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Coaches and players were available Thursday ahead of Illinois' seventh training camp practice. Here's what they had to say, courtesy beat writer Scott Richey:Veteran handJohn Paddock played in 17 games in five seasons at Ball State, starting all 12 last year after spending his first four years in Muncie, Ind., as a backup with the Cardinals. It's a type of experience the rest of the Illinois quarterback ...

When UH head football coach Dana Holgorsen was asked what position has stood out so far in training camp, he did not hesitate to heap praise on the defensive line.“‘Sack Ave’ is not dead,” Holgorsen said. “We’ve got some guys that look pretty good rushing the passer.”Despite losing key pieces such as founding members D’Anthony Jones and Derek Parish to the NFL, the aptly-named defensive line room has ...

Hawaii cornerback Cam Stone was among 35 defensive backs named Thursday to the Jim Thorpe Award Preseason Watch List.Stone, a senior from Angleton, Texas, earned honorable mention All-Mountain West honors last season for Wyoming when he posted 10 pass breakups and two interceptions. Last month, Stone was named to the preseason All-Mountain West first team as selected by the league’s media.The award ...

Dontae Smith has somewhat quietly put together a solid career as a Georgia Tech running back. Now the senior has an opportunity to cement his legacy with a breakout season in 2023.Smith goes into the campaign penciled in as the team’s No. 1 option out of the backfield. He needs 841 yards to reach 2,000 for his career, a total which would move him into the top 20 on Tech’s all-time rushing list.“No ...

4-5 minutes 8/10/2023While an offer from a Pac-12 program these days might not have the same value perceived to have had in past years, there’s also nothing like getting an offer from the local school.And so, Buchanan High senior linebacker Logan Studt declined a chance to play college football with at least three Pac-12 programs to instead choose the hometown team.Studt announced Thursday evening ...

Eastern Michigan University Athletics5-6 minutes 8/11/2023NEW HAVEN, Conn. (EMUEagles.com) — The Walter Camp Football Foundation today, Aug. 11, named Eastern Michigan University senior running back Samson Evans (Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie Ridge/Iowa) as one of 45 players on the Preseason Watch List for the 2023 Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, the nation's fourth-oldest individual college football ...

5-7 minutes 8/11/2023STORRS — Anyone needing a reminder of what Brian Brewton is capable of doing for the UConn football team can go back and watch the first 15 seconds of the Huskies' game at perennial power Clemson on Nov. 13, 2021.Brewton took the opening kickoff and raced 99 yards untouched — except for a celebratory high five from a teammate at the 20-yard-line — for a touchdown. It was the lone ...

4-5 minutes 8/10/2023Jay Norvell ain’t hard to find, either. But when asked about The Year of Prime — as in, new CU Buffs stalwart Deion Sanders — in the state of Colorado, the second-year CSU football coach says he’s more focused on making sure that his Rams ain’t hard to watch.“We haven’t run into (Sanders) in recruiting much (within) the state, so, I mean, it really doesn’t affect us,” Norvell told ...

Coastal Carolina University Athletics8-10 minutes 8/11/2023NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall has been named to the 2023 Walter Camp Player of the Year Preseason Watch List, the Walter Camp Football Foundation announced today. The honor marks the third consecutive season in which the Chanticleer signal-caller has been named to the prestigious watch list.The nation's fourth-oldest ...

By: Ryan ColoresMOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- Central Michigan Football returns the bulk of its primary contributors along the defensive front, headlined by a pair of experienced interior lineman in consensus preseason All-Mid-American Conference picks senior Jacques Bristol and graduate student Robi Stuart. The group blends the overall experience of the returning players, along with an influx of talented ...