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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
Police ask for help to ID child found in Scranton
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Scranton Police Department say they need help identifying a child found Friday night. Police say the non-verbal child was found in the area of Sheetz at the 500 block of Mount Pleasant and is believed to be five years old. 24-hour fundraising marathon NEPA Gives wraps up with over $1M raised Authorities are asking anyone with information to contact Scranton Police Patrol Officer Dippre via email at ldippre@ or by calling the Scranton Police Department Desk at (570)348-4134. Residents can also submit an anonymous tip online. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
USA Today
21-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Identifying prospects as 'my guys' in the 2025 NFL Draft
Identifying prospects as 'my guys' in the 2025 NFL Draft 2025 NFL Draft prospects who earn 'my guys' status for Draft Wire's Jeff Risdon Every NFL Draft analyst finds players each year that they are drawn to on a different level. There's just something captivating and invigorating about watching them play that resonates with you. When you watch over 300 college games every year, it's refreshing to have a player stand out as someone that you just really enjoy watching and studying. They're known in the industry as "my guys." These designations are not exclusive to any analyst. Many draftniks wind up having several "my guys" in common. I'm sure that's true of some of the prospects here; the more the merrier! The status doesn't necessarily mean I believe the player is destined for NFL stardom. While I do tend to be more bullish than my colleagues on these players, it's more about just finding a connection via playing style, personality, or just something that says, "man I really like watching that guy play." These are "my guys" in the 2025 NFL Draft, in alphabetical order: Jahdae Barron, CB, Texas Folks who have followed me for years know I'm a sucker for plucky slot corners with an exaggreated fight/size of dog ratio. That's Barron. Or rather, that's the historical part of Barron's profile. In 2024, the 5-foot-10, 194-pounder got a little bigger and expanded his game to playing much more outside. He thrived in the different role, emerging as a viable first-round prospect. Barron is physical, he's confident and he's blessed with an outstanding football IQ. He's not going to win open-field races and he might bite off more than he can chew as a tackler at times, but Barron is a dang good football player with a high ceiling and a magentic playing style. CJ Dippre, TE, Alabama Dippre's stats at Alabama won't wow anyone. He was something of an afterthought in two seasons after transferring from Maryland, catching just 32 passes. His blocking is pretty solid, but certainly not dominating enough to call Dippre a blocking TE. Dippre is more of a try-hard, jack-of-all-trades Day 3 tight end who is capable of a big game here or there. It was his NFL Scouting Combine interview podium session where Dippre won me over. Dippre was candid, informative, self-aware and engaging. Here's a guy who knows who he is and is comfortable being C.J. Dippre. As someone who covers Dan Campbell's Lions, it wasn't hard to see some of the Detroit coach--a longtime NFL reserve TE--in Dippre. Ashton Gillotte, EDGE, Louisville Sometimes the order in which you watch games predisposes your view. The first two games I studied Gillotte last summer, during the preseason scouting period, were against Notre Dame and Virginia Tech in 2023. Those remain arguably the two best games he's ever played. They set a high bar for the power-to-speed pass rusher. The sacks didn't come in 2024 (just five in 12 games), but Gillotte still impressed. He's very physical at setting the edge and plays the run on the way to the quarterback at a high level. Gillotte brings energy and a decided hatred of being blocked to every snap. It was fun to watch Gillotte play at Louisville and I suspect the fans of whichever NFL team drafts him on Friday night will discover the same. Ollie Gordon, RB, Oklahoma State Gordon is a giant of a running back at 6-foot-2 and 233 (he told me in this Senior Bowl interview) someone who doesn't cheat on leg day in the weight room. He's a power runner but he's not just a power runner. Perhaps his best defining trait is that Gordon enthusiastically thrives at pass protection. For a bigger dude, Gordon has soft hands and decent feet in the open field. It's an apparent crowded RB class in the middle rounds. Gordon's power, passing game work and vivacious personality make him stand out to me. Kenneth Grant, DT, Michigan Human beings built like Kenneth Grant aren't supposed to move the way he does. He's 6-foot-4, played at 340-ish pounds and is still able to run a sub-5 40-yard dash. He can sky up to block field goals and is best-in-class at swatting down passes at the line. Another engaging personality