5:55 PM ET Arkansas All-SEC safety Jalen Catalon announced on Tuesday that he will return for another season rather than enter the NFL draft. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. listed Catalon as his sixth highest-rated draft-eligible safety. In a video message posted to Twitter, Catalon said in part, “My family always told me, ‘Follow your heart
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4:44 PM ET Georgia is in a tight race with Alabama, Texas A&M and Ohio State in trying to sign the No. 1 recruiting class going into college football’s early signing period, which starts Wednesday. The Bulldogs helped their cause on Tuesday when ESPN 300 defensive back Daylen Everette committed to Georgia. Everette is the
4:22 PM ET Florida State coach Mike Norvell has verbally agreed to a one-year contract extension through 2026, the school announced Tuesday. Norvell just finished his second season at Florida State, going 5-7. When Norvell was hired in December 2019, he signed a six-year deal worth $26.5 million. The school did not disclose whether the
3:56 PM ET Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney is promoting from within to fill his offensive and defensive coordinator positions. Swinney announced Tuesday that senior defensive assistant Wes Goodwin would move to defensive coordinator and that safeties coach Mickey Conn would take on a co-defensive coordinator’s role. Goodwin will be the primary playcaller on defense,
2:27 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Former Indiana quarterback Michael Penix Jr. has committed to Washington, he announced on Instagram on Tuesday. Penix played four seasons at Indiana before entering the transfer portal Dec. 5. He was the Hoosiers’ starter for three seasons but struggled to stay on the field, suffering season-ending injuries each year, including
1:36 PM ET Texas A&M running back Isaiah Spiller announced Tuesday that he will forgo his senior season and enter the NFL draft. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. lists Spiller as the third-best back in the draft. Spiller, a second team All-SEC selection, ran for 1,011 yards and six touchdowns on 179 carries this season. The
7:15 AM ET DENTON, Texas — Sarah Fuller walks toward the lobby at Ryan High School, a short drive from where she now plays college soccer, the University of North Texas. Ally Kolba giddily waits for her. She is nervous and excited and, when she sees Fuller come in the door, she whispers to her
7:00 AM ET “Mr. Madison, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I
9:49 PM ET South Carolina coach Shane Beamer leaned on his Oklahoma connections in gaining the commitments of a pair of former Sooners, quarterback Spencer Rattler and tight end Austin Stogner, on Monday. Beamer, who was an assistant at Oklahoma from 2018 to 2020, just wrapped up his first regular season as a head coach
7:34 PM ET Associated Press New Oregon coach Dan Lanning promises to bring a workmanlike mentality with him to Eugene. “We will be relentless in our pursuit of excellence and we will be built on what we do, not what we say,” Lanning said. “Our fans and our alumni deserve a locker room that’s full
6:13 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Virginia‘s new coach achieved the first big victory of his tenure on Monday when quarterback Brennan Armstrong said he has given no thought to transferring. Coach Tony Elliott met with the Cavaliers for the first time on Sunday night, and Armstrong — who threw for 4,444 yards
12:22 PM ET Associated Press Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young and Alabama teammates Will Anderson Jr. and Jameson Williams have been selected as All-Americans by The Associated Press, giving the top-ranked Crimson Tide more players on the first team than any other school. The AP All-America team presented by Regions Bank, selected by a panel
12:23 PM ET Southern California quarterback Kedon Slovis has entered the transfer portal. Slovis, who started the 2021 season as a Heisman Trophy candidate, will have two years of eligibility remaining as a graduate. As a true freshman in 2019, Slovis burst onto the scene after JT Daniels was lost with a season-ending injury in
1:00 PM ET Texas A&M quarterback Zach Calzada, who emerged as the team’s starter early in the season and helped beat then-No. 1 Alabama in October, entered the transfer portal on Monday. A sophomore, Calzada took over when Haynes King was injured and wound up starting 10 games. He threw for 2,185 yards, 17 touchdowns
8:49 AM ET Brent Venables got his first commitment as the new Oklahoma football coach on Monday when ESPN 300 quarterback Nick Evers committed to the Sooners. Evers is ranked No. 134 overall and is a 6-foot-3, 190-pound prospect from Flower Mound, Texas. He’s the No. 8 pocket passer in the class and had been
7:00 AM ET This whole season went pretty much how we expected, right? AP preseason No. 1 Alabama is in the College Football Playoff, as is Georgia, who was No. 5. And then there’s … Michigan and Cincinnati. OK, so Cincy was No. 8 at the start of the season. Michigan was unranked. And that’s
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The college football regular season just ended, but before diving into bowl season, let’s look back at a memorable season that reminded us all why we love the sport. We saw a return to stadiums for fans across the country, and the action on the field matched the pageantry of
12:04 AM ET Associated Press NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Aidan Hutchinson of Michigan won the Lott IMPACT Trophy as the college defensive player having the biggest influence on his team Sunday night. Hutchinson, a senior defensive end, earned the honor a night after finishing runner-up for the Heisman Trophy. Hall of Fame safety Ronnie Lott