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  • Dakorien Moore commits to Oregon: Nation’s top WR gives Ducks blast of recruiting fireworks, top-5 class

    Dakorien Moore commits to Oregon: Nation’s top WR gives Ducks blast of recruiting fireworks, top-5 class

    Oregon set off Fourth of July fireworks that were felt coast to coast with the Class of 2025’s biggest recruiting shocker yet — a commitment from the No. 1 wide receiver in the 2025 cycle, Dakorien Moore.

    A five-star prospect from Duncanville, Texas, Moore ranks as the No. 5 overall prospect in the class of 2025, according to 247Sports. The highest-ranked player to sign with Oregon in the modern recruiting era was Kayvon Thibodeaux, who ranked No. 6. 

    Moore was previously committed to LSU but re-opened his commitment in May. What followed was heavy interest from Ohio State, Oregon and Texas as well as continued interest from LSU. If you had polled insiders 48 hours ago, they would have said in-state Texas was a slam-dunk, what with Arch Manning taking the reins in 2025 and Steve Sarkisian calling the shots. 

    Not so. 

    “The reason I chose Oregon is because I want to be different,” Moore told 247Sports’ Mike Roach. “I want to be a part of something legendary. I see coach (Dan) Lanning building a program that will win a national championship. I feel like (Oregon wide receivers) coach (Junior) Adams will develop me into the best wide receiver and man outside of football, and the culture Is different there most of all.”

    Through three seasons at Duncanville, Moore has 130 receptions for 2,653 yards and 29 touchdowns. 

    Oregon jumps from No. 7 to No. 5 in the 247Sports Composite Team Recruiting Rankings after Moore’s commitment. He’s one of two 247Sports Composite five-star wide receivers in the class and one of three total five-stars, per the industry-generated composite, including fellow Texan Dorian Brew, who committed June 29. 

    In a (well-timed) article that ran July 3 on CBS Sports, recruiting experts from 247Sports rounded up the…

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  • Former league MVP Cam Newton reveals which QB he feels is the greatest dual threat of all time

    Former league MVP Cam Newton reveals which QB he feels is the greatest dual threat of all time

    Cam Newton is on the short list of the greatest dual-threats in NFL history. Newton, though, doesn’t feel that he is the best dual threat in league annals. 

    Instead of giving it to himself, the longtime Carolina Panthers quarterback and former league MVP gave that honor to the NFL’s reigning league MVP. 

    “Lamar Jackson,” Newton said on his podcast. 

    Newton then explained why he chose Jackson over himself. 

    “Well, Lamar’s style is a little different than mine,” Newton said. “He’s got big play [potential], any play. He’s got speed that I never had, and he’s just electric. And then, I played the game more powerful. I can run, but I’m probably going to get caught. Lamar, (Michael) Vick, they’re ain’t getting caught.” 

    Newton may not have been as quick as Jackson, but he was actually more productive as a runner as far as touchdowns are concerned. In fact, Newton’s 75 career rushing touchdowns are the most in NFL history by a quarterback, 22 more than the next-closest quarterback, Buffalo’s Josh Allen. Jackson’s 29 touchdown runs put him in a tie with Pittsburgh’s Russell Wilson and former Eagles/Washington quarterback Donovan McNabb for the 20th-most among quarterbacks. 

    As a rookie, Newton ran for 14 touchdowns, which stood as the single season record for touchdown runs by a quarterback until Allen and Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts both ran for 15 scores this past season. Newton and Hurts are the only quarterbacks to run for at least 10 touchdowns in three different seasons. 

    While successful, Newton’s physical style likely contributed to his somewhat abbreviated career. Newton last played in the NFL in 2021, at age 32. The Ravens, in an effort to help prolong Jackson’s career, changed their offense last season to include more pass attempts and less running plays featuring Jackson, who in 2019 broke Vick’s single-season record for rushing yards by a quarterback. 

    Baltimore’s approach…

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  • Giants 2024 Make or Break: Can Daniel Jones bounce back?

    Giants 2024 Make or Break: Can Daniel Jones bounce back?

    NFL training camp starts towards the end of July, which means players around the league are getting their last bits of offseason work in before the real work of trying to make the roster begins.

    For certain players, this season is what some may call “Make or Break,” meaning they need to put together a productive year or they could be looking for employment elsewhere at the end of the 2024-25 campaign.

    We’ll highlight those players for the Giants, starting today with quarterback Daniel Jones.

