Brian Blanco/Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Clemson running back Travis Etienne (9) runs for a touchdown during the first half of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)
JACKSONVILLE – The Jaguars felt they needed speed.
Travis Etienne didn t know for sure that that would mean a chance to join his college teammate. He did know for sure that he hoped that would be the case. I was secretly rooting for Jacksonville, he said.
Etienne got his wish late Thursday when the Jaguars selected the Clemson University running back No. 25 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. The selection reunited Etienne with his college teammate, quarterback Trevor Lawrence, selected by the Jaguars No. 1 overall three hours earlier.
From âCanes to Dolphins: Jaelan Phillips staying in Miami By Peter Burke | April 29, 2021 at 11:01 PM EDT - Updated April 30 at 10:35 AM
Jaelan Phillips spent his Saturdays playing football at Hard Rock Stadium last season. Heâll spend his Sundays playing football there now as well.
The Miami Hurricanes defensive end won t have to leave South Florida after the Miami Dolphins selected him with the No. 18 overall pick in Thursday night s first round of the NFL Draft.
Phillips transferred to Miami from UCLA in 2019 and sat out the season. In his lone season with the Hurricanes last year, Phillips finished with 45 tackles, eight sacks and an interception.
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LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. The Washington Football Team announced today that they have acquired guard Ereck Flowers Sr. from the Miami Dolphins. Full terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Flowers (6-6, 330) is a seven-year NFL veteran who entered the league as a first round (9th overall) selection by the New York Giants in the 2015 NFL Draft. He has appeared in 89 career regular season games with 85 starts at both offensive tackle and guard. Flowers was a member of Washington in 2019, starting 16 games at guard.
In postseason play, Flowers appeared and started in one game at left tackle for the New York Giants in 2016.
Ex-FSU, NFL linebacker Geno Hayes dies at 33 April 27, 2021 at 8:50 AM EDT - Updated April 27 at 2:46 PM
Former Florida State and NFL linebacker Geno Hayes died of liver disease Monday, his former coach
Frankie Carroll, who coached Hayes in high school, told the newspaper he was informed of his former player s death by Hayes family.
Hayes was a standout for the Seminoles under legendary former coach Bobby Bowden from 2005-07. He was named first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference after a junior season in which he recorded 80 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss and five sacks before leaving school early for the NFL Draft. Colorado fullback Samson Jagoras is tackled, after pulling in a screen pass, by Florida State linebacker Geno Hayes in the first quarter of a game Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007, in Boulder, Colo., on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007.