The Los Angeles Rams substantially revamped their defense after Aaron Donald’s retirement. The changes were made in free agency and the 2024 NFL Draft. The new-look Rams defense may feature seven or eight starters who are rookies and/or new acquisitions. The Defensive Secondary Has Undergone A Near Complete Overhaul The table below shows that new faces will likely comprise most of the 2024 starting lineup in the Rams’ secondary. The new faces are juxtaposed with the defensive backs who started for the Rams last season. 2023 Secondary Starters 2024 Secondary Starters Ahkello Witherspoon Tre’Davious White John Johnson III Kamren Curl…
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Victor Haltom
Victor is an experienced researcher and sports writer. He is a graduate of Penn State University, where he transferred after beginning his undergraduate studies at SMU in Dallas.
The Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott seem to be in a situation like that the L.A. Rams and Jared Goff were in before the Rams dealt Goff to the Detroit Lions. Could Prescott be headed down a path similar to that taken by Goff? Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys selected Dak Prescott out of Mississippi State in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft. Although the Cowboys’ plan was for Prescott to serve as backup to Tony Romo in 2016, Romo suffered a vertebral fracture in a preseason game, and Prescott was named the starter…
Lightning-fast, 28-year-old John Ross III retired from football in July 2023. He is now attempting to make a comeback. As reported by Deadspin, Ross is participating in the Philadelphia Eagles rookie minicamp on a tryout basis. Ross’s story is an interesting one. John Ross Was the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year in 2016 In high school, Ross was a track star and a two-way football player. He was rated as a four-star recruit. He played three seasons for the Washington Huskies. In his final college season, in 2016, Ross was named the Pac-12 offensive player of the year. He…
After suffering injuries in a mass shooting, Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell has been released from a Florida hospital. On Saturday, April 27, 2024, a teenage gunman opened fire outside a private party event in Sanford, Florida. Ten people were reportedly wounded. Dell was one of them. Tank Dell’s Bio and Stats 24-year-old Tank Dell is from Daytona Beach, Florida. He is a small, swift wide receiver. Dell played three years of college ball for the Houston Cougars. He had over one thousand receiving yards in two of those three years. And, he was twice named first-team All-AAC. The…
The numbers do not lie. The 2024 NFL Draft is in the books, and the numbers from the Draft are quite revealing. The Best College Teams Had the Most Players Drafted The national champion Michigan Wolverines had the most players drafted. 13 Wolverines were selected in the Draft. Here are the universities that produced the most players selected in the 2024 NFL Draft: 13 Michigan Wolverines 11 Texas Longhorns 10 Alabama Crimson Tide 10 Florida State Seminoles 10 Washington Huskies These numbers are not all that surprising. Four of the five schools/teams listed above were in the college football playoff…
Video footage of a phone call between Florida State teammates Jared Verse and Braden Fiske, who have been reunited on the L.A. Rams, has gone viral. Video Footage Goes Viral Here is the video: https://twitter.com/LogansTwitty/status/1784276200266801604 Reunited Teammates Verse and Fiske played together on Florida State last year. They led a stout defense on a Seminoles squad that went undefeated in the regular season but was controversially spurned by the college football playoff selection committee. Jared Verse — L.A. Rams First-Round Selection 23-year-old Jared Verse played the 2022 and 2023 college football seasons at Florida State, and in both years he was…
The L.A. Rams selected ten players in the 2024 NFL Draft. Here they are: No. 19 (first round) — EDGE Jared Verse, Florida State No. 39 (second round) — DT Braden Fiske, Florida State No. 83 (third round) — RB Blake Corum, Michigan No. 99 (third round) — S Kamren Kinchens, Miami No. 154 (fifth round) — EDGE Brennan Jackson, Washington State No. 196 (sixth round) — DT Tyler Davis, Clemson No. 209 (sixth round) — PK Joshua Karty, Stanford No. 213 (sixth round) — WR Jordan Whittington, Texas N0. 217 (sixth round) — C Beaux Limmer, Arkansas No. 254…
Seven USC Trojans were drafted in the 2024 NFL Draft. Here they are: QB Caleb Williams — No. 1 (first round) — Chicago Bears S Calen Bullock — No. 78 (third round) — Houston Texans RB Marshawn Lloyd — No. 88 (third round) — Green Bay Packers OG Jarrett Kingston — No. 215 (sixth round) — San Francisco 49ers WR Brenden Rice — No. 225 (seventh round) — Los Angeles Chargers EDGE Solomon Byrd — No. 238 (seventh round) — Houston Texans WR Tahj Washington — No. 241 (seventh round) — Miami Dolphins Only seven schools had more players drafted…
The teams of the NFC West made a total of five selections in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. The Arizona Cardinals had two first-round selections. The other three teams had one each. Here are the picks: No. 4 Pick — Arizona Cardinals — WR Marvin Harrison, Jr. (Ohio St.) No. 16 Pick — Seattle Seahawks — DT Byron Murphy II (Texas) No. 19 Pick — Los Angeles Rams — EDGE Jared Verse (Florida St.) No. 27 Pick — Arizona Cardinals — EDGE Darius Robinson (Missouri) No. 31 Pick — San Francisco 49ers — WR Ricky Pearsall (Florida)…
Will the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft be the flip side of round one? During the first round, teams made a concerted run on offensive players. Will the second round be an equalizer — featuring a run on defensive players? Over 70% of the Players Selected in the First Round Were Offensive Players In the first round, 23 offensive players were selected, while only nine defensive players were picked. Here are the numbers, position-by-position: 7 Wide Receivers 7 Offensive Tackles 6 Quarterbacks 5 Edge Rushers 3 Cornerbacks 2 Interior Offensive Linemen 1 Tight End 1 Defensive Tackle List…