2:15 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN USC Trojans quarterback Caleb Williams‘ first week on campus includes some of the typical trappings of college life. He has papers due on art history, ageism and cultural dance. He’s introducing himself to new teammates, hunting for a new apartment and got cleared to work out in time for a
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1:23 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule is adding a ton of NFL experience to his defensive staff in new pass game coordinator secondary coach Steve Wilks, who was with the organization for six year under Ron Rivera. The team agreed to terms with Wilks, a Charlotte native, on Wednesday. Wilks
11:01 AM ET Indiana offensive lineman Brady Feeney, whose severe bout with COVID-19 in 2020 attracted national attention and impacted initial decisions about the 2020 season, entered the transfer portal on Wednesday. Feeney, a St. Louis native, redshirted the 2020 season and did not play in 2021. He was diagnosed with COVID-19 in July 2020,
7:00 AM ET In the year since Jim Phillips became ACC commissioner, he has made it his mission to prioritize football. That is a big reason why football will take up the bulk of the agenda when the league holds in-person winter meetings in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, starting Wednesday. At the top of that agenda:
5:35 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Vanderbilt is elevating Nick Howell to become the football team’s new defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Howell was recently hired as the school’s defensive backs coach and brings nine seasons of coordinating experience to his new role at Vanderbilt. He’ll replace Jesse Minter, who agreed to become the new defensive
5:42 PM ET Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Iowa athletic department announced Tuesday that Lew Montgomery will serve in an interim role in support of the department’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Montgomery’s appointment comes after assistant athletics director for diversity, equity and inclusion Broderick Binns accepted a job outside the university. Montgomery
4:22 PM ET Pete Thamel Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is set to hire former Vanderbilt defensive coordinator Jesse Minter for the same position with the Wolverines, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The two sides are in
4:30 PM ET A college athletes advocacy group filed a labor complaint Tuesday afternoon asserting that the federal government should view all FBS-level football players and Division I men’s and women’s basketball players as employees of their schools. The National College Players Association submitted its claims to the Los Angeles-based regional office of the National
3:57 PM ET Caitlin Murray Sarah Fuller made history as a Vanderbilt placekicker in 2020. Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Sarah Fuller, the former Vanderbilt kicker who made history as the first woman to play and score in a Power 5 college football game, has signed her first professional contract in soccer. Fuller will join
3:09 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Auburn University acknowledged on Monday that the school is making expanded inquiries into the tenure of football coach Bryan Harsin. In a statement that doesn’t mention Harsin by name, the university said it is “collecting information from a variety of perspectives, including our student-athletes.” This extends the awkward limbo of