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1 QB-PP Belleville, MI
Belleville High School 6’4” 205 92

2 OT Charlotte, NC
Providence Day School 6’6” 250 91

3 WR Saraland, AL
Saraland High School 6’1” 175 91

4 DE Miami, FL
Miami Central High School 6’4” 250 90

5 DT Savannah, GA
Savannah Christian Preparatory School 6’4” 280 90

6 CB Birmingham, AL
A. H. Parker High School 6’2” 185 90

7 DT Manchester, GA
Manchester High School 6’6” 280 90

8 OG Las Vegas, NV
Bishop Gorman High School 6’3” 285 90

9 OT Las Vegas, NV
Bishop Gorman High School 6’6” 285 90

10 WR Duncanville, TX
Duncanville High School 5’11” 180 90

11 OT Lewisville, TX
Lewisville High School 6’6” 290 90

12 CB Houston, TX
North Shore High School 6’2” 170 88

13 S Zephyrhills, FL
Zephyrhills High School 6’3” 170 88

14 OLB Ellaville, GA
Schley High School 6’3” 225 88

15 WR Jacksonville, FL
Mandarin High School 6’2” 185 87

16 S Alabaster, AL
Thompson High School 6’2” 190 87

17 WR Ackerman, MS
Choctaw County High School 6’3” 190 86

18 RB Metairie, LA
Saint Martins Episcopal School 6’0” 185 86

19 TE-H Los Alamitos, CA
Los Alamitos High School 6’5” 235 86

20 DE Edwardsville, IL
Edwardsville High School 6’4” 235 86

21 TE-Y Folkston, GA
Camden County High School 6’7” 235 86

22 OT Jacksonville, FL
Raines High School 6’5” 300 86

23 ATH Chattanooga, TN
Baylor School 6’3” 215 86

24 OT Prichard, AL
Vigor High School 6’5” 290 86

25 CB Mission Viejo, CA
Mission Viejo High School 6’4” 190 86

26 OLB San Juan Capistrano, CA
JSerra Catholic High School 6’3” 210 86

27 OT Roswell, GA
Fellowship Christian School 6’5” 255 86

28 QB-PP Brentwood, TN
Brentwood Academy 6’6” 185 86

29 ATH Selma, AL
Southside High School 6’2” 190 85

30 CB Baltimore, MD
St. Frances Academy 5’11” 185 85

31 DE Birmingham, AL
Spain Park High School 6’7” 235 85

32 CB Winter Garden, FL
West Orange High School 6’0” 175 85

33 WR Tampa, FL
Tampa Bay Tech Senior High 6’4” 190 85

34 DE Norfolk, VA
Maury High School 6’6” 235 85

35 CB Atlanta, GA
Douglass High School 6’1” 185 85

36 RB Santa Ana, CA
Mater Dei High School 6’0” 215 85

37 S Thomasville, GA
Thomas County Central High School 5’11” 175 84

38 OLB Buford, GA
Buford High School 6’4” 210 84

39 DE College Park, GA
Woodward Academy 6’3” 245 84

40 RB Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy 5’9” 190 84

41 OLB Santa Ana, CA
Mater Dei High School 6’3” 215 84

42 DE Houston, TX
Summer Creek High School 6’5” 230 84

43 S Monroe, NC
Monroe High School 6’0” 185 84

44 DE Troy, AL
Charles Henderson High School 6’4” 225 84

45 S Washington, DC
Gonzaga College High School 6’0” 190 84

46 CB New Iberia, LA
Westgate High School 6’1” 180 84

47 WR Fulshear, TX
Jordan High School 6’1” 180 84

48 QB-PP Saraland, AL
Saraland High School 6’0” 175 84

49 ATH Clayton, OH
Northmont Senior High School 6’2” 190 84

50 QB-PP Warner Robins, GA
Houston County High School 6’5” 215 84

51 RB Lynchburg, VA
Liberty Christian Academy 6’0” 195 84

52 DE Philadelphia, PA
Imhotep Institute Charter High School 6’7” 225 84

