4:24 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Nebraska is hiring Syracuse defensive coordinator Tony White as the school’s new defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. White has agreed to a three-year contract, according to sources, and picked the Huskers over multiple offers in this cycle. White oversaw back-to-back top-30 defenses at Syracuse and helped lead the Orange to
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3:04 PM ET Michigan defensive lineman Mazi Smith pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor weapons possession charge stemming from an Oct. 7 traffic stop and arrest in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Smith, 21, entered the plea as part of an agreement to have his felony weapons charge dropped. An Ann Arbor police officer stopped Smith for
2:16 PM ET Former Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett and Sacramento State coach Troy Taylor are among the finalists for the Stanford head-coaching job, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Stanford has completed the final round of interviews and a decision is expected in the coming days, sources told Thamel. Garrett, 56, was the Cowboys’ coach
2:16 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. says on social media that he will skip the Music City Bowl to prepare for the NFL draft. The senior’s announcement Thursday on his Instagram account comes a day after Wildcats quarterback Will Levis announced he would miss the Dec. 31
12:14 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams is the Associated Press college football player of the year, becoming the school’s first winner of the award since 2005 with his stellar debut season for the Trojans. Williams received 32 of the 46 first-place votes and 117 total points from AP
12:17 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A University of Virginia student accused of fatally shooting three UVA football players and wounding two other students made his first in-person appearance in court Thursday, as a judge set a date for a hearing when witnesses will testify about the shootings on a bus carrying students
11:37 AM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida quarterback Jack Miller, who transferred from Ohio State last December, will make his first collegiate start when the Gators play 17th-ranked Oregon State in the Las Vegas Bowl next week. Coach Billy Napier made the announcement Thursday, three days after standout Anthony Richardson left school early
7:00 AM ET The 2022 season was chock full of brilliant performances on some of the biggest stages, from Caleb Williams helping transform USC into a playoff contender to Blake Corum‘s eight straight 100-yard games in helping Michigan win back-to-back Big Ten titles to Marvin Harrison Jr.‘s emergence as arguably the country’s most exciting receiver.
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff College football’s transfer portal officially opened Monday, Dec. 5, and with it came all the storylines we’ve come to expect. QB1 is out at one blueblood program while there’s a mass exodus at this Power 5 school. The names filled the portal and college football fans were left to figure
6:21 AM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Outgoing NCAA president Mark Emmert had some advice for his replacement in his first public appearance since announcing in April that he was stepping down from position he has held for the past 12 years. “The job requires a lot of patience. And it requires a lot