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Fifth member of Jim McElwain’s first recruiting class at Florida to transfer
Florida’s secondary continues to face some depth concerns ahead of the 2017 season. The depth chart lost Chris Williamson, multiple reports confirmed today, who is opting to transfer to a new school. The former four-star defensive back was recently guided through a position change to pad the depth at the safety position this spring. Williamson has spent the past two seasons in Gainesville and has appeared in 14 games with one start. He came to Florida as part of the first recruiting class signed by Gators head coach Jim McElwain in 2015, and he is now the fifth player from that class to transfer, according to Inside the Gators. From Inside the Gators; The news of Williamson’s intent to transfer
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Iowa OL Sean Welsh reveals his struggles with depression
Sean Welsh has 35 career starts at Iowa. While establishing himself as one of Iowa’s top offensive linemen, Sean Welsh was struggling off the field. Welsh, entering his senior season, revealed in a piece he wrote for Iowa’s athletics website Wednesday that he was diagnosed with depression.
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Saban, Meyer, Harbaugh, Swinney and more among 19 Dodd Trophy watch list candidates
When you really think about it, a watch list for a college football award is nothing more than a way to keep public relations staffers in college football programs busy this summer. There’s nothing wrong with that, and it is nice to have a number of key players for the upcoming season highlighted whenever possible (unless you are a Big Ten team going to Big Ten media days). But a watch list is generally pretty pointles sin the long run for most awards. This is especially true for a watch list of college football coaches. The Dodd Trophy watch list was released today with a list of 19 coaches from many of the top programs around the country. Yep, a watch list for head coaches. Silly, right? It
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- Freeze resigns from Ole Miss after call to escort discovered
- 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
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