By Ryan Barry NEFJ Staff AMHERST – A warm summer morning welcomed the UMass Minutemen for their second week of camp to usher in the start of the 2025 season. While just in their practice jerseys, the Minutemen used a walk through practice to refine their playcalling, technical drills, and conditioning. Even with the slowed down format, there were still a few important takeaways from the visit to McGuirk Alumni……
By Allen Lessels NEFJ Correspondent DURHAM – Maybe, Duncan Moreland figured, that was enough. Certainly, it would have been a nice way to go out. Moreland, a senior defensive back out of Beverly, Mass., helped the University of New Hampshire football team rally to four straight wins to end the regular season last fall, lifting the Wildcats back into the FCS playoffs. His brother Owen is also a freshman linebacker…
If you aren’t familiar with New Haven football, you should start getting yourself acquainted with the Chargers. Led by head coach Mark Powell, New Haven begins its new quest as a D1 FCS team this season when they join the Northeast Conference. The Chargers have been around since 1973 and had some pretty well-known names like Mark Whipple and Tony Sparano coaching them over the years. New Haven has had…
FOXBOROUGH – No. 46 in white out behind Gillette Stadium on Wednesday morning might have looked familiar to a lot of people in the crowd, especially BC fans. Rookie linebacker Kam Arnold was back in the area as a member of the Washington Commanders, getting some looks with the second team defense at times. Following the joint practice against the Patriots, I caught up with Arnold to see what the…
FOXBOROUGH – There’s a long way to go until we can officially say that the Patriots should be the talk of New England again, but Wednesday was a big step towards getting back there. With over 10,000 fans at Wednesday’s joint practice with the Washington Commanders, there were scuffles, a bloodied Mike Vrabel, encouraging progress for the offense and most importantly, real, aesthetically pleasing football. There was also a ‘this…
From Harvard, to Kansas City and now, Foxborough. Truman Jones’ brief NFL career has landed him with two of the most successful NFL franchises in the last two decades. Last year, Jones was a late addition to the Patriots in the final few weeks of the regular season. So far, he’s done enough in Mike Vrabel’s eyes to stick around. “Yeah, he was an off-season award winner and worked extremely…
The defending NEC champs are in a bit of an unfamiliar position. It’s been a while since Central Connecticut State was the hunted instead of the hunter, but after an incredible run to the Northeast Conference title a year ago, the Blue Devils are set to wear the target proudly. As part of NEC Media Week, head coach Adam Lechtenberg sat down for an interview with Craig D’Amico. Here’s everything…
CHESTNUT HILL – If the first few days of training camp are any indication of how things are going to go this season, then there’s going to be a youth movement for Boston College. In particular, young local guys might end up playing a big role in any success the Eagles have in 2025. At the top of that list isn’t technically a young guy (although he’s still just a…
After two days off, the Patriots were back out behind Gillette Stadium on Monday morning for another padded practice to kick off a big week. Washington comes to town on Wednesday for a joint practice that will tell us a lot while Friday’s preseason game will be a good opportunity for a lot of young players to get some live NFL experience for the first time. Here’s what stood out…
Keion White is a throwback to the 1990s when it comes to an NFL defensive lineman/edge rusher. No nonsense. All business all the time. Will knock a guy’s D in the dirt if it means pure dominance over another human being. White is also a guy who will say exactly what he means, even if it’s unintentionally pretty damn funny. On Monday following Day 10 of camp, I asked White…