Ohio State's 2014 recruiting class received a bump Thursday night when 4-star prospect Jalyn Holmes verbally committed to play for Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes. Holmes, rated the No. 4 defensive end by 247Sports.com, chose Ohio State over offers from schools such as Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Miami, Notre Dame and USC. Coming off of a two-day visit to Columbus, Holmes announced his commitment via Twitter: I'm committed to THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY— Jalyn ...

For Colin Moran, revenge is sweet.After opening the College World Series with an 0-for-3 performance en route to a 8-1 loss against N.C. State, Moran and the Tar Heels got another crack at the N.C. State Wolfpack.In somewhat of a surprise move, N.C. State decided to start Carlos Rodon, the pitcher who dominated North Carolina in their first matchup in Omaha. Many including myself thought N.C. State was going to try to rest Rodon for ...

The Nebraska Cornhuskers’ wide receiving corps will boast a rarity for the Husker program this fall: depth.  For a team that traditionally bases its offense on the run game and typically aspires for mere sufficiency in the pass game, this group of Nebraska wideouts is surprisingly diverse. From the speed of Jamal Turner and Kenny Bell to the strength and size of Quincy Enunwa and Taariq Allen, the Big Red depth chart is dotted with ...

Every championship-caliber team has one undeniable trait—depth. Like other coaching staffs, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly and his assistants have hit the recruiting trail to establish depth at each position. While the Fighting Irish assembled one of the nation's most gleaming recruiting crops in the 2013 cycle, their efforts in 2012 will be a haunting memory. Rewind to national signing day 2012. At the time, the Irish had commitments from a handful of elite prospects, including 5-star quarterback ...

Future NCAA basketball stars can pop up at any school—witness Anthony Davis, a product of Chicago’s unheralded Perspectives Charter Academy—but some high school programs have made a science of turning out prime college talent year after year. Many of those schools have been renowned for decades, while others are just coming into their own. One program in the latter category is Nevada’s Findlay Prep. In just five years of existence, the hoops powerhouse has produced ...

Did you think we had entered the time of the year when the only significant developments in the college football world were player arrests?While there is a bit more downtime as coaches prepare for a rare vacation, this weekend at Notre Dame might be the most significant of any prior to the start of fall practice in early August. June is camp season. Coaches have returned to campus from spending much of May on the ...

The South Carolina Gamecocks are closing in on landing Derrell Scott, a 4-star running back from Havelock, North Carolina for their 2014 recruiting class.It is not set in stone that Scott will end up wearing the garnet and black, though he is projected by all but one of 247sports.com's crystal ball predictors to be a Gamecock in 2014.  If Scott does commit to South Carolina, it will land one of the nation's more elite all-purpose ...

Camp season is usually commit season. High school stars have begun making their rounds at one-day, two-day and three-day college camps around the country, and coaches are trying to squeeze a verbal agreement out of elite players before they leave their stadiums. Wisconsin seized on such an opportunity when it secured such a commitment, according to Amy Donaldson of the Deseret News, from Utah native Austin Kafentzis, a 2012 MaxPreps Sophomore All-American.Kafentzis, a 2015 prospect, may not ...

On Thursday, former Nebraska football quarterback Sam Keller was involved in a court hearing that could radically change the face of college athletics. Keller’s lawsuit against the NCAA was consolidated with a suit brought by former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon, alleging that the NCAA has been benefiting from using the likenesses of college athletes without providing those athletes with proper compensation. The basis of these lawsuits is a challenge to NCAA form 08-3a, which ...

College football has new stars every year.Many players take a few years of seasoning before they burst onto the national scene, while others become stars the minute they step on campus.Duke Johnson of Miami, T.J Yeldon of Alabama and Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall of Georgia didn't take long to leave their marks in their respective backfields.Receivers like Texas A&M's Mike Evans, Maryland's Stefon Diggs and Alabama's Amari Cooper also made relatively easy jumps from ...