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Until his cousin, Bernard Afutiti, visited from the mainland nearly five years ago, the notion of playing college football had never occurred to Tyrone Taleni. And why would it? Taleni didn’t know football. He’d neither played nor spent any time watching the sport. Sure, football might be ingrained into the cultural fabric of nearby American

247Sports Jaden Rashada, a four-star quarterback and the No. 45 overall player in the Class of 2023, committed to Miami live on CBS Sports HQ on Sunday. Rashada chose the Hurricanes over a group of finalists that included Florida, LSU, Ole Miss and Texas A&M.  “Miami just felt like home when I went there the second time,” Rashada

UTSA Roadrunners Preview 2022: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the UTSA season with what you need to know and keys to the season. – Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak UTSA Roadrunners PreviewHead Coach: Jeff Traylor, 3rd year at UTSA, 19-72021 Preview: Overall: 12-2, Conference: 7-1Keys To The SeasonSeason Prediction, What Will HappenUTSA Top 10 Players | UTSA

2:12 PM ET Tom VanHaaren Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Tom Luginbill Close ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall Arch Manning, the No. 1-ranked college football recruit in the 2023 class,

247Sports Notre Dame added a major commitment to its burgeoning 2024 recruiting class as four-star tight end Jack Larsen committed to the Fighting Irish live on CBS Sports HQ. Larsen, a product of Charlotte Catholic in North Carolina, picked Notre Dame over North Carolina, NC State, Clemson and Michigan.  Listed at 6-foot-3 and 212 pounds,

7:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN CINCINNATI — When the Keurig coffee maker behind Luke Fickell’s desk finally sputtered out too many grinds this winter, he asked for a replacement. When a shiny Nespresso machine eventually appeared in its place, the upgrade immediately offended Fickell’s sensibilities. Was it too fancy? Did folks around the Bearcats football

USATSI Arch Manning had the opportunity to follow his grandfather Archie and uncle Eli to Ole Miss. He could have followed in the footsteps of his other uncle, Peyton, and played at Tennessee. He was given an open line to join the greatest college football dynasty of all time at Alabama. He also could have

On Thursday, at 11:16 a.m. New Orleans time, the Twitter feed of Arch Manning – whose bio reads “high school student” and account follows exactly no one on the social media platform – sent out its first and, as of now, only tweet. It would end a recruitment that felt like it was out of

4:27 PM ET If you’ve ever watched Monday Night Football, you have probably heard former Ohio State football players proudly announce their school as “The Ohio State University,” with an emphasis on the word “the,” pronounced with the long “e” like “thee.” That simple article has become part of Ohio State’s culture and the university

Ohio State’s ownership of the trademark “The” has been legally formalized, a development that won’t be received warmly among non-Buckeyes college football fans. The school’s trademark application for the most commonly used word in the English language was officially approved on Tuesday, first reported by trademark attorney Josh Gerben. The Buckeyes football program more or

Ohio State’s success on the recruiting trail continued on Tuesday when Brandon Inniss, a five-star wide receiver and the No. 18 overall player in the Class of 2023, announced his commitment to the Buckeyes over USC. Inniss is the second five-star wide receiver to commit to coach Ryan Day’s program in as many days. Carnell

7:00 AM ET The 2022 season is within sight, which means it’s time to put a bow on the annual crystal-balling exercise known as Future Power Rankings. The team list is here. If you’ve already digested top-25 rankings for quarterbacks, offenses and defenses, you have a decent idea of what will follow. The team rankings

Former Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons certainly had a stellar rookie season in the NFL. The first-round pick of the Dallas Cowboys in the 2021 NFL draft went on to run away with the NFL’s defensive rookie of the year award, and he gives plenty of credit for preparing him for NFL success to Penn

Getty Images The Big 12 won’t undergo significant membership change until 2023, but the current makeup is finally starting to take shape ahead of the 2022 season. There are three new coaches and likely four new starting quarterbacks that transferred into the league, which makes predicting win totals more difficult than ever.  That’s never stopped

Much has been made about the Oklahoma Sooners being more active in the southeastern part of the country and with good reason. There’s a lot of talent in the southeast. However, it may surprise some that the uptick in offers to athletes in the Mid-Atlantic region has also gone up. It makes sense for this

Pitt Panthers Preview 2022: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the Pitt season with what you need to know and keys to the season. – Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak Pitt Panthers PreviewHead Coach: Pat Narduzzi, 53-37, 8th year at Pitt2021 Preview: Overall: 11-3 Conference: 7-1Keys To The SeasonSeason Prediction, What Will HappenPitt Top 10 Players

8:00 AM ET ATLANTA — It has not yet been a full year since legislation first took effect allowing college athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness (NIL), and we’ve already seen a public spat between national title-winning coaches accusing each other of illicit payments to players, reports of a recruit landing an

Getty Images With seven defensive backs taken in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft, including two cornerbacks in the the top four, back-end defensive talent is clearly in demand at football’s highest level. Things are no different in the college game, where the stingiest secondaries are often associated with the nation’s most successful