SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse quarterback Rex Culpepper is cancer-free. The redshirt sophomore says he broke down and cried when he received the news a week ago at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. Rex Culpepper was 24-of-34 for 280 yards with two touchdowns and one interception in his only start last season against Boston College. Mark

Recruiting is an inexact science. From college coaches scouting players to recruiting services handing out rankings, there’s no foolproof way to predict which players will have success and which won’t. Every year, though, there are certain players dubbed future stars who get the spotlight. When prospects are consensus all-everything five-stars and offered multiple Division I

If you can’t take the heat and are missing fall football weather, we’ve got you covered with something to hold you over. Here’s a look at the most exciting players to catch this college football season from each of our Top 25 teams. Whether he’ll win the starting job remains to be seen, but Tagovailoa

LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech wide receiver Quan Shorts has been kicked off the Red Raiders squad after Lubbock police arrested him on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge. A Lubbock Police Department statement says officers were at an apartment complex as part of an ongoing investigation Thursday afternoon when Shorts, 21, was arrested. Details of

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Forest has suspended projected starting quarterback Kendall Hinton and tight end Thomas Cole for the first three games of the season. The team announced the suspension Thursday, saying it was for a violation of team rules. The team didn’t publicly specify the nature of the violation. Hinton is a redshirt junior

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Maryland’s athletic department is conducting an external review into the death of 19-year-old offensive lineman Jordan McNair, executive athletic director Damon Evans said Thursday in a brief but emotional news conference that also included coach DJ Durkin, who struggled to hold back tears as he spoke about McNair. McNair, of Randallstown,

Longtime Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder would like to see football coach Mike Gundy aim higher in recruiting. Appearing on the Pistols Firing podcast earlier this week, Holder praised Gundy’s success but said he wants the coach “to do a little more in recruiting.” Gundy, a former Oklahoma State quarterback, is the school’s career

Three new bowl games could debut after the 2020 season after the NCAA’s football oversight committee this week determined the number of bowl tie-ins for each FBS conference. Using bowl eligibility data from the past four seasons, the oversight committee approved “the appropriate number” of bowl contracts for every league, as well as for independents

Now that we’ve ranked the toughest Power 5 nonconference schedules for the 2018 season (and, yes, everybody agreed with our rankings), let’s take a stab at those teams who play the easiest nonconference schedules. Granted, what appears to be a challenging or soft nonconference schedule in June can change dramatically come November or December. Case

Savion Jackson, the No. 31-ranked prospect in the class of 2019, is staying in his home state for college. The 6-foot-3, 245-pound defensive end committed to NC State over South Carolina on Wednesday, becoming the highest-ranked prospect to pick the Wolfpack in the 14 years ESPN has ranked football prospects. Jackson is just the second