    2023 Stats

    – Six starts (1-5 record)

    – 909 passing yards with a completion rate of 67.5 percent

    – Two touchdown passes with six interceptions and four fumbles

    – 206 rushing yards and one touchdown

    Why Make or Break?

    The Giants committed to Jones ahead of the 2023 season with a four-year contract extension worth up to $160 million. However, a disastrous season has people within the Giants organization reconsidering whether he’s their quarterback of the future after all.

    In the first five games, the Giants were completely overmatched, winning just once as they came back from a heavy deficit to edge a lowly Cardinals team that was without their starting quarterback. Jones then missed a couple of games with a neck injury and, on his return, suffered a torn ACL which ruled him out for the rest of the season and will disrupt his preparation for the year ahead.

    Some analysts believed the team might draft a new quarterback with a high pick in April’s draft, but the Giants ultimately opted to select wide receiver Malik Nabers, so Jones will get another chance to prove himself in 2024 with better personnel around him. However, the Giants also hedged their bets by bringing in another former first-round pick when they signed Drew Lock in free agency.

    November 5, 2023; Paradise, Nevada, USA; New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones (8) passes the football against the Las Vegas Raiders during the first quarter at Allegiant Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports / © Kyle…..

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  • Phil Steels ranks Penn State’s defensive line as one of the best in the nation in 2024

    Phil Steels ranks Penn State’s defensive line as one of the best in the nation in 2024

    Penn State may go by the nickname of Linebacker-U, but the defensive line has established a tradition of its own of sustained success up front. And the 2024 season looks to keep that tradition going with one of the best defensive line units in the Big Ten, if not the nation.

    College football analyst Phil Steele ranked what he believes to be the top 25 defensive line units (subscription required) in the nation heading into the 2024 season, and Penn State is ranked right near the top of the list. Penn State has the nation’s no. 2 defensive line unit in the 2024 college football season according to Steele. The only team ranked ahead of Penn State is Big Ten foe Ohio State.

    Penn State looks to be in excellent shape with the defensive line this season, as this ranking would suggest. Dani Dennis-Sutton is expected to easily move into a bigger role on the edge this season and the middle of the line will be plugged by a combination of Dvon J-Thomas, Amin Vanover, and Zane Durant. But the biggest development for the defensive line is the move of Abdul Carter to edge from the linebacker position.

    Penn State took arguably its best defensive player out of the linebacker spot to hopefully get more out of him on the edge this season. The move is not one that would be made without confidence in what Penn State has to offer at linebacker but is expected to yield better results from Carter. Carter’s athleticism and burst should be evident off the edge against opposing offensive linemen and will likely better prepare him for the next level as he is going to be used more like Micah Parsons in the NFL, fittingly enough.

    Other Big Ten teams with a top 25 defensive line according to Steele in 2024 include Michigan (no. 4), Nebraska (no. 5), Iowa (no. 13), Oregon (no. 23), and Indiana (no. 24). Of the Big Ten teams with a top 25…

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  • Jordan Love is ‘going to be the next superstar in this league for sure,’ says his new Packers teammate

    Jordan Love is ‘going to be the next superstar in this league for sure,’ says his new Packers teammate

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    It hasn’t taken Josh Jacobs very long to jump on the Jordan Love bandwagon. On the eve of his first training camp with Love, the new Green Bay Packers running back spoke of Love the same way Reggie White likely spoke of Brett Favre following his breakout 1992 season. 

    “To me, just from what I’ve seen, he has all the traits and all the tools to be a superstar in this league,” Jacobs said, via NFL Media. “I think that as he keeps continuing to play and gets experience and becomes more confident in his abilities and what he can do, he’s going to be the next superstar in this league, for sure.”

    Love is looking to build off what was a highly successful first season as the Packers quarterback. After a 3-6 start, Love led the Packers to a 6-3 finish and a wild-card playoff berth. Love then put the rest of the league on notice in Green Bay’s playoff matchup in Dallas. He tamed the NFL’s fifth-ranked scoring…

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  • Auburn’s Cam Coleman, Alabama’s Ryan Williams poised to lead surge of SEC freshman WRs in 2024

    Auburn’s Cam Coleman, Alabama’s Ryan Williams poised to lead surge of SEC freshman WRs in 2024

    Last season marked a down year for freshman receivers in the SEC as Florida’s Eugene Wilson III was the only wideout from the Class of 2023 in the league to catch more than 25 passes. Just four freshman receivers totaled 15 or more grabs, and all of them played for teams that finished with losing records.

