Kentucky
Friday Headlines: Dawayne Galloway Day
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The work never stops for Mark Stoops and Co. as they look to keep Kentucky Football competitive with the ever-daunting SEC. A big piece of their 2025 class comes off the board today when 4-star recruit Dawayne Galloway is expected to announce his college decision today.
The standout cornerback out of Ohio is a consensus top-250 recruit ranked as high as 112th nationally by Rivals. He’s the kind of prospect you feel good about making an impact in the SEC, especially with Stoops’ history of developing high-level defensive backs.
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Athletic OT Jermiel Atkins commits to Kentucky – Cats Pause
Kentucky gets a commitment from a top offensive tackle target in Jermiel Atkins, who continues the Wildcats’ recruiting success in Ohio and with massive tackles with considerable upside.
ESPN is wrong about Kentucky basketball’s starting lineup – Wildcats Today
Who will start for the Kentucky Wildcats this season?
Swimming & Diving Places 22 Individuals on CSCAA Scholar All-America Team – UK Athletics
Men’s and women’s teams also earn collective Scholar All-America distinction.
Kentucky breaches ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top 25 – Cats Pause
The Wildcats are one of nine SEC teams in the top 25.
Film Room: Jermiel Atkins – KSR
New Kentucky tackle commit Jermiel Atkins is a developmental prospect who’s bringing a high ceiling to Lexington.
Andrew Stargel Commits To UCF – 247 Sports
Kentucky, NC State, and Ohio State made big pushes to land Stargel, who will now head to the Big 12.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. calls out NASCAR on Kyle Busch ruling – On3
Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn’t understand NASCAR’s ruling of Kyle Busch being put in the top five of the Cup Series race in Nashville.
Best and worst NFL diets: Rams, Bengals, Dolphins dish it all – ESPN
Oh Bengals…
Like father, like son – LaVar Arrington II to Penn State – ESPN
In this week’s edition of let’s feel old, LaVar Arrington II, son of former Penn State All-American and seven-year NFL veteran LaVar Arrington, announced his commitment to Penn State.
State of the Tennessee Titans: Brian Callahan era begins after transformative offseason – NFL
How will the Brian Callahan era begin? Can the new head coach develop second-year QB Will Levis?
88-year-old ‘Proud’ Foster Mom Retires After Raising Over 40 Children – GNN
Emma Patterson is one of the foster parents in the county who has housed the most children long-term and one of the longest-serving foster parents.
U.S. Marshals Find 200 Missing Children Across the Nation During 6-Week Special Operation – GNN
It resulted in the recovery and removal of 123 children from dangerous situations. An additional 77 missing children were located and found to be in safe locations.
Kentucky
Nebraska lands Kentucky WR transfer Dane Key
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Matt Rhule sewed up a strong piece to the offensive puzzle for next season, landing former Kentucky wide receiver Dane Key. The 6-foot-3, 210-pounder will have one year of eligibility remaining.
Key picked the Cornhuskers over Ole Miss, Georgia and others.
Rhule snagged Key at the perfect time, he’s coming off his best season with the Wildcats, securing a career-high 47 receptions and receiving yards in 715 yards.
Key’s consistency will make him an instant impact player for Nebraska next season. He’s been a starter since his true freshman season and accumulated 1,870 yards on 126 receptions and scored 14 touchdowns.
Key checked in at No. 13 overall in the Rivals Portal rankings.
Stay locked in on the Rivals Transfer Tracker to keep up with the latest transfer news, portal entries, commitments, and rankings. For a deep-dive into the transfer portal, make sure you visit the Rivals Transfer Search page.
The Rivals Transfer Portal X account is a must-follow for any college football fan.
The winter college football transfer portal window is scheduled to open on December 9th, 2024 for 20 days. Additionally, players have a 30-day window to transfer when their head coach leaves. There is also a five-day window for players to transfer after their team has finished postseason play. A 10-day transfer window will open on April 16th as well.