53 S Olney, MD
Our Lady of Good Counsel High School 6’3” 205 84

54 OLB La Verne, CA
Bonita High School 6’4” 215 84

55 RB Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy 6’1” 210 84

56 CB Katy, TX
Patricia E. Paetow High School 5’11” 175 84

57 RB Elba, AL
Elba High School 5’10” 195 84

58 OT Mesquite, TX
Horn High School 6’7” 280 84

59 OLB Galveston, TX
Ball High School 6’3” 210 84

60 RB Quitman, MS
Quitman High School 6’0” 205 84

61 OLB North Palm Beach, FL
The Benjamin School 6’5” 210 84

62 OT Spanish Fork, UT
Spanish Fork High School 6’8” 295 84

63 CB Santa Ana, CA
Mater Dei High School 6’1” 185 84

64 OLB McKinney, TX
McKinney High School 6’2” 205 84

65 CB Detroit, MI
Cass Technical High School 6’1” 180 83

66 WR Santa Ana, CA
Mater Dei High School 6’0” 185 83

67 OLB Jesup, GA
Wayne County High School 6’1” 200 83

68 DE Tallahassee, FL
James S. Rickards High School 6’5” 260 83

69 S Pittsburg, CA
Pittsburg High School 6’2” 185 83

70 CB Buford, GA
Buford High School 5’11” 170 83

71 RB Leesburg, GA
Lee County High School 6’2” 215 83

72 DE Greensboro, NC
Grimsley High School 6’4” 245 83

73 OT Evans, GA
Evans High School 6’6” 305 83

74 OLB Vero Beach, FL
Vero Beach Senior High School 6’3” 215 83

75 OG Lilburn, GA
Parkview High School 6’4” 280 83

76 OT Salem, VA
Salem High School 6’5” 310 83

77 ATH Oradell, NJ
Bergen Catholic High 6’3” 200 83

78 OT Atlanta, GA
Westlake High School 6’8” 330 83

79 DT Lake City, SC
South Florence High School 6’5” 295 83

80 S Enterprise, AL
Enterprise High School 6’3” 205 83

81 OT Cedar Rapids, IA
John F. Kennedy High School 6’7” 345 83

82 QB-DT San Diego, CA
Abraham Lincoln High School 6’6” 210 83

83 DT Birmingham, AL
A. H. Parker High School 6’2” 310 83

84 WR West Palm Beach, FL
Cardinal Newman High School 6’1” 175 83

85 OLB Omaha, NE
Westside High School 6’3” 215 83

86 OT Toms River, NJ
Toms River North High School 6’6” 305 83

87 WR Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy 5’10” 175 83

88 OLB Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy 6’2” 205 83

89 DE Weatherford, OK
Weatherford High School 6’5” 225 83

90 WR Pleasanton, CA
Archbishop Riordan High School 6’1” 180 83

91 QB-DT Lucedale, MS
George County High School 6’5” 200 83

92 OC Las Vegas, NV
Bishop Gorman High School 6’4” 300 83

93 DT Snow Hill, NC
Greene Central High School 6’4” 265 83

94 DE Cocoa, FL
Cocoa High School 6’5” 235 83

95 TE-H Alpharetta, GA
Alpharetta High School 6’3” 235 83

96 WR Mission Hills, CA
Bishop Alemany High School 6’2” 190 83

97 OT Denton, TX
Billy Ryan High School 6’5” 285 83

98 WR Toms River, NJ
Monsignor Donovan High School 6’0” 190 83

99 OLB Sugar Land, TX
Fort Bend Christian Academy 6’3” 210 83

100 WR Homestead, FL
Homestead Senior High School 6’1” 180 83

101 TE-H Mukilteo, WA
Kamiak High School 6’4” 225 83

102 CB Lexington, MS
Holmes County Central High School 6’1” 180 83

103 DT Hattiesburg, MS
Oak Grove High School 6’3” 275 83

104 ATH Shaker Heights, OH
