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. …
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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… In the game of football, there have been many notable individuals who have gone on to productive careers in the NFL as either kickers or punters — the most notable of which include Morten Andersen, Jan Stenerud and Ray Guy, the lone three individuals to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame solely on their kicking (Andersen, Stenerud) or punting (Guy) abilities. Without question, …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Bedford High School senior Brody Helton is the winner of the 2025 Joe Yukica Player of the Year Award, the Joe Yukica/New Hampshire Chapter of the National Football Foundation announced Friday. The Yukica Award represents the most outstanding NHIAA football player each year and is voted on by NHIAA head coaches and a panel of media members. Nashua South quarterback/defensive back Cody Jackson …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Terre Haute South grad Nic Yatsko, a redshirt freshman defensive back for the Indiana State Sycamores, is a finalist for college football’s Jerry Rice Award. The award is presented by Stats Perform annually to the outstanding freshman player at the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision level. Last year, another Missouri Valley Football Conference player, North Dakota State running back …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 26—Lakota East senior running back Ryder Hooks has been nominated as one of eight finalists for the 2025 Ohio Mr. Football award. Also nominated is the reigning winner — Cincinnati Moeller senior quarterback Matt Ponatoski. The candidates are chosen by a panel of Ohio Prep Sports Media Association members. Hooks was the Southwest District Division I Offensive Player of the Year as named …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 26—Lakota East senior running back Ryder Hooks has been nominated as one of eight finalists for the 2025 Ohio Mr. Football award. Also nominated is the reigning winner — Cincinnati Moeller senior quarterback Matt Ponatoski. The candidates are chosen by a panel of Ohio Prep Sports Media Association members. Hooks was the Southwest District Division I Offensive Player of the Year as named …
NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 26—Lakota East senior running back Ryder Hooks has been nominated as one of eight finalists for the 2025 Ohio Mr. Football award. Also nominated is the reigning winner — Cincinnati Moeller senior quarterback Matt Ponatoski. The candidates are chosen by a panel of Ohio Prep Sports Media Association members. Hooks was the Southwest District Division I Offensive Player of the Year as named …