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Lowlife dad who owes over $100K in child support arrested getting off cruise ship in Miami: officials
A Kentucky dad who has racked up more than $100,000 in unpaid child support was arrested as he got off a cruise trip in Florida after several years on the lam, according to officials.
Dominic Weaver’s vacation ended with him in handcuffs after he was taken into custody by local cops exiting the cruise ship in Miami sometime last week and brought back to Bluegrass State, Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell told a local Louisville news station.
The 47-year-old owes somewhere between $114,000 and $120,000 in child support, according to O’Connell.
Weaver was previously sentenced to five years of probation for flagrant non-support in 2019, according to Law and Crime.
“I don’t know when he left, but he fled the jurisdiction, and from the date of his sentence until today, and even today, he’s not paid one cent of child support,” the Kentucky county official told WDRB.
O’Connell said Weaver has four cases with the child support division.
“This is one of the most egregious events that brings something to light that I think I’ve ever seen,” O’Connell told the news station.
The official plans to ask the court to revoke his original sentence and instead get him behind bars for as long as four years.
The father’s lack of support for his kids is so poor he appeared on a 2021 list of parents that owe large sums of money for their children’s care. At the time, he owed nearly $100,000, according to county records.
Weaver’s arraignment is set for Jan. 6.
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South Carolina lands talented player out of transfer portal following LaNorris Seller news
Former Western Kentucky offensive lineman Rodney Newsom will transfer to play for South Carolina this upcoming season, On3’s Pete Nakos reported. Newsom spent just one season with the Hilltoppers and will have two years of eligibility remaining.
The 6-foot-3 offensive lineman played in all 14 games at WKU this past season. He joined the team in the offseason after spending one year at Itawamba Community College in Mississippi.
Newsom played high school football at Briarcrest Christian (TN), where he was a three-star recruit in the 2020 class. He ranked as the No. 2,256 overall player and No. 158 interior offensive lineman in the cycle according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
Newsom began his college career at Memphis and played two seasons with the Tigers prior to going to Itawamba. As a transfer, he ranks as the No. 119 overall player and No. 11 interior offensive lineman according to On3’s Transfer Portal Player Rankings.
Rodney Newsom is the seventh commitment in the Gamecocks’ transfer portal class, joining EDGE Jaylen Brown (Missouri), interior offensive lineman Nick Sharpe (Wake Forest), tight end Jordan Dingle (Kentucky), defensive tackle Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy (Texas A&M), LB Shawn Murphy, and QB Air Noland (OSU).
The portal officially opened on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. More than 2,800 FBS scholarship players entered their names into the NCAA’s transfer database during the 2023-24 school year. Removing those who withdrew or went pro, the final total sat at 2,707 transfers.
So far this cycle, 2,160 players have entered the transfer portal with 676 of those already having committed to new schools.
To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire.
The On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account and Twitter account are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.
LaNorris Sellers signs new NIL deal with South Carolina for 2025 return
South Carolina star quarterback LaNorris Sellers has inked a new NIL deal with the Gamecocks’ NIL collective Garnet Trust, securing his return to Columbia for the 2025 season. Sellers holds an On3 NIL Valuation of $2.7 million.
His new deal now secures his return for 2025. Sellers put together an impressive 2024 season after taking over as South Carolina’s starting quarterback. He threw for 2,274 yards and 17 touchdowns in the air while adding 655 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on the ground.
Those numbers helped lead the Gamecocks to a 9-3 record, including a six-game win streak to end the year to just miss out on the College Football Playoff.
South Carolina had to hold off suitors for Sellers, as multiple schools made efforts in recent weeks for the quarterback to jump in the transfer portal. Garnet Trust declined to give specifics on the agreement but sources told On3 it’s on pace with other top quarterback deals in college football.
“Ever since the LSU game, he’s been having programs reach out to his people,” a Power 4 personnel staffer recently told On3 about the LaNorris Sellers situation. “Then as he kept balling out he’s only had more and more programs reach out. I mean he had playoff-caliber teams blowing up his phone like crazy before the Clemson game. After? That shit hasn’t stopped ringing.”
On3’s Pete Nakos contributed to this report.
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