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It's Rankings Week at TideNation. Every day we'll rank some aspect of the Alabama football program heading into the 2013 season. Today we're ranking the top 10 UA rookies with the chance of making the biggest impact in the fall. On Friday we'll rank ...

When a dream school offers a prospect it's very difficult not to get excited. When the dream school offers you as a freshman, it's hard to comprehend the magnitude. That dream came to reality on Wednesday for 2016 offensive lineman Erik Swenson (Down...

Every Big Ten team will rely on a handful of freshmen (sometimes more than a handful) to fill key roles when the 2013 season rolls around. Which newcomers will make the biggest impact in the league? Tom Luginbill, RecruitingNation's senior nationa...

Wide receiver Nick Harwell is transferring to Kansas after spending three seasons at Miami of Ohio, where he set the school record with 219 yards receiving in a game as a freshman.

BuckeyeNation Austin Ward writes : A handful of true freshmen could make an immediate impact for the Buckeyes. Brad Bournival writes : 2015 DE Rashod Berry has a handful of MAC offers, but it's OSU's interest that has the Lorain, Ohio, prospect...

When it comes to freshmen, Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin has never been shy about putting them on the field. Going back to his time at Houston, Sumlin has long been a "best players play" coach, regardless of age or experience. If a player can h...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State's 2013 recruiting class will report to campus in less than a month, and several players could play a huge role on the team this season. This is Bill O'Brien's first real class, and fans should catch an early glimps...

With spring in the books for more than a month, the long march through the offseason and back to football is only beginning. But BuckeyeNation is going to keep doing its part to speed up the journey -- or at least make it more interesting. This week,...

Tom Luginbill breaks down five 2013 recruits who will have an immediate impact on their college teams. Not surprisingly, No. 1 recruit Robert Nkemdiche (Ole Miss) makes the list. But so does UW wide receiver signee Damore'ea Stringfellow. To read ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Time and again over the past two years, Texas coach Mack Brown has been true to his word: The best players, no matter the age or experience level, will play. That has led to 34 true freshmen -- the most in FBS -- hitting the fiel...

Sheldon Jeter was promising last season. The Vanderbilt freshman averaged 17.5 minutes and 5.5 points per game for the Commodores in 2012-13, the kind of performance that positioned him as a fulcrum of Vanderbilt's arduous post-John Jenkins/Jeffrey T...

Vanderbilt is blocking one of its players from transferring to Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Tuesday.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Fall is just around the corner, well, a season away but that means football is coming up soon. In that spirit, we discuss a lot of redshirt freshmen, pure freshmen and linebackers in this week's WolverineNation mailbag. Oh, and...

Remember when the 2013-14 Kansas Jayhawks were going to be a shaky proposition? I do! Just two weeks ago, Kansas was the team losing all five of last season's starters, among them four seniors and one freshman top-five draft pick. Left in their wa...

These five players were highly rated prospects, and they will make an instant impact at college programs around the country this fall.

Story | Conversation | May 21, 2013

For Insider's "Freshman Impact" series, Seth Greenberg and Reggie Rankin examine how Michigan's incoming freshmen could help the Wolverines return to the Final Four, starting with a point guard who is expected to start right away.

Story | Conversation | May 21, 2013