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  • 2026 Georgia linebacker set for another Ohio State visit

    2026 Georgia linebacker set for another Ohio State visit

    One of the biggest coaching moves Ohio State made this offseason was to promote James Laurinaitis to linebackers coach.

    This move has already paid dividends on the recruiting trail as the Buckeyes landed a commitment from 2025 four-star linebacker Tarvos Alford in late March.

    In the 2026 class, Ohio State has put out offers to 12 linebackers thus far.  Amongst those to receive an offer is Anthony Davis who is rated by On 3 Industry rankings as a four-star recruited and 17th linebacker in the class.

    Davis has already shown early interest in the Buckeyes as he visited Ohio State and received an offer in mid April.  That interest has continued as on Saturday Davis announced that he will be visiting the Buckeyes again for a visit on June 5th.

    It’s still early in the recruitment process as Davis still has two full seasons of high school football left but Ohio State appears to have a chance to land the talented linebacker who has already received 28 offers from many of the other top programs in college football.

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

    Story originally appeared on Buckeye Wire

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  • Where does Trevor Lawrence rank in 2024? | Yahoo Fantasy Football Show

    Where does Trevor Lawrence rank in 2024? | Yahoo Fantasy Football Show

    Yahoo Sports fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens discuss the ups and downs of the Jacksonville quarterback and where he ranks heading into this season. Hear the full conversation on the “Yahoo Fantasy Football Show” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.

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    So let’s just quickly have the Trevor Lawrence conversation.

    I know Andy, by the time we were got done with the panic meter segment last year, we were so sick of talking about the Jaguars offense.

    I think we, we put, we definitely, we put them in the coping corner, right?

    It feel, it feels like we probably did at some point.

    Uh My God, that that might as well be a different lifetime ago, talk about the damn coping corner.

    Um but yeah, Trevor Lawrence, like what, what, how bullish are you about Lawrence in terms of like making that leap?

    Um because a again like quarterback ranking wise, like people still that, you know, like, uh Derek Claton who does, you know, charting work for us at reception perception on quarterbacks like he still is very bullish on Trevor Lawrence as a real life quarterback.

    Um Obviously for from a fantasy perspective last year, it was a really like a stone cold disaster because he was the type of guy that you just kind of like kept rolling out.

    You really could never stream somebody over him.

    Uh So you couldn’t believe it was the worst fantasy quarterback to have last year to draft.

    Um, what, what, what’s the Trevor Lawrence outlook like this season?

    Yeah, you wouldn’t, I mean, you wouldn’t know it from my fantasy ranks.

    Right.

    Because I’m not particularly bullish on them.

    I’ve got them in the, I’ve got them in the higher teens, I think, like, maybe QB, 1718, something like that.

    And part of the reason for that is I, I’ve, I’ve kind of resigned myself to the fact that we’re just, the Jaguars are not gonna let him run.

    Um, he was a, he was a great running quarterback at the college level and like, he, in my mind, he is somebody who…

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  • Utah’s Cam Rising, Tennessee’s Bru McCoy among top players with extra year of eligibility from NCAA settlement

    Utah’s Cam Rising, Tennessee’s Bru McCoy among top players with extra year of eligibility from NCAA settlement

    The United States Department of Justice announced Thursday that it filed a proposed consent decree that will prohibit the NCAA from enforcing its Transfer Eligibility Rule, or any related rules that impose restrictions on athletic transfers between Division I schools. 

    The proposed consent decree — which still requires court approval — would retroactively apply to any transfers forced to sit out under the NCAA’s Transfer Eligibility Rule. One of the provisions states that Division I student-athletes deemed ineligible for any portion of a season during or since the 2019-20 academic year will be granted an extra season of eligibility by the NCAA.  

    This revision is also contingent on whether the athlete is currently eligible to compete, or their eligibility expired during the 2023-24 academic year. Obviously, this latest turn opens the door for several athletes to take advantage of that extra year of eligibility. 

    Here are some college football stars that could benefit from the latest change to the NCAA’s transfer policy. 

