- NBC Sports: CollegeFootballTalk
Iowa OL Sean Welsh opens up about depression battle in op-ed essay
Iowa offensive lineman Sean Welsh has gone public about his ongoing battle with depression. In a first person essay posted to Iowa’s official website, Welsh (No. 79, center) says symptoms emerged during his redshirt freshman season. He noticed himself eating less and spending more time isolated from other people, and felt his enthusiasm for school and football evaporate. He played through the depression, but felt his play suffer as the season progressed. Football, the driving force for many years of my life, went from a source of purpose to a source of apathy. I started to feel a myriad of negative emotions: sadness, anxiety, dread and anger. They hit me like a bombardment from the moment I woke
- NBC Sports: CollegeFootballTalk
Baylor DB Travon Blanchard arrested on family violence charges
As Matt Rhule was winning Big 12 media days on Tuesday, one of his players was generating an all-too-familiar headline. Bears defensive back Travon Blanchard was arrested Tuesday night on family violence charges. He was released later Tuesday night on $6,000 bond. Blanchard was arrested in Waco, but the warrant for his arrest originated out of Fort Bend County, near Houston. Blanchard’s attorney Michelle Tuegel made a statement late Tuesday evening, saying, “we look forward to representing Travon and bringing out the truth in court.” Blanchard was suspended from the program before Tuesday’s arrest, and Rhule said Tuesday (before news of the arrest broke) that his status remain unchanged. “Travon
- Dr. Saturday
Tom Flacco, brother of Joe Flacco, leaving Western Michigan
Tom Flacco played in 13 games at Western Michigan. It looks like Tom Flacco isn’t Zach Terrell’s heir apparent at Western Michigan after all. Flacco, the younger brother of Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, saw action in 13 games over the past two seasons as Terrell’s backup and was a logical guess to start for the Broncos in 2017.
Headlines
- B.J. Emmons, top RB recruit in 2016, reportedly leaving Alabama
- P.J. Fleck's rookie season at Minnesota the subject of documentary series
- Florida's leading tackler in 2016 will miss 2017 season
- Tom Flacco, brother of Joe Flacco, leaving Western Michigan
- Forde: How Tom Herman is motivating the Longhorns to hate losing
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