Player Notes

The last season of the Pac-12 Conference is gearing up to be the year of the quarterback.Besides Oregon’s Bo Nix, Southern California has reigning Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams, Washington has Michael Penix Jr., who was second in the NCAA last season with 4,641 passing yards, with quality starters returning at Arizona (Jayden de Laura), Utah (Cameron Rising) and Washington State (Cameron Ward), ...

NORMAN — OU had numerous playmakers on offense last season.Running back Eric Gray racked up 1,366 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns. Wide receiver Marvin Mims erupted for 1,083 receiving yards and six touchdowns. Tight end Brayden Willis posted career-highs of 514 receiving yards and seven touchdowns.But all three players are now in the NFL. And as OU began fall camp on Thursday, head coach Brent Venables ...

ATHENS — “It’s a good day when we don’t get mentioned at all.”Kurt Danneker isn’t the first lineman to utter that line, and he for sure won’t be the last, but it doesn’t make it any less true.Everybody who spends an ounce of attention to football understands that lineman, offensive more often, receive little-to-no credit outside of the locker room. The headlines and media attention, understandably ...

SOUTH BEND — Does Notre Dame football have its own version of Cincinnati Bengals star quarterback Joe Burrow on the way in 2024?Four-star quarterback commit CJ Carr certainly hopes so as he enters his senior year of high school in Saline, Mich. Listed at 6-foot-2 ½ and 195 pounds, Carr has a similar build and playing profile as Burrow.“Joe Burrow actually is someone who I really watch intently and ...

North Texas continued to work through its first week of fall practice on Friday in preparation for its season opener against Cal on Sept. 2. Here are a few notes from today’s observation deck.-- UNT coach Eric Morris has vowed to throw the ball more this season. He’s going to need a host of wide receivers to follow though and has one on the comeback trail in Detraveon Brown.The sophomore is back on ...

UPDATED AUGUST 04, 2023 4:29 PMN.C. State’s Davin Vann was talking about playing defensive end in the Wolfpack’s 3-3-5 scheme, about being constantly double-teamed and taking a physical pounding while trying to make plays.“You’re not getting the one-on-one’s that every D lineman dreams of,” Vann said this past week. “It is a very hard defense to play in as a D lineman. But I always tell my guys in ...

AUGUST 05, 2023 6:00 AMWhen it comes to Carolina football’s offense, there’s plenty of talk about quarterback Drake Maye.What can he do in his (likely) final year of college? How much smoother will fall camp be now that he’s not fighting for a starting spot? How will new offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey change the playbook to accommodate the Heisman Trophy hopeful?The overarching change, of course, ...

Nebraska's Ben Scott was one of 40 centers named to the Rimington Trophy watch list on Friday.The Rimington Trophy, presented annually to the top center in college football, was named after former Husker Dave Rimington.Scott transferred this offseason from Arizona State, where he spent four seasons and started 28 games.He is the second Husker to nab a spot on a national award watch list. Punter Brian ...

Gabe Ervin looked down at himself and raised his eyebrows. Come to think of it, the offseason went pretty well.Like a running back too focused on his blockers to keep track of his rushing total, so have the last eight months been for the Nebraska third-year player. His daily tick-tock routine — lift, eat, lift, eat — suddenly brought him to August reshaped and refreshed.The weight is up, from 212 pounds ...

The Big Ten Network got an all-access look inside a Nebraska football practice on Friday — and its analysts liked what they saw. Here are three takeaways from BTN's fall camp visit to Lincoln:Sims impresses: With over 20-plus years of college coaching experience under his belt, BTN analyst Gerry DiNardo knows a good quarterback when he sees one — and Nebraska’s Jeff Sims fits the mold. While DiNardo ...