Bleacher Report's CFB 150 is an annual ranking of the game's best players, regardless of NFL potential. Authors David Kenyon, Brian Pedersen and Barrett Sallee have studied, ranked and graded the top athletes in the country, narrowed that list down and sorted by position. Today, Sallee presents the top 16 safeties.
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The role of a safety varies from team to team and situation to situation. The best are solid in coverage and passing situations and reliable in ...
Coveted wide receiver Jaylen Harris announced Friday that he's planning to play college football at Ohio State starting next fall.
Harris announced his commitment in a video with Cleveland.com:
Harris is a 4-star prospect who rates as the No. 108 overall player in the 2017 recruiting class, according to the Scout player rankings. He also checks in as the No. 14 wideout in the group and the best recruit at the position from the state of Ohio.
The Cleveland Heights High School ...
TAMPA, Fla. — The genesis of "the undersized hero who could" began nearly two years ago, far away from the greatest moment of the college football season.
Deep in the monotonous grind that is scout team preparation, a tough, undersized wide receiver was driving the Clemson defense crazy. Frankly, the guys were pissed off.
"He kept making plays and making us look bad," Clemson linebacker Ben Boulware told Bleacher Report.
Hunter Renfrow is listed at 5'11" on the Tigers ...
The reigning national champion Villanova Wildcats are the projected No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA tournament with less than two months remaining in the 2016-17 men's college basketball season. Joining Villanova on the top line are Kansas, Kentucky and...Florida State?
You read that right. Much was made of Baylor's rise from no votes in the preseason AP Top 25 all the way to No. 1 in that poll, but no one thought the Seminoles would ...
Having already conquered the women's game, Connecticut Huskies head coach Geno Auriemma nearly made the jump to the men's game more than a decade ago.
In an interview with Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari on his Cal Cast podcast (h/t Excelle Sports' Nick Forrester), Auriemma said he had a job with a men's college team lined up before deciding against taking it:
I had until midnight to make a decision. And I thought I had made ...
Tamorrion Terry is heading to Florida State.
Per Michael Langston of Warchant.com, Terry committed to the Seminoles.
“I've liked them (the ‘Noles) for a long time,” he told Langston. “I like how the coaches are with the players and also their ability to use bigger receivers. So this one is big. I committed to FSU. This is where I've wanted to be.”
The 4-star wide receiver announced his intention to become a Seminole on Thursday, choosing them over other ...
Florida State wide receiver Travis Rudolph will skip his senior season with the Seminoles and enter the 2017 NFL draft.
The Seminoles confirmed Rudolph's decision, releasing a statement from the wide receiver:
Citing a source Thursday, Ryan S. Clark of Warchant.com reported the junior wideout was set to join FSU running back Dalvin Cook and left tackle Roderick Johnson by making the jump to the pro level.
Cook posted a message on social media in support of his ...
The struggling Texas Longhorns basketball team is facing another obstacle this season, as star sophomore Tevin Mack has been suspended indefinitely.
Per the Longhorn Network, Mack was suspended Thursday for an unspecified violation of team rules.
This is not the first time Mack has been disciplined by the team and head coach Shaka Smart. He was previously suspended for the season opener, along with Kerwin Roach Jr., against Incarnate Word on Nov. 11 for violating team rules.
After Mack's indefinite suspension, per Texas ...
Less than three weeks away from national signing day, several of America's premier college football prospects are officially on commitment watch. Count 5-star defensive back Devon Hunter among them.
The Indian River High School (Chesapeake, Virginia) senior announced intentions this week to reveal his collegiate choice Jan. 20, with six programs in the picture:
Hunter's half-dozen finalists consist of four SEC teams—Alabama, Auburn, Florida and Ole Miss—along with ACC squads North Carolina and Virginia Tech.
"I'm ready to get to ...
Let's address the obvious while we're all still floating on this weightless football high. It is a convenient time to heap enormous praise on the sport.
This much is certain and undeniable. Rarely has the game felt as delightful and huggable as it does at this moment after all that has taken place over the past week. But the outcome of Monday night is only part of the reason such momentum will continue.
This is about far ...