3:28 PM ET Florida State named Michael Alford as its new athletic director Thursday, with the Seminoles changing course after targeting Louisville AD Vince Tyra for the job. Alford has served as president and CEO of Seminole Boosters since 2020, accepting that job after spending time as athletic director at Central Michigan from 2017 to
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3:27 PM ET Florida leading receiver Jacob Copeland announced on Thursday that he will enter the transfer portal. A redshirt junior, Copeland finished the season with a team-high 39 catches for 607 yards and four touchdowns. Copeland’s announcement comes after new head coach Billy Napier was introduced on Sunday. A former four-star prospect from Pensacola,
3:45 PM ET Michigan State coach Mel Tucker is making use of the transfer portal once again. On Thursday, Tucker and the Spartans gained the commitment of former Mississippi State linebacker Aaron Brule. Brule’s 52 tackles were the fourth-most among the Bulldogs this season. He also had three sacks. Tucker made significant use of the
1:48 PM ET Florida State defensive end Jermaine Johnson II officially declared for the NFL draft on Thursday. Johnson, rated the No. 7 defensive end prospect in ESPN’s Mel Kiper’s 2022 draft position rankings, transferred to Florida State for the 2021 season after a career spent as a backup at Georgia. He blossomed with the
2:09 PM ET Indiana has hired former UMass coach Walt Bell as its offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, the school announced Thursday. Bell comes to IU after he was fired in early November following a 2-23 record in three seasons with the Minutemen. Before that, he was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Arkansas
12:28 PM ET Associated Press Alabama quarterback Bryce Young is the Associated Press College Football Player of the Year, giving the Crimson Tide their second consecutive winner. Young received 42 of 53 first-place votes from AP Top 25 voters and 137 points to easily finish ahead of Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson (four first-place votes,
11:23 AM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Veteran defensive backs coach Corey Raymond is leaving LSU for Florida, a big-time coup for new coach Billy Napier. Napier officially announced Raymond as the team’s cornerbacks coach and assistant head coach for the defense Thursday. A three-year starter at LSU (1989-91) who went on to play
10:38 AM ET Associated Press Michigan pass-rusher Aidan Hutchinson, Notre Dame quarterback Jack Coan and Baylor linebacker Terrel Bernard were among nine college football players selected as semifinalists for the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year award. The other semifinalists announced Thursday were West Virginia defensive lineman Taijh Alston; Johns Hopkins receiver Ryan Hubley;
7:00 AM ET College football was able to get back to something closer to a normal season in 2021, but the individual standout performances we saw were anything but normal. The Home Depot College Football Awards on Thursday (7 p.m. ET, ESPN) will celebrate these individuals, who helped bring us the joy and excitement of
7:46 AM ET Florida International football has hired Memphis defensive coordinator Mike MacIntyre as its coach, sources told ESPN. MacIntyre, the former coach at Colorado and San Jose State, emerged Wednesday in FIU’s search, as ESPN first reported, and an agreement was finalized early Thursday. He replaces Butch Davis, who went 24-32 at Florida International