Rico Dowdle rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns, and his big run in the final minute set up Ryan Fitzgerald’s last-second 49-yard field goal as the Carolina Panthers beat Green Bay 16-13.

Josh Jacobs rushed for two touchdowns and the Green Bay Packers held off Cincinnati for a 27-18 victory in Joe Flacco’s Bengals debut.

Klein Cain High School alum and 2025 NFL first-round draft pick Matthew Golden has turned his first paycheck into a life-changing gift for the woman who helped make it all happen.

Packers rookie Matthew Golden, a former Texas and Klein Cain standout, loves the game and the tradition of Green Bay, Wisconsin.

NFL draft picks can make an instant impact on a team’s immediate success.

Wide receiver joins Packers

Golden attended Klein Cain High School in the Houston area. As a four-star recruit, he committed to stay home and play for the Houston Cougars.

Klein Cain graduate in heavy demand ahead of NFL draft

Houston Texans host one of the best wide receivers in the draft for official visit

Texas wide receiver excels at NFL scouting combine

Texas junior quarterback Quinn Ewers has declared for the NFL draft, ending a Longhorns career in which he led the program to a Big 12 championship and twice to the College Football Playoff but was not always embraced by a fan base eagerly waiting for Arch Manning to take over.

In the first round of the College Football Playoff, the teams seeded 5-8 all won.

Texas avoided the first big upset of the College Football Playoff, hitting a fourth-and-long touchdown pass to keep the game going and beating Arizona State 39-31 in double overtime when an interception by Andrew Mukuba finally ended a Peach Bowl quarterfinal classic.

Quinn Ewers threw for 176 yards and two touchdowns and No. 3 Texas’ defense clamped down on Arkansas’ final two possessions to help the Longhorns win 20-10.

JT Daniels tied a career high passing for 401 yards and three scores, Daelen Alexander rushed for three touchdowns and Rice defeated Houston 43-41 in double overtime in the 42nd Bayou Bucket.

Donovan Smith threw for 233 yards and two touchdowns, Samuel Brown had 106 yards receiving and Houston held on for a 17-14 win over UTSA in a season opener and the Cougars’ first game as a Big 12 Conference member.

Houston coach Dana Holgorsen has a quarterback battle on his hands as the Cougars enter their first season in the Big 12 Conference.

University of Houston Athletics has set a TDECU Stadium record, surpassing 23,500 football season tickets including 6,000 new paid season tickets ahead of the Cougars’ inaugural season in the Big 12 Conference, the department announced Monday.

Braylon Braxton passed for 316 yards and three touchdowns — including two long ones to JuanCarlos Santana — and also ran for a score to help Tulsa upset Houston 37-30 on Saturday night.

Matthew Golden is staying home.

District 15-6A will go through the spin cycle this season as several stars cycle out to the college game.

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Welcome to the 2020 football season. But VYPE has still done what we have always done when it comes to previewing Texas high school football here in Houston. Klein Cain HurricanesCoach James Clancy made school history by reaching the postseason for the first time in 2019. The key will be the defense, which will be led by Lukia Rawls and Isaac Hudson. Making the playoffs is one thing, but can they build on their success and take the next step as a program?

But VYPE has still done what we have always done when it comes to previewing Texas high school football here in Houston. The emergence of Cain and Tomball Memorial makes the competition for playoff position ultra-competitive. Klein Oak PanthersCoach Jason Glenn led the Klein Oak Panthers to the Region Semis last season, the farthest it's been in five years. Tomball Memorial WildcatsCoach Sam Parker is one the best offensive minds in the city. Tomball Memorial returns QB Colton Marwill, who threw for nearly 3,000 yards and 30 TDs as a junior.

When sports came to a screeching halt, school was forced into the home-online version, that didn't keep athletes from getting individual workouts in to stay in shape. Throughout the quarantine, VYPE U Photographer Daniel Alvarez Fedyaev was able to travel out and find some of the area's top returning athletes or guys that are heading to college getting their work in. Check out these awesome pics!