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The NFL Academy’s UK programme unveiled an exciting four-game schedule for the coming season alongside its first training session of the year at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Loughborough-based Academy will look to build on promising results from last season, as well as the number of prospects it has helped propel onto college football rosters in the United States, by taking …

In the gauntlet of the NFL playoffs, it is often the small advantages that can make the decisive difference. As they spent the first week of the postseason enjoying a greatly cherished bye, the San Francisco 49ers saw their list of seemingly significant edges balloon as the Wild Card round lived up to his name. The Niners were already in …

The job head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch have done in transforming the San Francisco 49ers roster since taking the helm in 2017 can hardly be overstated. When Lynch joined forces with Shanahan to begin the 49ers’ rebuild, they inherited a roster largely devoid of foundational pieces and in dire need of an overhaul. At the end …

Given the litany of events that take place across an NFL Sunday, it’s somewhat surprising that, from around Thanksgiving onwards, discussion at the business end of the regular season is framed primarily by one overarching question: who will win the MVP? Without fail every year the question is asked as early as the opening few weeks of the campaign, but …

As Gridiron celebrates its own ‘second coming’ in the shape of a new website, we open the archive to recall, somewhat appropriately, the subject of the magazine’s first-ever cover story… the man they called ‘Purple Jesus’. By Neil Reynolds ————————————————————————————————— On Christmas Eve 2011, the Minnesota Vikings were playing the Washington Redskins on the road and trying to get through …

The third annual Jacksonville Jaguars Academy event has been branded a success by all involved after a weekend that saw over 100 amateur players and coaches receive expert tuition from their NFL counterparts. Eight NFL legends – headed by Super Bowl-winning QB Mark Brunell and Hall of Fame candidate Tony Boselli – took time out to put British and European …

Jacksonville Jaguars’ commitment to growing the game of American football in the UK will come with added impact this summer. The club’s popular ‘Jaguars Academy’ initiative returns for a third season in 2018, but takes another step up with the introduction of pads and controlled contact throughout the three days of coaching. The Academy, already renowned for giving British amateur …

With the 2018 It’s A Penalty campaign to tackle child abuse and exploitation due to kick off at next month’s Super Bowl in Minneapolis, Gridiron caught up with the organisation’s driving force, CEO Sarah de Carvalho, to learn more… Q: Give us a little of the background to It’s A Penalty and explain what the campaign hopes to achieve? SdC: …

An SEC Championship game without Alabama would have been unthinkable for much of the season, but here we are. A revenge game for another former No. 1-ranked squad against the team that dumped both it and the Tide from top spot. Georgia and Auburn, both 7-1 in conference, stand on the brink of a place in the College Football Playoff, …

The San Francisco 49ers sent shockwaves through the NFL last month when they traded a second-round pick to land quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo from the New England Patriots. Having long since been considered Tom Brady’s heir apparent, Garoppolo is now the quarterback of the future in San Francisco. San Francisco fans got their first glimpse of what they can expect from …