Player Notes

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 ...

The turmoil within the Northwestern football program has led to a standout offensive lineman from Washington committing to Oregon State.Kelso High senior Payton Stewart had committed to Northwestern but decommitted following the firing of head coach Pat Fitzgerald on July 10. The Big Ten school made the decision after an investigation into hazing within the football program.After reconsidering his ...

Oregon added a second receiver commitment to its 2025 recruiting class.Adrian Wilson, a four-star receiver out of Weiss High School in Pflugerville, Texas, flipped his commitment from TCU to the Ducks on Saturday. The 6-foot-2, 173-pound Wilson was among the players to attend UO’s Saturday Night Live camp.He committed to TCU last month and visited Fort Worth last week. Wilson also holds offers from ...

Oregon added a third quarterback to its 2024 recruiting class.Ryder Hayes, an unranked prospect out of Grandview, Texas, committed to the Ducks on Saturday as a preferred walk-on. He was among the quarterbacks to take part in UO’s Saturday Night Live camp.The 6-foot-1, 175-pound Hayes is not ranked in the 247Sports Composite. He attended Oregon’s last two spring games.Hayes joins Oregon’s 2024 recruiting ...

GRAPEVINE, Texas — Richard Bishop showed up at Grapevine High School in the spring of 2014 as the football team’s new offensive coordinator under head coach Randy Jackson.The new coaching staff arrived late in the spring, so they didn’t get much time to meet the eighth graders who would be freshmen the next fall, but Bishop saw a few workouts with a group of players from Cross Timbers Middle School ...