With the second pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Jacksonville Jaguars traded up three spots for former Colorado football two-way mega star Travis Hunter. The 2024 Heisman Trophy Award winner, Hunter, had an unprecedented season last year, enough so that Jacksonville parted with a handful of high-end picks to come up and secure Hunter’s draft rights. However, Hunter’s quarterback and fellow Big 12 All-American teammate, Shedeur Sanders, did not share the life-changing moment despite owning a first-round grade among most media platforms. On Thursday, during the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, quarterbacks Cam Ward and Jaxson Dart…
Author: Alec Musa
Alec Musa
Alec is a sports writer and former college/high school football coach from Phoenix, Arizona. Before taking on his current role at Gridiron Heroics, Alec worked for Sportskeeda in the same role. He covers the Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, Florida State Seminoles, and Michigan Wolverines.
Colorado football won nine games last season, their most since 2016. An encore to a 4-8 campaign, Colorado finished 23rd in the final College Football Playoff Top 25 Poll, housed Heisman Trophy Award winner Travis Hunter, and earned a record-setting season from quarterback Shedeur Sanders. A program that largely struggled over the past two decades, Colorado gained national attention under the tutelage of head coach Deion Sanders and the exceptional play from his football-throwing son and the two-way star that is Hunter. Although the elder Sanders will remain at the helm in 2025, Shedeur and Hunter will head to the…
The Dallas Cowboys will have a new backup quarterback in 2025. After five seasons serving as the backup signal-caller for Dallas, Cooper Rush will don the purple and gold next season as a member of the Baltimore Ravens. On Thursday, Dallas made a trade acquisition for 2024 sixth-round draft selection and dual-threat quarterback Joe Milton. Alongside journeyman passer Will Grier, Milton will sit behind a healthy Dak Prescott as the latter recovers from a season-ending hamstring injury suffered last year. However, although Milton only cost Dallas a late-round pick swap, some believe he can push Prescott, the longest-tenured Cowboy on…
The Kansas City Chiefs have had a wild start to the second weekend of March. On Saturday, news emerged that rookie wide receiver sensation Xavier Worthy had been arrested the night before for endangering a family member. Worthy’s run-in with the law comes just one year after fellow pass-catcher Rashee Rice found himself in hot water for causing a multi-car collision resulting in at least four injuries. Just hours after the Worthy news broke, Kansas City and another one of their receivers struck a one-year deal. Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, who appeared in just two regular season games in 2024, will…
Another Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver is in trouble with the law this offseason, and it is only in early March. Last year, around this time, first-year pass catcher Rashee Rice was at the center of a high-speed hit-and-run crash, leaving four injured. Meanwhile, Rice fled the scene and was eventually charged with one count of aggravated assault and an eye-opening six counts of collision involving injuries. In the early hours of Saturday morning, reports emerged that Rice’s fellow pass-catching teammate, Xavier Worthy, is in the crosshairs of the legal system. Arrested Friday night, Worthy caught the attention of Texas…
Death, taxes, and the Las Vegas Raiders acquiring a starting veteran quarterback on the cheap. On Friday, Las Vegas traded with the Seattle Seahawks for long-time starting passer Geno Smith. In return, Seattle will receive a 2025 third-round draft pick. Smith will likely be the third straight veteran quarterback the Raiders open the season with. In 2023, after parting ways with then-franchise signal caller Derek Carr, the AFC West club turned to quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, formerly of the San Francisco 49ers. Last year, the Raiders started the year with Pro Bowl quarterback Gardner Minshew under center. With the Raiders’ previous…
The college football world remains at a standstill ahead of spring activities. However, that does not mean social media is immune to eye-popping news, especially on the recruiting trail. On Friday, a five-star prospect and the fourth-ranked quarterback in the 2026 recruiting class nearly broke the internet for his latest recruiting trip. Elite passer Ryder Lyons of Folsom, California, will visit the Sacramento State Hornets this weekend. A favorite to land with the USC Trojans while holding offers from the Alabama Crimson Tide, Oregon Ducks, and the Auburn Tigers, Lyons sent the college football world into a frenzy with his…
Florida football has a budding superstar in dual-threat passer DJ Lagway. Per 247 Sports, Lagway was one of three five-star quarterbacks in the 2024 recruiting class. More notably, he was the only one to receive a perfect 100 score. Lagway operated as the backup quarterback for the Florida Gators to begin the 2025 campaign. However, a season-ending injury to starting passer Graham Mertz led the way to the true freshman becoming the leader on offense. Lagway did an admirable job as the lead man for the Florida offense despite inconsistent play while dealing with a nagging hamstring injury suffered in…
Oklahoma football has had two Heisman Trophy Award-winning quarterbacks in the past nine seasons. During that span, the Oklahoma Sooners have had six former quarterbacks drafted into the NFL, including transfer Caleb Williams, Dillon Gabriel, and Spencer Rattler. The correlation is that the Sooners have a rich and recent history of developing quarterbacks, so much so that every recruiting class usually has at least one high-end quarterback. In the 2026 class, Oklahoma will welcome four-star quarterback Jaden O’Neal. On Thursday, O’Neal made a move that will drastically impact his senior season of high school. Following a standout junior year at…
From 1996 to 2009, the Florida football program won at least 10 games eight times while securing three national championships. During that span, Florida placed in the final AP Poll in all but two seasons while quarterbacks Danny Wuerffel and Tim Tebow secured Heisman Trophy Awards. Fast forward to 2024, and the Florida Gators posted their first winning record in three years. Albeit flush with talent, Florida did not get going in the wins department until the third season of the Billy Napier era. Despite a career campaign with the Gators last year, Napier still has a lot of work…