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According to Zach Abolverdi of Gators Online, Florida and NIL director Marcus Castro-Walker have broken up. An update on the issue was given by Stewart Mandel of The Athletic. Mandel said on X (previously Twitter): “Sources interviewed by the NCAA told @TheAthletic last month that Walker was one of the subjects of their investigation into Florida re: Jaden Rashada recruitment.” Castro-Walker has been a part of the probe concerning quarterback Jaden Rashada’s recruitment by Florida football. Rashada finally decided to enrol at Arizona State after making a commitment elsewhere. In case you missed it, Rashada previously consented to a non-refundable…

Jerry Montgomery, the defensive line coach for the Green Bay Packers, was fired on Saturday, according to Matt Schneidman of The Athletic. In spite of the fact that the Packers hired Jeff Hafley as their new defensive coordinator, it was previously stated that all of the assistant coaches were under contract through 2024. This indicates that Montgomery was let go or that the coach and the squad “mutually parted ways.” 2015 saw Montgomery become a defensive assistant on Dom Capers’ staff following eight years as a collegiate on-field coach. In 2018, during Mike Pettine’s first season as the defensive coordinator…

Veteran Sean Mannion has called it quits on his playing career and crossed the border to become a coach for the Green Bay Packers starting in the upcoming season. Mannion was regarded as one of Kirk Cousins’ closest confidants and study partners in the Minnesota Vikings quarterback room. Sean Mannion, a former quarterback for the Rams, Vikings, and Seahawks, is wrapping up his nine-year NFL career and has agreed to join the coaching staff of the Packers, according to a report from ESPN’s Brady Henderson on February 3. “He’ll work on passing games and QBs.” The St. Louis Rams selected…

Several quarterbacks, including one who is presently committed to another school, were on campus this weekend for the Florida Gators coaching staff. Keelon Russell (6-3, 175, Duncanville, TX. High), a quarterback commit to SMU, came on campus on Saturday and had a great time getting to know the coaching staff. Russell remarked of his trip to Florida on Saturday, “It was amazing. We drove down, like a 14-hour drive and got here around 10 P.M. [Friday].” “I had the opportunity to speak with numerous coaches, all of them are outstanding and highly skilled. I could sense their affection for me…

Ben Johnson, the Detroit Lions’ offensive coordinator, was considered a top candidate for one of the open head coaching vacancies after the 2023 season. The Washington Commanders were one of the vacancies that some saw as a possible fit for the brilliant offensive mind, given their draft capital and cap room. According to ESPN, the 37-year-old may have clashed with the new ownership group that controls the Commanders. “Was told that Ben Johnson was “put off” by Commanders ownership, that they’re “basketball men,” and felt they were a little too confident in their football opinions,” Jenna Laine said online. “And…

The 36-year-old Mike Macdonald was hired by the Seattle Seahawks this week, making him the NFL’s youngest head coach. Leslie Frazier, a veteran, joins Macdonald as the assistant head coach of the Seattle Seahawks. In the early 2010s, Macdonald was a youthful assistant on the coaching staff of the Bulldogs when he was acquainted with the famed Georgia head coach Mark Richt. In 2008 and 2009, Macdonald took on his first coaching position at Cedar Shoals High School in Georgia, where he oversaw the running backs and linebackers. He rejoined Richt’s coaching staff as a graduate assistant in 2010 and…

They say that when one door shuts, another one opens. Such is life for Philadelphia Flyers netminder Carson Bjarnason, the team’s 2023 second-round pick from the Brandon Wheat Kings. The Flyers raised eyebrows by selecting Bjarnason and fellow teenage goaltender prospect Yegor Zavragin with two of their top picks in the 2023 NHL Draft. In fact, the management made the Wheat Kings goaltender a key priority, as indicated by their trade up with the Chicago Blackhawks to make it happen. Adam Gajan, Michael Hrabal, and Trey Augustine were all selected in the first ten picks of the second round, so…

Teddy Bridgewater, the Detroit Lions’ backup quarterback, has announced his retirement from the NFL. The Portal reports that Bridgewater has been selected the next head coach at his alma mater, Miami Northwestern High School. Teddy Bridgewater, taken in the first round by the Minnesota Vikings in 2014, had a promising start to his NFL career before it was cut short by a catastrophic knee injury—a ruptured ACL and dislocated knee—during a training camp before to the 2016 season. Now 31, the former Northwestern standout quarterback has also played for the Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins, Carolina Panthers, and Detroit Lions, totaling…

Florida used the winter transfer portal to improve its roster for the second year in a row, signing a dozen collegiate football veterans to enhance the Gators’ squad heading into the 2024 summer. Every Gator is projecting duties for each transfer acquisition. Next on the list is wide receiver Chimere Dike, who will reunite with his former quarterback, Graham Mertz, at Florida after previously playing together at Wisconsin. Following four seasons with the Badgers, none of which he redshirted, Dike joins Florida as a graduate transfer with one season of eligibility remaining, thanks to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic eligibility extension…

When it comes to free agent outfielder Cody Bellinger, all anyone has heard since the offseason started is that he and the Chicago Cubs would eventually reach an agreement. Earlier this week, Jon Morosi of MLB Network reported that several sources in the baseball industry feel the Cubs are the most likely landing destination for Bellinger. If that’s true, why haven’t the two parties reached an agreement yet? Of course, Bellinger is represented by the Boras Corporation, and the most powerful sports agency in the country has repeatedly demonstrated his willingness to wait in order to negotiate the greatest contract…