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Deputy Editor for Louisville Cardinals On SI | Louisville Native and UofL Alum | FWAA Member | Suffering Colts and Reds fan

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Report: Local Five-Star '28 DL Kellan Hall to Visit Louisville The Christian Academy lineman ranks as high as the No. 7 prospect in the entire 2028 cycle.

Christian Academy defensive lineman Kellan Hall, a five-star prospect in the Class of 2028, will take an official visit to #Louisville this fall, according to 247Sports.

19.08.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Louisville RB Isaac Brown Learning to Deal With the Weight of Expectations The Cardinals' all-purpose back is coming off of a dynamic true freshman campaign.

As one of the best players in all of college football, Isaac Brown is dealing with a lot more pressure than he was this time last year.

Handling the weight of those expectations is something that the #Louisville running back continues to work on.

19.08.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Louisville Football's Complete 2025 Player Roster Here is the complete roster for the Cardinals, by position and separated by players on scholarship and walk-ons.

The 2025 season is almost here. Check out #Louisville’s complete roster, sorted by position and separated by players on scholarship and walk-ons.

19.08.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Louisville RB Isaac Brown Named to AP Preseason All-America Team The dynamic all-purpose back is one of the top playmakers in college football.

NEWS: #Louisville running back Isaac Brown has been named to the 2025 Associated Press Preseason All-American Team.

18.08.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Louisville Assistant Brian Kloman Receives Promotion Kloman is entering his 12th season working under UofL head coach Pat Kelsey.

#Louisville assistant coach Brian Kloman has received a promotion ahead of the upcoming 2025-26 season.

18.08.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Projecting Louisville's Two-Deep Depth Chart Following Fall Camp With fall camp now in the books, we take a guess as to what the Cardinals' two-deep depth chart will look like for their season opener.

With #Louisville’s fall camp in the rear view mirror and the 2025 season under two weeks away, I took another stab at projecting the Cardinals’ two-deep ⬇️

18.08.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Louisville's Defense Has Strong End to Fall Camp The defensive side of the ball for the Cardinals looked the strongest in two of their three closed scrimmages.

#Louisville's offense is what will likely carry them for their upcoming 2025 season, but the defensive side of the ball is what looked the strongest in the final week of fall camp.

17.08.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Six Standout Performances from Louisville's Fall Camp The Cardinals' fall camp heading into year three of the Brohm era had plenty of standout performances, and these six were the most noteworthy.

#Louisville’s third fall camp of the Jeff Brohm era had plenty of standout performances, and these six were some of the most noteworthy ⬇️

17.08.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch: Louisville HC Jeff Brohm Talks Final Scrimmage of Fall Camp The Cardinals' third fall camp of the Brohm era is now complete.

Listen to what #Louisville head coach Jeff Brohm had to say following the Cardinals' third and final scrimmage of fall camp.

16.08.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Louisville Getting 'Great Competition' from Placekicker Battle The Cardinals are replacing former starting placekicker Brock Travelstead.

While placekicker isn’t the position battle many people think of during fall camp, #Louisville has been getting β€œgreat competition” here ahead of the 2025 season.

16.08.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch: Karl Maslowski, Louisville Specialists Talk Fall Camp The Cardinals' preseason is nearly complete, and their 2025 season is just over two weeks away.

Listen to what #Louisville special teams coordinator Karl Maslowski, as well as Cooper Ranvier, Nick Keller and Shai Kochav, had to say regarding fall camp ⬇️

15.08.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Projecting Louisville's 2025 Season Using Final Preseason SP+ Rankings Kickoff is only 15 days away, and we have some idea of how the 2025 college football season will pan out for the Cardinals thanks to the SP+ metric.

The 2025 college football season is just a couple weeks away, and thanks to yet another update in the SP+ metric's rankings, we have an idea of how it could pan out for #Louisville.

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Saturday, August 23 would have been Joe Kelly’s (@thatboysgood.bsky.social) 43rd birthday and we’ll be having a Celebration of Life for him at Mortimer Bibb’s in Frankfort from 2pm to 4pm. It would mean a lot to his mom (and me) to see you there.

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Backup Quarterback Battle Still Ongoing in Louisville's Fall Camp Deuce Adams and Brady Allen are still neck-and-neck for the No. 2 spot on the depth chart.

While #Louisville has long penciled in their starting quarterback, the battle for the backup spot still rages on.

