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Former Husker Jamarques Lawrence announces transfer destination

Former Cornhusker Jamarques Lawrence has announced his next school.

Former Nebraska Cornhuskers guard Jamarques Lawrence has announced his transfer destination. The New Jersey native will play the next portion of his collegiate career at Rhode Island.

Lawrence played in 62 games, making 35 starts, in two seasons with the Huskers. In those 62 games, he averaged 21.0 minutes per game, averaging 6.0 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.8 assists.

As a high school prospect in the 2022 recruiting cycle, Lawrence was a consensus three-star recruit and considered a top-30 shooting guard in the country by 247Sports and Rivals.

He initially committed to the Huskers over offers from Cal, Fordham, UMass, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, and Wichita State, among others.

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No. 6 Texas A&M gets ready for their final tune up series against Rhode Island

Texas A&M will look to remain perfect on the year when the host Rhode Island for a three-game series at Blue Bell field starting Friday

No. 6 Texas A&M (13-0) will put their spotless record on the line again when they host a three-game series against Rhode Island (2-7) starting at 6 p.m. on Friday.

The Aggies had a little bit of trouble putting away a four-win Texas Southern Tigers team on Wednesday night, by not hitting the ball well and some questionable baserunning. So, with the Rams coming to town, they will have a chance to clean up some issues they ran into a few days earlier.

Rhode Island has struggled to score and has given up double-digit runs routinely. This might be the game for some of the Aggies who have been struggling at the plate to start finding their bats again. Below are the game times and pitchers for each day

friday:

Game time – 6 p.m.

Pitcher – Sophomore LHP Ryan Prager (3-0)

saturday:

Game time – 2 p.m.

Pitcher – Junior RHP Tanner Jones (1-0)

sunday:

Game time – 1 p.m.

Pitcher – Junior LHP Justin Lamkin

A&M will play this series and another mid-week game against Sam Houston before starting SEC play in Gainsville where they will take on the Florida Gators.

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Tennessee offers Rhode Island defensive back Syeed Gibbs

Tennessee offers Rhode Island defensive back Syeed Gibbs.

Tennessee offered a scholarship to Rhode Island redshirt freshman defensive back Syeed Gibbs on Tuesday.

“Tennessee offered,” Gibbs announced.

He entered the NCAA transfer portal on Monday.

The 6-foot, 180-pound defensive back appeared in 14 games at Rhode Island from 2022-23. He recorded 54 tackles, three tackles for a loss, three interceptions and six pass deflections for the Rams.

Gibbs is from Everett High School in Everett, Massachusetts.

Student-athletes can enter the NCAA transfer portal from Dec. 2 until Jan. 2, 2024. Players can also enter the NCAA transfer portal from April 15-30, 2024.

READ: Tennessee offers UConn tight end Justin Joly

READ: Updated Tennessee football NCAA transfer portal tracker

Former Tennessee cornerback commits to Rhode Island

Former Tennessee cornerback commits to Rhode Island.

Former Tennessee cornerback Romello Edwards entered the NCAA transfer portal on Jan. 5.

Edwards announced Friday he will transfer to Rhode Island. The former Vol will have one year of eligibility remaining.

Edwards played in 10 games from 2019-22 at Tennessee, recording six tackles. He played as a slot cornerback in Tennessee’s, 63-6, win versus Akron in 2022.

The 6-foot, 187-pound cornerback is from Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti Catholic High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He helped lead Neumann-Goretti to an undefeated record in conference play as a senior. Edwards was the No. 36 cornerback in Philadelphia, according to MaxPreps.

NCAA Transfer Portal: A look at where former Vols are playing in 2023

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Report: Patriots agree to terms with local standout WR

The Patriots are adding a local standout to their wide receivers room.

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The New England Patriots agreed to terms with University of Rhode Island wide receiver Ed Lee on Monday, according to ESPN’s Mike Reiss.

Lee recorded 58 receptions for 908 yards and five touchdowns for the URI Rams last season. He was named to the All-CAA Second Team as a wide receiver and the All-CAA Third Team as a punt returner. The Washington, D.C. native started all 11 games for the Rams.

New England has some familiarity with Lee. He was part of the group that worked out at the Patriots’ local pro day prior to the draft, per NESN.com’s Zack Cox.

This may not be the flashiest move, but it does add additional depth to a wide receiver group that is strong. New England added Kayshon Boutte and Demario Douglas in the draft in addition to signing JuJu Smith-Schuster in free agency.

At the very least, New England has potential production at the wide receiver group. It should make for a fun positional outlook heading into training camp.

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Son of Celtics champion shooting guard Ray Allen commits to Rhode Island

The future Ram reportedly also considered UMass before electing to commit to Rhode Island.