Shaker Heights High School 6’0” 180 83

105 S Jacksonville, FL
Mandarin High School 6’2” 190 82

106 DT Hattiesburg, MS
Hattiesburg High School 6’2” 285 82

107 OLB Lake Cormorant, MS
Lake Cormorant High School 6’2” 210 82

108 S Little Rock, AR
Parkview Arts & Science Magnet High 6’0” 180 82

109 ATH Cleveland Heights, OH
Cleveland Heights High School 6’1” 200 82

110 RB Cleveland, OH
Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School 6’1” 215 82

111 DT Nashville, TN
The Ensworth School 6’5” 280 82

112 TE-H Washington, OK
Washington High School 6’4” 225 82

113 ATH San Antonio, TX
Alamo Heights High School 6’3” 215 82

114 RB Plantation, FL
American Heritage High School 5’11” 210 82

115 WR Ennis, TX
Ennis High School 5’10” 170 82

116 OLB Dallas, TX
Skyline High School 6’2” 220 82

117 CB Cedartown, GA
Cedartown High School 6’0” 180 82

118 DE Texarkana, TX
Pleasant Grove High School 6’5” 250 82

119 ATH Saint Louis, MO
Vashon High School 5’11” 190 82

120 OLB Jersey City, NJ
Snyder High School 6’1” 215 82

121 OG Fort Valley, GA
Peach County High School 6’4” 285 82

122 QB-DT Lawrence, MA
Central Catholic High School 6’3” 215 82

123 WR Lee’s Summit, MO
Lee’s Summit North High School 6’1” 190 82

124 OLB Philadelphia, PA
St. Joseph’s Prep School 6’4” 215 82

125 QB-PP Corona, CA
Centennial High School 6’1” 190 82

126 CB Kahuku, HI
Kahuku High School 6’0” 165 82

127 WR Allen, TX
Lovejoy High School 6’0” 175 82

128 DT Washington, DC
Friendship Collegiate Academy 6’5” 320 82

129 CB Hollywood, FL
Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School 6’0” 170 82

130 QB-PP Findlay, OH
Findlay High School 6’3” 210 82

131 OT Waukesha, WI
Catholic Memorial High School 6’6” 280 82

132 RB Philadelphia, PA
Imhotep Institute Charter High School 6’1” 210 82

133 DE HIghland Home, AL
Highland Home High School 6’4” 235 82

134 QB-PP Midwest City, OK
Carl Albert High School 6’1” 200 82

135 DT Lufkin, TX
Lufkin High School 6’3” 295 82

136 WR Oklahoma City, OK
Millwood High School 6’4” 190 82

137 CB Santa Ana, CA
Mater Dei High School 6’0” 185 82

138 S Jackson, TN
Jackson Christian School 6’1” 190 82

139 WR Scottsdale, AZ
Notre Dame Prepatory 6’1” 190 82

140 ILB Dallas, TX
South Oak Cliff High 6’0” 210 82

141 CB Los Alamitos, CA
Los Alamitos High School 6’2” 165 82

142 ATH Owings, MD
McDonogh School 6’2” 215 82

143 CB Chester, VA
Thomas Dale High School 6’2” 180 82

144 DT Madison, MS
Hartfield Academy 6’3” 265 82

145 CB Brownsboro, TX
Brownsboro High School 6’1” 180 82

146 RB Seminole, FL
Osceola High School 5’9” 185 82

147 CB Quartz Hill, CA
Quartz Hill High School 6’2” 170 81

148 DT Cypress, TX
Cy-Fair High School 6’2” 270 81

149 RB Humble, TX
Atascocita High School 5’11” 180 81

150 CB Pearland, TX
Shadow Creek High School 6’0” 170 81

151 OLB El Centro, CA
Central High School 6’2” 210 81

152 TE-Y West Chester, OH
Lakota West High School 6’8” 240 81

153 OLB Cincinnati, OH
Winton Woods High School 6’4” 215 81

154 CB Miami, FL
Booker T. Washington High School 6’1” 170 81

