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12:00 PM ET Former NFL coach Hue Jackson was named head coach at Grambling State on Friday. Jackson, 56, last served as a head coach with the Cleveland Browns from 2016 to 2018. He also coached the Raiders in 2011. Most recently, he was the offensive coordinator at Tennessee State. It’s official Grambling State University

12:43 PM ET Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton and running back Kyren Williams both declared for the NFL draft on Friday and said they will forgo playing in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma State on Jan. 1. Hamilton is the No. 4 prospect on Mel Kiper Jr.’s Big Board for the 2022 NFL draft,

11:06 AM ET Texas defensive backs B.J. Foster and Chris Adimora both entered the NCAA transfer portal Friday. Foster, who entered the portal as a graduate student, has started games in each of the past four seasons for the Longhorns. The safety started all 12 games this past season, leading Texas with three interceptions and

7:00 AM ET In the hours leading up to last weekend’s SEC championship game, from the streets of Atlanta to the rows of the press box high atop Mercedes-Benz Stadium, there were two primary topics of conversation. First, who would win the game — Georgia or Alabama — and how would the outcome affect the

7:33 AM ET Nevada is set to hire Oregon co-defensive coordinator Ken Wilson as its next head football coach, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. Wilson previously spent 19 seasons coaching at Nevada, including five seasons as assistant head coach and four as defensive coordinator. He spent the past nine seasons working at Washington State

6:49 AM ET ESPN News Services The NCAA is stopping the fake slide that Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett used to score a touchdown in the ACC Championship Game on Saturday. According to a memo from NCAA national coordinator of officials Steve Shaw, referees should interpret a fake slide as a player surrendering himself and end

6:00 AM ET It wasn’t long after Danny Amendola signed with the Houston Texans that he asked Mark Ingram II an important question. Where do you keep your Heisman Trophy? It turns out Ingram keeps his Heisman at his mom’s house in Flint, Michigan. His mom, Shonda, keeps it on a little stand in the

9:23 PM ET In what may have been a preview of Saturday’s Heisman Trophy ceremony, Alabama quarterback Bryce Young won the Maxwell Award Thursday night, given to the college football player of the year. Young beat out Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett, and Michigan State running back Kenneth Walker III for the award. Young was also

3:45 PM ET Michigan State coach Mel Tucker is making use of the transfer portal once again. On Thursday, Tucker and the Spartans gained the commitment of former Mississippi State linebacker Aaron Brule. Brule’s 52 tackles were the fourth-most among the Bulldogs this season. He also had three sacks. Tucker made significant use of the

5:42 PM ET Oregon is making a push to bring back Chip Kelly as the Ducks’ head football coach, sources told ESPN. Kelly took Oregon to the BCS national championship game in 2010 and has strong support in Eugene. Kelly is in his fourth season as UCLA‘s coach and entering what would be the final

5:08 PM ET Alabama will be without starting cornerback Josh Jobe for the College Football Playoff after he underwent foot surgery this week, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Jobe, who bypassed the 2021 NFL draft to return to the No. 1 Crimson Tide for one more season, won’t be available to play No. 4

3:57 PM ET Virginia Tech is expected to hire Jacksonville Jaguars assistant coach Tyler Bowen as offensive coordinator, a source told ESPN on Thursday. Bowen, 32, is in his first season coaching tight ends for the Jaguars under coach Urban Meyer. He worked alongside new Virginia Tech coach Brent Pry at Penn State from 2018

4:16 PM ET David Wilson One of the best players in the FCS, Incarnate Word quarterback Cameron Ward, has entered the transfer portal. Ward won the Jerry Rice Award as the best player in FCS during the spring season this year at the private school in San Antonio, Texas. He then threw for 4,648 yards

3:27 PM ET Florida leading receiver Jacob Copeland announced on Thursday that he will enter the transfer portal. A redshirt junior, Copeland finished the season with a team-high 39 catches for 607 yards and four touchdowns. Copeland’s announcement comes after new head coach Billy Napier was introduced on Sunday. A former four-star prospect from Pensacola,

2:09 PM ET Indiana has hired former UMass coach Walt Bell as its offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, the school announced Thursday. Bell comes to IU after he was fired in early November following a 2-23 record in three seasons with the Minutemen. Before that, he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arkansas

12:28 PM ET Associated Press Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is the Associated Press College Football Player of the Year, giving the Crimson Tide their second consecutive winner. Young received 42 of 53 first-place votes from AP Top 25 voters and 137 points to easily finish ahead of Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson (four first-place votes,

11:23 AM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Veteran defensive backs coach Corey Raymond is leaving LSU for Florida, a big-time coup for new coach Billy Napier. Napier officially announced Raymond as the team’s cornerbacks coach and assistant head coach for the defense Thursday. A three-year starter at LSU (1989-91) who went on to play

10:38 AM ET Associated Press Michigan pass-rusher Aidan Hutchinson, Notre Dame quarterback Jack Coan and Baylor linebacker Terrel Bernard were among nine college football players selected as semifinalists for the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year award. The other semifinalists announced Thursday were West Virginia defensive lineman Taijh Alston; Johns Hopkins receiver Ryan Hubley;