15.08.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chris Bell Named Among Top Wide Receivers in 2026 NFL Draft Class The Louisville wideout is coming off of a career year, and heading into his senior season.

A handful of #Louisville players are generating 2026 NFL Draft buzz, and wide receiver Chris Bell was just named as one of the top prospects at his position.

14.08.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elite '27 G/F Ryan Hampton Receives Louisville Offer Hampton is a consensus top-10 prospect in the Class of 2027.

Ryan Hampton, a consensus top-10 prospect in the Class of 2027, has been offered a scholarship by #Louisville.

14.08.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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QB Miller Moss 'Truly Comfortable' Within Louisville's System The transfer from USC will play his final season in college with the Cardinals.

Between building chemistry with his teammates, becoming a leader in a short amount of time, and learning the incredibly complex playbook, Miller Moss is now β€œtruly comfortable” in his role as #Louisville’s starting quarterback.

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the GoFundMe for Joe’s final arrangements is live. please chip in if you’re able and share if you can’t

gofund.me/1bd810ff

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This hits hard. Rest in peace, Joe.

13.08.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch: Brian Brohm, Louisville QBs Talk Fall Camp The Cardinals have less than a week left in their preseason.

Listen to what #Louisville offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Brian Brohm, as well as Miller Moss, Deuce Adams and Brady Allen, had to say regarding fall camp ⬇️

13.08.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LB T.J. Capers 'Ready to Take a Bigger Role' on Louisville's Defense The former five-star prospect is entering his third year with the Cardinals.

After being limited by injuries over his first two years on campus, linebacker T.J. Capers is ready to take on a bigger role on #Louisville’s defense this season.

13.08.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Louisville's Linebackers Working to Improve Efforts in Pass Coverage The middle of the field when defending the pass was a liability for the Cardinals last season.

While #Louisville has an elite linebacking corps, this was a unit that struggled in pass coverage last season.

Over the course of the offseason and fall camp, they have been working diligently to improve in this department.

13.08.2025 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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College Football Analyst Tabs Louisville as CFP Sleeper Team The Cardinals head into the 2025 season unranked, but are generating dark horse buzz when it comes to the College Football Playoff.

#Louisville might be starting the season unranked, but one college football analyst believes the Cardinals are a sleeper team to make the College Football Playoff.

12.08.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch: Mark Ivey, Louisville LBs Talk Fall Camp The Cardinals return the bulk of their linebacking corps from last year's squad.

Listen to what #Louisville linebackers coach Mark Ivey, as well as Stanquan Clark and T.J. Capers, had to say regarding fall camp:

12.08.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rick Pitino: 'All is Forgiven, All is Forgotten' Regarding Past Treatment by Louisville Pitino has not set foot on the Cardinals' campus since his 2017 firing.

In a recent interview with Jon Rothstein, former #Louisville head coach Rick Pitino said that β€œall is forgiven” regarding his 2017 firing by UofL.

β€œI would go back in a New York minute.”

12.08.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Report: '26 Wing Anthony Felesi to Visit Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Another blue-chip prospect in the Class of 2026 is set to visit the Louisville men's basketball program. Hurricane (UT) Utah Prep small forwar

Anthony Felesi, a top-50 prospect in the Class of 2026, will visit #Louisville later this fall, according to On3.

11.08.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Louisville Football Receives Votes in 2025 Preseason AP Top 25 The 2025 Preseason Associated Press Top 25 was released Monday, and a handful of writers tabbed the Cardinals as a ranked squad.

The #Louisville football program will be starting out the 2025 season unranked in the AP Top 25.

11.08.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Extended Thoughts on Louisville's Open Fall Camp Practices The Cardinals' first seven practices of fall camp were all open to the public.

Because seven practice notebooks were not enough, here’s 3,000 more words regarding #Louisville seven open fall camp practices.

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Louisville Getting Good Work From Quarterback Room to Start Fall Camp Through the first half of their preseason, Cardinals head coach Jeff Brohm has liked the improvement he has seen from his group of signal callers.

Through the first half of #Louisville’s preseason, head coach Jeff Brohm has liked the improvement he has seen from his group of quarterbacks.

11.08.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Louisville Football Bowl Projections: 2025 Preseason There are a few bowls trending for the Cardinals ahead of the upcoming 2025 season.

It might be the preseason, but it’s never too early for bowl projections.

So where is #Louisville projected to play this postseason?

10.08.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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