By Paul Vozzella NEFJ Staff MOBILE, AL – The 76th Reese’s Senior Bowl week is underway and college’s top players are ready to prove why they are worthy of playing at the next level. Amongst the nation’s best players that are in attendance, New England is well represented this year. Not only that, but it’s a massive week for Eliot Wolf, Mike Vrabel and the new-look Patriots. Monday afternoon marked…
2025 Boston College schedule unveiled
While the season ended for BC just a few weeks ago still, 2025 is already directly in front of the Eagles. The ACC officially unveiled the 2025 schedule in full with a two-hour show on ACC Network Monday night. A few dates had already leaked out, but we now know who, where and when for all 12 opponents. Week 1 – 8/30 – vs. Fordham Week 2 – 9/6 -…
Vrabel surrounding himself with plenty of experience with newest assistant coaches
Image courtesy of Daniel Bartel (Imagn Images) Mike Vrabel is doing what (mostly) everyone wanted. Vrabel is cleaning house in Foxborough and bringing in a wealth of experienced coaches that have learned and honed their craft elsewhere. Perhaps most importantly for Pats fans, the majority of these new faces aren’t just guys with New England ties to the dynasty days. After finalizing his coordinators last week with Josh McDaniels taking…
Doug Marrone joining Mike Vrabel’s staff in Foxborough
Image courtesy of David J. Phillip (A/P) After serving as a sounding board and mentor to some guys in Chestnut Hill for a season, Doug Marrone is going to be like, 40 minutes away. He won’t even have to move. The former Jacksonville Jaguars head coach is reportedly joining Mike Vrabel’s staff with the Patriots according to multiple outlets. It’s unclear if he’s the offensive line coach – his expertise…
2024 NEFJ Division One All College Teams
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….
Connecticut O-linemen represent New England in Rivals Top 250 list for 2025
Late last week, the largest, most well-known recruiting database site in the country Rivals dropped its list of the Top 250 prospects for the class of 2025. It’s an elite group to be a part of as the recruiting scene and NIL landscape has gotten wilder and wilder. While Massachusetts and the other New England states are producing some damn good talent with plenty of top tier D1 commits of…
UMass legend Liam Coen gets his shot with the Jags
Liam Coen was named the new head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars on Friday. It was the end of a bizarre two day saga for Coen. Coen originally turned the job down and decided to return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as offensive coordinator but after the Jaguars fired former general manager Trent Baalke, Coen decided to revisit the opening and he got hired as the new Jaguars head coach. ……
Valdamar Brower returning to Springfield Central as associate head coach and defensive coordinator
Image courtesy of Holy Cross Athletics A familiar face is returning to the sidelines this fall for Springfield Central. Valdamar Brower is back with the program as associate head coach and defensive coordinator. According a source, Brower will also be returning to the school full time as a special education teacher. Brower last roamed the Springfield Central sideline in 2021, leading the Golden Eagles to a Division One state title. ……
UMass announces Jared Keyte as the program’s new defensive coordinator
Courtesy of Rutgers Athletics On Friday, UMass announced Jared Keyte as the program’s new defensive coordinator. Keyte comes to Amherst after spending the past two seasons working with new coach Joe Harasymiak as the nickels coach in 2024. Keyte served as the defensive quality control/interim defensive line coach in 2023. He helped the Scarlet Knights to back-to-back bowl games. Prior to coaching at Rutgers, Keyte coached at the University of……
Patriots Coaching Staff Tracker
We tracking all of the Patriots coaching staff hires. So far, these are the coaches Mike Vrabel has officially and unofficially hired. A star next to a coach’s name indicates that the team has not officially announced their hiring. Head coach: Mike Vrabel Offensive staff Offensive coordinator: Josh McDaniels- McDaniels tenure in New England is well known as he has won six Super Bowls as an assistant and three Super…