155 S Eastman, GA
Dodge High School 6’2” 205 81

156 OG Rabun Gap, GA
Rabun Gap Nacoochee School 6’5” 275 81

157 DT Port Charlotte, FL
Port Charlotte High School 6’5” 285 81

158 OLB Danville, CA
San Ramon Valley High School 6’4” 220 81

159 OT Toledo, OH
Whitmer High School 6’5” 290 81

160 S Las Vegas, NV
Faith Lutheran High School 6’3” 190 81

161 DT Philadelphia, PA
St. Joseph’s Prep School 6’4” 280 81

162 OG Fairburn, GA
Langston Hughes High School 6’3” 295 81

163 WR Sachse, TX
Sachse High School 6’2” 185 81

164 OLB Spanaway, WA
Bethel High School 6’3” 215 81

165 OT Buford, GA
Buford High School 6’8” 315 81

166 ATH Tampa, FL
Berkeley Prep 6’1” 175 81

167 DT Baltimore, MD
St. Frances Academy 6’3” 275 81

168 WR Geneva, IL
Geneva High School 6’1” 170 81

169 RB Gaithersburg, MD
Quince Orchard High School 5’11” 190 81

170 WR DeSoto, TX
DeSoto High School 5’11” 170 81

171 RB Tampa Bay, FL
Plant Senior High School 6’1” 195 81

172 OT Houston, TX
Lamar High School 6’6” 305 81

173 CB Miami, FL
Booker T. Washington High School 6’2” 180 81

174 TE-Y Pittsburgh, PA
North Catholic High School 6’7” 240 81

175 OT Boerne, TX
Boerne High School 6’6” 320 81

176 CB Montvale, NJ
Saint Joseph Regional High School 6’1” 180 81

177 WR Pearland, TX
Shadow Creek High School 5’10” 180 81

178 TE-Y Green Bay, WI
Notre Dame De La Baie Academy 6’5” 225 81

179 OG San Jose, CA
Valley Christian High School 6’4” 325 81

180 DT Bellville, TX
Bellville High School 6’3” 285 81

181 CB Washington, DC
St. John’s College High School 6’0” 180 81

182 WR Pflugerville, TX
Weiss High School 6’1” 170 81

183 QB-PP Orange, CA
Orange Lutheran High School 6’2” 190 81

184 OLB Opelousas, LA
Opelousas High School 6’3” 210 81

185 TE-H Jasper, TX
Jasper High School 6’5” 245 81

186 RB Tyler, TX
Chapel Hill High School 5’10” 185 81

187 WR Red Oak, TX
Red Oak High School 5’11” 175 81

188 OT Overland Park, KS
Blue Valley Northwest High School 6’6” 270 80

189 RB Plantation, FL
American Heritage High School 5’10” 185 80

190 TE-H El Dorado Hills, CA
Oak Ridge High School 6’6” 220 80

191 S Miami, FL
Miami Central High School 5’11” 175 80

192 QB-PP Fort Myers, FL
Bishop Verot High School 6’4” 185 80

193 RB Houma, LA
Vandebilt Catholic School 5’8” 165 80

194 OLB Baton Rouge, LA
University Laboratory School 6’2” 220 80

195 DT Oak Park, IL
Fenwick High School 6’4” 265 80

196 OLB Baltimore, MD
St. Frances Academy 6’1” 205 80

197 DE Hyattsville, MD
DeMatha Catholic High School 6’3” 210 80

198 OLB Salem, NJ
Salem High School 6’1” 195 80

199 S Chattanooga, TN
Brainerd High School 6’1” 190 80

200 RB Fort Worth, TX
North Crowley High School 5’10” 175 80

201 DE Port Arthur, TX
Memorial High School 6’3” 240 80

202 ILB Las Vegas, NV
Arbor View High School 6’2” 200 80

203 RB Covington, GA
Newton High School 5’9” 180 80

204 DE Warner Robins, GA
Warner Robins High School 6’5” 250 80

205 QB-PP Harrisburg, PA
Bishop McDevitt High School 6’1” 195 80

206 OT Beverly Hills, MI
Groves High School 6’5” 280 80

