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  • Three Penn State players are named to Sporting News All-America teams

    Three Penn State players are named to Sporting News All-America teams

    Three Penn State football players received preseason All-America recognition Wednesday from the Sporting News.

    Guard Vega Ioane was named to the first team, and running back Nick Singleton and defensive tackle Zane Durant were selected to the second team.

    Ioane returns for his second full season as a starter after Big Ten coaches and media named him to their all-conference second teams last year

    Earlier this summer, he was named to the All-America first team by Phil Steele’s College Football Preview and Athlon Sports. He also was selected to the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Lindy’s Sports and Pick Six Previews second teams.

    Singleton, a former Gov. Mifflin star, leads returning FBS players with 2,912 career rushing yards, 32 career rushing touchdowns and 4,673 career all-purpose yards.

    He was earlier named to preseason All-America first teams selected by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Phil Steele’s College Football Preview, Lindy’s Sports, Athlon Sports and Pick Six Previews.

    Durant returns for his third full season as a starter and has played in all 42 games he’s been on the Nittany Lions roster. He was earlier selected to the Walter Camp and Lindy’s All-America first teams, to the Phil Steele’s second team and to the Pick Six Previews third team.

    In other Penn State news, Trebor Pena and Devonte Ross were named to the watch list for the Biletnikoff Award, presented to the nation’s top receiver.

    Pena spent the last five seasons at Syracuse, where he led the Atlantic Coast Conference with 84 receptions last year for 941 yards and nine touchdowns. He also carried 12 times for 72 yards and a TD.

    Ross transferred earlier this year from Troy, where he made 76 catches for 1,043 yards and 11 TDs last season.

    Originally Published: August 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM EDT

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  • Seahawks sign DL Seth Coleman

    Seahawks sign DL Seth Coleman

    Defensive lineman Seth Coleman was waived by the Seahawks earlier this week, but he didn’t have to wait long to get a call back to the team.

    The Seahawks announced that they have re-signed Coleman to their 90-man roster. Wide receiver Montorie Foster Jr. was waived with an injury designation in a corresponding move.

    Coleman initially signed with the Seahawks in May after going undrafted out of Illinois. He had 183 tackles, 28 tackles for loss, 15.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries while in college.

    Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald said that Foster, who was also undrafted this year, suffered a hamstring injury. He had 108 catches for 1,426 yards and eight touchdowns at Michigan State.

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  • College football’s 10 easiest schedules in 2025: Texas Tech, Illinois playoff roads clear of major obstacles

    College football’s 10 easiest schedules in 2025: Texas Tech, Illinois playoff roads clear of major obstacles

    College football schedule metrics vastly differ this time of year with most relying on perception, last season’s results or lookahead predictions to determine toughness. On the other side of the coin, there are several Power Four programs blessed with favorable schedules that could lead to momentum-changing seasons near the top of their respective conferences.

    These “easiest schedule rankings” are heavily influenced by our cumulative post-spring top 25 rankings, which averaged out various polls from CBS Sports, ESPN, Sporting News, Athlon Sports, Fox Sports and Bleacher Report. Our strength of schedule rankings for each conference were also considered.

    Schedule favorability matters for a program trying to get to the playoff and these teams — like Indiana and SMU demonstrated last season — are potentially equipped to win with slates conducive to success in 2025.

    College football rankings: Texas leads the way, Penn State tops Ohio State in preseason CBS Sports 136

    Chip Patterson

    Number of opponents in cumulative top 25: 3

    Jalon Daniels is back to finish what he started with the Jayhawks in hopes of…

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  • Eight NFL teams that need preseason the most: Bears, Browns, Steelers among clubs with key questions to answer

    Eight NFL teams that need preseason the most: Bears, Browns, Steelers among clubs with key questions to answer

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    The 2025 NFL preseason kicked off with the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game. It was a mostly one-sided affair between the Los Angeles Chargers and Detroit Lions, with former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance among the most notable players to headline the contest. Now comes the fun part: the first full slate of exhibition action, which begins Thursday.

    Plenty of contenders, like the reigning Super Bowl foes in the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, are expected to rest most, if not all, of their best talent in advance of the regular season. Still plenty of others are set to intensify summer roster battles, and/or try to foster team chemistry in the lead-up to September.

    So which NFL teams need this preseason the most? Which clubs could especially stand to get key players and position competitions into live game settings? Here are eight teams that fit the bill, including at least one Super Bowl hopeful, as well as key questions that each team hopes to have answered in the coming weeks of play:

    Key questions:

    Will Michael Penix Jr. build enough momentum to gain legitimate internal and external trust as the Falcons’ new full-time starting quarterback?How will Kirk Cousins’ ongoing presence as Penix’s backup play out in preseason action, and how might his performance change what’s left of his trade market?Does Raheem Morris’ defense, which now features a pair of rookie edge rushers in Jalon Walker and James Pearce Jr., have enough talent to make…..

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  • Former UGA WR played role in Damon Wilson II transferring to Missouri

    Former UGA WR played role in Damon Wilson II transferring to Missouri

    Former Georgia Bulldogs edge rusher Damon Wilson II made a surprising decision when he transferred to the Missouri Tigers, an SEC rival, this offseason. Many Georgia fans wondered why Wilson II decided to transfer, but according to Joey Van Zummeren of Missouri Tigers SI, there was a connection from 1991 that helped get Wilson II to play football at Columbia, Missouri.

