Hey, Memphians. It’s time to resolve to have fun again in 2025. Go to a Tigers game. Go to a Grizzlies game. Get off your couch and do something.

Linebacker Chandler Martin could have finished his college career with another season at Memphis. He could have entered the NCAA transfer portal. Instead, Martin declared for the NFL Draft. His parents shed light on the decision.

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Simpson’s hiring comes after former deputy head coach and safeties coach Charles Clark left to be the defensive backs coach at Purdue.

Defensive lineman Taylor Burton is headed back to his hometown after spending two years at UT Martin.

After announcing plans to leave the Memphis Tigers football team, defensive lineman William Whitlow Jr. said on social media that he would always have love for the city.

ESPN college football expert Paul Finebaum answers The Daily Memphian’s questions as Tennessee’s and Memphis’ seasons end and the College Football Playoff continues.

Memphis linebacker Chandler Martin is forgoing his final year of eligibility to enter the NFL Draft, he announced Sunday on X. 

Memphis athletic director Ed Scott said he never imagined that on a work trip he’d lose his friend of 14 years. Tigers associate AD Marlon Dechausay suffered a heart attack while in Hawaii for the Maui Invitational. He died Dec. 4.

Memphis football writer Frank Bonner II, basketball writer Parth Upadhyaya and columnist John Martin discuss this year’s football season and the raised level of expectations for Memphis basketball as it prepares for its final two non-conference games. 

Clark, who was the longest-tenured assistant coach under Tigers head coach Ryan Silverfield, will also coach the defensive back for the Boilermakers. 

The Tigers were expected to land a quarterback out of the NCAA transfer portal with four-year starter Seth Henigan exhausting his eligibility.

Here is a list of players who have joined the Tigers through the NCAA transfer portal since the end of the regular season and a list of Memphis players who have entered the portal. 

Herring, who transferred to Memphis from Tennessee prior to the 2024 season, was a strong addition to a Tigers linebacker room led by Chandler Martin.

The Frisco Bowl victory was special because it marked the end of an era that may never happen again at Memphis.

It wasn’t perfect, but the Memphis Tigers’ 2024 football season is chock-full of accomplishments worth celebrating.

The Tigers held off the Mountaineers, 42-37, to capture the Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl.

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Box score: Memphis 42, West Virginia 37

Tigers coach has two friends, former co-workers in College Football Playoff

This is the box score for the NCAA football game between the University of Memphis Tigers and the University of West Virginia Mountaineers on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, at the Frisco Bowl in Frisco, Texas.

Memphis Tigers coach Ryan Silverfield has two friends and former colleagues in the expanded 12-team playoff: Dan Lanning at Oregon, and Kenny Dillingham at Arizona State.

The No. 25 Memphis Tigers hope to finish the 2024 season with their second Power Conference win of the year when they face West Virginia in Tuesday’s Frisco Bowl.

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The star linebacker will have one year of eligibility remaining after this year concludes.

Fifteen football players were among the nearly 30 student-athletes that graduated Sunday at FedExForum.

The Memphis Tigers had minimal outgoing NCAA transfer portal movement heading into the weekend, but on Saturday three defensive backs announced their decisions to leave.

In their final conversation before Danton Barto died, Will Barto pledged to his father that he’d graduate from college. He’ll take part in the University of Memphis’ commencement ceremony Sunday. 

Memphis football writer Frank Bonner, basketball writer Parth Upadhyaya and columnist John Martin talk about the perception of the Tigers’ football season and gauge the panic meter on the Tigers’ basketball season after rough performances.

ESPN college football expert Paul Finebaum answers The Daily Memphian’s questions going into the College Football Playoff and bowl seasons.