Oregon bolstered its future secondary Friday when cornerback prospect Thomas Graham joined its 2017 recruiting class.  Greg Biggins of Fox Sports reported the news while detailing a key part of the decision: The 5’11” and 163-pound Graham is a 4-star prospect, per Scout.com, and the No. 77 overall player, No. 7 cornerback and No. 3 cornerback from the state of California in the 2017 class. Graham was initially part of USC’s 2017 group, but he decommitted in April. Biggins relayed Graham's thoughts ...

Versatile offensive weapon Tyler Johnson announced Friday he's planning to play college football at Arizona State.  The tight end announced his decision on his Twitter account: Johnson is a 4-star prospect who rates as the Class of 2017's No. 13 tight end, according to Scout.com. He also checks in as the fifth-best TE from the West region and the best incoming player at the position from the state of Arizona. Although listed at tight end, the Highland High School ...

LSU superstar running back Leonard Fournette told reporters he won't play in the Tigers' Citrus Bowl matchup with Louisville in order to rest his troublesome ankle.   "Just to get [it at] 100 percent," Fournette said when asked about his decision, which will end his LSU career after the running back announced he will enter the NFL draft. Fournette is one of the nation's top playmakers, as he illustrated en route to scoring 23 total touchdowns during ...

The Stanford Cardinal bolstered their offensive front Friday, as offensive tackle Walker Little joined their 2017 recruiting class.  According to Steve Wiltfong of 247Sports, Little chose Stanford over in-state Texas. The 6’8” and 305-pound Little is a 5-star prospect, per Scout.com, and the No. 16 overall player, No. 2 offensive tackle and No. 1 offensive tackle from the state of Texas in the 2017 class. Little drew plenty of interest throughout the recruiting cycle from some of the top ...

Florida State picked up a commitment Friday from linebacker Adonis Thomas, one of the top junior college prospects in the country, to bolster its defense for 2017.  Chris Nee of Noles247 passed along word of the defender's decision. Thomas also posted a message on social media directed to the Seminoles' coaching staff: A source provided Noles247 with a glowing review of Thomas following a single season at Northwest Mississippi Community College: "Awesome kid. Zero problems off the ...

An elite offensive tackle can build the foundation for a college football team to win a national championship, so Georgia certainly feels great after landing Isaiah Wilson.    Kipp Adams of Dawgs247 first reported Wilson's commitment to the Bulldogs. The tackle talked about the connection he made with offensive line coach Sam Pittman: He wants me to come join what the Bulldogs are trying to do over the next couple of years. He is so good, but he is a very ...

In the wake of an investigation that determined a former Wake Forest football radio personality and coach provided other teams with inside information, Demon Deacons head coach Dave Clawson commented Friday on how that impacted the team's game plan against Louisville this season.  According to ESPN.com, Clawson said on ESPN's Mike & Mike that the staff had to make significant adjustments prior to the 44-12 loss, which irked his players: We knew we had been compromised, and as a result, ...

MVP warning: You're entering a safe space where there will be no such talk about there being too many bowl games. These final games are a just reward for the hard work that players and coaches put in all season long, and frankly it doesn't matter that most of the games end up being meaningless from a national standpoint. For the teams involved in each contest, in many cases it's the most important game of the ...

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney is all too familiar with the process of starting from the bottom and clawing his way to the top. He did it as a scrappy walk-on player at the University of Alabama, and he's repeated the same feat as a coach in leading the Tigers to a 14-1 record and runner-up finish in 2015. Nowhere is Clemson's transformation into a superpower more evident than the work Swinney and his staff have done on ...

Bowl season often brings out the best in college football players, who have one final opportunity to shine before the campaign ends. We're expecting huge performances from 10 athletes in particular. Even if their team loses, they'll still put up big numbers. Granted—for quarterbacks especially—this is barring an uncontrollable external force like weather. Given their current health status and cooperative weather, though, they'll destroy the box score. Think someone else is due for a massive stat line? Head ...