    Cam Rising, QB, Utah 

    This decision opens the door for Rising to return for an almost unprecedented eighth season. Whether the longtime Utah signal caller will actually do that remains to be seen, but he’s already transcended veteran status at this point. Rising initially signed with Texas in 2018 under former coach Tom Herman but transferred to Utah in 2019. Per NCAA rules at the time, he had to sit out his first year with the Utes. He was named Utah’s starter for the 2020 season opener against USC but suffered a season-ending injury that ended his campaign after just a couple of quarters. He started in 24 games from 2021-22 but a devastating injury in the 2023 Rose Bowl sidelined him for an entire season. Rising…

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  • Why it’s not all about sacks for Lions’ Dan Campbell when it comes to success of Aidan Hutchinson, defense

    Why it’s not all about sacks for Lions’ Dan Campbell when it comes to success of Aidan Hutchinson, defense

    The approach to measuring how successful an NFL team’s pass rush is isn’t an exact science. So, what’s more important: sack numbers or quarterback pressure numbers?

    For the Detroit Lions, the 2023 NFC runner-up, the answer is multi-faceted. The Lions’ 41 sacks as a defense this past season ranked 23rd despite having a top-five quarterback pressure total (274, the third-most in the NFL) and rate (41.6%, the fourth-best in the NFL). The issue was converting their consistent quarterback pressure into sacks, which they did at a rate of 6.5%, the 11th-lowest in the NFL. 

    Detroit head coach Dan Campbell said he would “absolutely” prefer to have better sack figures than pressure figures in a vacuum, but he also explained the nuance about sacks versus quarterback pressure rate in depth this week. 

     Detroit head coach Dan Campbell said he would “absolutely” prefer to have better sack figures than pressure figures in a vacuum, but he also explained the nuance about sacks versus quarterback pressure rate in depth this week. 

    “Sacks aren’t that big of a deal as long you’re getting the pressures,” Campbell said at his press conference on Thursday. “As long as you’re getting pressures, and those pressures show up and affect the quarterback negatively, you know? Now would you rather have sacks? Absolutely, I would rather have sacks. The loss of yardage, all of those things, but the pressures … a pressure that affects the quarterback. … We watched a couple clips this morning in front of the team. Quarterback is wanting to step up. He can’t step up, the throw is high. He’s flipping to his right, and he can’t get his hips around. Throw a pick. These things that end up in negative plays as incomplete, as turnovers, whatever, I’ll take those all day long.”

    The problem for the Lions in 2023, despite all their success, is their consistent pressure didn’t always result in generating a negative play…

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  • Pro Football Focus ranks top running back rooms. Where is Ohio State?

    Pro Football Focus ranks top running back rooms. Where is Ohio State?

    It’s no secret that the Ohio State football team has a ton of talent coming back. And while everyone likes to talk about how talented the defense will be, there’s plenty of it on the offensive end as well.

    Look no further than the duo at the running back position as proof of the talent at the skill positions on that side of the ball. It could be argued that the Buckeyes have one of the best backfields in the country with both TreVeyeon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins looking to make opposing defensive coordinators scratch their heads.

    But don’t just take our word for it. In fact, Pro Football Focus released its top ten backfields in college football for 2024 and Ohio State was at the very top. Rounding out the top ten was UCF (2), Georgia (3), Penn State (4), Ole Miss (5), Miami (FL) (6), Oregon (7), Kansas (8), Kansas State (9), and West Virginia (10).

    While the Buckeyes are in great shape in the running back room, they will need the quarterback position and offensive line to have improved play from last season to crush all of the goals for this season.

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

    Story originally appeared on Buckeye Wire

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  • Mike McCarthy: Trey Lance is close to being a master of the Cowboys’ system

    Mike McCarthy: Trey Lance is close to being a master of the Cowboys’ system

    The 49ers made Trey Lance the third overall pick in the draft after he had started just 17 games at North Dakota State. Then they traded him to the Cowboys after he had started just four games in San Francisco. Lance never played a down in his first year with the Cowboys, so there still isn’t much to evaluate him on. But coach Mike McCarthy likes what he sees this offseason.

    McCarthy said Lance is “definitely” an improved quarterback compared to where he was when he arrived in Dallas last year, and that his work in learning the Cowboys’ offense has been outstanding.

