Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJan 11, 2024, 11:11 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Auburn running backs coach Carnell “Cadillac” Williams, who starred for the Tigers and became an NFL first-round draft pick, is resigning to pursue other opportunities. Williams, 41, had coached Auburn’s
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Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJan 11, 2024, 09:49 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions Oregon got a commitment from ex-Texas A&M wide receiver Evan Stewart on Thursday, adding one of the top transfers in the portal this offseason. Stewart caught 38 passes for 514
Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterJan 11, 2024, 08:22 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions Former Texas, Nebraska and FAU quarterback Casey Thompson committed Thursday to Oklahoma, where he will play his
Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterJan 11, 2024, 08:26 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions The NCAA on Thursday announced significant penalties for the Florida State football team — including two years’ probation and disassociating with its NIL collective for one
Associated Press Jan 11, 2024, 06:50 PM ET EAST LANSING, Mich. — An appeal by former Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker of findings in a sexual harassment case that led to his firing has been denied. An attorney hired by the East Lansing school as an equity review officer said in a decision dated
Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterJan 11, 2024, 05:45 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — The NCAA took one small, initial step Thursday toward a future in which schools would be able to directly pay their athletes. The NCAA’s
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 11, 2024, 04:15 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Football recruiting staffers at the University of Georgia routinely drove rented vehicles after consuming alcohol, according to court documents filed Thursday by attorneys representing a former staffer
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJan 11, 2024, 01:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ohio State junior wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. is declaring for the 2024 NFL draft, he announced Thursday. Harrison, the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison Sr., is No. 2 overall on Mel Kiper Jr.’s Big Board. “I would
Pete Thamel, ESPNJan 11, 2024, 12:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Michigan star junior linebacker Junior Colson told ESPN he is leaving school early for the NFL draft. Colson is a 6-foot-3, 247-pound linebacker who’ll bring elite speed and high-end productivity into this year’s draft class. Rated as the No. 3 linebacker by ESPN’s Mel
Pete Thamel, ESPNJan 11, 2024, 12:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers announced on social media Thursday that he’s returning to the Longhorns for his senior year of college. Ewers led Texas to the College Football Playoff last season, putting together a prolific season that showed why he entered college as one
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJan 11, 2024, 12:30 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Oregon coach Dan Lanning, who had been mentioned as a potential target for Alabama’s coaching vacancy after Nick Saban’s retirement, says he will remain with the Ducks. A video posted
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterJan 11, 2024, 11:22 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions On the first day of his retirement in the wake of a legendary coaching career, Nick Saban was still thinking team first. He wasn’t playing golf, planning a
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJan 10, 2024, 08:44 PM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions For an entire era, Nick Saban completely broke the definition of success in college football. Mark Richt won at least nine games in 11 of 15 years at Georgia, with two conference titles
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterJan 10, 2024, 08:00 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Nick Saban is the best who has ever done it. There is no argument to be made against that. None. It is
Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterJan 10, 2024, 07:33 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — NCAA president Charlie Baker said Michigan‘s football national championship was earned “fair and square,” and that his organization’s “unusual decision” to share information about
ESPN News Services Jan 10, 2024, 08:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Washington standout offensive lineman Troy Fautanu, who is projected as a mid-first round pick, announced his intention to enter the NFL draft along with Huskies wide receiver Jalen McMillan on Wednesday. The pair join receiver Ja’Lynn Polk as the players to declare for
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJan 10, 2024, 07:32 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions Just hours after it was known that Nick Saban was retiring as Alabama‘s head coach, five-star wide receiver Ryan Williams told ESPN on Wednesday that he has decommitted from the
Jan 10, 2024, 05:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Nick Saban, considered among the greatest college football coaches of all time who won seven national titles, six of them at Alabama, has informed the Crimson Tide that he is retiring, sources told ESPN’s Chris Low on Wednesday. Saban, 72, just completed his 17th season at