East Carolina Opens ’22 Preseason Camp …Can Jake Verity beat out Rodrigo Blankenship for Colts kicking job? …Conley graduate Johnson reinstated to ECU football program this summer, practices on day one of fall camp… Latest surgery leaves concerns over ECU baseball Parker Byrd’s recovery

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

East Carolina Opens ’22 Preseason Camp ecupirates.com

Latest surgery leaves concerns over ECU baseball Parker Byrd’s recovery CBS 17

Insider: Can Jake Verity beat out Rodrigo Blankenship for Colts kicking job? IndyStar

WNCT 9

• ECU football opens 2022 preseason camp
• Pirate Nation raises nearly $70 million in contributions

WITN 7

• ECU football opens fall camp with first practice, Houston pleased
• Conley graduate Johnson reinstated to ECU football program this summer, practices on day one of fall camp

247 Sports

• C.J. Johnson back at practice for ECU, but there’s still more he has to prove
• Everything Mike Houstons said after ECU’s first day of preseason camp
• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 31 Fletcher Marshall

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU football: Pirates open preseason camp
• ECU: Fundraising breaks record with $68.9M in fiscal year pledges

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• American Extends Relationship with Luxury Watch Retailer Grand Caliber for 2022-23 Season
• American Has Three on Bednarik Award Watch List

The Tampa Times

• Baylor transfer Gerry Bohanon acts like USF’s starter. But will he win the job?
• USF on-campus football stadium ‘going to happen,’ Jeff Scott says

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Hardaway targeting juco All-American who played 11 games in high school
• How Memphis won the ‘re-recruiting’ battle for Seth Henigan

NOLA.com

• Notebook: Tulane’s first day of preseason football practice
• Back to his old self, Tulane’s Tyjae Spears looks to build on 264-yard 2021 finale

Dallas Morning News

• 5 SMU newcomers to watch at the start of fall camp, including a former national champion
• Austin Aune opens camp with UNT’s starters as QB race begins in Denton

Tulsa World

• First day of practice for TU ‘like Christmas Day’ for players, coaches
• Photos: TU holds first fall practice for 2022 season

Watch: Preview of UC Bearcats fall camp Cincinnati Enquirer

UCF icon Daunte Culpepper speaks to football team Orlando Sentinel

The impact of 7-foot transfer Quincy Ballard this summer for Wichita State basketball  Wichita Eagle

Navy Offensive Lineman From Annapolis Excited As Midshipmen Hit The Practice Field WBAL

UNT boosters saw need for NIL collective, acted quickly to start program that will benefit athletes Denton Record-Chronicle

UTSA fall camp: Five things to watch San Antionio Express News

Charlotte 49ers football carries high hopes in training camp. Here are 5 things to watch  Charlotte Observer

UAB fall practice report: Linebacker depth and offensive line shuffle AL.com

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

NC State keeps a ‘level head’ entering a highly anticipated season WRAL

Could NC State football’s defense be nation’s best in 2022? The Wolfpack sure thinks so Asheville Citizen-Times

AOL

• NC State football opens camp with a simple lesson in mind: Take nothing for granted
• New era for Duke football starts with new mindset: ‘We’ve left everything in the past’

10 Best College Football Predictions Against The Spread: Season Win Totals YAHOO!

Raleigh News & Observer

• NC State football opens camp with a simple lesson in mind: Take nothing for granted
• NC State basketball draws tough opponent in first game of Battle 4 Atlantis in Bahamas
• New UNC football defensive coach Gene Chizik works to help Heels, one drill at a time
• Campbell, moving up again, leaves Big South for Colonial
• At PGA Tour’s Wyndham Championship, Zebulon’s Blake McShea getting ‘foot in the door’
• Ready or not, Triangle high school football coaches prepare to navigate NIL landscape

Winston Salem Journal

• Richmond transfer Kobie Turner confident he can elevate Wake Forest’s defense and his NFL stock
• Ram Ramblings: Coach Robert Massey fills out his staff just before practice begins next week
• Evolving college basketball landscape is forcing coaches to adapt … or ‘get out’
• Noel Ruebel, a former track coach at FCDS and Wake Forest, has died at the age of 65

Columbia The State

• Clemson QB DJ Uiagalelei ‘has to go do it’ in 2022. Why Dabo Swinney believes he can
• Projecting South Carolina’s depth chart as preseason camp kicks off
• Veteran Clemson defender announces he will retire from football

Taulia Tagovailoa fuels Maryland’s hopes as preseason camp opens Washington Post

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia commit Gabriel Harris ineligible for senior season, pending appeal
• Dontae Smith breaks down Georgia Tech offense
• Licensing agreement opens doors for sales of Georgia Tech athletes’ jerseys