8:00 AM ET Anthony Treash Rounding out our series of college football’s top 10 players at every position for 2020, we finish with safeties. There are a couple of Power 5 teams lucky enough to have multiple players featured here. Using a combination of Pro Football Focus grades and PFF’s wins above average (WAA) metric,
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4:30 PM ET ESPN staff The NCAA’s top governing body said Wednesday that it supports a proposal to allow college athletes to sign endorsement contracts and receive payment for other work, provided that the schools they attend are not involved in any of the payments. A working group assembled to evaluate potential ways to modernize
10:58 PM ET Former Michigan wide receiver Tarik Black intends to transfer to Texas, he announced Tuesday night. Black published an Instagram post with a picture of him in a Texas uniform and the caption, “i just flipped the switch,, flip flip #HookEm.” He entered the NCAA’s transfer portal in December and is on track
5:45 PM ET Nebraska reserve quarterback Noah Vedral is transferring from the school. Vedral entered the NCAA’s transfer portal Tuesday as a graduate student and will have two years of eligibility left. He started two games last season for the Huskers, and also replaced injured starter Adrian Martinez during a win against Northwestern. Vedral followed
10:38 PM ET Shortly after learning Louisville signee Dexter Rentz died in a shooting in Orlando, Shaquille O’Neal reached out to the family to help. O’Neal, who lives in Orlando, spoke with Rentz’s parents and will pay for all funeral expenses, including a horse and carriage and custom-made casket. “Whatever his mom wants,” O’Neal said
8:51 AM ET There are two inherent truths about college football’s top 25 rankings. The first is that everyone reads them. The second is that everyone hates them. The contempt is legitimate. Look at the numbers: Teams ranked 20 through 25, over the past decade, are just 76-76 in matchups against unranked Power 5 foes
12:37 PM ET Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh made a surprise virtual appearance to a group of schoolchildren in … Ohio. Harbaugh appeared on the morning announcements at St. Aloysius Catholic School in Bowling Green, Ohio, on Monday morning. Both Jim and John Harbaugh attended the school in the 1970s when their father, Jack, was an
7:53 PM ET One day after LSU saw 14 of its players taken in the NFL draft, the Tigers added a big prospect in ESPN Junior 300 Landon Jackson, the No. 8-ranked defensive end. The 6-foot-5, 230-pound lineman from Pleasant Grove High School in Texarkana, Texas, committed to LSU over offers from Texas, Texas A&M,
5:07 PM ET Tennessee added a big piece to its 2021 recruiting class Sunday when defensive end Dylan Brooks announced his commitment to the Volunteers. Brooks is the No. 18-ranked recruit overall out of Handley High School in Roanoke, Alabama. He is the No. 1 prospect in the state of Alabama, and chose the Vols
7:45 AM ET The first virtual NFL draft has come and gone. But no matter what the draft looks like, it provides countless college football storylines to break down. You can read draft grades for all 32 NFL teams, but let’s examine the most compelling draft notes from a college football perspective: The SEC: It
10:00 AM ET Louisville football signee Dexter Rentz was shot and killed in Orlando late Saturday night. The Orlando Police Department confirmed 18-year-old Rentz died in the shooting, which also injured three others. Louisville coach Scott Satterfield issued a statement: “We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Dexter Rentz. He was a
7:43 PM ET Three months after winning a national championship, LSU is still dominating the football landscape. Starting with Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Joe Burrow at No. 1 overall, the Tigers went on to tie the record by having 14 players selected in a seven-round NFL draft, matching Ohio State’s mark from 2004. The NFL switched
7:42 PM ET ESPN News Services PULLMAN, Wash. — The Whitman County coroner says a Washington State football player who was found dead in his apartment last month died of acute intoxication. Coroner Annie Pillers said Friday that 22-year-old Bryce Beekman died after consuming a combination of fentanyl and promethazine. Fentanyl is a powerful pain
7:08 PM ET South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner said the regional differences and restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak could make it challenging for conferences to align on when to play the 2020 college football season. Tanner spoke at a university board meeting Friday about the challenges to reach a consensus on the football season.
6:30 PM ET The SEC broke a record for most first-round picks by a conference in the NFL draft Thursday, beating the previous record of 12 achieved by the ACC and SEC in the past with 15. That type of success often flows into recruiting pitches, showing prospects the proof of development and achieving the
2:06 PM ET Rutgers University, which anticipates a $200 million shortfall in revenue through June 30 and additional significant losses the rest of the year because of the coronavirus pandemic, announced that its athletics director and three highest-paid coaches are taking pay cuts over the next four months. Football coach Greg Schiano, men’s basketball coach
1:07 AM ET The Southeastern Conference often touts itself as college football’s toughest league, usually pointing to the number of players it sends to the NFL annually. On Day 1 of the 2020 NFL draft, the conference set a new benchmark in that department. Fifteen players from the SEC heard their names called in the
6:02 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — New UNLV coach Marcus Arroyo has hired former Baylor assistant Glenn Thomas as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. “We are absolutely fired up about adding a coach with Glenn’s level of talent, pedigree and experience to the Rebel family,” Arroyo said in a statement Thursday. “He has