10:00 AM ET COLLEGE STATION, Texas — At this time last year, Jimbo Fisher was scrambling. The then-newly minted Texas A&M coach was simply trying to evaluate, assess and decide what to do with the first year of the early signing period, trying to figure out a way to hang onto — and add key
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8:30 PM ET ATHENS, Georgia — Georgia coach Kirby Smart said freshman quarterback Justin Fields will accompany the No. 5 Bulldogs to the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on New Year’s Day. But it’s looking more and more likely that it will be Fields’ final game with the Bulldogs. Smart acknowledged that Fields, the
7:00 PM ET After the first day of the early signing period, 238 of the ESPN 300 prospects signed national letters of intent. That number is up from 221 last year and doesn’t leave many highly ranked recruits for programs to sign during the February signing period. While the early signing period is open through
4:35 PM ET Quarterback Khalil Tate is returning to Arizona for his senior season. Tate met with Wildcats coach Kevin Sumlin on Tuesday to discuss his future and concluded that he would return to the team in 2019, a team spokesman told ESPN. After a breakout season in 2017, Tate entered the fall as a
4:51 PM ET Alabama continued its success on the first day of the early signing period by landing ESPN 300 offensive lineman Evan Neal. Trey Sanders, the No. 2 ranked running back, committed to the Alabama Crimson Tide over the Georgia Bulldogs. The college football early signing period’s first day is coming to a close,
7:09 PM ET Georgia landed a commitment Wednesday from linebacker Nakobe Dean, the No. 23 ranked prospect overall, who chose the Bulldogs over Alabama, Ole Miss, Auburn and LSU. Georgia, Michigan and Florida filled up their top-five classes with five-star recruits and need-fillers, while Florida State, Miami and USC didn’t fare nearly as well. Five-star
1:53 PM ET ESPN 300 running back Trey Sanders has committed to Alabama over Georgia, Florida, Florida State and Texas. Sanders is the No. 2 ranked running back in the class, just behind LSU commit John Emery. Sanders had been committed very early in the process to Alabama, but decommitted from the Crimson Tide in
1:19 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who had surgery to repair a high-ankle sprain he suffered earlier this month, said he hopes to be full strength when the Crimson Tide play the Oklahoma Sooners in the CFP semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl on Dec. 29. “I’ll probably be 100
1:23 PM ET Ohio State landed a huge addition to its 2019 recruiting class Wednesday when five-star defensive end Zach Harrison committed to the Buckeyes. Harrison, a 6-foot-6, 244-pound lineman, chose Ohio State over Michigan and Penn State and is now the highest-ranked commit in the class for the Buckeyes. The commitment is a big
10:29 PM ET Associated Press Oklahoma won the Joe Moore Award, given to the team with the best offensive line in the country. The Sooners were announced Tuesday as the winner of the fourth Joe Moore Award, named after the late offensive line coach for Pittsburgh and Notre Dame. The other finalists were Alabama and