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6:25 AM ET Matt MillerESPN As human beings, we all love to be first to like something that becomes popular, from new bands and songs to gadgets. NFL scouts are no different when it comes to discovering prospects. I’ll never forget an area scout for an NFL team calling in 2016 to tell me about

7:25 PM ET A week after announcing a $200 million facilities project, the Texas Tech football team got another boost Monday when the Matador Club, a local collective, told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that it will sign 100 Red Raiders players to one-year, $25,000 NIL contracts. The deal will be for all 85 scholarship players plus

5:34 PM ET ESPN News Services Jackson State football coach Deion Sanders will donate half of his salary to help complete the program’s football facility renovations, he announced on Instagram. Sanders signed a four-year deal worth an average of $300,000 per year in 2020. Sanders said he wanted to up his donation to half of

4:46 PM ET Despite incoming Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark saying he would be willing to seek out a “win-win scenario” for Texas and Oklahoma to depart the conference early, the two schools’ athletic directors said on Monday that nothing has changed on a potential exit date. The SEC has said Texas and Oklahoma will

4:36 PM ET ATLANTA — Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin believes that in an ideal world, there would be an NFL-style system for name, image and likeness in which a head coach or a general manager would have the ability to facilitate funds from collectives and donors, and every program would be held to

3:01 PM ET In his opening news conference at SEC media days, first-year LSU head coach Brian Kelly pushed back against the idea that the school is underfunded and said LSU is “as competitive as anybody else.” “I don’t feel like we’re being outbid by anybody,” Kelly said. “I don’t think that’s the place of

1:39 PM ET ATLANTA, Ga. — In his first public media appearance since USC and UCLA announced their intent to eventually join the Big Ten, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said on Monday his conference is in no rush to expand beyond 16 teams, but that the league will “be nimble” as it continues to monitor

7:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Analysts Alabama quarterback Bryce Young enters the 2022 college football season with a chance to become the second two-time Heisman Trophy winner in history. Only Ohio State running back Archie Griffin was able to accomplish the feat when he won back-to-back Heisman’s in 1974 and 1975. However, the competition for

6:00 AM ET Throughout the SEC East in 2022, there is plenty of familiarity. Florida is starting over yet again: Billy Napier will be the Gators’ fourth head coach in nine seasons, their seventh including interims. We could soon be playing another rousing rendition of everyone’s favorite game, Tennessee Versus Big Expectations. Missouri looks destined

6:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Only in times of chaos in college sports does the wonky jargon grant of rights intersect with mainstream conversation. Perhaps no factor looms larger for the future of the entire enterprise of college athletics than the consequences that come with signing — or the potential need to sign — a

5:20 PM ET Running back Justice Haynes committed to Alabama on Sunday afternoon. The 5-foot-10, 185-pound Haynes is from Buford, Georgia, and is ranked No. 48 in the 2023 ESPN 300. “Really just the development piece, the stability,” Haynes told ESPN about what he was looking for out of the recruiting process. “How they’re going

3:47 PM ET Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson said in a statement on Sunday that he will no longer use the nickname “AR-15” as part of his personal brand because he doesn’t want to be associated with the assault rifle by the same name, which has been used in mass shootings. An AR-15 style rifle was

3:48 PM ET Linebacker Troy Bowles, the No. 26 prospect in the ESPN300, committed to Georgia on Saturday. The 6-foot-1, 210-pound Bowles is the son of Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles. Troy Bowles recorded 110 tackles, seven tackles for loss, seven sacks and two interceptions as a junior last year for Jesuit High

10:00 AM ET Richard Johnson from Sports Illustrated is the 2022 winner of the Edward Aschoff Rising Star Award. Johnson, 29, has been a national college football writer with SI since the fall of 2021. “It is always an honor to be given an award from your peers!” Johnson said in a statement. “This is

7:00 AM ET The transfer portal has gained popularity over the years and is now a resource for college football coaches to fill holes and revamp their rosters. New coaches have used the portal to quickly turn around struggling programs. Established coaches have used it to fill holes quickly while high school prospects develop. Quarterbacks

1:24 PM ET New Oklahoma coach Brent Venables made his first appearance at Big 12 media days on Thursday, but he couldn’t resist drawing parallels to the first time he arrived in Norman as an assistant to Bob Stoops in 1999. The Sooners were able to jump-start their success by taking left-handed quarterback Josh Heupel

12:30 PM ET Oregon tight end Spencer Webb died Wednesday in a recreational accident, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday. He was 22 years old. According to the sheriff’s office, Webb fell and stuck his head just a short distance from Triangle Lake, a location popular for cliff jumping and natural rock waterslides. “So

6:43 AM ET Arch Manning‘s commitment to Texas was the start of the Longhorns rising in ESPN’s college football recruiting class rankings. Since Manning — the nephew of former NFL quarterbacks Peyton and Eli — announced for the Longhorns on June 23, 10 prospects have joined him at Texas, four of whom are 2023 ESPN