4:36 PM ET Western Michigan coach Tim Lester has received a two-year contract extension through the 2025 season. Lester, a former record-setting WMU quarterback, is 32-25 in five seasons at his alma mater. He is coming off his best season, as the Broncos went 8-5 with two wins over FBS conference champions — Pitt (ACC)
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3:20 PM ET USC is adding wide receiver Brenden Rice, a transfer from Colorado and the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice. Brenden Rice, who made the announcement on Twitter, recorded 21 receptions for 299 yards and three touchdowns for Colorado last season. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound player entered the transfer
1:00 PM ET Alabama football coach Nick Saban was among a handful of sports figures from West Virginia to sign a letter urging Sen. Joe Manchin to support the passage of the Freedom to Vote Act. The letter, which was made public on Monday, also was signed by NBA Hall of Famer Jerry West, former
1:35 PM ET Former Missouri defensive tackle Mekhi Wingo announced he is transferring to LSU on Tuesday. Wingo was a freshman this season at Missouri and played in 12 games with 27 total tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack. He is part of a large number of players new coach Brian Kelly is
9:12 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN The University of Cincinnati is expected to hire former Ohio State defensive coordinator Kerry Coombs, sources told ESPN, marking his return to the city where he spent more than two decades as a high school coach and a school where he began his college coaching career. Coombs is expected to
9:50 PM ET Auburn landed its second transfer quarterback on Monday when former Oregon QB Robby Ashford announced his commitment to the Tigers. Ashford is a redshirt freshman who did not see game action in two seasons at Oregon and sat behind starter Anthony Brown, Ty Thompson and Jay Butterfield this past season. Ashford was
5:04 PM ET Nebraska‘s quarterback room has completely transformed through the transfer portal since the end of the season, and it added another new name on Monday with former Florida State quarterback Chubba Purdy. Nebraska starter Adrian Martinez transferred to Kansas State after the end of the season. Martinez threw for 2,863 yards, 14 touchdowns
3:07 PM ET Dabo Swinney has finally dipped into the transfer portal to bolster his roster, and he did it by bringing back a former Clemson football player. Quarterback Hunter Johnson, a onetime top recruit, will return to Clemson after spending the past four seasons at Northwestern. The move was first reported by 247 Sports.
3:10 PM ET Alabama linebacker Christian Harris, a semifinalist for the Butkus and Lombardi awards, announced Monday that he will forgo his senior season and enter the NFL draft. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. lists Harris as the third-best inside linebacker in the draft. Harris had 79 tackles this season, 12.5 of which were for a
12:28 PM ET Georgia’s top-ranked defense won’t look the same next season, but it will feature the return of gifted pass-rusher Nolan Smith, who announced Monday that he plans to come back for his senior season. The former No. 2-ranked player in the Class of 2019, Smith had 55 tackles, 3.5 sacks and an interception
10:13 AM ET Former Louisiana All-Sun Belt offensive lineman O’Cyrus Torrence has committed to transferring to Florida. The move will reunite him with Florida coach Billy Napier, who spent the past four seasons as head coach at Louisiana. Torrence, a junior, was an All-Sun Belt selection each of the past two seasons. He’ll be joined
6:18 PM ET Former Alabama tight end Jahleel Billingsley announced on Sunday that he’s heading to Texas. The move will reunite him with Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian, who was Alabama’s offensive coordinator in 2020 when Billingsley emerged as a playmaker with three touchdowns as a sophomore. Billingsley’s former position coach, Jeff Banks, is also an
5:19 PM ET Former Alabama linebacker Drew Sanders, who started three games this season for the Crimson Tide, is transferring to Arkansas, he announced Sunday. Sanders recorded 24 tackles, including 2.5 for loss and a sack, while adding four quarterback hurries and two pass breakups in 12 games for Alabama in 2021. Rated as ESPN’s
4:33 PM ET ESPN News Services Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has disbanded an alumni advisory committee that was created after a 2020 investigation found evidence of racial bias against Black players in his program and bullying behavior by some of his assistants. The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, reports that Ferentz’s decision to end
1:33 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Notre Dame is hiring Al Washington as its new defensive run game coordinator and defensive line coach, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The move marks an uptick in title and responsibility for Washington, who spent the past three seasons at Ohio State before being let go last week. Washington chose
10:42 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Louisville is expected to hire Notre Dame assistant Lance Taylor as the school’s new offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Taylor is the run game coordinator and running backs coach at Notre Dame, where he overhauled the Irish’s running back room during his three seasons there. Taylor also brings extensive experience
9:41 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Alabama quarterback Jay Barker, who is married to country music singer Sara Evans, was arrested Saturday on a felony domestic violence charge, Tennessee authorities said. Barker, 49, was booked into a Nashville county jail early Saturday, according to the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office website. He was
5:58 PM ET Associated Press Georgia coach Kirby Smart told a near-capacity crowd at Sanford Stadium on Saturday the Bulldogs don’t plan to wait another 41 years for their next national championship. “It’s moments and events like this that allow us to look back and allow us to look forward,” Smart said. “… We’re burning