10:04 PM ET Mississippi State running back Dillon Johnson announced he was entering the transfer portal on Wednesday and had some parting words for Bulldogs coach Mike Leach on the way out. In a statement posted to Johnson’s Twitter account, he thanked his family and friends for their support and Mississippi State’s players, trainers and
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9:29 PM ET Only hours after decommitting from Louisville, ESPN 300 running back Rueben Owens II committed to Texas A&M on Wednesday. Owens is the No. 42 prospect overall and had been committed to Louisville since June. He’s a 5-foot-11, 180-pound recruit from El Campo, Texas, and was part of Louisville’s big recruiting haul on
7:45 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Quarterback Drake Maye, considered one of the top prospects in college football entering the 2023 season, announced Wednesday night on social media that he’ll be playing his junior year at North Carolina. “Could never leave this place, I’m a Tar Heel,” he wrote on Twitter, punctuating his announcement with a
7:34 PM ET Alabama associate defensive coordinator and safeties coach Charles Kelly is joining Deion Sanders at Colorado as the Buffaloes’ defensive coordinator, sources to ESPN confirmed on Wednesday night. 2 Related Kelly has been at Alabama for the past four seasons. He was the defensive coordinator at Florida State under Jimbo Fisher from 2014-17
7:17 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Western Michigan has targeted Louisville offensive coordinator Lance Taylor to be the school’s next head coach, sources told ESPN. A deal is expected to come together in the next 24 hours. Taylor, 41, is a veteran college and NFL assistant who left Notre Dame in January to be Louisville’s offensive
7:08 PM ET UTSA got a huge boost on Wednesday when star quarterback Frank Harris announced he would return for his seventh season after securing a new NIL deal. Harris, the greatest player in UTSA history, holds 34 school records. On Friday, he threw for 341 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Roadrunners to
5:49 PM ET Wisconsin is hiring North Carolina offensive coordinator Phil Longo for the same role, sources told ESPN on Wednesday, confirming reports. Longo has been the Tar Heels’ offensive playcaller for the past four seasons, and worked with productive quarterbacks Sam Howell and Drake Maye, who had 4,115 pass yards and 35 touchdowns this
4:33 PM ET D.J. Lagway, the No. 12 overall prospect in the 2024 ESPN 300 and the cycle’s top dual-threat quarterback, committed to the Florida Gators on Wednesday. Lagway, who made his announcement on ESPN’s “CFB Live,” also considered Baylor, Texas A&M, USC and Clemson. “I love what Coach [Billy] Napier and the staff is
4:52 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN Former Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza and former teammates on the San Diego State football team will not face criminal charges in connection with an alleged gang rape of a minor that occurred at an off-campus party in October 2021, the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. “Ultimately,
3:32 PM ET Virginia football players with expiring eligibility will be granted an extra year by the NCAA in the wake of a shooting that killed Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry last month. Virginia confirmed to ESPN that it initiated and submitted the request to the NCAA. The decision affects only a