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Jeremiah Smith Should Be Allowed To Play in the NFL Next Year
Jeremiah Smith is the best player remaining in the College Football Playoff, and he still has two more years of school left.
The talented Ohio State receiver hauled in seven catches for 187 yards and two touchdowns in a 20-point victory against the Oregon Ducks in the Rose Bowl.
At just 19 years old, Smith would be the No. 1 receiver drafted in the 2025 NFL Draft. He’d probably be a top 10 selection. And that’s not hyperbole.
Currently, NFL mock drafts have Arizona’s Tetairoa McMillan as a top five pick. He put up 1,319 yards in his junior season with the Wildcats. He had eight touchdowns and 26 total in his career.
What’s wild is the fact that Ohio State offensive coordinator Chip Kelly really couldn’t figure out how to use Smith early in the season. Sure, Smith had a few big games smattered about, paired with highlight-worthy catches that made fans say, “Wait, this is a teenager?”
But that teenager has blossomed late in the season. When the lights have shined the brightest for the Buckeyes, they’ve somehow managed to shine even brighter for Smith, who has become the engine behind everything Ohio State does offensively.
His 187-yard, two-touchdown performance in the Rose Bowl only came off the heels of his 103-yard, two-touchdown performance against Tennessee in the first round.
It was apparent all year that there wasn’t a defensive back in the nation that could defend Smith. This was apparent in Ohio State’s loss to Michigan, but Kelly and quarterback Will Howard just could not manage to get him involved.
Things have completely changed since then, and Smith is the focal point of everything that Ohio State does. His frame somehow looks larger than it did earlier in the season, consistently drawing comparisons to Julio Jones. Again, he’s 19 years old.
The stats are bizarre for a true freshman, but when you actually watch him play the games, he genuinely looks the part of a guy that could play on Sundays.
Seriously. In Week 18, so many NFL teams are benching their starters due to having their playoff spot locked up or due to complete ineptitude that has them crawling to the finish line. Imagine Smith—just a few days after balling out in the Rose Bowl—dominating backup secondaries.
In a wild dream scenario that will never actually happen, Smith should be allowed to jointly petition the NCAA and NFL to declare for the NFL Draft as a consensus first-round pick. There’s literally no chance that he would be selected any later than the top 20 picks.
In the era of NIL dominating college football, Smith will be quite alright financially after two more seasons in Columbus, leaving the rest of us football fans waiting two more seasons to watch him play on Sundays.
He’d be the best receiver in the 2025 draft class. He would be the best receiver in the 2026 NFL Draft class. In 2027, he will join fellow current teenager and Alabama star Ryan Williams as the top wide receiver selected.
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Report: RB David Montgomery 'wants out' of Detroit
Dec 25, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Detroit Lions running back David Montgomery (5) looks on before the game against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images Lions running back David Montgomery “wants out” of Detroit after three seasons, ESPN reported on Sunday.
Montgomery, however, immediately appeared to refute the report on X, posting: “Damn, Dmo told you that?”
The ESPN report claims the Lions would want “a decent Day 3 pick (possibly a fifth-rounder)” in the 2026 NFL Draft in return for Montgomery, who turns 29 in June and is owed $6 million next season.
The report follows general manager Brad Holmes’ remarks after the season about Montgomery being unhappy with his playing time in 2025. Sharing a backfield with Jahmyr Gibbs, Montgomery rushed for a career-low 716 yards and eight touchdowns in 17 games (no starts).
“Those are conversations that we’re going to have to have because I’ve got a lot of respect for that player,” Holmes said of Montgomery in January. “He deserves to be in a situation where his skillset can be utilized, and so yeah would love for it to be here, but if it can’t be here then you’d just love to see where could work out best for him.”
At the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Holmes said the situation with Montgomery is “fluid.” He signed a two-year extension during the 2024 season that runs through the end of the 2027 campaign.
“Yeah, I have been in touch with David’s agent, and his representation,” Holmes revealed. “Obviously, we love David, he’s a great player, we love to have him, you know, kind of want to put last year in the rear view, and just move forward. But, obviously, a player has to want to be at a certain place as well. The conversations are still fluid, but we’ll see how it goes.”
Montgomery has rushed for 2,506 yards and 33 touchdowns in 45 games (28 starts) in three seasons with Detroit (2023-25). He has 76 catches for 650 yards in that span.
He began his career with the NFC North rival Chicago Bears, who drafted him in the third round in 2019. Montgomery rushed for 3,609 yards and 26 scores in 60 games (51 starts) with the Bears (2019-22).
–Field Level Media
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Yankees LHP Ryan Yarbrough joins U.S. roster for WBC
Jun 18, 2025; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees relief pitcher Ryan Yarbrough (33) delivers a pitch during the first inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images New York Yankees left-hander Ryan Yarbrough was added to the Team USA roster for the upcoming World Baseball Classic on Sunday.
The 34-year-old reliever replaces Minnesota Twins right-hander Joe Ryan, who is dealing with low back tightness. Ryan moves into the designated pitcher pool, meaning he is eligible for a call-up after each round of the WBC.
Yarbrough went 3-1 with a 4.36 ERA and one save in 19 games (eight starts) during his first season with the Yankees in 2025, striking out 55 batters and walking 19 in 64 innings.
Ryan Yarbrough has been added to our roster for the World Baseball Classic!#ForGlory???? pic.twitter.com/RrtKJQ20gz
— USA Baseball (@USABaseball) March 1, 2026
Team USA will play its first game of the 2026 WBC on Friday night, meeting Brazil in a Pool B contest in Houston.
Yarbrough has a career record of 56-41 with a 4.22 ERA and four saves in 215 games (76 starts) with the Tampa Bay Rays (2018-22), Kansas City Royals (2023), Los Angeles Dodgers (2023-24), Toronto Blue Jays (2024) and Yankees. The side-arming southpaw signed a one-year, $2.5 million deal in November to return to New York in 2026.
–Field Level Media
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Ex-pitcher Dan Serafini gets life sentence for '21 murder
Dan Serafini (file photo) pitched in MLB with seven teams. He was convited of first-degree murder. Former major league pitcher Dan Serafini was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Friday for the 2021 shootings of his in-laws in North Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Serafini, 52, was convicted in July of the first-degree murder of father-in-law Gary Spohr and the attempted first-degree murder of mother-in-law Wendy Wood during a burglary. Spohr, 70, died from a single gunshot and Wood, then 68, survived but died by suicide the following year.
In the courtroom on Friday in Auburn, Calif., Placer County prosecutor Morgan Gire described Spohr and Wood as loving grandparents.
“The impact of this attack has extended far beyond the immediate victims, deeply affecting family members and the broader community, and highlighting the lasting harm caused by deliberate violence,” Gire said.
Serafini, who pitched for six MLB teams from 1996 to 2007, addressed the court and maintained his innocence. He said he was out partying with his wife, Erin Spohr, at the time of the shooting and referred to himself as a “broken, imperfect man that makes mistakes,” according to MyNews4.
The Minnesota Twins selected Serafini, a native of the San Francisco area, with the No. 26 overall pick in the 1992 MLB Draft. He made his debut in 1996 and went on to appear in 104 games (33 starts) with the Twins, Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and Colorado Rockies before his retirement in 2007.
He had a 15-16 record with a 6.04 ERA and one save. He threw 263 2/3 innings and struck out 127 batters.
–Field Level Media
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