7:00 AM ET ESPN staff This Saturday features a whole host of spring football games that will give fans the first real glimpse at what might be in the store for the upcoming fall college football season. And in some cases, fans will be able to watch their teams play in person for the first
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6:56 AM ET AT SUNRISE, 6:57 a.m. to be exact, on Jan. 12, 2021, Ellen Potts’ phone chimed. Still groggy, the executive director of the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, chapter of Habitat for Humanity checked the notification to see a familiar name: Terry Saban. Potts was surprised to hear from the wife of Alabama head football coach
7:46 PM ET Associated Press As spring practice winds down, Arkansas coach Sam Pittman sees some potential holes in his roster. Arkansas didn’t use the maximum 25 scholarships this year on its incoming recruits so it has a few left over to hit the transfer market, where there is no longer any question about whether
6:06 PM ET Associated Press An NCAA rule change will allow football players to transfer once as undergraduates without sitting out a season. The change goes into effect for the 2021 season. It was not unexpected, but now that it is official a bevy of players are assured of being on the field this fall.
6:04 PM ET Associated Press An organization started by Maryland’s Mike Locksley is trying to help advance the careers of minority football coaches by connecting them with the people who do the hiring in college sports. The National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches launched its first Coalition Academy this week. The program matches coaches and
6:41 PM ET The DI Council approved all Division I sports to return to their regular recruiting calendars beginning on June 1, the NCAA announced on Thursday. The Council acknowledged schools in different areas of the country could be limited based on regulations set by campus, city and state requirements, but the schools are no
2:58 PM ET Wide receiver Xavier Worthy, the No. 61 ranked prospect in the 2021 class, announced Thursday he has asked for a release from his national letter of intent he signed with Michigan in December. Worthy is a 6-foot-1, 165-pound receiver from Central East High School in Fresno, California, and was the second-highest ranked
12:11 PM ET Leroy Keyes, a two-time All-America running back at Purdue and a College Football Hall of Fame member, died Thursday. He was 74. Keyes, the only two-time consensus All-American in Purdue history, finished third and second in Heisman Trophy voting in 1968 and 1969, respectively. He set team records for career touchdowns (37),
12:33 PM ET Jurors in a Lancaster County, Nebraska, court found ex-Nebraska football player Katerian LeGrone not guilty of sexually assaulting a female student in 2019 after about a week of testimony. LeGrone, 21, and his former teammate Andre Hunt were charged with first-degree sexual assault after the woman reported the alleged Aug. 25, 2019
8:00 AM ET In the 2020 NFL draft, teams selected a record 13 wide receivers in the first two rounds, from No. 12 pick Henry Ruggs III to No. 59 Denzel Mims. Each of the 13 gained at least 220 yards through the air last season, and eight had at least 500. Minnesota’s Justin Jefferson,