207 RB DeSoto, TX
DeSoto High School 5’11” 200 80

208 WR West Bloomfield, MI
West Bloomfield High School 5’11” 175 80

209 OG Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy 6’3” 285 80

210 DE Quebec, CAN
Cegep Garneau 6’4” 260 80

211 S Norfolk, VA
Maury High School 6’3” 190 80

212 OLB Pittsburgh, PA
Imani Christian Academy 6’2” 210 80

213 QB-DT Murrieta, CA
Murrieta Valley High School 6’2” 215 80

214 TE-H Calhoun, GA
Calhoun High School 6’2” 230 80

215 RB Shreveport, LA
Calvary Baptist Academy 6’0” 200 80

216 QB-PP Chatsworth, CA
Sierra Canyon High School 6’2” 180 80

217 ILB Culpeper, VA
Eastern View High School 6’2” 220 80

218 CB Murfreesboro, TN
Siegel High School 6’3” 180 80

219 WR Hollywood, FL
Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School 6’2” 185 80

220 DT Saraland, AL
Saraland High School 6’2” 270 80

221 OG Nashville, TN
David Lipscomb High School 6’4” 320 80

222 ILB Seminole, FL
Osceola High School 6’2” 225 80

223 CB Baltimore, MD
St. Frances Academy 5’11” 185 80

224 QB-PP Miami, FL
Miami Central High School 6’5” 195 80

225 WR Gautier, MS
Gautier High School 5’11” 180 80

226 CB Indianapolis, IN
Ben Davis High School 6’0” 170 80

227 WR Wayne, NJ
DePaul Catholic High School 6’0” 185 80

228 OG Dyersburg, TN
Dyersburg High School 6’4” 320 80

229 ILB Bradenton, FL
IMG Academy 6’1” 220 80

230 WR Lafayette, LA
Acadiana High School 5’8” 170 80

231 TE-Y Derby, KS
Derby Senior High School 6’5” 225 80

232 S Miami, FL
Belen Jesuit Prep 6’1” 180 80

233 OLB Princeton, NJ
The Hun School Of Princeton 6’1” 215 80

234 DE Shawnee, KS
Mill Valley High School 6’3” 220 80

235 ATH Saint Louis, MO
Cardinal Ritter College Prep 6’0” 185 80

236 QB-PP Severn, MD
Archbishop Spalding High School 6’5” 205 80

237 DE Red Oak, TX
Red Oak High School 6’4” 235 80

238 CB Midwest City, OK
Carl Albert High School 6’2” 170 80

239 DE Chicago, IL
Simeon Career Academy 6’5” 250 80

240 ILB Auburn, WA
Auburn-Riverside High School 6’0” 195 80

241 WR San Antonio, TX
Brandeis High School 6’1” 175 80

242 DE Wyncote, PA
Cheltenham High School 6’4” 230 80

243 RB The Woodlands, TX
The Woodlands High School 6’0” 185 80

244 QB-DT Little Rock, AR
Robinson High School 6’2” 190 80

245 OLB Jefferson, GA
Jefferson High School 6’3” 210 80

246 WR The Woodlands, TX
The Woodlands High School 6’0” 175 80

247 DT Overland Park, KS
Saint Thomas Aquinas High School 6’6” 270 80

248 S Wellington, FL
Palm Beach Central High School 6’1” 190 80

249 OT Phoenix, AZ
Brophy Prep 6’5” 255 79

250 WR Houston, TX
Andy Dekaney High School 6’0” 175 79

251 S Nashville, TN
David Lipscomb High School 6’3” 195 79

252 DT Palatine, IL
Palatine High School 6’6” 280 79

253 OT Honolulu, HI
Saint Louis School 6’3” 265 79

254 S Spring, TX
Legacy The School of Sport Sciences 6’0” 180 79

255 WR Checotah, OK
Checotah High School 6’1” 185 79

256 DE Concord, CA
De La Salle High School 6’6” 250 79

257 RB North Richland Hills, TX
Richland High School 6’0” 200 79

258 TE-H Orange, CA
