Virtually every year a QB has a breakout season and emerges as a Top 10 draft pick. Who could be that guy next year? Cam Ward? Conner Weigman? Garrett Nussmeier? We spoke to some experts who sized up the potential 2025 QB class: nytimes.com/athletic/54938…
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In Dane Brugler’s first 2025 NFL mock draft, he had three QBs going in the first round:

◽️Carson Beck, Georgia
◽️Quinn Ewers, Texas
◽️Shedeur Sanders, Colorado

Does that line up with what college coaches see?

Bruce Feldman asked around: nytimes.com/athletic/54938…

Scottie Scheffler has been charged with second degree assault of police officer, third degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic.

From Joe Burrow to Jayden Daniels, it seems like every year now some college QB has a breakout season and vaults into the top 10 of the NFL Draft. With a lot of intel from college coaches, here’s an early deep dive into the potential 2025 QB class: nytimes.com/athletic/54938…

Great insight here on next year's QB class. Worth the read. Took some notes for 2025 Reese's Senior Bowl. ✍️

On Ohio State's Will Howard: “I think he’s gonna have a monster year. All of a sudden, he’s going to have this great supporting cast around him. For a big guy, he is pretty athletic and can run... ” nytimes.com/athletic/54938…
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While the expectations for the next QB crop are nowhere near the 2024 class, multiple college coaches we spoke to came away raving about Georgia's Carson Beck: nytimes.com/athletic/54938…
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The 2024 NFL quarterback crop is considered a much stronger class than the projected 2025 batch.

Bruce Feldman interviewed more than a dozen college coaches to gauge how this class might unfold.

Here’s what they said ⤵️
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Inside how college football’s transfer portal works: Coaches, players and agents dish on NIL theathletic.com/5484900/2024/0…

Inside how college football’s transfer portal works: Coaches, players and agents dish on NIL. My colleagues and I did the deepest dive you’ll find on how things are really happening now inside college football. theathletic.com/5484900/2024/0…
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What is the transfer portal really like in the NIL age?

The Athletic surveyed numerous coaches, NIL collective officials, agents, personnel staffers and players to open a window into college football’s version of free agency.

A look inside the portal ⤵️

theathletic.com/5484900/2024/0…

Inside how college football’s transfer portal works: Coaches, players and agents dish on NIL. My colleagues and I did the deepest dive you’ll find on how things are really happening now inside college football. theathletic.com/5484900/2024/0…
theathletic.com/5484900/2024/0…

Excellent story by Mike DeFabo on a WVU great.

Story: The next change in college football could be unlimited coaches. Oversight committee votes next week.

All those analysts and quality control could coach on the field.

“This is a hill the AFCA will die on,” Craig Bohl says. theathletic.com/5482522/2024/0…

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New Audible: Stewart Mandel and I discuss Brian Kelly's NIL comments. Plus, we answer your mailbag questions, talking NFL Draft records; Kirby Smart; Rutgers and discuss the late, great Howie Schwab: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…
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New Audible: Stewart Mandel and I discuss Brian Kelly's NIL comments. Plus, we answer your mailbag questions, talking NFL Draft records; Kirby Smart; Rutgers and discuss the late, great Howie Schwab: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…
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SOURCES: USC is expected to hire Jim Hostler as an analyst working with the Trojans defensive staff under new DC D’Anton Lynn. The 57-year old Hostler is a former 49ers OC who has 20+ years of NFL experience and spent last season on the Detroit Lions staff as a senior assistant.

'He’s great at connecting with people, he listens, he understands, he can translate that into action from a guy who’s been in it for a long time. Everything he’s said has come to fruition. He just keeps it real, and I think you can appreciate that.' Excellent story on Oregon's