Player Notes

Tennessee will be a veteran football team this season.The Volunteers are overrun with youth.As Josh Heupel approaches his third autumn in Knoxville, both of those statements are accurate.When the Vols face Virginia in Nashville's Nissan Stadium on Sept. 2, they will do so with more than 30 scholarship seniors and more than 30 scholarship redshirt or true freshmen. The quarterback room headed by sixth-year ...

5-6 minutes 7/27/2023Despite being ravaged by injuries, TCU’s linebacker room was excellent most games during the 2022 season.Dee Winters was one of the Horned Frogs’ top pass rushers and was selected in the NFL draft, but TCU returns two starters in All-Big 12 linebacker Johnny Hodges and Jamoi Hodge at middle linebacker.Replacing Winters will be tough, but TCU has a natural replacement in Shad Banks, ...

Published Jul. 27, 2023, 10:06 a.m.By Emily Leiker |Charlotte, N.C. — The 2023 ACC Kickoff draws to a close Thursday in the Queen City, but Syracuse football’s time at the event wrapped up two days ago.The Orange was the first program to speak Tuesday morning at the three-day media event that precedes the start of fall camp. Coach Dino Babers, quarterback Garrett Shrader, linebacker Marlowe Wax and ...

Published Jul. 27, 2023, 1:51 p.m.By Brent Axe |Syracuse, N.Y. —What in the name of Floyd Little is going on here?The Denver Broncos unveiled a new “snowcapped” white alternate helmet with their throwback “D” logo this week.It’s a sharp-looking helmet that will invoke memories of Little, the Syracuse legend and Hall of Fame running back, John Elway, Shannon Sharpe and other Broncos legends.It didn’t ...

Published Jul. 27, 2023, 2:39 p.m.The Associated PressVersatile running back Roger Craig, and two-time Super Bowl-winning coaches Tom Coughlin and Mike Shanahan advanced to the next stage of consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.The selection committees cut down the list of candidates from 31 seniors and 29 coaches and contributors to 12 in each category in results announced Thursday.The ...

8:53 AM on Jul 27, 2023 CDT — Updated at 4:45 PM on Jul 27, 2023UNIVERSITY PARK – The players had walked out of the Armstrong Fieldhouse moments before, putting an end to another year of summer football workouts at SMU. Strength coach Shawn Griswold, who administered that regimen, had the best perspective on how those workouts went.He said the Mustangs have talent. He said they have depth. And then, ...

4-4 minutes 7/27/2023Charlotte, N.C.South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler has been complimentary of his Week 1 counterpart, praising UNC’s Drake Maye for how he “blew up on the scene last year.”The feeling’s mutual, according to Maye, whose Tar Heels face the Gamecocks in their season opener on Sept. 2 at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium.“Spencer had some great games last year,” Maye, the reigning ...

BLYTHEWOOD — Travian Robertson walked into South Carolina’s ops building before first light and saw that he had been beaten to the office. Defensive tackle Tonka Hemingway was already there, sitting in the dark at Robertson’s desk watching film.Each grinned.It’s the commitment each wants to see from the other. The player wants to be what Robertson was, an NFL veteran who was the heart of a mean and ...

JULY 26, 2023 7:13 PMSan Diego State football coach Brady Hoke is counting down the days to the start of preseason camp.Make that day.Camp begins Friday, which means Hoke can stop fielding questions about the transfer portal, NIL and conference realignment — wait, Colorado might be returning to the Big 12? — and focus on football.Such topics were sprinkled throughout conversations both at Wednesday’s ...

Jul 26, 2023ARLINGTON — After a long wait, Sam Houston football made its first appearance at the Conference USA media day.The Bearkats were represented by head coach K.C. Keeler, linebacker Trevor Williams and quarterback Keegan Shoemaker.Last season saw a down for the Bearkats as they finished with a 5-4 record and dropped their last two games of the year, but they did so with 15 of their players ...