William Jewell College running back MicahJo Barnett scored a touchdown in the first quarter of the Division II program's season opener against Fort Lewis College in Liberty, Missouri, on Saturday.
Barnett celebrated in the end zone with his teammates, and nothing appeared amiss. Shortly afterward, however, the game was suspended.
"Heartbreaking scene at William Jewell," Fox4 Kansas City's Harold R. Kuntz reported on X. "Play was suspended in the 1st quarter after a player, according to Liberty Fire EMS, suffered seizure-like symptoms. Happened on sideline. Awaiting word on health of player. Prayers to the Jewell Cardinals and their family."
Barnett was rushed to a local hospital, where he was ****** ounced dead, according to the Kansas City Star. William Jewell College also confirmed Barnett's death. In addition to playing on the football team, Barnett was a junior business administration major at Jewell.
"I want to say that we appreciate the response that we received from the sheriff's office, the police department, the EMS department, the physician for the team, everybody responded so quickly, so well," William Jewell College interim president Dr. Dave Van Horn said.

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William Jewell announced that junior running back MicahJo Barnett has died. Barnett appeared to suffer a medical emergency on the sideline during the Cardinals' home opener against Fort Lewis on Saturday.
"William Jewell College and the Liberty, Missouri community mourn the passing of Micah Jo Barnett," the school wrote in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Micah Jo's family, our students, the Cardinal Football family, and the rest of our community during this time of loss."
Per the school, a vigil to honor Barnett will be held Saturday night.
Play was suspended in the first quarter on Saturday after Barnett began suffering from what Liberty Fire EMS called "seizure-like symptoms," via Fox4 KC's Harold R. Kuntz. The game was later called off, with Kuntz reporting that Jewell players were emotional as they left the facility.
Barnett, who is from Liberty and attended Liberty North High School, was majoring in business administration, per the athletic department's website. After playing in eight games as a freshman, he started in five games last season before suffering a season-ending injury. Barnett also received all-Great Lakes Valley Conference academic honors last season.

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By Sunday evening, the Pittsburgh Steelers will trim their 90-man training camp roster down to just 53 players. We decided to ask AI to make a roster prediction to see if it can get it right and where the algorithm stands on the idea of the Steelers keeping four quarterbacks on the roster. In this simulation, the AI
Offense (25)Quarterbacks (3): Aaron Rodgers, Mason Rudolph, Drew AllarRunning Backs (3): Jaylen Warren, Rico Dowdle, Travis HomerWide Receivers (6): DK Metcalf, Michael Pittman Jr., Roman Wilson, Germie Bernard, Ben Skowronek, Kaden WetjenTight Ends / Fullback (4): Pat Freiermuth, Darnell Washington, Robert Tonyan, Riley Nowakowski (FB)Offensive Line (9): Troy Fautanu, Broderick Jones, Zach Frazier, Mason McCormick, Spencer Anderson, Dylan Cook, Brock Hoffman, Gennings Dunker, Max IheanachorDefense (25)Defensive Line (6): Cameron Heyward, Keeanu Benton, Derrick Harmon, Yahya Black, Sebastian Joseph-Day, Gabriel RubioOutside Linebackers (4): T.J. Watt, Alex Highsmith, Nick Herbig, Jack SawyerInside Linebackers (5): Patrick Queen, Payton Wilson, Elandon Roberts, Cole Holcomb, Carson BruenerCornerbacks (6): Joey Porter Jr., Jalen Ramsey, Jamel Dean, Asante Samuel Jr., Brandin Echols, Daylen EveretteSafeties (4): DeShon Elliott, Jaquan Brisker, Rayshawn Jenkins, Robert Spears-JenningsSpecial Teams (3)Kicker (1): Chris BoswellPunter (1): Cameron JohnstonLong Snapper (1): Christian Kuntz
This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: Asking AI to predict the Steelers 53-man roster

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Following an ACL injury sustained by TE Princeton Fant during training camp on Monday, the Dallas Cowboys have claimed former 2023 7th-round pick Zack Kuntz, who was recently let go by the Las Vegas Raiders.
Kuntz, drafted by the New York Jets out of Old Dominion, has spent three seasons in the NFL. He was on the Jets' practice squad in 2023 and 2024, and signed a future contract with the Miami Dolphins in 2026, but was released in early May. He then joined the Raiders on July 31, only to be released a few days later. To date, Kuntz has not recorded a catch in the regular season, but here's a scouting report of what he brings to the table as the coaches try to elicit better results than other teams have realized.
Height: 6-foot-7 3/8"
Weight: 255 pounds
Arm Length: 34"

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One of the most important tenets of building out a roster is to know the store you're shopping at. NFL clubs need to nail their draft picks, guess right on scheme fits in big-money free agency and trade the right amount of capital when swinging deals. One of the unsung parts of talent acquisition though is knowing which aisles to walk down when looking for those red dot specials.
Most folks wouldn't consider the Las Vegas Raiders a factory for talent. Grabbing cast offs from there is often a fruitless exercise, and that can be viewed with the recen release of DE Charles Snowden, who was suspended for thiree games to start the season before training camp began. The team has since released him. But the Raiders do have one area of their team worth paying attention to; the tight end position. On Thursday, the Dallas Cowboys grabbed a former member of that group to augment their own summer trials, claiming Zack Kuntz off of waivers.
Now make no mistake, Kuntz is an extreme long shot to latch on with Dallas. But the circumstances of moving Princeton Fant to IR after he tore his ACL, opened up a spot at the back end of the positional depth chart while the team works in Oxnard, CA.
And if a team is going to claim a released tight end, getting one from a team that employs one of the best TEs in football in Brock Bowers, plus former second-round pick Michael Mayer.
Kuntz isn't that, but replacing TE4 or TE5 on the depth chart with a player from a club that has a pretty good track record of picking the position makes a ton of sense.

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Casemiro told Los Angeles Galaxy he "only wanted to play for them" the club's general manager Will Kuntz says, amid an investigation into his transfer to Inter Miami.
The Brazil midfielder, 34, joined Lionel Messi at Inter Miami on a free transfer from Manchester United in July, signing sadeal that runs to the end of the 2027 MLS campaign, with an option to extend until June 2029.
Casemiro scored an own goal in Miami's 2-2 draw with the Columbus Crew on Sunday as Messis returned to a vtion after the World Cup.
Kuntz, who oversees LA Galaxy's transfers, was speaking to the media after his side's goalless draw with Dallas when he was asked about Major League Soccer's review into Inter Miami's signing of Casemiro.
"It is true that Casemiro called and said that he always wanted to play for Inter Miami," Kuntz said. "It's also true that came two months after he told us that he only wanted to play for the Galaxy."

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One of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ most beloved rookies from the 2026 NFL Draft class was apparently on his way to a different team if he wasn’t selected on Day 3 of the event.
On a new episode of The Christian Kuntz Podcast, Steelers seventh-round rookie Eli Heidenreich revealed that he was set to sign with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent before he was drafted by Pittsburgh.
“My agent was talking to Tampa Bay, and I agreed that I would sign with them in preferred free agency,” Heidenreich said. “So, I was kind of set there, and now I was sitting, and all of a sudden, I got that phone call, and I pick up, and it was Omar [Khan].”
Luckily for Steelers Nation, Heidenreich wouldn’t go undrafted and was selected by Pittsburgh with the 230th overall pick in the seventh round of the 2026 NFL Draft. To make the moment even sweeter, Heidenreich was in attendance at the draft and made a rare Day 3 walk onto the stage surrounded by the deafening support of Steelers fans.
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