After a surprising fall out of the first round, Kentucky QB Will Levis is the top signal-caller on the board — and there are a number of possible suitors.
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Deion Sanders doesn’t want Colorado bringing in players with a “me first” attitude.
The Buffaloes are getting ready to load up on transfers after more than 30 players have entered the portal in recent days, according to CBS Sports.
Sanders has taken some heat for his handling of roster turnover, but the Colorado head coach isn’t sweating it. He’s not sweating it at all, but he does want to make sure every player on the team understands it’s not about them.
It’s about the whole unit.
Deion Sanders is overseeing a major shift at Colorado.
Unfortunately for Will Levis, his stay in the NFL draft green room is going to be a two-night adventure.
Almost universally believed to be a first-round pick, Levis wasn’t selected Thursday night in Kansas City despite making 38 appearances for Kentucky across four seasons. The Wildcats’ quarterback watched the draft begin with three signal-callers selected in the first four choices, and then none over the remaining 27 picks.
Now, with the second round beginning Friday at 7 p.m. ET, we take a look at three ideal fits for Levis on Day 2.
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Casey Thompson’s time at Nebraska is over.
After just one season with the program, Thompson has entered the transfer portal as a grad transfer, according to Max Olson.
With the former Cornhuskers starter out the door, former Georgia Tech QB Jeff Sims is now locked in to be Nebraska’s QB1 for head coach Matt Rhule. He was limited by a shoulder injury that required surgery during the offseason. Now, he’s gone.
Nebraska QB Casey Thompson has entered the portal as a grad transfer, @TheAthletic has learned.
Will Levis took a gamble by attending the first round of NFL Draft in person on Thursday night. While some thought he had a legitimate chance of being a Top 10 pick, others predicted that he could fall out of the first round.
Unfortunately for Levis, the latter happened. He had to awkwardly sit with his family and friends for three-plus hours with cameras glued to his every move. This is the exact scenario he didn’t want to see play out. He mentioned as much ahead of his Pro Day workout at Kentucky earlier this year.
Maryland football coach Mike Locksley agreed to a contract amendment that will increase his salary to an average of $6.1 million a year over the duration of his five-year deal, sources tell Sports Illustrated.
Locksley had been earning $4 million in salary after signing a new contract last spring.
The new contract starts at $5.5 million in salary and increases $300,000 each year. The deal runs through the 2027 season but will be extended by a year if the Terps win at least seven games this season.
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Charles Leclerc notches his third-straight pole position in Azerbaijan
The field is set for Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
And for the first time this season, Red Bull is not on pole.
Charles Leclerc snatched pole position from the Red Bull duo of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez, giving Ferrari something to smile about after a difficult start to their 2023 campaign.
Please don’t feed Shaq lasagna.
Hello. How are you today? Well, I hope. So anyway, on Wednesday night Shaq ripped a massive lasagna fart that was so heinous he had to start airing out the Inside the NBA studio with his own show notes.
Shaq halftime TNT Lasagna report, with some extra smell and story. pic.twitter.com/tN2fsUElpL
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Ernie: American Express halftime report from Studio J here in Atlanta.
SEC athletic directors meet next week in what could be another step toward resolving the league’s future scheduling format, though a final decision isn’t expected for another month.
The in-person meeting comes about four weeks before conference athletic administrators and presidents gather in Destin, Fla., for their annual spring meetings, at which point commissioner Greg Sankey is hopeful a decision will be made.
“We need to make a decision, I would hope by Destin,” Sankey said Thursday from CFP meetings in suburban Dallas. “Eventually, we have to vote.
SBNation’s Mark Schofield chatted with Lando Norris about the Baku City Circuit, McLaren’s slow start, and a Fiat Jolly
Confidence is a hard trait to gauge, especially when the attempt is made over a video conference and with less than 30 minutes at your disposal.
But Lando Norris is an incredibly confident person.
Even over a screen, even across the globe, even over just a few minutes, Norris’ confidence leaps out at you.