When you are a high school freshman running back and you go for about 1,377 yards and score 11 touchdowns, and in the process help lead you team to the second round of the New Jersey state playoffs, You are going to attract attention. Highland Regional High School’s Johnny Martin III did just that in […]
The Temple Owls are ready to rock in 2018. It’s season two for Geoff Collins as the head coach and the Owls are coming off of a 7-6 season where they needed to win three of their last four games to get bowl eligible and then won that bowl game (the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla […]
Rookies and younger players find ways to impress Eagles coaches even when playing real football isn’t allowed. Those are the kinds of challenges rookies, plus second- and third-year players face trying to get the attention of coaches and improve their chances of making the team.
One moment, he was running away or running over high school defenders. The next, it seemed to John Lovett, he was getting pounded every time he looked up. That is how it was for Lovett, the former Cherokee High School standout running back—and the Baylor football program—in 2017. One of 15 true freshmen who were […]
It is a story many find hard to believe, but it’s true. There are no problems at all in the Eagles quarterback room….none. People keep picking and prodding, but neither Carson Wentz or Nick Foles is having any of it. Having said that, there are plenty of reasons to believe there would be. In 2017, […]
There was a tremendous amount of pride felt by the whole Penn State football nation that Saquon Barkley developed into a player who was good enough to be selected second overall by the New York Giants in the recent NFL Draft but in college football there’s not much time for reflection. Spring practice is in […]
Aaron Young has options. Out of the corners of his eyes, he sees two defenders converging on him, but they don’t know what Young knows. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound Coatesville tailback can either blow by them, or plow through them. It’s what happens when you possess that fine blend of speed and power, like Young. You […]
A Canadian based group looks to come up with intelligence quiz that will replace the fabled Wonderlic Test – Offensive linemen from the Soul and Eagles chime in on the test that rates their positions the smartest in football.
Eagles Hall of Fame kicker David Akers was asked to introduce the the Birds second round pick Friday night. He delivered an epic troll of Dallas Cowboys fans, “Hey, Dallas, the last time you were in the Super Bowl, these draft picks weren’t born,” exclaimed Akers, who had to yell over the the thunderous booing […]
EAST RUTHERFORD: According NFL rules, a team will get a few extra organized practice sessions before the draft when there is a new head coach. The Giants Pat Shurmur is the team’s new guy, taking the place of Ben McAdoo who lasted just two seasons after recording just three wins in 2017. Obviously Shurmer want […]
