1:02 PM ET Notre Dame backup quarterback Phil Jurkovec is in the NCAA’s transfer portal. Jurkovec’s name showed up late Wednesday morning in the portal. Ranked by ESPN as the nation’s No. 9 pocket passer and No. 126 overall player in the 2018 recruiting class, Jurkovec backed up Ian Book this past season, completing 12
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12:55 PM ET George Perles, a lifelong Michigan State Spartan who served many roles at the university, died Tuesday night. The former football player, coach, athletic director and university trustee was 85 years old. “Trustee Perles was a great advocate for Michigan State University, and a warm, dear friend,” Michigan State athletic director Bill Beekman
8:00 AM ET Joe Burrow was on a recruiting visit to Louisiana. As a kid from Ohio, he wanted a taste of the local culture. And if anyone knew Louisiana culture, it’s Ed Orgeron, the LSU coach who grew up in bayou country and now leads the state’s beloved football program. So when the pair
Jan 8, 2020 ESPN staff The National Football Foundation estimates that 5.33 million players have suited up for college football in 150 years, which places the odds of any one athlete appearing on this list of the 150 Greatest Players in the history of the game at 35,533-to-1. Unless you’re Deion Sanders (No. 26). Or
Jan 13, 2020 ESPN staff That the best player in the history of college football didn’t win the Heisman Trophy says less about the player than it does about college football. Jim Brown of Syracuse finished fifth in the vote to select the most outstanding player of 1956. A significant portion of the electorate balked
5:15 PM ET Running back Zach Evans has been released from his national letter of intent and SEC financial aid agreement by Georgia, according to a source. Evans is the No. 1 ranked running back in the 2020 class, the No. 7 ranked prospect overall, out of North Shore High School in Houston, Texas. Evans
4:42 PM ET Oregon State coach Jonathan Smith is receiving a new six-year contract, a source told ESPN on Tuesday. Smith’s new agreement will run through the 2025 season. He initially agreed to a five-year contract through 2022 that paid him $1.9 million annually. Yahoo first reported the new contract for Smith. After going 2-10
10:05 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Baylor coach Matt Rhule will be the next head coach of the Carolina Panthers, multiple sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The move is a bold one by owner David Tepper, who, when previously explaining the job description, didn’t rule out hiring a college coach but made it clear he
10:05 AM ET The Carolina Panthers have reached agreement to make Baylor’s Matt Rhule their new coach, a source told ESPN. Rhule had been rumored to be in the mix for Carolina and the New York Giants, but the 44-year-old said in December that he planned on returning to Baylor. The Panthers are hoping that
11:52 PM ET ESPN News Services Sam Ehlinger will return for his senior season at Texas, the quarterback announced via Twitter on Monday. Dear Longhorn Nation… pic.twitter.com/D20n5TE883 — Sam Ehlinger (@sehlinger3) January 7, 2020 Ehlinger finished the 2019 season with 3,663 yards and 32 touchdown passes. He was the offensive MVP of the Valero Alamo