5:04 PM ET Iowa defensive tackle Daviyon Nixon, an Outland Trophy finalist, is entering the 2021 NFL draft, he announced Wednesday. I have had many great teachers and coaches along the path, especially here at Iowa,” Nixon posted on Twitter. “I would not be in the position to chase my NFL dreams without the leadership
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3:37 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN If you’re getting ready to play in the College Football Playoff, there is no one better to wish you good luck than two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe. At Wednesday’s media day at the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game (Jan. 1, 4 p.m. ET
2:54 PM ET Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott will miss the College Football Playoff semifinal game against Ohio State on Friday because of COVID-19 protocols. Elliott, the Tigers’ offensive playcaller for the past six seasons, will not travel to New Orleans for the Allstate Sugar Bowl, it was announced Wednesday. Clemson did not confirm whether
3:15 PM ET South Carolina quarterback Ryan Hilinski announced Wednesday on Twitter that he has entered the transfer portal. Forever To Thee. 👌🏻 pic.twitter.com/j69OyMIsrO — Ryan Hilinski (@ryan_hilinski) December 30, 2020 Hilinski, who’s from Orange, California, played in just two games this season after starting in the Gamecocks’ final 11 games as a freshman in
1:30 PM ET Should a situation arise where any of the top four teams can’t compete in the College Football Playoff because of COVID-19, the CFP has set January makeup dates for both semifinal games and the national championship, CFP executive director Bill Hancock told ESPN on Wednesday. There has been no indication from the
12:27 PM ET Coastal Carolina’s Jamey Chadwell is The Associated Press college football Coach of the Year after leading the Chanticleers to a surprising, near-perfect season. Chadwell received 16 first-place votes and 88 points from the AP Top 25 panel to finish ahead of Indiana’s Tom Allen, who was second with 14 first-place votes and
7:00 AM ET Maybe it’s because of the uniform he wears or the fact that he checks in at an imposing 6-foot-2, 230 pounds that people seem to have a preconceived notion of the kind of running back Najee Harris is. The senior from Antioch, California, is well aware of this. He ran for 1,262
12:05 AM ET Texas senior quarterback Sam Ehlinger missed the second half of the Longhorns’ 55-23 win over Colorado in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Tuesday night after suffering what coach Tom Herman called a shoulder sprain. It’s unclear when exactly Ehlinger suffered the injury. He was sacked on back-to-back plays on the Longhorns’ penultimate
7:13 PM ET Miami starting quarterback D’Eriq King was ruled out of Tuesday’s Cheez-It Bowl after suffering a right leg injury in the first half. King, a fifth-year senior and graduate transfer, clutched the area around his right knee after a tackle late in the second quarter of the Hurricanes’ 37-34 loss to Oklahoma State
11:54 PM ET Oklahoma State senior wide receiver Tylan Wallace did not play in the second half of Tuesday’s 37-34 Cheez-It Bowl victory over Miami because the coaching staff wanted to protect their star receiver. Wallace, a Biletnikoff Award finalist in 2018, caught six passes for 45 yards in the first half in Orlando, Florida.