Micah Wright (Newark/Maine) turned his second NFL rookie camp into his first NFL contract. After attending Arizona Cardinals rookie camp last weekend, he’s set to sign a contract with the New Orleans Saints after this weekend’s mini camp…
Marquis Young (Fairport/Massachusetts) thinks that people sleep on his speed. But even as a freshman at UMass, he proved he could run with the top competition, taking a carry 83 yards to the house against Notre Dame…
Before Edinboro, Zuril Hendrick was a three-sport athlete at Pittsford, playing basketball and baseball as well. He gave up baseball as a senior to focus on getting recruited on the gridiron
Wright was the Finger Lakes East Player of the Year as a senior in 2013 for Newark. He totaled 33 catches for 790 yards and nine touchdowns, and also brought two kickoffs back to the house. Wright holds the Newark records for receiving touchdowns, receiving yards and interceptions…
Jermaine Ponder (Bishop Kearney/St. Francis) picked up a football when he was 9, hoping to provide for his mother, he tweeted last night. On Saturday, the next step of his football journey became clear: He’ll head to the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent, per NFL Draft Bible…
Bryant garnered three straight All-Tournament team selections from 2011-2013 as Bishop Kearney won the A1 title in 2011, the A crown in 2012 and the AA1 Section V championship in 2013…
Former Canisius Golden Griffin, Chris Manhertz came off the line and gathered the 10-yard pass like it was anything but the first catch of his NFL career…
Former Canisius men’s basketball player Chris Manhertz made his first appearance in an NFL preseason game Thursday night, as the New Orleans Saints traveled to Foxboro, Mass., to take on the New England Patriots. Manhertz spent the 2015 season on the Saints’ practice squad and signed a reserve/futures contact with the organization on Jan. 5, 2016…
Think wide receiver in an NFL game leaping in the air to catch a pass and coming down on tip toes to get his feet inbounds. If only that wide receiver had to time his leap and place the pigskin in in a pinpoint spot to complete the play…
Illinois Director of Athletics Josh Whitman took a major step in elevating Fighting Illini football in the national landscape with the hiring of longtime NFL coach Lovie Smith as head football coach…