability ...