5:19 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Injured Clemson starting offensive lineman Hunter Rayburn is moving to the Tigers coaching staff. Rayburn will become a student coach on Dabo Swinney’s staff this upcming season because of neck problems, school spokesman Ross Taylor said Thursday. Rayburn is a 6-foot-4, 320-pound junior from Pensacola, Florida. He
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3:19 PM ET Ohio State kept one of the top in-state football prospects home on Thursday when ESPN Junior 300 offensive lineman Luke Montgomery committed to the Buckeyes. Montgomery had a top list that included Ohio State, Michigan, Clemson, Oklahoma and Notre Dame. He’s the No. 69 prospect overall and a 6-foot-5, 260-pound lineman from
11:45 AM ET Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh will receive a base salary of $7.05 million this fall and up to $7.6 million in the final year of his new contract, which runs through the 2026 season, according to a copy obtained by ESPN on Thursday. Harbaugh, 58, signed the five-year deal following his most successful
10:22 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Toledo has found a new athletic director, as sources told ESPN the school is expected to hire Washington State deputy athletic director and COO Bryan Blair as the school’s next athletic director. In Blair, 37, Toledo is tabbing one of the country’s top young administrators. He brings extensive experience from
7:00 AM ET The transfer portal has become an everyday part of college football roster management as more players switch teams each season. With more and more players opting to transfer, we have seen quite a few schools lose key contributors this offseason. Looking at the schools that have seen the most transfers since the
11:20 PM ET UCLA is nearing an agreement to make veteran college and NFL assistant Bill McGovern as its next defensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN. McGovern, who worked for Bruins coach Chip Kelly with the Philadelphia Eagles from 2013 to 2015, spent last season as inside linebackers coach for the Chicago Bears. He spent
9:57 PM ET Another former head coach is joining Nick Saban’s staff at Alabama. Former Tennessee coach Derek Dooley, who was the New York Giants‘ tight ends coach this past season, has been hired to serve as offensive analyst for the Crimson Tide, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Dooley was Tennessee’s head coach from
6:49 PM ET ESPN News Services IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ken O’Keefe will move from quarterbacks coach to an off-the-field role with the Iowa Hawkeyes, football coach Kirk Ferentz announced Wednesday. O’Keefe was a member of Ferentz’s first staff at Iowa, serving as offensive coordinator from 1999 to 2011 as well as receivers coach (1999)
6:52 PM ET Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith and his Big Ten colleagues prefer to keep a nine-game league schedule, even if it limits the number of contests against teams from their alliance with the ACC and Pac-12. Smith, speaking Wednesday with reporters in Columbus, Ohio, said the Big Ten athletic directors “walked away”
5:43 PM ET Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh has agreed to a new five-year contract that runs through the 2026 season, the school announced on Wednesday. The new deal gives Harbaugh a one-year extension with new terms from the contract he signed last January. The renewed commitment comes exactly two weeks after Harbaugh’s highly publicized Feb.