11:51 AM ET Former Florida State receiver Tamorrion Terry has been indicted on a murder charge related to a 2018 shooting incident in Georgia. Terry is one of 11 defendants named in the grand jury indictment related to the shooting death of 21-year-old Za’Qavia Smith in Ashburn, Georgia on June 30, 2018. At the time,
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8:00 AM ET The NCAA’s lifting of the long-imposed recruiting period led to a busy June for college football programs and prospects, as expected. As a result, there was an uptick in commitments and decommitments, leading to changes throughout the class rankings. While Ohio State maintains the top spot, there is a new No. 2
12:20 AM ET TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As players usher in a new era in collegiate sports Thursday with the ability to make money off their name, image and likeness for the first time, Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton and Miami quarterback D’Eriq King entered the marketplace with a unique business partnership. Just past midnight, Milton
4:55 PM ET Oklahoma State flipped ESPN 300 wide receiver Talyn Shettron from Oklahoma on Wednesday. Shettron is the No. 17-ranked recruit overall, so it’s a significant flip for the Cowboys. He’s a 6-foot-3, 185-pound receiver out of Edmond Santa Fe High School in Edmond, Oklahoma, and is the top recruit in the state. In
4:34 PM ET Ohio State has had a lot of success recruiting the state of Texas under coach Ryan Day and that continued on Wednesday when ESPN 300 cornerback Terrance Brooks committed to the Buckeyes. Brooks is the No. 50 ranked recruit overall, a 6-foot, 180-pound prospect from John Paull II High School in Plano,
7:32 AM ET As the opportunity for college athletes to profit off of their name, image and likeness fast approaches, football programs have been working diligently to partner with creative agencies and implement strategies that will help them stand out among recruits within the space. We’ve seen arms races with facilities, weight rooms, jerseys, photo
4:27 PM ET Wisconsin has become synonymous with talented offensive linemen and the Badgers added another top tackle to its 2022 class on Tuesday when ESPN 300 prospect Joe Brunner announced his commitment. A 6-foot-5, 285-pound offensive lineman from Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, Brunner is the No. 35 ranked prospect overall and the No. 6 tackle
10:05 AM ET LSU head coach Ed Orgeron said Tuesday the team will miss Dare Rosenthal after the starting left tackle entered the transfer portal. Orgeron had previously said that Rosenthal had the potential to be a first-round NFL draft pick. But the offensive lineman struggled to stay on the field during his time in
6:27 AM ET How much is returning production worth when you only played a few games last year? The answer will determine how good the Pac-12 is in 2021. In February’s returning production rankings, the conference boasted eight of the top 15 teams, which would generally hint at massive forthcoming improvement. But Arizona State’s 11th-ranked
2:43 PM ET Associated Press PAWTUCKET, R.I. — The victim of a fatal shooting in Pawtucket over the weekend was identified Monday as a former college football star. Keshaudas Spence, 29, of Brockton, Massachusetts, was found in the passenger seat of a car suffering from a gunshot wound at about 4:45 a.m. Saturday, Pawtucket police
9:00 AM ET David Purdum Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Doug Kezirian Close ESPN ESPN Sports Betting Analyst Host of Daily Wager Behind The Bets podcast host When veteran Las Vegas bookmaker Chris Andrews sat down this spring to make some of the first college football
7:00 AM ET Let’s face it: The 2020 season was not college football’s finest. There were empty or partial crowds, no tailgating and no atmosphere. In the run-up to the season, all of the sport’s cracks and flaws — the lack of centralized leadership, the outdated model for treatment of athletes, even the limitations of
9:29 PM ET An amended Title IX lawsuit against LSU adds coach Ed Orgeron as a defendant for failing to properly report an allegation of rape, according to a copy of the updated lawsuit obtained by ESPN. Ashlyn Robertson is one of three additional women to have joined the lawsuit, which states that in the
Jun 25, 2021 College sports is in the midst of its most significant changes in a generation. Current athletes, the NCAA, state legislators and members of Congress have all proposed rules that would provide athletes with varying degrees of new protections and opportunities to make money by selling their name, image and likeness (NIL) rights
8:00 AM ET A “re-energized” Gus Malzahn already felt like he was taking over UCF’s football program at the perfect time, and then the news dropped last week that the College Football Playoff was likely expanding from four to 12 teams. “This expansion benefits us as much as anybody in college football,” Malzahn told ESPN.
6:14 AM ET Bret Bielema believes there’s a specific moment on every recruiting visit in which something said or done shapes the prospect’s future path. When Russell Wilson visited Wisconsin in June 2011, he faced a decision not only between schools (Wisconsin vs. Auburn) but sports (football vs. baseball). He had produced a good career
11:27 AM ET The Tennessee Volunteers dismissed freshman quarterback Kaidon Salter on Thursday after he was arrested last week on charges of simple possession and driving without a license. Salter, a former four-star prospect from Texas, was previously suspended from the team in March after an incident at an on-campus residence hall. He was later
10:00 AM ET College football’s 2022 recruiting class is a little over halfway through its first month of visits in June after spending the past year sidelined by a dead period. This month will likely help prospects form opinions on top schools and lead to commitments. The visits were much needed for recruits and coaches