12:42 PM ET Quarterback Dylan Raiola, the No. 1 overall prospect in the 2024 class, decommitted from Ohio State on Saturday. Raiola is a 6-foot-3, 220-pound prospect from Chandler High School in Chandler, Arizona. He’s the top overall prospect and the No. 1 pocket-passing quarterback for the 2024 cycle. He had been committed to the
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11:04 AM ET New Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell worked quickly to improve the quarterback room as he added Oklahoma transfer Nick Evers to the roster on Saturday. Evers was an ESPN 300 recruit in the 2022 class, ranked No. 166 prospect overall. He was a 6-foot-3, 190-pound recruit from Flower Mound High School in Flower
7:00 AM ET Betting bowl games successfully is perhaps more difficult than it has ever been. We always have had to handicap player motivation, coaching changes and other variables. But now, the sport has added the transfer portal and draft status caution to the equation. “I never heard a bowl game described as an ‘exhibition’
11:58 PM ET Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Ethan Greenfield, Luke Lehnen and DeAngelo Hardy delivered the big plays and North Central (Ill.) beat Mount Union 28-21 on Friday night at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium to win the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl and claim the NCAA Division III championship. The Cardinals (15-0) finished off a
6:47 PM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — A former student who accused ex-LSU football coach Les Miles of sexual harassment in 2013 sought a $2.15 million settlement with LSU and Miles, according to documents filed in a former athletic department official’s lawsuit. The documents detailed the ex-student’s allegations that Miles “groomed, sexually and
6:55 PM ET Bowl season is finally upon us! Our reporters are breaking down the best of the games from notable performances, breakout players and so much more. Full schedule | Results Friday Dec. 16 Hometown Lenders Bahamas Bowl: UAB 24, Miami (Ohio) 20 Junior running back Jermaine Brown Jr.’s big day led the way
5:44 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Mickey Joseph, Nebraska‘s interim football coach for nine games this season who was charged with felony assault, is no longer part of the Cornhuskers’ program, the athletic department announced Friday. The department said in a statement it would have no additional comment. Joseph is accused of putting
3:24 PM ET Alabama outside linebacker Will Anderson Jr. and quarterback Bryce Young, rated by ESPN’s Todd McShay as the top two prospects in the 2023 NFL draft, both plan to play in the Crimson Tide’s bowl game. Coach Nick Saban told ESPN he doesn’t expect the Tide to have any opt-outs for the game.
12:43 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN A sudden potential roadblock has emerged that could prevent Army star linebacker Andre Carter II and other talented athletes at service academies from playing professional sports directly out of school. The Military Times has reported that a potential change in the policy for athletes at military academies emerged amid part
6:45 AM ET Over 1,600 college football players have entered the transfer portal since the window opened on Dec. 5. Several Power 5 starting quarterbacks — including Devin Leary (NC State), DJ Uiagalelei (Clemson) and Spencer Sanders (Oklahoma State) — made waves when they entered. But they aren’t the only big names to enter the
10:02 PM ET Purdue is set to hire Graham Harrell as its offensive coordinator, the first major move under new coach Ryan Walters, a source told ESPN on Thursday. Harrell, 37, spent the 2022 season as West Virginia‘s offensive coordinator, after three years in the same role at USC. A record-setting quarterback for the late
8:23 PM ET Texas added its second five-star recruit to the 2023 class on Thursday, when linebacker Anthony Hill committed to the Longhorns. Hill is a 6-foot-2, 230-pound linebacker from Denton, Texas, ranked No. 18 overall and the No. 2 outside linebacker in the class. Hill had been committed to Texas A&M since July, but
4:54 PM ET Bella Rasmussen never could have imagined she would be hearing from star athletes Chloe Kim and Alex Morgan, or being featured on “SportsCenter” and “Today” after she became the first female high school football player to sign a name, image and likeness deal earlier this month. The senior at Laguna Beach (California)
5:17 PM ET Offensive tackle Samson Okunlola committed to Miami on Thursday. The 6-foot-5, 300-pound Okunlola, from Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts, is No. 16 overall in the 2023 ESPN 300 and the cycle’s third-best offensive tackle. “Miami, generally, just kind of the class they’re building right now and the educational part, too,” Okunlola told
4:29 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — FIU has given coach Mike MacIntyre an extension through the 2027 season, the university announced Thursday. MacIntyre went 4-8 this season, his first with the Panthers. The school had lost 18 of its last 19 games before his arrival and winning four games was enough to convince FIU
12:06 PM ET Drew Brees will help with the coaching transition at Purdue, serving as an assistant coach for the Boilermakers as they prepare for and play in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Jan. 2. “I am extremely excited to work with our team over the next few weeks as we prepare for the Citrus
11:40 AM ET Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina has hired Chip Lindsey from Central Florida as its new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The school announced the hiring Thursday, a week after Phil Longo said he would leave the Tar Heels to join the staff at Wisconsin along with offensive line coach
10:15 AM ET Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Bobby Petrino, widely regarded as one of the brightest offensive minds/playcallers in the game, is returning