3:26 PM ET Miami Hurricanes defensive end Gregory Rousseau is the latest college football star to opt out of the 2020 season, head coach Manny Diaz announced Thursday. Rousseau led the ACC in sacks last season with 15.5 and is widely considered a first-round selection in the 2021 NFL draft. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. lists
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2:01 PM ET Penn State linebacker and potential top10 pick Micah Parsons has decided to opt out of the coming season and begin preparations for the 2021 NFL draft, he announced on Thursday. Parsons becomes the third high-profile prospect to opt out of the college football season in the last week, following in the footsteps
1:27 PM ET Maryland Terrapins coach Mike Locksley can remember sitting at the NFL’s Quarterback Coaching Summit last June at Morehouse College in Atlanta, where leaders from the league’s football operations department and the Black College Football Hall of Fame brought together dozens of people of color with higher coaching aspirations. Locksley, who had just
2:51 PM ET Florida State Seminoles defensive tackle Marvin Wilson was one of the most outspoken voices on social justice issues during the offseason. But he said Thursday that he’s not been a part of any conversations like the ones that led to open letters from Big Ten and Pac-12 players demanding reforms and new
2:20 PM ET The Navy-Notre Dame rivalry, which has continued annually through the Great Depression, World War II and sundry conference realignments since 1927, could not withstand the changes wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. The Fighting Irish and the Midshipmen, who had been scheduled to play on Labor Day weekend, will not play in 2020.
1:53 PM ET Miami got a commitment from five-star defensive tackle Leonard Taylor on Thursday. Taylor, the No. 5 ranked prospect overall, chose the Hurricanes of Florida, and is now the highest ranked commit in Miami’s 2021 class. Taylor is a 6-foot-4, 265-pound tackle out of Miami Palmetto High School in Miami, and is the
12:28 PM ET Clemson was named No. 1 in the preseason coaches poll by USA Today for the second season in a row. Last year, the Tigers turned that into a championship run but fell short to LSU in the title game. Quarterback Trevor Lawrence will be trying for his second title before he presumably
12:01 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Two sons of Pro Football Hall of Famer Ray Lewis have announced on social media that they will transfer to play at Kentucky. Rayshad Lewis and Rahsaan Lewis announced their decisions Wednesday on verified social media accounts. A Wildcats football spokesperson said the brothers are confirmed walk-ons.
9:23 AM ET The ACC released its full schedule on Thursday, with Notre Dame hosting Duke in Week 1 on Sept. 12 in a unique setup that will feature the Irish playing a league slate for the first time. Last week, the league announced it would play a 10-game conference schedule with one nonconference game
12:11 AM ET Eight UCLA football players tested positive for COVID-19 upon their return to campus in early July, a source familiar with the testing confirmed to ESPN. The school did not announce the positive tests, per university policy, and they only became public Wednesday after Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer revealed them