9:22 PM ET Former five-star recruit Quinn Ewers will transfer to Texas, the former Ohio State quarterback posted on social media Sunday night. Ewers spent one season with the Buckeyes but entered the transfer portal Dec. 3, and is now closing a loop on what was a unique journey to get to this point, even
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2:36 PM ET ESPN Junior 300 safety Sonny Styles is reclassifying from the 2023 class to the 2022 class and will sign with Ohio State on Wednesday in the early signing period. Styles was a five-star recruit, ranked No. 9 overall, in the 2023 cycle and committed to the Buckeyes on November 13. He’s a
11:35 AM ET Associated Press To more accurately reflect the evolution of college football’s offenses and defenses, The Associated Press will increase the number of players honored on its All-America teams to include a third wide receiver and fifth defensive back. The AP has named All-America teams since 1925 based on voting by a national
10:00 PM ET Associated Press Syracuse place-kicker Andre Szmyt is returning in 2022 for his final year of eligibility. Szmyt made the announcement Saturday in a post on Twitter. Cuse Nation, It’s too hard to walk away with a year of eligibility left and that feeling like there’s unfinished business with this group. I’m looking
8:11 PM ET Bryce Young saved his best for last, and in doing so ran away with this year’s Heisman Trophy, winning the award in a ceremony in New York City on Saturday night. A sophomore and former five-star prospect from California, Young entered the season with sky-high expectations as the presumptive choice to replace
9:00 PM ET Although it took until the 14th week of the season for the Heisman race to truly come into focus, there ended up being little doubt about who the winner should be. Alabama quarterback Bryce Young won the 2021 Heisman Trophy, the first Crimson Tide QB to do so. Tua Tagovailoa and Mac
6:07 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning will be Oregon’s next football coach, sources told ESPN Saturday, confirming an earlier report. Lanning, who is just 35 years old, has been at Georgia since 2018, where he was hired as a linebackers coach before being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2019. In the
3:09 PM ET Texas got a commitment from ESPN 300 offensive tackle Kelvin Banks on Saturday. Banks, who is ranked No. 33 overall by ESPN and No. 7 in Texas in the Class of 2022, had previously committed to Oregon, but he changed his mind Dec. 6 after coach Mario Cristobal left for the same
3:21 PM ET Florida State has promoted senior defensive analyst Randy Shannon, the former head coach at Miami, to co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Shannon spent the 2021 season in an off-field role for FSU, which went 5-7 under coach Mike Norvell. He served as UCF‘s defensive coordinator from 2018 to 2020 under Josh Heupel
12:02 PM ET Brianna Williams Bryce Young can make history Saturday night (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) as the first Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy. He won the Maxwell Award Thursday night, given to college football’s player of the year, and that may just have been the beginning of what’s to come
10:36 AM ET Penn State announced the hiring of former Miami head coach Manny Diaz as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach on Saturday. Diaz replaces Brent Pry, who was announced as Virginia Tech‘s new head coach on Nov. 30 after eight seasons at Penn State, including six as defensive coordinator. “We are thrilled to add
11:35 PM ET Associated Press WACO, Texas — Dave Campbell, founder of the Texas Football preview magazine that became a fixture in this football-crazy state, has died. He was 96. Campbell died Friday night at his home here, said Greg Tepper, managing editor of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football. Known as “the bible of Texas football,”
7:03 PM ET Duke has hired Texas A&M defensive coordinator Mike Elko as its next coach, the school announced Friday. Elko, 44, spent the past four seasons with Texas A&M after coordinator stints at Notre Dame, Wake Forest, Bowling Green and Hofstra. He had been a candidate for several Power 5 head-coaching opportunities in recent
5:11 PM ET BYU football coach Kalani Sitake has signed a new contract with the school through the 2027 season. While not releasing terms, BYU called Sitake’s new deal “unprecedented” in a news release. Sitake is 48-28 in six seasons at BYU, which finished No. 13 in the final CFP rankings and went 10-2 this
3:13 PM ET Virginia has hired Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott as its next head coach, the school announced Friday. A full-time member of Dabo Swinney’s staff since 2011, Elliott was the Tigers’ co-offensive coordinator on their 2016 and 2018 national championship teams. He was named the Broyles Award winner in 2017 as the country’s
1:53 PM ET Penn State starting quarterback Sean Clifford will return for the 2022 season, he announced Friday. Clifford, who has started the past three seasons for the Nittany Lions, will be in his sixth year with the program. After struggling in 2020, Clifford bounced back well this season, passing for 2,912 yards with 20
12:25 PM ET Associated Press Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh is The Associated Press college football coach of the year after leading the Wolverines to their first Big Ten title in 17 years and a berth in the College Football Playoff. Harbaugh is the first Michigan coach to win the AP Coach of the Year Award, and
1:14 PM ET The contract for new Oklahoma Sooners football coach Brent Venables is worth $43.5 million over six years, sources told ESPN on Friday, making it one of the richest contracts for a first-year head coach in college football history. The Oklahoma University Board of Regents still has to approve the deal, which averages