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HOUSTON – University of Houston senior Gavin Gately has been named to the Patrick Mannelly Award watch list, honoring the nation's top long snapper, announced Monday.Gately is among 25 Division I student-athletes on the watch list and one of two long snappers competing for a Texas program (TCU's Brent Matiscik). A full list of Houston Football preseason honors can be found here.The award, created in ...

This is the eighth in a nine-part position-by-position series analyzing the Georgia Tech roster continuing with a look at linebackers for the Yellow Jackets. Players report for preseason practice Monday, and the first practice is Tuesday.Tech certainly has some important questions to answer when it comes to linebacker spots. First-year assistant Kevin Sherrer, who has coached the position with the ...

This is the final installment in a nine-part position-by-position series analyzing the Georgia Tech roster continuing with a look at the secondary for the Yellow Jackets. Players report for preseason practice today and the first practice is tomorrow.If there was a strength of the Tech defense in 2022 it was the secondary.The Jackets ranked 47th nationally in team passing efficiency defense and 46th ...

He doesn’t need help running or organizing his team’s first workout. He won’t need to be reminded where to go or what to do or how to look.t’s all aboutrst I’ve been through these last nine, 10 months,” Key said. “I’m very, ‘OK, let me observe, let me feel it out, let me make sure.’ So I know I’ll be that same way as practice goes early on. ‘Ya’ll gotta cover it up for me. You got to make up with the ...

ATLANTA -- Georgia State quarterback Darren Grainger is one of 85 players named to the preseason watch list for the Maxwell Award, presented annually to the outstanding player in college football.The Maxwell Award has been presented by the Maxwell Football Club to the College Player of the Year since 1937 and is named in honor of Robert "Tiny" Maxwell who was a former standout at Swarthmore College ...

Count Florida football defensive back Jaydon Hill as someone who feels disrespected by preseason predictions regarding the Gators.Florida was picked fifth in the SEC East by both Athlon Magazine and the preseason poll at SEC Football Media Days, behind Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Kentucky."Yeah, it kind of like — it blows my mind a little bit, but then again, we've just got to win games," ...

Florida football opened fall camp with the first of its 15 practices on Monday afternoon at the Sanders Practice Fields.Here are three quick observations from the 15-minute open portion of practice.Florida QB Graham Mertz looks sharp in passing drillsFlorida quarterback Graham Mertz was accurate during passing drills on Monday, taking the first snap ahead of Jack Miller and Max Brown,Mertz's best pass ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University senior running back Samson Evans (Crystal Lakes, Ill./Prairie Ridge/Iowa) has been named to the 2023 Maxwell Award Watchlist, the Maxwell Football Club announced today, July 31. The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the nation's college football player of the year.Evans is one of five Mid-American Conference players named to the 85-man ...

STORRS — As UConn football opened preseason camp Monday morning, coach Jim Mora’s thoughts were more team-specific than program-specific.But the backdrop for the Huskies’ first workout was as much the swirling winds of conference realignment as the blue skies over the horizon in Storrs. UConn continues to be mentioned as a candidate to receive an invitation to join the Big 12.“I'd be lying if I didn't ...

Jim Mora set the foundation for a revamped, or “revolutionized,” to use his word, UConn football program with a 6-6 regular season record and a bowl appearance last year.Despite it being the program’s most successful season in seven years, Mora, the former NFL head coach and defensive coordinator, has his sights set much higher in the future. Entering his second season with the Huskies, Mora hasn’t ...