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  • 1 week ago | commercialappeal.com | Jonah Dylan

    Memphis basketball's Academic Progress Rate (APR) score dropped in the 2023-24 season, according to data released by the NCAA. Penny Hardaway's team scored an 844 in single-year APR rate compared to a perfect 1,000 in both the 2021-22 and 2022-23 academic years. The Tigers have a four-year APR rate of 954, down from 988 a year ago. Teams that score below 930 in multi-year rate face escalating sanctions that start with practice reductions and can eventually include postseason bans.

  • 1 week ago | commercialappeal.com | Jonah Dylan

    Dresser Winn broke his ankle in 2021. It changed his football career β€” for the better. Winn spent months rehabbing the injury at UT Martin, and the Skyhawks' quarterback had to wear a walking boot. He could still throw, but he had to completely change his mechanics because of the boot and because he couldn't put weight on the ankle.

  • 1 week ago | commercialappeal.com | Jonah Dylan

    Don't look now, but the start of the 2025 college football season is less than four months away. That means there's a lot to unpack after spring practices. Here are some questions from our mailbag. Will we make the playoffs? -@jkam12, via XYeah, let's just start with the big one. Memphis fans had legitimate reason to believe the Tigers were a College Football Playoff contender in 2024, with so much continuity and momentum from 2023. That didn't happen, and they finished fourth in the AAC. Need a break?

  • 1 week ago | usatoday.com | Jonah Dylan

    Don't look now, but the start of the 2025 college football season is less than four months away. Memphis football's roster is still changing, and there's already been plenty of turnover since the 2024 season ended in December. The Tigers lost all four of their captains from last season, including program stalwart quarterback Seth Henigan.

  • 1 week ago | usatoday.com | Jonah Dylan

    Former Memphis football quarterback Seth Henigan wasn't picked in the 2025 NFL Draft, but he plans to use that as motivation. "I think it's kind of a slight, and something I'll carry with me throughout my career, my NFL career," Henigan told The Commercial Appeal on May 4. "Hopefully my extensive and long NFL career. Definitely when I go into games I'll remember that and remember that feeling.

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Jonah Dylan
Jonah Dylan @TheJonahDylan
13 May 25

Memphis QB room: Brendon Lewis Arrington Maiden A.J. Hill Ty Collins Grant Troutman

Jonah Dylan
Jonah Dylan @TheJonahDylan

More QB depth for Memphis as Arkansas State transfer Ty Collins commits to the Tigers. He redshirted in 2024 and has four years of eligibility remaining. Played HS football at Nolensville.

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Jonah Dylan @TheJonahDylan
13 May 25

More QB depth for Memphis as Arkansas State transfer Ty Collins commits to the Tigers. He redshirted in 2024 and has four years of eligibility remaining. Played HS football at Nolensville.

Ty Collins
Ty Collins @TyCollins2024

AGTG ! Excited for the next chapter at the University of Memphis. Thank you Coach Stewart, Coach Cramsey and Head Coach Ryan Silverfield for asking me to join the Tigers. ALL IN πŸ―πŸ“˜πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸˆ @MemphisFB @MemphisFBRec @coachdmstewart @tcramsey19 @RSilverfield @VisionQb @QBHitList https://t.co/NleLttud40

Jonah Dylan
Jonah Dylan @TheJonahDylan
13 May 25

Wild.

K.C. Johnson
K.C. Johnson @KCJHoop

Bulls lost coin flip to Mavs, who got No. 1 overall pick