Orange Lutheran High School 6’6” 215 79

259 WR Columbia, MS
Columbia High School 6’1” 200 79

260 RB Tampa, FL
Jesuit High School 6’0” 190 79

261 CB Rabun Gap, GA
Rabun Gap Nacoochee School 6’2” 175 79

262 S Winston-Salem, NC
Mount Tabor High School 6’4” 190 79

263 DE Indianapolis, IN
Warren Central High School 6’5” 235 79

264 TE-H Clear Lake, IA
Clear Lake High School 6’5” 210 79

265 WR Pembroke Pines, FL
West Broward High School 6’3” 210 79

266 DT Melbourne, FL
Eau Gallie High School 6’2” 275 79

267 CB Chatsworth, CA
Sierra Canyon High School 5’11” 165 79

268 ATH Winston-Salem, NC
Mount Tabor High School 6’2” 175 79

269 DE HIghland Home, AL
Highland Home High School 6’4” 230 79

270 RB Montvale, NJ
Saint Joseph Regional High School 6’0” 190 79

271 QB-DT Kernersville, NC
East Forsyth High School 6’3” 185 79

272 WR Pembroke Pines, FL
Somerset Academy 6’2” 190 79

273 ATH Hesperia, CA
Sultana High School 6’1” 180 79

274 DE Galveston, TX
Ball High School 6’4” 245 79

275 OT Riverview, FL
Jule F. Sumner High School 6’4” 260 79

276 DT Bogart, GA
Prince Avenue Christian School 6’4” 260 79

277 TE-Y Milton, GA
Milton High School 6’5” 220 79

278 OLB Sanford, FL
Seminole High School 6’2” 195 79

279 TE-H Leo, IN
Leo Junior Senior High School 6’3” 210 79

280 DT Chesterfield, VA
Matoaca High School 6’6” 260 79

281 DE Pittsburg, CA
Pittsburg High School 6’3” 235 79

282 ATH Lubbock, TX
Estacado High School 6’4” 210 79

283 DE Detroit, MI
Martin Luther King High School 6’5” 220 79

284 CB Atco, NJ
Winslow Township High School 5’11” 165 79

285 QB-PP San Juan Capistrano, CA
JSerra Catholic High School 6’1” 185 79

286 ATH Omaha, NE
Millard North High School 6’0” 190 79

287 WR Richmond, VA
Trinity Episcopal School 6’2” 185 79

288 OG Sanford, FL
Seminole High School 6’5” 285 79

289 RB Wynnewood, OK
Wynnewood High School 5’11” 190 79

290 DT Buford, GA
Buford High School 6’2” 280 79

291 QB-PP Downey, CA
Warren High School 6’3” 185 79

292 RB Greer, SC
Greer Senior High School 5’10” 180 78

293 ATH Germantown, TN
Germantown High School 5’10” 190 78

294 S East Saint Louis, IL
East St. Louis High School 6’2” 190 78

295 RB Southlake, TX
Carroll High School 5’10” 180 78

296 OT Slinger, WI
Slinger High School 6’5” 305 78

297 RB Philadelphia, PA
St. Joseph’s Prep School 6’0” 210 78

298 WR Drexel Hill, PA
Monsignor Bonner High School 6’5” 195 78

299 OLB Belleville, MI
Belleville High School 6’0” 205 78

300 ATH College Park, GA
Woodward Academy 5’11” 180 78

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Rangers P deGrom (elbow) throwing, ‘feels good’

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Rangers P deGrom (elbow) throwing, 'feels good'

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Jan 18, 2025, 04:27 PM ET

ARLINGTON, Texas — Two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom already has thrown off the mound this offseason and said everything felt normal after missing most of his first two seasons with the Texas Rangers because of elbow surgery.

