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6:30 AM ET Before Bryce Young was considered one of the top prospects in the 2023 NFL draft, before he led Alabama to the College Football Playoff and before he won the Heisman Trophy, he was a five-star college football recruit ranked No. 5 overall in the 2020 ESPN 300. But not all first-round draft

1:00 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN USC enters the 2023 season with the returning Heisman Trophy winner, the sport’s buzziest analyst hire and College Football Playoff aspirations based on recent production rather than reputation. As Lincoln Riley enters his second season at USC, he has led a turnaround that appears to be waking the echoes of

6:40 AM ET College football’s first transfer portal window, in December, saw over 2,700 football players enter the portal looking for new schools in 2023. The spring window opened April 15, and although the portal hasn’t flooded the way it did over the winter, there are some big names making moves. Spring competitions are playing

7:00 AM ET While much of the considerable attention paid to the NFL draft focuses on the first round and the top prospects, there is plenty of talent available in the later rounds. It’s just a matter of finding it. A team’s draft class can be made by landing a diamond in the rough, a

9:00 AM ET STARKVILLE, Miss. — The advice Mike Leach shared with Zach Arnett during quiet moments and late-night phone calls was invaluable. Granted, Arnett couldn’t always tell where a conversation with his boss was heading — his degree in history and minor in political science came in handy sometimes — but there was often

7:00 AM ET Ohio State‘s 2022 ended in dramatic heartbreak in the College Football Playoff, but immediate redemption could be on the horizon. The Buckeyes are the best team in the nation and the favorites to win the national championship, according to ESPN’s Football Power Index and the Allstate Playoff Predictor. The Buckeyes have a

8:07 PM ET ESPN 300 tight end Landen Thomas made a big announcement Monday, flipping his commitment from Georgia to Florida State. Thomas is the No. 48 prospect overall in the 2024 class, according to ESPN’s rankings, and the No. 7-ranked recruit in the state of Georgia. He’s a 6-foot-4, 225-pound tight end from Colquitt

6:14 PM ET SEATTLE — Washington isn’t dodging expectations or big goals after an 11-win season and the return of several national awards candidates. The Huskies are setting them. “Our expectations are a national championship,” quarterback Michael Penix Jr. told ESPN. “That’s what we all want, and that’s what we believe we can get. That’s

6:04 PM ET Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after being involved in an all-terrain vehicle crash early Sunday morning on his property. The crash occurred at around 1:20 a.m., according to the Delaware County (Ohio) Sheriff’s Office, a day after the Buckeyes had their spring game. “Ohio State assistant

7:15 AM ET ESPN staff College football‘s transfer portal is now open for the next 15 days. More than 6,000 NCAA football players have entered the portal since the beginning of the 2022 season, including 2,179 last December alone — the most of any month since the transfer portal was created in fall 2018. The

6:28 PM ET Any intrigue about the Texas quarterback race was quickly put to rest on Saturday, as Quinn Ewers appeared comfortable and in command, according to coach Steve Sarkisian. “I thought Quinn was really efficient today,” Sarkisian said after Saturday’s game where Ewers completed 16 of 23 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown,

4:50 PM ET ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Georgia introduced Boom, its new 10-month-old English bulldog, as Uga XI during a pregame ceremony at Sanford Stadium prior to the Bulldogs’ spring game Saturday afternoon. The “transfer of power,” as it was described in the stadium, was completed as Uga X’s collar was taken off

6:00 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN USC quarterback Caleb Williams spent more time on the Los Angeles Coliseum field for his halftime Heisman Trophy ceremony than he did wearing a helmet and taking snaps during USC’s spring game Saturday. In his sole drive of the day, Williams picked up right where he left off last season.

5:13 PM ET ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia took an intentional delay of game penalty on the first play of its G-Day spring game in honor of Chandler LeCroy and Devin Willock, the recruiting staff member and player who were killed in a car wreck in Athens in January. The Bulldogs only lined up with no

7:00 AM ET With the explosion of websites, podcasts and analysis of the NFL draft, it can be hard to go unnoticed if you’re a Power 5 player with some potential. But what if you’re a heptathlete in the Ivy League? Or a kid who played nine-man football in a town of about 500 in

9:43 PM ET Caleb Etienne, Oklahoma State‘s starting left tackle left season, announced Friday that he will enter the transfer portal when it re-opens on Saturday. Etienne was one of two offensive players to start every game for Oklahoma State. The 6-7, 330-pound senior was a junior college transfer in 2021, starting three games while

4:36 PM ET SOUTH BEND, Ind. — When Notre Dame added record-setting transfer Sam Hartman in January, the team seemingly had found its quarterback for a potential College Football Playoff push. But Hartman’s path to the starting job is far from guaranteed because of several factors, namely an improving challenger in Tyler Buchner. Notre Dame

9:00 AM ET ESPN staff It’s that time of year when everyone’s undefeated, every team got stronger and faster, and the coaches are smiling. That’s right, it’s time for spring games, when optimism reigns and we’re all happy to get a taste of college football before the transfer portal opens up again and reshapes all