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5:11 PM ET Virginia tailback Mike Hollins, who survived a gunshot wound to his stomach in the November shooting attack that killed three teammates — Lavel Davis Jr., D’Sean Perry and Devin Chandler — got the first touch of the Cavaliers’ spring game Saturday to a standing ovation. Hollins rushed for 7 yards up the

2:16 PM ET On the first day of the spring transfer portal window, Georgia defensive tackle Bear Alexander told ESPN that he is planning to enter his name in the portal. On3 reported the news first and Alexander became the first big name to announce his intentions to transfer in this spring period. He was

7:00 AM ET With the explosion of websites, podcasts and analysis of the NFL draft, it can be hard to go unnoticed if you’re a Power 5 player with some potential. But what if you’re a heptathlete in the Ivy League? Or a kid who played nine-man football in a town of about 500 in

7:15 AM ET ESPN staff College football‘s transfer portal is now open for the next 15 days. More than 6,000 NCAA football players have entered the portal since the beginning of the 2022 season, including 2,179 last December alone — the most of any month since the transfer portal was created in fall 2018. The

9:43 PM ET Caleb Etienne, Oklahoma State‘s starting left tackle left season, announced Friday that he will enter the transfer portal when it re-opens on Saturday. Etienne was one of two offensive players to start every game for Oklahoma State. The 6-7, 330-pound senior was a junior college transfer in 2021, starting three games while

4:36 PM ET SOUTH BEND, Ind. — When Notre Dame added record-setting transfer Sam Hartman in January, the team seemingly had found its quarterback for a potential College Football Playoff push. But Hartman’s path to the starting job is far from guaranteed because of several factors, namely an improving challenger in Tyler Buchner. Notre Dame

8:30 AM ET I’ve long advocated for college football to move beyond divisional play. It’s hard for huge conferences to feel like conferences when teams are only playing some of their cohorts twice every 12 years or so, right? And it’s frustrating when we end up with conference title games — sometimes with CFP implications

7:30 AM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — Nick Eason was lacing up a pair of cleats he’d borrowed from Clemson‘s equipment manager a few minutes before 5 a.m. when Ruke Orhorhoro first spotted his coach. It’s not that it was a shock to see Eason there. Clemson’s defensive tackles coach had been promising to run through

9:00 AM ET ESPN staff It’s that time of year when everyone’s undefeated, every team got stronger and faster, and the coaches are smiling. That’s right, it’s time for spring games, when optimism reigns and we’re all happy to get a taste of college football before the transfer portal opens up again and reshapes all

4:49 PM ET The Division I Council approved changes to the recruiting calendar on Thursday, hoping to cater to more of a work-life balance for football coaches across all divisions. The new rules were proposed by the Oversight Committee in early April and will now go into effect for FBS teams on Aug. 1. Among

6:30 AM ET As accelerated as the college football recruiting process might be, it is still early, and many factors from coaching changes to transfer portal moves and further remaining player ranking updates will continue to shape the class rankings for the 2024 cycle. At this stage, defending national champion Georgia leads the pack with

6:30 AM ET TWO OF THE most hectic months of Brian Kelly’s coaching career were this past November and December. On Dec. 3, LSU played in the SEC championship game. Two days later, the transfer portal opened. He had to prepare for the Tigers’ bowl game, create a strategy for the portal — between his

7:18 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — The father of a former NFL player who fatally shot six people before killing himself two years ago is suing the alma mater where his son played football. An autopsy eventually diagnosed Phillip Adams with an unusually severe form of the degenerative brain disease commonly known as

11:29 AM ET Ohio State quarterback Devin Brown will miss the spring game Saturday after undergoing a procedure on a finger on his throwing hand. Brown, a redshirt freshman from Utah, had been competing with Kyle McCord this spring for the team’s starting quarterback spot. Coach Ryan Day said Brown is expected to resume throwing

7:00 AM ET Craig Haubert Close Craig Haubert ESPN Staff Writer National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha Tom Luginbill Close Tom Luginbill ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern

RK PLAYER POS HOMETOWN HT WT STARS GRADE SCHOOL 1 QB-PP Phoenix, AZPinnacle High School 6’3” 220 91 2 CB Pinson, ALClay-Chalkville High School 6’0” 175 91 AlabamaCommitted07/26/2022 3 ATH Lilburn, GAParkview High School 6’2” 190 91 4 CB Bradenton, FLIMG Academy 6’1” 180 91 GeorgiaCommitted02/01/2023 5 DT Bradenton, FLIMG Academy 6’5” 285 91 6

3:07 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio – In spite of back-to-back losses to rival Michigan, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith reiterated his confidence in coach Ryan Day, telling ESPN on Tuesday that “he’s my CEO” and they’ve talked about everything from personnel to play-calling and what they “need to do better.” “My standards are high,

6:30 AM ET Time for mock draft No. 4 ahead of the 2023 NFL draft, going through the first two rounds and finding prospect-to-team fits for the top 63 picks. Most of the top free agents found new teams weeks ago, though there are still a few left on the board and wideout Odell Beckham