According to Ashley Vega of The Sun, the pair have been dating since high school. While Ann’s personal Instagram is private, Drake has shared multiple posts about his girlfriend over the past several years, including a birthday shoutout when Ann was headed to college in 2021.
Here are some photos of the couple that have been shared to Instagram:
Meet J.J. McCarthy’s fiancée, Katya Kuropas, whose been supporting him throughout his career.
If this has been on your mind: Yes, Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy is dating someone, and they’ve decided to do life together.
Per Rebecca Aizin of People, J.J. has been dating Katya Kuropas since 2018 and the pair have been engaged since January. Katya has fully supported J.J. and his football career, attending multiple games and appearing during Michigan’s national championship win over the Washington Huskies.
J.J. has also not been shy about his love, posting several sweet posts as tributes to Katya throughout their relationship. In 2021, he shared these words in an Instagram post:
“Three trips around the sun with the love of my life. I honestly do not even know where I would be without this girl in my life. I simply do not deserve her because of the kind of woman she is. The pureness in her heart and soul is just one the many qualities that make this girl so incredible. I am beyond blessed and grateful for God bringing this woman into my life, and I pray that she is by my side for years to come.”
Here’s what players need to do when declaring for the NFL Draft.
The 2024 NFL Draft is finally happening this week, starting with the first round on Thursday. As top prospects like Caleb Williams prepare in Detroit for one of the league’s biggest events, fans might be wondering: What exactly are the rules and conditions to declare for the NFL Draft?
The NFL Draft is such a joyous occasion for the nation’s top football prospects. Dreams turn into realities, and careers are born as players elevate their game to the professional level. It’s also a really great time for fans to get a behind-the-scenes look at what players experience before they are selected and join their new teams.
But how exactly does one declare for the NFL draft? According to the NFL, here are the rules for making such a big leap:
Players must have been out of high school for at least three years and have used their college eligibility before the start of the next college football season. Underclassmen and players who have graduated before using all their college eligibility can contact the league to request approval to enter the draft early.
Players are draft-eligible only in the year after the end of their college eligibility.
Underclassmen have until seven days following the national championship game to declare for the draft.
Once players have become draft-eligible or have declared their intention to enter the draft early, the NFL’s Player Personnel staff will work with teams, agents and schools to clarify the players’ status and set up events, like pro days and private workouts, so that players can be evaluated.
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I’m not going to lie to y’all. I had something completely different written here about the Phoenix Suns. It was done. I was finished. Ready to publish.
Then news broke that Reggie Bush was finally getting his Heisman trophy back and I deleted everything. This is the day’s news. This is such a big deal, folks.
Before I tell you why, let me give you the skinny. The Heisman Trust has reportedly decided to formally reinstate Bush’s trophy and give it back to him he forfeited it to the committee in 2010, according to ESPN, citing the “enormous changes in the college football landscape” as the reason why.
Let me translate that for you: The players are getting paid over the table now through NIL collectives by the same boosters who allegedly paid players like Bush under the table back in the day. So, because of that, Reggie can have his trophy back.
The catharsis is flowing right now. After all these years of lobbying and public complaints, the Heisman Trust has finally listened to the reason. Bush should never have lost this trophy in the first place.
Look, I get it. USC broke the rules. An investigation into USC found that the school allegedly showered his family with improper gifts and benefits during his time at the school from 2003 to 2005.
Sure, they’re stupid rules, but they’re still the rules. Someone had to pay for that. In a way, I guess USC did. The school was stripped of 14 wins that Bush played in, including its 2004 BCS title. But it’s always felt like Bush himself was more severely punished.
Not only did he lose his Heisman Trophy, but his stats were also vacated. He was banned from USC for 10 years after 2010. They quite literally erased Bush from the annals of college football after he made everyone fall in love with it.
Do you understand how infuriating that is? Bush is one of the greatest college football players ever — he might be the most exciting. Every time he played, it was must-see TV. Just watch a highlight. You’ll get it if you don’t already.
What makes it doubly infuriating is that this never actually had to happen. The NCAA doesn’t govern the Heisman Trust. Those two organizations are independent of each other. Bush losing the trophy was the trust kowtowing to the NCAA’s whim and saying, “If Bush’s numbers don’t exist, then neither does his trophy.” Both things have always been extremely unfair.
All the work he did, the numbers he put up, the exciting moments he gave us. We were just supposed to act like it never existed all because the NCAA was upset about a little cash flow. That’s silly. It never made sense.
Thankfully, this egregious mistake has been corrected. Good for you, Reggie. It’s about time.
All the talk about the expansion of the college football playoff usually centers around the Power Five (Power Four now?) conferences — specifically with the SEC and Big Ten holding most of the power.
The middling conferences are always usually left out of the conversation despite having some pretty good teams with lots of depth and talent.
It seems like those conferences are finally looking to do something about that by creating their own playoff, according to reporting from The Athletic.
“Multiple administrators from within the G5 conferences — the American, Sun Belt, Mountain West, MAC and Conference USA — told The Athletic that former college and NFL coach Derek Dooley has been the salesman on behalf of private equity firms, making contact with schools. The administrators, who were granted anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, made clear that nothing is imminent and they haven’t been presented with any numbers yet. But conversations are more real than they’ve ever been. Dooley did not respond to a request for comment. CBS Sports first reported on the talks.”
Nothing concrete seems to be laid out just yet. But if these schools can pull this off, it would be an incredible power move. They’d be baking their own pie instead of just taking morsels the SEC, Big Ten and other big players are leaving behind.
This means creating their own structure and bowl games to go along with it. It certainly wouldn’t be easy to pull off, but it’s totally plausible.
