4:56 PM ET Oklahoma Sooners freshman wide receiver Mario Williams announced Tuesday that he is planning to enter the transfer portal. Williams was the No. 17-ranked recruit in the 2021 class, the No. 1 wide receiver and the second-highest-ranked commit for the Sooners. Despite having other receivers ahead of him on the roster, Williams was
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11:59 AM ET Michigan linebacker David Ojabo declared for the NFL draft on Tuesday, after three seasons with the Wolverines. Ojabo was part of a dominant pass rush for Michigan this season, tallying 11 sacks, 12 tackles for loss and 35 total tackles. He combined with defensive end Aidan Hutchinson to help turn the Wolverines
11:52 AM ET Cincinnati cornerback Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner will skip his final year of eligibility and enter the 2022 NFL draft, he announced Tuesday. Gardner, a consensus All-American, was a unanimous choice as the AAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2021 as one of the top cover cornerbacks in the country. “I will always
12:53 PM ET Miami is set to hire Bryan McClendon as co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach, sources told ESPN. McClendon spent the past two seasons working for new Miami coach Mario Cristobal at Oregon, serving as Ducks wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator. He was Oregon’s interim head coach for last week’s Valero
7:00 AM ET NICK SABAN HAD mixed emotions as he left his home in south Florida on Jan. 3, 2007 and headed for the airport. Initially, he hadn’t been interested in leaving for Alabama, and had said so publicly. He was committed to being the head coach of the Miami Dolphins. He loved and respected
8:30 PM ET Quarterback Dillon Gabriel announced Monday he is transferring to Oklahoma, only 18 days after announcing his intent to transfer to UCLA. Gabriel entered the transfer portal on Nov. 27, leaving UCF after three years with the program. A little over two weeks after entering the transfer portal, Gabriel made his intentions to
7:16 PM ET Cincinnati running back Jerome Ford is heading to the NFL, the school announced Monday. Ford led the Bearcats with 1,319 rushing yards and 19 touchdowns in 2021, as Cincinnati became the first team from outside the Power 5 to qualify for the College Football Playoff. “He was a leader by example and
5:03 PM ET Oklahoma quarterback Caleb Williams announced on Monday that he is entering the transfer portal, but that the Sooners remain an option for the former highly touted recruit. Williams took over for Spencer Rattler this season, and though Oklahoma did not compete in the Big 12 championship game, the Sooners ended their season
3:09 PM ET Nick Saban, vying for his seventh national championship at Alabama when the Crimson Tide face Georgia on Jan. 10 in the College Football Playoff title game, was noncommittal Monday when asked about playoff expansion. “Look, I’m not the one who needs to be deciding what the playoff needs to be,” Saban said
4:08 PM ET Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett grew up in the state and is well aware that the Bulldogs haven’t won a national championship in 41 years. But Bennett, a senior from Blackshear, Georgia, insists the No. 3 Bulldogs won’t be carrying that burden when they play No. 1 Alabama in the College Football Playoff
1:49 PM ET Dabo Swinney is losing another member of his Clemson coaching staff. Sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday that defensive line coach Todd Bates is following Brent Venables to Oklahoma to be the Sooners’ co-defensive coordinator. Venables, Clemson’s long-time defensive coordinator, left last month for the Oklahoma head-coaching job. TigerIllustrated.com was the first
1:45 PM ET Atlanta Falcons running backs coach Desmond Kitchings has been hired as the offensive coordinator at Virginia and will begin immediately, Falcons head coach Arthur Smith said Monday. Kitchings had first been reported as a candidate last month by ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg, as the 43-year-old makes a return to the college level after
11:15 AM ET Wake Forest running back Christian Beal-Smith, the team’s leading rusher the past two seasons, is in the transfer portal as a graduate. Beal-Smith has 1,871 career rushing yards and 14 touchdowns with Wake Forest, including 604 yards and seven touchdowns this season on 131 carries. The redshirt junior shared carries with freshman
4:26 PM ET Texas A&M added its fourth five-star commitment Sunday, when linebacker Harold Perkins chose the Aggies at the Under Armour All-America Game. Perkins is ESPN’s No. 5-rated player overall, and he joins Walter Nolen, Gabe Brownlow-Dindy and Evan Stewart as the five-stars committed in the class. The Aggies finished the early signing period
10:42 PM ET William E. Ricks The 2021 Rose Bowl Game Presented by Capital One Venture X between the No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes and the No. 11 Utah Utes was simply wild. At one point, six touchdowns were scored in less than three minutes — and that was just in the first half. The
10:04 PM ET Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral left the Sugar Bowl against Baylor Saturday night after suffering an injury late in the first quarter. The team said he is doubtful to return. On third-and-20 with 2:13 left in the quarter, Corral was sacked by Baylor defensive tackle Cole Maxwell for a six-yard loss and
8:32 PM ET NC State All-America offensive tackle Ikem Ekwonu is headed to the NFL draft, he announced Saturday night. Ekwonu, a junior, became the third unanimous All-American in NC State history and the first since defensive end Bradley Chubb in 2017. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. lists Ekwonu as the No. 17 overall prospect for
7:10 PM ET ESPN News Services CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell is forgoing his senior season to enter the NFL draft. Howell’s decision was not surprising, but he made it official Saturday with a video posted on social media. He is considered a potential first-round draft pick and is No. 5