    Expect a different look in 2024 in what’s shaping up to be a significant bounce-back season for freshmen receivers. It should look more like 2022 when nine true freshman receivers caught 15 or more passes for SEC teams.

    That class included highly touted prospects such as Evan Stewart (Texas A&M, now at Oregon), Luther Burden (Missouri) and Barion Brown (Kentucky), all of which burst onto the scene with 40 or more catches. Others such as Alabama’s Kobe Prentice and Isaiah Bond (now at Texas) and Georgia’s Dillon Bell also made meaningful contributions as true freshmen for high-caliber teams in 2022.

    So, who are the freshman receivers to watch from the conference for 2024? Here’s the rundown of the biggest names to know:

    Cam Coleman, Auburn

    247Sports position ranking: 2

    Auburn has been desperate for a star receiver for years. It may finally have one now in Coleman, who doesn’t turn 18 until August. The Phenix City, Alabama native won offensive MVP honors in the Tigers’ spring game with four catches for 92 yards, stoking the hype surrounding what he may contribute in Year 2 of the Hugh Freeze era on The Plains. While looking ahead to the 2027 NFL Draft class, 247Sports national scouting analyst Gabe Brooks pegged…

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  • NFL offseason power rankings: No. 21 Seattle Seahawks move onto Mike Macdonald era

    NFL offseason power rankings: No. 21 Seattle Seahawks move onto Mike Macdonald era

    The Seattle Seahawks are No. 21 in Yahoo Sports’ 2024 offseason power rankings. (Taylor Wilhelm/Yahoo Sports)

    Other NFL team previews: 32. Panthers | 31. Patriots | 30. Broncos | 29. Commanders | 28. Giants | 27. Titans | 26. Raiders | 25. Cardinals | 24. Saints | 23. Chargers | 22. Vikings

    Like Super Bowl XLIX, Bill Belichick got the best of Pete Carroll again.

    Carroll’s split with the Seattle Seahawks was overshadowed this offseason by Belichick being let go by the New England Patriots, but Carroll deserved flowers too. He won 137 regular-season games as head coach of the Seahawks. He took Seattle to two Super Bowls, winning one. That was the first Super Bowl title in franchise history. Only three coaches have won a college national championship and a Super Bowl: Jimmy Johnson, Barry Switzer and Carroll.

    Carroll wanted to stay. Seahawks ownership was ready for a change. It surprised nearly everyone.

    “I did not see this coming,” former Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman said on his podcast. “I did not see them letting Pete go.

    “It was a situation where I expected them to let Pete coach as long as he wanted to, and be around as long as he wanted to. He instilled an incredible culture in Seattle.”

    It was a seismic event because, like Belichick and the Patriots, the Seahawks hadn’t experienced much success before Carroll. They had seven playoff wins and no championships before Carroll, and 10 playoff wins and one title with him.

    “We weren’t anything. And then we were something,” Carroll said, via the Tacoma News Tribune. “We made something special.”

    Carroll defined the Seahawks for more than a decade. It will be jarring to see someone else leading them.

    Mike Macdonald will have a hard time replacing Carroll, but he was an exciting hire. He had two very good seasons running the Baltimore Ravens’ defense and players rave about his football mind. At age 36, Macdonald has a youthful energy (Carroll is 72, though energy was never a problem for him). Carroll was great, but…

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  • Top 2025 Ohio State football linebacker target will commit this weekend

    Top 2025 Ohio State football linebacker target will commit this weekend

    Although Ohio State football’s 2025 recruiting class has commitments from linebackers Tarvos Alford and Eli Lee, it is looking to add one more prospect to the group.

    Riley Pettijohn, the 6-foot, 2-inch and 215-pound Texas ‘backer visited Columbus at the end of May, and has since taken other visits to his finalists. The nation’s No. 31 overall prospect and 4th ranked at his position according to the 247Sports Composite Rankings is ready to shut down his recruiting process.

    This coming Saturday, July 6th, Pettijohn will choose from his final four: Texas A&M, Texas, USC and Ohio State. The 247Sports Crystal Ball leader is currently the Longhorns, but it has been wrong before.

    Ohio State would love at add yet another Lone Star State star to its roster, as they have been extremely successful recruiting Texas in the recent past.

    Contact/Follow @BuckeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Ohio State news, notes and opinion. Follow Michael Chen on X. 

    Story originally appeared on Buckeye Wire

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