Mark Ingram News

We start our annual ranking of the 25 best players in college football with Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, and that can mean only one thing.

Lately I've seen various preseason Heisman odds floating around the web, with incumbent winner Johnny Manziel joined by the likes of returning stars Braxton Miller, Teddy Bridgewater, AJ McCarron, Jadeveon Clowney and others.

Ka'Deem Carey runs the ball in the New Mexico Bowl against Nevada. Photo by Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Now that Ka'Deem Carey's legal problems have been resolved - misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct charges were dropped Friday - it's safe to take a closer look at how the Arizona Wildcats junior running back fits into the national ... (more)

National Champions, the kings of the SEC and can lay claim to one of college football's best five-year dynasties in the history of its existence with an unprecedented third-straight title next January.

Alabama running back T.J. Yeldon flies for a second-quarter touchdown against Missouri at Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012.

During Tuesday's OTAs at the New Orleans Saints facility, linebacker Victor Ellis had to be helped off the field after colliding with former Alabama running back Mark Ingram .

A lot has changed for former Alabama running back Eddie Lacy over the past six months.

Some programs choose to build their roster with homegrown, in-state talent. This approach has its advantages, which includes players playing a little harder for them because of the school represents where the player himself is from and who he grew up rooting for.

Mark Ingram, Trent Richardson, and Eddie Lacy each carried the load to BCS National Championships at Alabama.

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon has been suspended for two game - He's also being docked two additional game checks.

Now that Jim Brown has returned to the Browns, hobbled by age and the punishment he both dealt out and received, will the team actually listen to him in his role as a special adviser? Brown's appointment coincides with Richardson's excused absence from mini-camp exertions because of a right leg strain, which might be a stress fracture or, then ... (more)

Trent Richardson, RB, Cleveland Browns - Does this song sound the same as before? An Alabama RB enters the league with "minor dings" - and never reaches his potential.

Crumpton was little more than afterthought on Thompson's 2012 softball team because the Warriors had three senior pitchers and there wasn't any room to break in a freshman.

To better understand how Alabama made it to college football's mountaintop, we need to travel back in time to a 2007 high school track meet.

Reminded that SEC defensive coordinators haven't exactly spent the offseason at the beach in terms of scouting his Heisman Trophy winner, Texas A&M's coach shot back: "We've got a year's worth of film on them too." Welcome to the Johnny Football Hangover.

Georgia's rising sophomore tailback Todd Gurley is good enough to win a Heisman Trophy, as well as be a top-15 draft pick.

I made the statement after Alabama's Spring game in 2012 that Yeldon would be better than Crimson Tide alums: New Orleans Saints' Mark Ingram, Cleveland Browns' Trent Richardson and the Green Bay Packers' Eddie Lacy when it was all said and done.

One way or another, running back Eddie Lacy of Alabama became the newest Packer on Friday night with the 61st pick in the second round of the National Football League draft.

Smith is the seventh recruit to commit to the Crimson Tide's 2014 class , and he's the first defensive tackle to choose Nick Saban 's program.

Alabama Crimson Tide red team tight End O.J. Howard is grabbed by white Team linebacker Dillion Lee during the Annual A-Day game at Bryant Denny Stadium.