    “Young quarterback comes into a new system, so you got the learning curve, but now starting to get the timing with the routes,” McCarthy said. “He’s close to being a master of the system. He has a really high understanding. He’s communicating very well. He looks more and more comfortable. He just needs reps. I know I say that every time I talk about him. He just needs as many reps as he can.”

    Lance probably isn’t going to do much in Dallas, given that he’s behind not only Dak Prescott but also Cooper Rush on the depth chart. But all he can do now is put in the work in the offseason, and McCarthy says that’s what he’s doing. Perhaps some day, Lance will actually get some significant playing time.

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  • Greg Sankey’s frustration with the NCAA reaches boiling point: ‘Sometimes you have to be a jerk’

    Greg Sankey’s frustration with the NCAA reaches boiling point: ‘Sometimes you have to be a jerk’

    DESTIN, Fla. — In a college world increasingly filled with empty suits, flapping gums and celebrity lawyers, Greg Sankey carved out some space Thursday to declare he is not a member of those distinct clubs.

    The 59-year-old SEC commissioner, in his ninth year, did more than that at the conclusion of the SEC spring meetings. It was both about time and about his time.

    In his own low-key way, Sankey simmered, declaring his frustration at a system he is both part of and increasingly despises. His comments came after a question at a final press conference regarding the SEC’s recent partnership with the Big Ten.

    To backtrack: After January’s College Football Playoff Championship Game, Sankey flew to Phoenix for a series of NCAA meetings “where we accomplished little.” It was then he decided to call Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti.

    “Afterwards traveling home, [I thought], ‘You know, we have some really big problems. It didn’t seem to me that we were working to solve some of the medium problems,’” Sankey said Thursday. “I have thought for a long period of time that if the two conferences could agree, you could fulfill a leadership responsibility. That was the genesis of the phone call.”

    The two commissioners have since stressed they are not uniting to take over the world. They have decided agendas have to be set nationwide. The NCAA’s inattentiveness to, well, everything, sent the association into a legal spiral where it is currently trying to figure out the ramifications of the House settlement.

    In the end, the SEC and Big Ten schools can pretty much afford the damage. But that’s not the point. The leadership void in the system is massive.

    It just happened to be Sankey’s turn to fill it on Thursday.

    “We need to have more…

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  • Bears included in a unique slate of ‘Hard Knocks’ documentary versions

    Bears included in a unique slate of ‘Hard Knocks’ documentary versions

    Bears included in a unique slate of ‘Hard Knocks’ documentary versions originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

    The Bears will be the offseason subject of this season’s HBO documentary, “Hard Knocks,” the team, NFL and Max announced on Thursday.

    This version of “Hard Knocks” is not to be confused with two other versions HBO will run this season.

    On May 15, NFL Films and HBO announced “Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants.” This new version of the show will follow the Giants’ offseason venture from the end of the 2023 season to the beginning of the summer, presumably highlighting their moves in NFL free agency and the 2024 NFL Draft.

    That version of the show will debut on July 2, close to one month away from the premiere of the Bears’ version of “Hard Knocks.”

    Additionally, HBO will run their in-season version of the documentary for a fourth straight season. In the past, like their offseason version, “Hard Knocks” follows one team throughout the regular season.

    This season, the documentary will follow an entire division. Considering the Bears have been named the subject of the offseason version, it’s unlikely HBO will follow the NFC North. But that’s just speculation.

    The Bears’ appearance on the show this offseason will mark the first in franchise history. The show started in 2001, with gaps in between. But there’s no question the Bears’ participation stemmed from the NFL’s clause in their contract with HBO that can force a team’s participation in the documentary.

    To force a team to participate, a team must meet these three criteria:

    1) The team does not have a new head coach

    2) The team has not made the playoffs in the previous two seasons

    3) The team hasn’t been on “Hard Knocks” in the past 10 years

    Only three teams qualified under the above criteria this offseason: the Broncos, Saints and Bears. The Bears have employed head coach Matt Eberflus for two seasons, they have not made the playoffs since 2020 and this appearance will mark the franchise’s first…

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