with impressive self-awareness, Grant sure was fun to watch in the middle of the Michigan defense for the last couple of seasons. I'm a firm believer he has a higher ceiling, but lower floor, than more celebrated Wolverines linemate Mason Graham. Donovan Jackson, OL, Ohio State I was already higher on Jackson than most of my peers while he was playing guard for Ohio State. Then he kicked out to left tackle after Josh Simmons got hurt. After a rough debut against Penn State, Jackson was literally perfect in pass protection for the rest of the Buckeyes' championship run. Not too shabby for a guard with bad feet, as some detractors liked to claim. Jackson is a player whose hill I'm willing to die upon. I think he's an above-average starter for a decade in the vein of Joel Bitonio. That he's also a ridiculously intelligent guy off the field (4-time Academic All-Conference) is the cherry on top. Jonas Sanker, S, Virginia A relentless bounty of positive energy, Sanker is a do-it-all safety who can play split, high, or box roles. His ability to anticipate and react quickly in coverage really stands out, but so does Sanker's willingness to come down and lay a lick on a running back who dances in the hole. Virginia football hasn't always been an easy watch over the last couple of seasons, but Sanker made it worthwhile. Isaac TeSlaa, WR, Arkansas TeSlaa is a special one because he's a local for me. I watched him lead Hudsonville Unity Christian HS to a state football title playing quarterback. I watched him as an integral part of a Michigan state champion high school basketball team that same year, too. While the Grand Rapids area isn't lacking in NFL representation, TeSlaa brings a lot of wattage to our corner of Ottawa County. None of that would matter if TeSlaa (not pronounced like the famed innovator or the car) couldn't play. He can. Arkansas didn't quite know what it had, using his 6-foot-4 frame as a big slot. I think he's a natural X in training who can contribute right away on special teams and subpackages with starting upside.
Yahoo
30-01-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
'It's moving forward': CJ Dippre predicts a change for Alabama football at tight end
MOBILE, Ala. — CJ Dippre knew the kind of tight end Alabama football expected him to be. The 6-foot-5, 262-pound Maryland transfer was expected to 'do it all,' he said: to run and pass block in what he called a two-tight end 'big-duo scheme' next to first-round offensive tackles, to be a target in the passing game. Dippre needed to know everything. 'You got to be close to the linemen, close to the receivers, close to the running backs,' Dippre said. 'I mean, it's kind of the next thing down from the quarterback. A quarterback has to know where the ball has to go and stuff like that. But the tight end has to know all the run plays, all the pass plays, run block, pass block, perimeter block, run routes, obviously.' Alabama's version of the tight end position is what makes Dippre an NFL prospect, which he's attempting to showcase at the 2025 Senior Bowl in Mobile ahead of April's NFL draft. Tight end is a volatile position, Dippre says, one that is in constant change, one that is in consistent demand at the next level. 'It's moving forward,' Dippre said. 'You see all these NFL teams using tight ends in quarterback sneaks, using more than one tight end now a lot in more than just a couple of games. The position is evolving at the right time.' It's not only evolving in the NFL. Dippre expects the tight end position to change drastically at Alabama in 2025. In 2023 and 2024, it was a block-first group, one headlined by Dippre and Robbie Ouzts, where he said he was lining up next to tackles like JC Latham, and 'holding my own' against top SEC defensive ends. After recording a career-high 30 catches for 314 yards at Maryland in 2022, Dippre combined for 32 catches for 443 yards in two seasons with the Crimson Tide. He did not score another touchdown. But with both him and Ouzts gone, Dippre said the job description of the Alabama tight end may be changing. 'I think they are going to move to more of a pass offense, more of a spread offense,' Dippre said. Josh Cuevas, a Washington and Cal Poly transfer, has experience as a pass-catcher, recording 58 receptions for 678 yards and six touchdowns for the Mustangs in 2022. Danny Lewis Jr., the 6-5, 257-pound incoming redshirt junior, played tight end, H-back and wide receiver in high school. What was once primarily a sixth blocker on the offensive line could turn into a safety net for Ty Simpson, Austin Mack or Keelon Russell in the Crimson Tide passing game. But, just like Dippre, Alabama tight ends have to be willing to do anything, willing to do what they are asked. 'You got to be willing to do it all,' Dippre said. Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@ or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter. This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: CJ Dippre predicts a change for Alabama football at tight end
