How a college walk-on and an East Carolina recruit got drafted by the Pacers… Former Charlotte 49ers football player dies in crash; Car crash also claims the life Vikings’ rookie Khyree Jackson and another high school teammate

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How a college walk-on and an East Carolina recruit got drafted by the Pacers The Indianapolis Star

Trsiten Newton hopes to leave impression with Indiana Pacers during rookie season Sports Illustrated

With new scouting director, Pirates prep MLB Draft board TribLIVE.com

Cunningham And Yesavage tabbed to 2024 CSC Academic …  WNCT 9

ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 56 D’Anta Johnson 247 Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

Former Charlotte 49ers football player dies in crash WSOC-TV 9

Charlotte 49ers mourn Isaiah Hazel, former player killed in … Qcitymetro

Former Charlotte 49ers DB Isaiah Hazel dies in car crash that claimed lives of two others Charlotte Observer

USF football finds pleasant forecasts in college preseason magazines Tampa Tribune

Three Memphis athletic department staffers to join Laird Veatch at Missouri | Sources Memphis Commercial Appeal

How high is the ceiling for this year’s Memphis offense? daily memphian

Jenks O-lineman Javion Antai, four others commit to Tulsa Tulsa World

UNT’s hopes to rebuild its defense will rest on a few key returning stars; here are four Denton Record Chronicle

San Antonio Express News

• UTSA enhancing broadcast potential with $5M investment in new control rooms
• UTSA football player ‘brandished a firearm’ in PlayStation robbery

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Vikings’ Khyree Jackson, 2 former college football players killed in car crash in Maryland The Associated Press

Vikings rookie Jackson, two others killed in car crash Reuters

Car crash claims the life Vikings’ rookie Khyree Jackson and two high school teammates Sports Illustrated

Arizona State AD Graham Rossini: Prioritize football, basketball and others will thrive Austin American Statesman

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest men’s basketball team announces nonconference schedule
• Vaughn Kimbrough, a key player in WSSU’s run to the NCAA championship in 1967, has died
• New era tips off for NC high school athletics oversight

A teal tie helped new AD Chance Miller win over Coastal Carolina. This is his plan for CCU Columbia The State

Coordinator Clayton White talks Gamecocks’ defense: ‘On edge’ going into 2024 Charleston Post & Courier