NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The celebration to “bring it back to 1800” turned into Owensboro High School handing off the Kentucky Mr. Football trophy off to senior running back Evan Hampton. Hampton was named Mr. Football by the Kentucky Football Coaches Association on Wednesday. The award was announced to a standing ovation at the OHS gym, where the Celebrating Champions at 1800 was going on for the Class 5-A state …
Category: Awards and Honors
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 11—BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Tennessee wide receiver Braylon Staley was named the SEC Freshman of the Year on Wednesday as voted on by the league’s head coaches. Staley, an Aiken native, becomes the third player in program history to earn SEC Freshman of the Year honors, joining running back Jamal Lewis (1997) and quarterback Peyton Manning (1994). He is also the fourth player in the Josh Heupel …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Hawaii special teams coordinator Thomas Sheffield is not waiting for the envelope to open to declare a winner. “I will say this, and I mean no disrespect, he’s the best kicker in the country, ” Sheffield said of Japan-reared Kansei Matsuzawa. “We don’t need an award to tell us that. And he doesn’t need an award to tell him that. He knows he’s the best kicker in the country. We know he’s the …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Friendship Christian sophomore defensive end Gideon Knox broke Nashville Christian’s monopoly on the Middle Region major football awards by being named co-Defensive Player of the Year by the league’s coaches, it was released late last week. Knox led the Commanders with 88 tackles (a statistic which normally goes to the middle linebacker in coordinator Duane Lowe’s defense) and nine sacks. …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Texas Tech senior linebacker Jacob Rodriguez has won the Bronko Nagurski Award given annually to the nation’s top college defensive player. The 6-foot-1, 230-pound Rodriguez received the award at a banquet Monday night at the Charlotte Convention Center. Rodriguez, known for his dark mustache that is now copied by Texas Tech football fans, has 114 tackles this season, along …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… The Chicago Tribune Silver Football, awarded annually to the best in the Big Ten since 1924, predates the Heisman Trophy by 11 years. Red Grange of Illinois was the first recipient and Jay Berwanger of Chicago won it in 1935, the year he was named the inaugural Heisman winner. In the current voting format, each Big Ten head coach votes for his first and second choice — worth two points and one …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 5—BRANDON, S.D. — For the first time in the 40-year history of the award, South Dakota’s Gatorade football player of the year is a repeat winner. Brandon Valley senior offensive lineman Hudson Parliament was named the award winner for the second time on Friday following the Lynx’s Class 11AAA championship season. A 6-foot-4, 325-pound offensive guard, Parliament is a four-star recruit who …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… UConn star wide receiver Skyler Bell received an invitation to participate in the Panini Senior Bowl on January 31, 2026 in Mobile, Alabama. The Senior Bowl is a prestigious college all-star game that has been held in Mobile for over 76 years. It bills itself as the first step in the NFL Draft process. 106 Senior Bowl players were chosen in last year’s draft, according to a release, more than …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Dec. 2—New Mexico head coach Jason Eck was named the Mountain West Coach of the Year, the league announced Tuesday. In his first year with the Lobos, Eck led the program to a 9-3 overall record, the most regular season wins for the program since 1997. UNM tied for first in the Mountain West at 6-2, but were not selected to play in the league title game. The Lobos notably beat UCLA 35-10 and …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 28—FREEMAN, S.D. — Riley Tschetter is Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy football. And, to a large extent, Freeman/Marion/Freeman Academy football is Riley Tschetter. As a new program in 2022, the Phoenix looked to a freshman Tschetter as its Day 1 starter at quarterback. From the ashes, Tschetter helped guide a meteoric four-year rise, culminating with a blaze-of-glory exit as the Phoenix …