The New England Patriots and safety Kyle Dugger have agreed to a four-year extension, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The contract has a base value of $58 million and can be worth up to $66 million and includes $32 million guaranteed, the sources said. Dugger’s new deal has an average annual value of $14.5 million. […]
Continue readingFOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots are assigning the transition tag on safety Kyle Dugger, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Tuesday. The transition tag is for $13.8 million, which is the average of the top 10 salaries for safeties. Dugger can still sign an offer sheet with another team, and the Patriots […]
Continue readingIt’s a simple premise and yet a near-impossible challenge. The story of the past decade of college football is littered with superstars — from Lamar Jackson‘s mystifying talent to Baker Mayfield planting the Oklahoma flag at Ohio State to Tua Tagovailoa rescuing Alabama from the brink of defeat to a former walk-on in Stetson Bennett […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Tim Hasselbeck and Mike Greenberg disagree on who’s under more pressure to win the offseason between the Patriots or Steelers. (1:49) FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Dugger’s deal: The last player who was drafted by the Patriots in the first three […]
Continue readingHe was set to soon enter White’s gymnasium. But White, certain Blanding would not escape notice, left a visitor alone to wait. “He’ll stick out like a sore thumb,” the coach said, walking away to attend to business. Blanding, the nation’s top-rated safety prospect, in fact, opened the doors a moment later and strode unceremoniously […]
Continue readingThe 2014 class strengths on offense are clearly at running back (for the second year in a row) and wide receiver as the trend of big, long targets continues. Offensively the jury is still out for the most part at quarterback top-to-bottom. Deshaun Watson (Gainesville, Ga./Gainesville), Keller Chryst (Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto), David Cornwell (Norman, […]
Continue readingThe football season is right around the bend and senior campaigns will give us our final viewing of the current class leading into the all-star game season in early January. Below are some highlights of major (and minor) shifts in the ranks. As always, some players may see a drop in rank not reflective of […]
Continue readingThere are only 108 days left until the start of the 2016 college football season, when California and Hawaii will kick off the season down under at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia. The rest of FBS won’t start their seasons until the next week, but, hey, at least we’ll get to watch one game in […]
Continue readingMichigan was hoping for big results from its barbecue weekend and on Saturday the coaching staff got the biggest prospect they could have hoped for. Michigan landed its third commitment for the 2015 class during the event from wide receiver George Campbell (Tarpon Springs, Fla./East Lake) the top athlete and No. 3-ranked prospect overall in […]
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