10:00 AM ET Louisville football signee Dexter Rentz was shot and killed in Orlando late Saturday night. The Orlando Police Department confirmed 18-year-old Rentz died in the shooting, which also injured three others. Louisville coach Scott Satterfield issued a statement: “We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Dexter Rentz. He was a
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7:43 PM ET Three months after winning a national championship, LSU is still dominating the football landscape. Starting with Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Joe Burrow at No. 1 overall, the Tigers went on to tie the record by having 14 players selected in a seven-round NFL draft, matching Ohio State’s mark from 2004. The NFL switched
7:39 PM ET From their first pick to their last, the Detroit Lions had a heavy theme throughout their 2020 draft: Players who went to Ohio State. The Lions ended up selecting three Buckeyes with their nine selections in the seven-round draft, one on each day of the selection process. It started with the No.
8:00 AM ET If we remove UConn from the equation, the AAC would have graded out better than the ACC last year in terms of average SP+ rating. This conference was as deep as it’s ever been, boasting two SP+ top-20 teams (UCF and Memphis) and five more ranked 52nd or better. The ACC? One
7:42 PM ET ESPN News Services PULLMAN, Wash. — The Whitman County coroner says a Washington State football player who was found dead in his apartment last month died of acute intoxication. Coroner Annie Pillers said Friday that 22-year-old Bryce Beekman died after consuming a combination of fentanyl and promethazine. Fentanyl is a powerful pain
7:08 PM ET South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner said the regional differences and restrictions during the coronavirus outbreak could make it challenging for conferences to align on when to play the 2020 college football season. Tanner spoke at a university board meeting Friday about the challenges to reach a consensus on the football season.
6:30 PM ET The SEC broke a record for most first-round picks by a conference in the NFL draft Thursday, beating the previous record of 12 achieved by the ACC and SEC in the past with 15. That type of success often flows into recruiting pitches, showing prospects the proof of development and achieving the
2:06 PM ET Rutgers University, which anticipates a $200 million shortfall in revenue through June 30 and additional significant losses the rest of the year because of the coronavirus pandemic, announced that its athletics director and three highest-paid coaches are taking pay cuts over the next four months. Football coach Greg Schiano, men’s basketball coach
9:47 AM ET The University of Michigan’s current head athletic trainer knew about the sexual misconduct of former team doctor Robert Anderson and joked about it, according to court documents filed Friday morning by two former Wolverines football players. The two anonymous former players say that assistant athletic director/head athletic trainer Paul Schmidt and another
1:07 AM ET The Southeastern Conference often touts itself as college football’s toughest league, usually pointing to the number of players it sends to the NFL annually. On Day 1 of the 2020 NFL draft, the conference set a new benchmark in that department. Fifteen players from the SEC heard their names called in the