Each week, Bleacher Report National Recruiting Analyst Tyler Donohue analyzes a different prospect based on in-person evaluation and intensive film study. Here's our latest scouting report of a promising young athlete and how he projects as a college player.           New LSU Tigers head coach Ed Orgeron and freshly hired offensive coordinator Matt Canada scored a crucial recruiting victory earlier this month when quarterback Myles Brennan reaffirmed his commitment to the program. Brennan, a 6'4", 185-pound ...

Oklahoma Sooners coach Bob Stoops commented on Joe Mixon's assault of a female student in 2014 after the running back's lawyers released a video of the incident on Dec. 18, per ESPN.com.  Stoops said the discipline for Mixon at the time of the incident—he was suspended for the 2014 season—was not severe enough, per John Shinn of the Norman Transcript, and that dismissal from the program would be the response if the incident occurred today. "After two-and-a-half years, ...

Count Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban among those who have weighed in on the decisions by LSU running back Leonard Fournette and Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey to skip their respective bowl games. Saban said Wednesday the kids shouldn't be blamed and instead pointed the finger at college football and the creation of a playoff for minimizing the importance of other bowl games, per Mark Schlabach of ESPN.com: McCaffrey announced he would skip Stanford's Sun ...

Virginia Tech is 5-3 over its last eight bowl appearances, 4-3-1 against the spread. Arkansas is 4-1 straight up and 3-2 ATS over its last five bowls. A division champion from the ACC meets a fifth-place team from the SEC when the Hokies battle the Razorbacks in the Belk Bowl on December 29 in Charlotte.           Belk Bowl point spread: The Hokies opened as six-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark. (Line ...

The Big Ten is fresh off the heels of a showcase regular season that put four teams in the Top Eight of the final College Football Playoff rankings, but the league is looking to solidify its status as the best in the country during a pivotal 2016 bowl season. To do that, players such as Ohio State's J.T. Barrett, Penn State's Trace McSorley and Wisconsin's Sojourn Shelton have to turn in huge performances on college football's ...

South Carolina is 4-0 straight up and 3-1 against the spread in its last four bowl outings, including back-to-back outright victories as an underdog. The Gamecocks find themselves bowl dogs again, this time against offensive-minded South Florida in the Birmingham Bowl on December 29 at historic Legion Field.  Birmingham Bowl point spread: The Bulls opened as 11-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark (line updates and matchup report). College football pick, via OddsShark computer: 39.0-26.6 Bulls (College ...

Stretching back to last century, the Utah Utes are 12-1 in their last 13 bowl games and 3-0 both straight up and against the spread over their last three bowls. Utah shoots for more of the same when it meets up with Indiana in the Foster Farms Bowl December 28 at 8:30 p.m. ET at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.       Foster Farms Bowl point spread: The Utes opened as 6.5-point favorites, according to sportsbooks ...

Texas A&M is 4-1 straight up and 3-2 against the spread over its last five bowl games. Near the other end of the spectrum, Kansas State is 1-7 both SU and ATS over its previous eight bowls. Former conference rivals renew acquaintances when the Aggies tangle with the Wildcats in the Texas Bowl December 28 at 9 p.m. ET in Houston.        Texas Bowl point spread: The Aggies opened as 2.5-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored ...

If you were paying attention last December, you saw the exact point where Lamar Jackson’s Heisman Trophy campaign got its sea legs. In an otherwise nondescript Music City Bowl against Texas A&M, the Louisville freshman quarterback ended his 2015 season in impressive fashion. Jackson torched the Aggies for 453 yards of total offense (227 through the air, 226 on the ground) and four touchdowns in a 27-21 win. It was the perfect springboard for his transcendent ...

Oregon running back Royce Freeman announced Wednesday he will return to Oregon for his senior season in a program release:  After consulting with my family and giving this considerable thought, I feel this is the best decision for me in regards to my future on and off the field. My education was one of the most important reasons I chose to come to Oregon and that priority hasn't changed.I wish to thank Coach (Mark) Helfrich and ...