8:00 AM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — Jim Segura was working the welcome tent at the annual Jennings High School charity softball tournament when he looked up to find Travis Etienne in front of him. Etienne is the most accomplished player in Jennings High football history, a superstar in the little Louisiana town about 90 miles
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8:00 AM ET College football is back, and that means Heisman Watch has begun. Throughout the season, ESPN.com writers will vote on their top Heisman Trophy candidates. To get the final rankings, we use the following methodology: 10 voters, five votes each. Points system: five points for first-place votes, four points for second-place votes, three
9:32 PM ET NORMAN, Okla. — It might not be a bad idea for Lincoln Riley to rent a Manhattan apartment. Given how frequently he travels to New York, with a Heisman Trophy quarterback in tow, it just might make life a little easier. First came Baker Mayfield, then Kyler Murray, and now comes Jalen
7:13 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Staff Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley has a foot injury
6:18 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia receiver Kearis Jackson will be out three to four weeks after suffering a broken hand in the season-opening victory over Vanderbilt. Coach Kirby Smart announced Monday the redshirt freshman had “a couple of different breaks” in his hand and wrist area. Smart did not specify which
5:49 PM ET Texas true freshman running back Jordan Whittington will miss the next four to six weeks with a sports hernia, coach Tom Herman said Monday. Whittington, who was the 40th-ranked overall player in the 2019 ESPN 300, tore the adductor off of his pubic symphysis in the Longhorns’ 45-14 win over Louisiana Tech
8:00 AM ET Two days before the image of Hugh Freeze coaching from a hospital bed went viral, the Liberty coach didn’t think he’d be able to make it to the stadium at all on game day. Freeze had undergone surgery to treat a potentially life-threatening staph infection just two weeks earlier, and the last
2:44 PM ET Texas A&M is confident about its chances this week against the reigning national champions. Just ask Jared Hocker. The junior offensive lineman told local reporters on Monday that the No. 12 Aggies will beat No. 1 Clemson on Saturday when the two meet. Hocker said he likes being the underdog, that “you
2:45 PM ET Illinois running back Mike Epstein suffered a season-ending knee injury in Saturday’s season opener against Akron, coach Lovie Smith announced. It marks the third consecutive injury-shortened season for Epstein, a junior who played a total of 12 games over his first two seasons because of foot injuries. “He’s been through so much,”
2:24 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina State receiver C.J. Riley will miss the rest of the season after tearing a knee ligament on a special-teams play Saturday. Coach Dave Doeren said Monday that Riley tore his left anterior cruciate ligament during the Wolfpack’s 34-6 victory over East Carolina. The junior was