    David Blackwell is Missouri’s defensive line coach, so he’ll be working closely with Damon Wilson II the whole season. In his playing days, Blackwell was an offensive lineman at East Carolina from 1990-1991, where he played with running back Damon Wilson Sr., Damon Wilson II’s father.

    Ever since, his son had been a high school football player, Wilson Sr. had been keeping in touch with Blackwell. “He’d call to recommend a recruit,” Blackwell said about relationship Damon Wilson’s father, who helped train elite athletes in Florida. “‘Hey, you need to check this guy,’ or ‘hey, do you mind looking at this guy for me and telling me where you think, what level?’”

    In 2020, when Blackwell was the defensive coordinator at Louisiana Tech, Wilson Sr. introduced Blackwell to his son. Blackwell and Louisiana Tech never ended up recruiting Wilson II, who signed with Georgia on Dec. 21, 2022.

    Now, 34 years after Blackwell’s playing career, he is coaching the son of the running back he used to block for in East Carolina. Blackwell’s connection to Wilson II helped get the elite Georgia transfer to consider Missouri and ultimately visit the Tigers’ campus.

    Of course, Wilson II wasn’t the only Georgia Bulldog in recent memory to play for Missouri. Former Georgia wide receiver Dominic Lovett played two years at Missouri and earned All-SEC recognition before transferring to the Bulldogs in 2023. Lovett talked positively about the development program at Missouri.

    “He (Lovett)…

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  • Amid lingering hold-in, Bengals list Trey Hendrickson as co-third stringer

    Amid lingering hold-in, Bengals list Trey Hendrickson as co-third stringer

    Bengals defensive end Trey Hendrickson continues to hold in, not practicing while he awaits a contract.

    The Bengals presumably aren’t thrilled with that. One potential piece of evidence comes from his placement on the initial 2025 depth chart.

    Hendrickson is listed as a co-third stringer, behind Joseph Ossai and Cam Sample.

    Through it all, the Bengals and Hedrickson have yet to come to terms on a new contract. Albert Breer of SI.com recently reported that the Bengals have moved their offer beyond $30 million per year. The issue remains the structure and the guarantees.

    That was the issue last year with the Bengals and receiver Ja’Marr Chase. The APY would have put him at the top of the market. The structure was distinctly subpar.

    It’s unclear whether the Bengals are fining Hendrickson for not practicing. It is clear that the start of the season is coming soon. And that the Bengals need to reverse their trend of starting seasons slowly.

    Having Hendrickson signed and sealed and ready to get some sacks would be very helpful to the effort.

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  • Texas loses potential starting OL to knee injury, thinning depth ahead of Week 1 showdown vs. Ohio State

    Texas loses potential starting OL to knee injury, thinning depth ahead of Week 1 showdown vs. Ohio State

    Texas is less than a month away from its highly anticipated season opener against Ohio State, and one of the Longhorns’ biggest question marks just got more pronounced. Redshirt sophomore Andre Cojoe, who had been competing for the starting right tackle spot, is expected to miss significant time after suffering a knee injury in preseason camp, Horns247’s Chip Brown confirmed.

    Cojoe’s absence leaves Texas scrambling for answers up front as quarterback Arch Manning prepares for his first season as the Longhorns’ full-time starter — with a marquee road opener against the reigning national champions looming on Aug. 30 in Columbus.

    Cojoe had been splitting first-team reps at right tackle with sophomore Brandon Baker during the early stages of camp following the early NFL departure of former starter Cameron Williams. The 6-foot-6, 335-pound Cojoe had earned praise from offensive line coach Kyle Flood just days before the injury.

    “I think both those guys have changed their bodies, improved their skill sets, and we’ll figure out in training camp how that all plays out,” Flood said last Tuesday of Cojoe and Baker. “So, both guys are going to go out and compete, and we’ll see how it plays out through training camp.”

    Texas is No. 1 in college football rankings, tops preseason Coaches Poll for first time in storied history

    Shehan Jeyarajah

    With Cojoe now sidelined,…

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  • Commanders QB Jayden Daniels opens up on Terry McLaurin trade request: ‘I can’t control what he has going on’

    Commanders QB Jayden Daniels opens up on Terry McLaurin trade request: ‘I can’t control what he has going on’

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    The contract talks between the Washington Commanders and Terry McLaurin reached a crossroads when the star wide receiver requested a trade out of Washington. Though that move muddies his future with the franchise, McLaurin’s quarterback, Jayden Daniels, seems confident that he will be back in a Commanders uniform. 

    “I know one day 17 will be running out here — and hopefully soon,” Daniels said in an interview with CBS Sports. “I can’t control what he has going on with his business or the front office, stuff like that. I got to go out there and try to be the best version of myself each and every day. I just hope one day it all gets resolved and 17 is back out here catching passes.”    

    McLaurin’s trade request does not mean he will actually be traded. Plenty of star players have pulled a similar gambit before in a bid to get their team to acquiesce to their contract demands. 

    Terry McLaurin trade request: Commanders’ Dan Quinn downplays distraction, says it’s ‘part of normal business’

    Austin Nivison

    And after such a strong 2024 season, Daniels wants McLaurin back by his side. The two combined for 1,096 yards and 13 touchdowns — a career high for McLaurin — last season. McLaurin earned the second Pro Bowl honor of his career and was also named a second-team All-Pro, while Daniels was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the…

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