Player Notes

Earlier this week the college football world learned of Arch Manning’s first NIL deal with card company Panini America.While most college athletes profit off of their NIL deals, Manning is actually donating 100% of the proceeds to a Central Texas non-profit with the help of St. David’s HealthCare and St. David’s Foundation in Austin, Texas. The winner of the Manning sweepstakes will win a one-of-one ...

College football analyst Phil Steele has Texas winning the Big 12. He jumped on the On Texas Football podcast to discuss his reasoning. According to Steele, it all comes down to talent.Steele has the Texas offense making a significant leap in the upcoming season. He said the following about why he is buying the Longhorns to win the conference.“I looked at Texas’ schedule and I said, you know, everybody’s ...

Texas extended several offers over the last few days.The four most recent offers hail from the 2025 and 2026 recruiting classes. The group appears to be under the radar prospects, something Steve Sarkisian’s staff has done well with developing once getting the players on campus.One of the most notable players among the latest offers is a 6-foot-7, 350-pound offensive tackle from DeSoto (TX) who is ...

\Lipscomb Academy wasn't about to tip its hand during Friday's scrimmage against Pearl-Cohn, less than four weeks before the season opener against IMG Academy. The Mustangs pared down their offense and ran their base defense en route to a 12-0 scrimmage win over the Firebirds.Tennessee football commit and Mustangs star defensive back Kaleb Beasley is champing at the bit to play offense this season. ...

Kaleb Beasley is a two-sport star at Lipscomb Academy with college football on the nearing horizon.But there is a sport he doesn't talk too much about, but it is something gaining more of his attention.Golf."I play with my boys at Lipscomb," said Beasley, a four-star cornerback and the No. 1 college football recruit in Tennessee for the Class of 2024 according to the 247Sports Composite. "We go for ...

COLUMBIA — The question isn’t if a running-back tandem can work. College football is littered with examples that it can, from Glenn Davis and (Bishopville’s own) Doc Blanchard each winning a Heisman at West Point in the 1940s to Georgia’s parade of overlapping tailbacks since 2010.The question is if South Carolina this season can find a way to make it work when the running backs don’t have a lot of ...

JERRY DIPAOLA | Saturday, July 29, 2023 9:21 p.m.EMAIL NEWSLETTERSTribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox.Pitt’s 2024 recruiting class received a huge boost Saturday night when four-star running back Yasin Willis, ranked No. 1 overall in New Jersey, announced his intention to enroll next year.He chose Pitt from among 22 ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The moment Pat Narduzzi began to answer the question, some in the room could already tell a national headline was coming.Known for his strong opinions, standing at the podium on live television at the Westin Hotel in downtown Charlotte, the Pitt coach was asked Tuesday morning by the Post-Gazette what changes he would make to today’s current NIL landscape. How can arguably the craziest ...

Oregon State has been picked to finish fifth in Pac-12 football this coming season, as voted on by media that cover the conference.The Beavers, 10-3 overall (6-3 in conference) and winners of the Las Vegas Bowl last year, received 309 points in the preseason media poll.USC holds the top spot with 413 total points and 25 of 36 first-place votes, followed by Washington (367, 4), Utah (359, 6), Oregon ...

The start of training camp for the Oregon State football team is one week away. There is a great deal of anticipation for the upcoming season as the Beavers are coming off one of the most successful campaigns in program history, going 10-3 and winning their bowl game in 2022.There is a lot of continuity on the roster going into the 2023 season, but as always in college football, some familiar faces ...