The three starts deGrom got to make in September were significant for him.

“That way I could treat it like a normal offseason and not feel like I was in rehab mode the whole time,” he said Saturday during the team’s annual Fan Fest. “So that’s what this offseason has been, you know, normal throwing. Been off the mound already and everything feels good.”

The right-hander said he would usually wait until Feb. 1 before throwing, but he started earlier this week so he could ramp up a bit slower going into spring training.

DeGrom, 36, has started only nine games for the Rangers since signing a $185 million, five-year contract in free agency two winters ago. They won all six starts he made before the end of April during his 2023 debut with the team before the surgery. After rehabbing most of last year, he was 3-0 with a 1.69 ERA and 14 strikeouts over 10⅔ innings in those three September starts.

“One of the things I’m most excited about is a healthy season from Jacob, and for our fans to see what that looks like, and how good he is,” Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young said. “It’s just electric, and coming to the ballpark every day that he’s pitching, knowing that we’ve got a great chance to win the game, it’s an exciting feeling. Our fans truly haven’t experienced that over the course of a season. We’re excited and hopeful that this is the year they get to see that.”

Since his back-to-back Cy Young Awards with the New York Mets in 2018 and 2019, deGrom hasn’t made more than 15 starts in a season. He started 12 times during the COVID-19-shortened 60-game season in 2020.

DeGrom had a career-low 1.08 ERA over 92 innings in 2021 before missing the final three months with right forearm tightness and a sprained elbow, then was shut down late during spring training in 2022 because of a stress reaction in his right scapula. He went 5-4 with a 3.08 ERA in 11 starts over the last two months of that season before becoming a free agent.

His fastball touched 98 mph in the last of his three starts last season, when he pitched four innings of one-run ball against the Los Angeles Angels.

“In those games, you know, it’s still a thought in the back of your mind, you just came back from a major surgery and you probably don’t get another one at my age,” he said. “So it was, hey, is everything good? And then like I said, was able to check those boxes off in this offseason, treat it normal.”

Now deGrom feels like he can start pitching again without worrying about being injured.

“Just throw the ball to the target and not think about anything,” he said. “So, yeah, I think I can get back to where I was.”

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Source: Sarkisian lands new 7-year deal at Texas

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Jan 18, 2025, 04:27 PM ET

More than a week after its season ended in the College Football Playoff, Texas has agreed to a new contract with coach Steve Sarkisian, a source told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Saturday, confirming a report. The sides came to an agreement Friday night in a deal that includes an extension.

A source told ESPN that it’s a seven-year contract for Sarkisian, 50, that adds a year to his deal and makes him one of the highest-paid coaches in college football.

News of the agreement was first reported by The Action Network, which noted that the deal came after Sarkisian declined interviews with two NFL franchises for coaching positions.

The Longhorns, in their first season in the SEC, advanced to the title game and won two CFP playoff games against Clemson and Arizona State before being eliminated by Ohio State on Jan. 10 in the Cotton Bowl.

Texas played Ohio State tight before a late fumble return stretched the Buckeyes’ lead to 14 points. Sarkisian said being the last remaining SEC team in the playoff in their first year in the league is something the Longhorns take pride in.

“I really believe this is a premier football conference in America because of the week-in, week-out task that it requires physically and mentally,” Sarkisian said. “I know unfortunately for Georgia, they lost their starting quarterback in the SEC championship game, and I’m sure other teams in our conference had to endure things that can take their toll on your team, and that’s no excuse. At the end of the day, we have to find a way to navigate our ways through it, but to be here on this stage to be back in the final four wearing that SEC patch on our jersey, we’re going to do our best to represent it because this is a heck of a conference.”

Sarkisian arrived at Texas in 2021 after serving as Nick Saban’s offensive coordinator at Alabama in his previous stop. As head coach previously at Washington and USC, combined with his run at Texas, he is 84-52 overall. With the Longhorns, he is 38-17 and won the Big 12 title last season.

