Dec 23, 2022 Pete ThamelESPN Former Clemson quarterback DJ Uiagalelei has committed to transfer to Oregon State, he announced Saturday. Uiagalelei, a former ESPN top-50 recruit who went 22-6 as a starter at Clemson, was one of the most talented players in the NCAA transfer portal. Uiagalelei hails from Southern California, and his decision to
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Dec 23, 2022 Illinois junior running back Chase Brown is entering the 2023 NFL draft and will not play in the ReliaQuest Bowl against No. 22 Mississippi State on Jan. 2, the school announced Friday. Brown, ranked as the No. 9 running back in the draft by ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr., thanked his family, teammates,
Dec 22, 2022 Highly coveted cornerback Desmond Ricks signed with Alabama on Thursday. Ricks, who reclassified from the 2024 class into the 2023 class in October, is No. 17 in the 2023 ESPN 300 and the second-best cornerback in the class. LSU and Florida were the other finalists for the five-star corner, who was No.
Dec 22, 2022 Tony Grimes, a former five-star cornerback and All-ACC honorable mention player at North Carolina, announced Thursday that he will transfer to Texas A&M. Grimes reclassified from the 2021 class to 2020 to play early at UNC. He appeared in 37 games over the past three seasons. The 6-foot player from Virginia earned
9:37 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Former Clemson quarterback DJ Uiagalelei is expected to transfer to Oregon State, sources told ESPN on Friday night. An announcement is expected in the coming days, according to sources. Uiagalelei, a former ESPN top-50 recruit who went 22-6 as a starter at Clemson, is one of the most talented players
10:37 PM ET Bowl season is finally upon us! Our reporters are breaking down the best of the games from notable performances, breakout players and so much more. Full schedule | Results Friday, Dec. 23 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl: Wake Forest Demon Deacons 27, Missouri Tigers 17 If this was Sam Hartman‘s last game
1:20 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Six months ago, North Carolina redshirt freshman quarterback Drake Maye wasn’t sure if he’d win the starting job at the school. Since then, he has emerged as a projected top NFL draft pick for 2024 and the unwitting face of the free market that has emerged in college football. In
4:16 PM ET A day after flipping his commitment from Notre Dame to Oregon, five-star safety Peyton Bowen shocked the recruiting world by signing with Oklahoma on Thursday. Bowen, the No. 14 overall recruit and No. 2 safety in the 2023 ESPN 300, is the highest-ranked defensive player to sign with Oklahoma since ESPN began
2:45 PM ET LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels, who started all season for the Tigers after three years as Arizona State’s starter, will return for the 2023 season. Daniels has 2,774 passing yards with 16 touchdowns and three interceptions this season, while leading LSU in carries (180), rushing yards (818) and rushing touchdowns (11). He ranks
7:30 AM ET On the morning of Dec. 29, a pair of football players — one from Oklahoma and the other from Florida State — will post messages to their social media accounts while surrounded by fake cheese throw pillows and cracker-inspired interior design. They’ll let followers know that, much like an anthropomorphized, excited wheel
6:05 PM ET Oregon made waves on the first day of the early signing period when five-star safety Peyton Bowen flipped his commitment from Notre Dame to the Ducks — but that wasn’t the only big splash Oregon had on Wednesday, as coach Dan Lanning and his staff moved from outside the top 10 in
11:28 PM ET Deion Sanders has his biggest acquisition since arriving at Colorado — and it’s a familiar face. Former five-star recruit Travis Hunter, who entered the transfer portal on Sunday, made the news official late Wednesday night that he’ll follow Sanders from Jackson State. “I committed to Coach Prime at Jackson State when he
2:29 PM ET It’s rare to see package deals — where teammates commit to the same school — work out in college football recruiting, but Alabama pulled it off Wednesday, landing five-star teammates Jaquavious Russaw and James Smith. The 2023 recruits had the same top list of schools, including Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Ohio State
9:13 AM ET ESPN staff National signing day is here, with college football‘s early signing period kicking off Wednesday and lasting through Friday. High school recruits are able to sign their national letters of intent to lock them into the colleges of their choice. It already has been a busy start to the week, with
4:55 PM ET Tom Van Haaren One day before the early signing period starts, Alabama flipped five-star offensive lineman Kadyn Proctor from in-state Iowa. Proctor made the announcement on social media, tweeting: “Home away from home. Roll Tide” Proctor is a 6-foot-6, 315-pound tackle from Southeast Polk High in Pleasant Hill, Iowa. He had been
4:45 PM ET STARKVILLE, MS. — Former Mississippi State coach Mike Leach was a luminary and a larger-than-life character in college football. On Tuesday, his impact was spelled out in detail as friends, coaches and players shared personal stories of Leach’s humanity, his sense of humor and the deep curiosity that drove him to the
6:30 AM ET It has already been an exciting week in college football recruiting as we lead up to the early signing period for 2023 that starts Wednesday. Five-star quarterback Dante Moore flipped his commitment from Oregon to UCLA on Monday, and a number of transfer players have picked new schools to compete for a
5:16 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Drew Pyne, one of the top available quarterbacks in the NCAA transfer portal, is transferring to Arizona State from Notre Dame, he announced Monday. Pyne visited ASU over the weekend, according to sources, and clicked with first-year head coach Kenny Dillingham. Pyne appreciated Dillingham’s work in developing Bo Nix at