Boston College offensive lineman making quite the statement in all-star game practices

January 30, 2025

Boston College is known as O-Line U and this week, Jack Conley, Drew Kendall and Ozzy Trapilo are proving that Boston College is once again an offensive line factory.  All three have had a great week of practice thus far. Conley and Kendall have turns heads at the East-West Shrine practices while Trapilo has garnered national attention at the Senior Bowl practices.  Conley in particular has helped his draft stick……

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15 Players to Watch at the East West Shrine Game

January 30, 2025

The East-West Shrine Game is tonight in Arlington, Texas. Here are 15 players to watch for the Patriots.  Jordan Phillips, DT, Maryland, 6’1.5 318: Phillips had a good week of practice. Explosive with strong hands, he proved he can stick and stack blocks and shed and make plays. Phillips plays with good lean and bend as a pas rusher. Length could be an issue however.  Hollis Pierce, OT, Rutgers, 6-8……

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Perry turning heads at the East-West Shrine practices

January 29, 2025

Courtesy of Middlebury College It is not everyday that a Division III college football player gets invited to a college all-star game, but Thomas Perry of Middlebury College is one of the few guys who has in recent years. Perry, a Killingworth, Connecticut native played his high school football at Haddam-Killingworth High School. He is hoping to join the likes of former Hobart offensive lineman Ali Marpet and former Wisconsin-Whitewater……

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Hollis-Brookline hires Patrick Gendron as head football coach

January 29, 2025

Hollis-Brookline high school has hired former Westford Academy coach Patrick Gendron as the school’s new head football coach.  Gendron was the most recently an assistant at North Middlesex High School for the past three seasons and was the head coach at Westford Academy from 2017 to 2021.  Gendron is replacing Milt Robinson who served as the interim head coach last season. The Cavaliers went 0-9 after a tumultuous off-season in……

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UConn adds safety Tyrece Mills in the transfer portal

January 29, 2025

AP PHOTO UConn continued to dominate the portal on Tuesday night, adding former Penn State safety Tyrece Mills according to Pete Nakos of On3 Sports. Mills has played three seasons with the Nittany Lions after transferring to Happy Valley from Lackawanna College.  Mills played in three safety and big packages for Penn State this past season. He recorded a career-high five tackles against Minnesota and he had his first career…

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Brian Belichick and Mike Pelligrino not returning to the Patriots

January 28, 2025

Safeties coach Brian Belichick and cornerbacks coach Mike Pelligrino will not be returning to the Patriots. Belichick was not retained and Pelligrino was not offered a new contract. Arguably two of the Patriots best position coaches the last four years, Belichick and Pellegrino did a masterful job with the Patriots secondary. Unfortunately for them, with Mike Vrabel taking over, he wanted to bring in his own guys which made the…

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Boston College and UConn announce future games starting in 2025

January 28, 2025

AP PHOTO/Mark Stockwell The Boston College Football schedule was announced last night and so was a set of future games against UConn.  The two schools will play four games over the next six years starting next season when UConn visits the Heights on Saturday October 18th. The two teams last met during the 2023 season, a 21-14 BC win at home. UConn will host the Eagles at Rentschler Field during……

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C.J Scarpa named head coach at Bentley

January 28, 2025

Image courtesy of Bentley Athletics A familiar face is taking over at Bentley. Interim head coach and offensive coordinator C. j Scarpa was named the program’s new head coach on Tuesday taking over for Saj Thakkar who left for Davidson College last month.  The Andover native began his collegiate career as a red-shirt at Elon University before playing three seasons at Bentley (2014-16).  His best season statistically came as a……

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Former Lawrence Academy standout Ty Chan transfers to UConn

January 28, 2025

UConn continues to crush the portal and on Monday night, they added another big addition to their offensive line, literally and figuratively. According to On3 Sports Pete Nakos, former Lawrence Academy standout and Notre Dame offensive tackle Ty Chan is transferring to UConn. The 2022 four star recruit has played mostly special teams during his time in South Bend and is looking for an opportunity to get more playing time….

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2024 NEFJ Division One All College Teams

January 27, 2025

It was another great season of Division One college football action this past fall in New England. Several players put together memorable seasons. It is time recognize those players. Here are our annual Division One All College teams for 2024.  First Team Offense QB: Jaden Craig, Harvard RB: Jermaine Corbett, Merrimack, Sr. RB: Malik Grant, URI, Sr. WR: Logan Tomlinson, UNH WR: Marques Buchanan, URI TE: Chris Corbo, Dartmouth, Jr….

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