With sunshine hard to come by on Tuesday, the 70 players on Eastern Washington’s football roster practiced for the first time this spring at Roos Field. Positional shortages aren’t unusual this time of year – Eastern won’t practice with 19 …
After splitting their allotment of 15 offseason practices around the university’s spring break the last few seasons, the Eastern Washington football team will eschew that interruption this year, when on Tuesday the Eagles will begin a consolidated set of spring sessions.
Just a couple of weeks after finalizing its 2026 recruiting class, Eastern Washington’s football program is now looking to fill three vacancies on its coaching staff. The three departing coaches – Eric Sanders, Jaylen Johnson and Wes Nurse, whose names …
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – In a buzzing auditorium in Alabama, nobody really knew who Cooper Kupp was. It was the 2017 Senior Bowl, back when Kupp was a largely anonymous wide receiver out of Eastern Washington, and when they shook his hand, members of the Mobile community had to guess what position he played.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Long before he turned his life over to football, Efton Chism III could really swing it. Playing baseball growing up, he found a niche in the outfield in the Monroe area, using his speed to patrol the green and his bat speed to rack up hits at the plate.
To the untrained eye, he was practically invisible. Halfway through Sunday’s NFC Championship Game between the Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams, Cooper Kupp — a 32-year-old wide receiver deeply invested in the outcome — was conspicuously missing from the box score, having failed to catch either of the targets that came his way.
The NCAA’s consolidated two-week transfer window, which closed Friday for nearly every team, left the Eastern Washington football team, for the most part, intact. Seven starters from last season’s 5-7 team entered the transfer portal, as did eight others who …
When he's not lining up at wide receiver for the playoff-bound San Francisco 49ers, Kendrick Bourne might be found in a recording studio. Ahead of San Francisco's playoff opener Sunday at Philadelphia, the former Eastern Washington star collaborated on a …
During the first day of the two-week transfer window, seven Eastern Washington football players announced their intentions to transfer. The group includes four starters: wide receiver Miles Williams, running back Marceese Yetts, cornerback Jonathan Landry and long snapper Tyson Jacobson. …
The special bond started in the offseason. Efton Chism III showed up to Gillette Stadium early at 5 a.m., looking to gain an edge. That’s when the undrafted free agent noticed his veteran teammate Mack Hollins doing the same thing.
A little more than a week removed from its final game of the season, Eastern Washington’s football program has entered a phase of its calendar that may as well be called “retention.”
CONWAY, Ark. – Central Arkansas scored the first 14 points and led by double digits the rest of the way in a 92-65 victory over the Eastern Washington men’s basketball team on Sunday at the Farris Center.
Eastern Washington head coach Aaron Best likes to point out that a football team’s win-loss record is an imperfect tool in discerning just how well that team has played. Cal Poly, the Eagles’ opponent at 2 p.m. Saturday in San …
A quick scan of the Eastern Washington football roster reveals an enticing truth: Heading into the 2026 season, this team might not lose all that many players. Combine that with a better win-loss record and the widespread opinion within the …
In nearly three decades at Eastern Washington, Aaron Best can’t recall another time where the Eagles have turned to their fourth quarterback. But it’s trending that way heading into Eastern’s season finale Saturday at Cal Poly. “Right now it’d be …
On the Eastern Washington football team, there is a group that watches film beyond the scope expected by position coaches. Nolan Ulm referred to them Tuesday as “the grinders.” About two months ago, Jake Schakel started coming to those meetings, …
There was a time earlier this season when the trajectory of the Northern Colorado football team was looking up. After a season-opening 17-3 victory over Division II Chadron State, the Bears absorbed back-to-back one-score losses against Colorado State and South …
MISSOULA – The moment didn’t seem just, watching Jake Schakel hold his hands to his helmet at the Montana 13-yard line. Making his first collegiate start, the redshirt freshman had absorbed eight sacks and countless more hits. He had thrown …
MISSOULA – If there is one Big Sky football team outside of Montana that knows Michael Wortham well, it is the Eastern Washington Eagles. Once a star quarterback in the California junior college ranks, Wortham grew into an All-America returner …
As early as when he was in fourth grade, it was clear to those around him that Jake Schakel was going to be a quarterback. It was ordained in the way it so often is: The more he played, the …