But now, it’s kind of reality? Jaden McDaniels, y’all! He cooked Durant and the Suns in Game 2, which made the clip perfect. Charles Curtis has more:
“In an interview during All-Star week last year, the Minnesota Timberwolves star remarked, “They got KD, but we got Jaden McDaniels.”
KD would of course be Kevin Durant, and before you think that’s just Ant hyping up his T-Wolves teammate, maybe Edwards knew that in Game 2 of the Wolves’ playoff series against the Phoenix Suns, McDaniels would explode for 25 points, outplaying Durant (6-of-15 for 18 points).”
This is why you always show confidence in your teammates, man. Shoutout to Ant Edwards. The dude knows what he’s talking about.
Quick hits: The biggest NFL draft questions … Does Jerry Jones know how this works? … and more
The NFL Draft is just days away, and projected No. 1 overall draft pick Caleb Williams is seemingly having the time of his life ahead of his arrival in Detroit. Williams recently tweeted about seeing another top pick — Rome Odunze — on a plane and couldn’t contain his excitement.
With some of the hardest parts of the NFL and college football offseason already gone, there’s some room for draft prospects to try to remain calm for what’s next — the 2024 NFL Draft. But even if you’re Caleb Williams, you can’t stay calm. You’re going to be excited about all kinds of things, like unexpectedly running into another top draft prospect.
On Tuesday, Caleb shared that he was en route to Detroit for this year’s draft when he ran into Washington Huskies wide receiver Rome Odunze. Williams couldn’t believe what was happening and shared a totally relatable and NSFW tweet.
New Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh is taking a little bit of his final season at Michigan with him to California.
Indeed, Harbaugh recently got a tattoo to commemorate the Wolverines’ undefeated campaign that ended with a national title win that read “M 15-0.”
Honestly, this is a much, much better idea than those folks who get those championship tattoos before their team even starts playing that season.
Harbaugh did close his time in Ann Arbor on a high note, so you might as well remember that with a display like this. Maybe he’ll get one to match it with the Chargers one of these days?
LOOK: Former Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh got a tattoo for the Wolverines' perfect 2023-24 season〽️
Calm down, everybody. Jayden (and his elbow) are good to go.
A photo of Jayden Daniels’ elbow floating around the internet has caused panic and concern from football fans, but the former LSU quarterback shared that there is nothing to worry about.
The period between the NFL Combine and the NFL Draft might feel like a million years. Fans have eight weeks to do hundreds of mock drafts and try to guess where guys will land. It’s also a time when players are heavily scrutinized. That’s what happened when news outlets used a head-turning photo of Jayden Daniels (and his elbow) to share updates about his recent pro day.
Fans immediately noticed how his elbow didn’t look how they assumed it would, and the photo sent them into a frenzy with all kinds of wild speculations about what could be “wrong” with it. However, Daniels posted to X (Formerly Twitter) on Friday to clear the air.
There’s been debate over the upcoming EA Sports College Football 25 video game — particularly on whether athletes should allow EA to use their name, image and likeness.
The company began getting athlete approval at the end of February. EA offered the student-athletes a one-time payment of $600 and a free copy of the game in exchange for their likeness.
That’s where the debate came in. People questioned whether that was enough. A one-time payment isn’t very much considering that this game will use the players’ likenesses in perpetuity — at least for this iteration.
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Others thought it was a fair deal. And at least 10,000 players fall into this camp, too.
It seems most players just want to be in the video game. It’s hard to fault them for that — it’s pretty cool. There is validity to the argument that these players aren’t getting enough for their likeness here.
Regardless, it seems, the game has the players it needs. Things are moving forward.
Sam Hartman might soon have the best hair in the NFL
Trevor Lawrence may soon have some steep competition for the title of “Quarterback With The Best Hair In The NFL”.
At least that’s assuming former Notre Dame and Wake Forest QB Sam Hartman finds his way onto a roster this offseason. The 24-year-old showed up at the NFL combine in Indianapolis this week to display his talents, but anyone who watched him couldn’t help but get pleasantly distracted by his phenomenal flow.
When it came time for Hartman to run the 40-yard dash (which he did in 4.80 seconds), the hair once again stole the show. Just listen to how the fans reacted to him running:
Slow that video down and it’s even more magnificent. We’re not sure how much looking like a movie star while running plays into a draft decision, but if it does you can go ahead and pencil Hartman into the first round.
Caleb Williams’ unprecedented decision is causing a stir.
The 2024 NFL Combine is off and running, and that means news will be hitting the internet regularly about guys who are turning heads. Yet, Caleb Williams is turning heads in a different way. The USC quarterback has declined to do medical testing with all 32 teams and is only sharing medical information with the teams he visits.
Caleb Williams has decided that he will not do medical testing with every NFL team as typically customary for NFL Draft prospects. That decision is seemingly unprecedented and is viewed as unconventional by many in league circles. Naturally, it might be hard for evaluators (and fans) not to wonder if there is something he’s hiding from teams.
On Friday, he shared what went into his decision to be intentional with whom he meets with.
Caleb Williams said he’ll do the medicals with the teams he visits with.
“Obviously, when you start doing things that’s not traditional, whether you’re at a school like USC, whether you’re here at the combine…I’d say the main thing has just been that it was a decision with my family and my team, and it really came down to: not all 32 teams can draft me, so, why give all 32 teams my personal medical things?”
Per Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports, NFL draft prospects have complained for years about the time it takes to do a medical evaluation with every team and answer the same or similar questions from multiple team doctors. With this knowledge in mind, it makes sense that Caleb Williams would be selective with his time.
Additionally, despite his unique decision, it should not impact his ability to be a top draft pick. Many pundits agree that Williams is still a highly coveted prospect.
