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AUG 7, 2023Calvin Clements’ size is, by all accounts, difficult to ignore.“He’s giant,” said redshirt senior teammate Dominick Puni, who is himself listed at 6-foot-5, 320 pounds. “I’m looking up to him and he’s younger than me, so it’s crazy.”Indeed, the offensive tackle Clements is, as a freshman, already tied for the tallest and among the biggest players on the Kansas football roster at 6-foot-7 ...

Topeka Capital-JournalLAWRENCE — There’s a lot to like about what Kansas football’s tight ends can offer the Jayhawks’ offense in 2023.Significant production returns from last year’s bowl team, including senior Mason Fairchild and junior Jared Casey. Potential exists elsewhere as well, from guys like junior Trevor Kardell and freshman Jaden Hamm. It’s just a matter of the extent to which the group ...

Aug 7, 2023 Updated Aug 7, 2023After James Madison’s fourth day of practice, head coach Curt Cignetti liked the direction of where his team is headed, but with an early-season gauntlet of games on the horizon, he noted there’s still work to be done.“I thought it was a pretty good practice,” Cignetti said. “I thought our last practice was good, both padded practices. So we’re making progress, but we’re ...

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football receiver E.J. Williams hasn’t had the career arc he envisioned.Williams capped off a breakout year as a true freshman at Clemson with an electric performance in the 2020 ACC Championship game. He caught a 33-yard touchdown in the 34-10 win over No. 2 Notre Dame and made a memorable one-handed grab late in the third quarter.It’s two years later and he’s still in search ...

Indianapolis StarBLOOMINGTON – Beyond the obvious, Cam Camper’s biggest obstacle in recovering from an ACL tear suffered 10 months ago has been time. Specifically, remembering he has plenty of it.IU’s leading receiver last season stands among its most-proven playmakers ahead of this one, as Camper’s ahead-of-schedule recovery has him on course to be ready for Week 1 against Ohio State. In the intervening ...

Aug 7, 2023The second week of Illinois football training camp began Monday. Here's what coach Bret Bielema had to say, from beat writer Scott Richey:Injury updateThe Illinois roster remains relatively injury-free at this point of camp. Offensive lineman Zachary Barlev (mild ankle sprain) and running back Jordan Anderson (back) have been held out, but both could return to practice by Tuesday and be ...

Aug. 7, 2023 Updated Mon., Aug. 7, 2023 at 2:51 p.m.Idaho will open the 2023 season as a top 10 team.The Vandals were ranked eighth in the STATS Perform preseason top 25 on Monday, earning 932 points from a panel that votes on the best Football Championship Subdivision teams in the country.Idaho finished last season ranked No. 18 by STATS, after finishing 7-5 and losing in the first round of the FCS ...

Updated 20 hours ago“It’s a critical week, it really is,” coach Brent Key said after practice, the sixth of the preseason. “The next, really, 12-13 days moving forward, if the kids look at it, it seems like a long time. That’s why we focus on constantly just being where your feet are and making the most out of every day.”As far as the first few practices of the preseason are concerned, Key noted that ...

ATLANTA -- The Georgia State football team has quite a few newcomers who are expected to play keys roles this season, but one of the new faces that inside linebackers coach Brian Landis will rely on is not really new at all.Veteran defender Jontrey Hunter has moved to inside linebacker this season after starting at outside linebacker the last two years. The Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference selection ...

Staff ReportSTATESBORO - A new era in Georgia Southern Athletics kicked off Monday morning as the Eagle football team utilized the Anthony P. Tippins Family Training Facility for the first time. The Athletics Department was given the Certificate of Occupancy on Friday, and while aesthetic work on the facility will continue through the month, it is functional for the needs of the 17 department programs ...