Fans of the Boston Celtics in the state of Rhode Island might be surprised to see Ray Allen committed to play for the University of Rhode Island as a preferred walk-on player per the Hartford Courant’s Kels Dayton, but their eyes are not playing tricks on them.

Allen’s son, Walter Ray Allen III, has committed to playing basketball at URI as a walk-on. The eldest son of the Celtics champ and former University of Connecticut standout is a 6-foot-1 shooting guard who was coached by the elder Allen at Gulliver Prep in Miami, Florida.

The younger Jesus Shuttleworth was not heavily recruited by top college basketball programs, but the hope is Allen develops his game enough at URI to raise his stock as a player.

Announced on the younger Allen’s Instagram last week, the future Ram reportedly also considered UMass before electing to commit to Rhode Island.

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Notre Dame lands Rhode Island transfer defensive back Antonio Carter

Quite the get for the Irish’s secondary.

[autotag]Benjamin Morrison[/autotag] might be developing into a star, but Notre Dame always can use some depth in its secondary. Once Rhode Island defensive back [autotag]Antonio Carter[/autotag] entered the transfer portal in April, the Irish were among many Football Bowl Subdivision teams interested. They officially made their offer May 5, and Florida and LSU followed over the next few days. Finally, Carter was ready to make his decision, and it was good news for the Irish:

Carter started 21 of the Rams’ 22 games over the past two seasons and played in all of them. During that period, he recorded 105 tackles, broke up 17 passes, had 5.5 tackles for loss, forced three fumbles, recovered another three fumbles and had one interception. Basically, he did everything expected of a defensive back, and he was ready to see what he can do at the top tier of college football. Here’s hoping he can at least approach what he did in the Football Championship Subdivision.

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Watch: In college, Rutgers football’s new assistant safeties coach was a playmaker

Nas Jones, a new assistant with Rutgers football, was a standout player at Rhode Island.

On Friday, Nas Jones announced that he was taking on a new role with Rutgers football as an assistant safeties coach. Turns out that Jones knows a thing or two about the position.

Jones was a standout defensive back at Rhode Island. He was a bit of a ballhawk who had two career interceptions and 11 passes defended during his four years with the program.

Solid in coverage, Jones also a strong tackler, leading Rhode Island with 78 tackles in 2018, his senior season.

From New Jersey, Jones played at Barringer High School (Newark, N.J. As a senior in 2013, he recorded 56 tackles in 10 games as a defensive back and was named his team’s MVP. He also lined up on offense as a wide receiver.

In addition to football, Jones was also a standout sprinter in high school.

Rutgers Wire unearthed film of Jones from his four seasons at Rhode Island. OK, it wasn’t exactly unearthed…a simple search on YouTube unveiled the highlights relatively easily.

(Of course, his highlights are linked in his Twitter bio but that wasn’t noticed till after the exhausting and thorough 45-second search on YouTube.)

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Jones joined the Rutgers football program last March, working in player development the past year.

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Transfer prospect wish list for Ohio State Football

Who do you think the Buckeyes should target in the portal?

The transfer portal is full-on crazy right now, with over 700 FBS players potentially changing schools and growing. It’s an absurd number and honestly a scary one. In the ideal scenario, each one of these student-athletes would get a chance to play for another school, but unfortunately, that won’t be the case.

Every school has different needs, some of them use the portal as a way to jump-start a program and others use it to fill gaps left by players who have either left early for the NFL or themselves have entered the portal.

For [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag], it’s the ability to round out a roster and fill some gaps. The Buckeyes recruit at such a high level, the needs aren’t paramount, and filling the gaps is all that is needed. Find out below which prospects I’d love to see in the Scarlet and Gray next fall.

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Golfweek’s Best 2022: Top public and private courses in Rhode Island

The smallest state in the union packs an oversized golf punch, especially when it comes to its private courses.

Rhode Island, the smallest state, packs a pretty oversized punch when it comes to golf courses, especially its lineup of private layouts. Four of the five highest-ranked private courses in the state rank among the top 100 on either Golfweek’s Best Modern or Classic lists of courses in the U.S.

Golfweek’s Best offers many lists of course rankings, with that of top public-access courses in each state among the most popular. All the courses on this list allow public access in some fashion, be it standard daily green fees, through a resort or by staying at an affiliated hotel. If there’s a will, there’s a tee time.

Also popular are the Golfweek’s Best rankings of top private courses in each state, and that list for Rhode Island’s private offerings is likewise included below.

MORE: Best Modern | Best Classic | Top 200 Resort | Top 200 Residential | Top 100 Best You Can Play

(m): Modern course, built in or after 1960
(c): Classic course, built before 1960

Note: If there is a number in the parenthesis with the m or c, that indicates where that course ranks among Golfweek’s Best top 200 modern or classic courses.