Courtesy of Stonehill Athletics Stonehill has a new offensive coordinator. Dan Herbert replaces Tyler Moody who left the program in January to become the head football coach at the The College of New Jersey. Herbert comes to Stonehill from Dartmouth where he served as wide receivers coach last season. He previously coached at Kentucky from 2022 to 2023 serving as a graduate assistant. Prior to that, Herbert coached at Central……
UMass announces lengthy Pro Day list
New England will be swarming with NFL executives, scouts and even some head coaches next week. While Pro Days around the country have already kicked off heading down the home stretch of the NFL Draft process, the region will be hosting a bunch of them next week. BC’s is Monday, UConn’s is Tuesday and Holy Cross is holding its big event on Thursday. In between all of that will be…
Stefon Diggs is reportedly visiting with the Patriots
Troy Taormina-Imagn Images In a surprise piece of news, former Minnesota Vikings, Buffalo Bills and Houston Texans wide receiver Stefon Diggs is visiting with the Patriots. Chad Graff of The Athletic broke the news last night. Diggs, 31, suffered a season-ending ACL tear eight games into last season with the Texans. At the time of the injury, he had 496 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Prior to last season, Diggs…
Brian Vaughn named new head coach at Arlington Catholic
Arlington Catholic has a new head football coach. Former Lynn Classical Coach Brian Vaughan takes over the program, replacing Dave Wilcox. Arlington Catholic has struggled the last two seasons, going 1-10 in 2023 and 2024. Vaughan has developed the reputation of being a program builder and while Classical finished 3-7 last season, they did 6-5 in 2023. Vaughan had a career record of 43-38 at the school. Vaughan was a……
Patriots add another familiar face to Vrabel in LB Jack Gibbens
Culture and relationships. The two main objectives for the Patriots this free agency period has been to sign guys that will immediately help change the culture in Foxborough. That’s not to say the team isn’t signing good players, they obviously are, but the familiarity the staff – Vrabel in particular – has with many of the guys is a key theme. The latest is linebacker Jack Gibbens, who the team…
Catching up with Williston-Northampton DE/TE Chase Bedrossian
Chase Bedrossian recently announced he is reclassifying and going from Bishop Hendricken to Williston Northampton. We caught up with him to find out why he ultimately chose to transfer. NEFJ: What made you decide to leave Bishop Hendricken for WNH? CB: “The reason I decided to reclass and transfer from Hendricken was because it was a great opportunity that I did not want to pass up on. It was also……
Pats add veteran O-line help with signing of Bradbury
After one veteran departs, another is coming in. David Andrews was released last week, but that void has quickly been filled. Former Minnesota Vikings center Garrett Bradbury has reportedly signed a two-year deal worth up to $12 million, including $3.8 million of the contract guaranteed. Andrews started 121 of 124 games in New England upon entering the league. Bradbury has started in all 88 games he’s played in since being…
Some encouraging early developments for BC
CHESTNUT HILL – It’s March, so everything you see at any of the local spring college practices should be taken with a grain of salt. A lot can change between now and August when real training camp begins. However, with that in mind, BC fans should be encouraged with the team through the first four practices of the 15-session spring calendar. Practice No. 4 took place on Tuesday morning and…
BC announces crowded list for highly anticipated Pro Day next week
Chestnut Hill will be the place to be for quite a few NFL scouts and coaches as well as media members next Monday. Boston College will host its Pro Day with Donovan Ezeiruaku and Ozzy Trapilo two of the more highly talked about names this offseason, particularly since their respective performances at the Reese’s Senior Bowl as well as the NFL Combine. BC put out the full list of participants…
College Journal for 3/16/25
Spring football has kicked off in earnest throughout the region. Here is a sample of some the conversations we have had with coaches the past two weeks. Bill O’Brien has been pushing his team hard so far, especially on Saturday when the team had their first practice in pads. The bar has been set and O’Brien expects nothing but a maximum effort out of his team. Speaking of the Eagles…….