Texas will open next season with a rematch against Ohio State on Aug. 30 in Columbus, Ohio. In that game vs. the Buckeyes, the likely starter under center for Sarkisian will be Arch Manning, who backed up Quinn Ewers for two seasons and will soon get his chance to headline what will be one of the most anticipated quarterback situations in recent memory. The nephew of Peyton and Eli Manning and grandson of Archie Manning came to Texas as ESPN’s No. 5 recruit in the 2023 class.

Arch Manning saw more playing time this season as Ewers dealt with injury, and he completed 61 of 90 passes for 939 yards and nine touchdowns. He also showcased big-play ability as a runner, breaking off a 67-yard scamper against UTSA and averaging 4.2 yards per carry.

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AD: Irish prefer independence over vying for bye

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  • Heather Dinich, Senior College Football InsiderJan 18, 2025, 01:44 PM ET

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    • College football reporter
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ATLANTA — Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua said the independent Irish are comfortable continuing to give up access to a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff — something currently granted to only the four highest-ranked conference champions — as long as the fate of conference championship games remains the same.

“We’re comfortable that if conference championship games continue as they’re currently configured, part of the deal we made is that we wouldn’t get a bye, and that’s understandable,” Bevacqua said Saturday, speaking to a small group of reporters at the national championship game media availability at the Georgia World Congress Center. “And quite frankly, I wouldn’t trade that [first-round] Indiana game at Notre Dame Stadium for anything in the world, but you also have to be smart and strategic, and your odds of making a national championship game are increased if you get to play one less game.

“So I think a lot is going to depend on the fate of the conference championship games,” he said. “Should they go away? And that’s obviously not my decision. Should they be altered in some sort of material way where it’s not the top two teams playing for a championship, but something else? Then I think we absolutely have to re-look at Notre Dame’s ability to get a bye if we end up being one of the top four teams.”

Bevacqua’s comments come as he and the FBS commissioners prepare to meet Sunday to begin their review of the inaugural 12-team field, which will produce a national champion on Monday with the winner of Ohio State vs. Notre Dame.

Bevacqua is part of the CFP’s management committee, which is also comprised of the 10 FBS commissioners tasked with determining the format and rules of the playoff to eventually send to the 11 presidents and chancellors on the CFP board for their approval. The commissioners and Bevacqua will have a 90-minute business meeting to start to discuss possible changes for the 2025 season, which would require unanimity, leaving many CFP sources skeptical that next season will look much different.

Bevacqua said he thinks “there’s a chance” the group could agree on a change to the seeding, but one option that has been floated by sources with knowledge of the discussions is having the committee’s top four teams earn the top four seeds — which opens the door for Notre Dame to earn a first-round bye without playing in a conference championship game.

“I think everybody wants what’s best for the overall system,” he said. “It was interesting, when you think about those four teams that got a bye, they didn’t advance. Now I don’t think that has anything to do with the fact that they got a bye, I think that was mostly competition and happenstance. But I think there’ll be a good, honest conversation that will start tomorrow. Are there any changes that we ought to make from this year to next year and make something that’s worked really well work even better? Will there be changes? I’m just one person. I’m not sure.”

CFP executive director Rich Clark, who also spoke to a small group of reporters at the media day event, said some changes for 2025 would require “more lead time than a few months to implement,” so no major structural changes like the size of the bracket are expected for 2025.

Clark said the commissioners will talk about every aspect from “cradle to the grave,” including seeding and re-seeding possibilities.”

Clark said whatever changes are made for 2026 and beyond — the start of a new, six-year contract with ESPN — need to be determined by the end of the calendar year. That could include increasing the bracket size, possibly to 14 or 16 teams.

“We’re trying to beat that timeline,” Clark said. “We don’t want to obviously wait until the limits of it. So we want to move smartly on these things, but we don’t want to make bad decisions, either.”

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