12:28 PM ET Georgia’s top-ranked defense won’t look the same next season, but it will feature the return of gifted pass-rusher Nolan Smith, who announced Monday that he plans to come back for his senior season. The former No. 2-ranked player in the Class of 2019, Smith had 55 tackles, 3.5 sacks and an interception
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4:33 PM ET ESPN News Services Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has disbanded an alumni advisory committee that was created after a 2020 investigation found evidence of racial bias against Black players in his program and bullying behavior by some of his assistants. The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, reports that Ferentz’s decision to end
6:18 PM ET Former Alabama tight end Jahleel Billingsley announced on Sunday that he’s heading to Texas. The move will reunite him with Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian, who was Alabama’s offensive coordinator in 2020 when Billingsley emerged as a playmaker with three touchdowns as a sophomore. Billingsley’s former position coach, Jeff Banks, is also an
10:42 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Louisville is expected to hire Notre Dame assistant Lance Taylor as the school’s new offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Taylor is the run game coordinator and running backs coach at Notre Dame, where he overhauled the Irish’s running back room during his three seasons there. Taylor also brings extensive experience
5:58 PM ET Associated Press Georgia coach Kirby Smart told a near-capacity crowd at Sanford Stadium on Saturday the Bulldogs don’t plan to wait another 41 years for their next national championship. “It’s moments and events like this that allow us to look back and allow us to look forward,” Smart said. “… We’re burning
3:47 PM ET Former Oklahoma wide receiver Mario Williams is transferring to USC, where he will reunite with coach Lincoln Riley, he announced Saturday on social media. Fight on✌🏾#Committed pic.twitter.com/HTbBqoBz1f — Lootrunner.mariooo (@MarioWill00) January 15, 2022 Williams signed with Riley at Oklahoma as part of the 2021 class. He was the No. 17 prospect overall
12:41 AM ET Hawai’i football coach Todd Graham, facing mounting allegations of mistreating players in the program, resigned Friday after two seasons with the school. Graham’s decision comes a week after a state senate hearing in which former players provided testimony alleging verbal abuse and other problems within the culture of the football program. Athletic
11:59 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN After leading the Georgia Bulldogs to their first national championship since 1980 on Monday, quarterback Stetson Bennett had one more thing to give out to Bulldogs fans: chicken fingers. The MVP of the College Football Playoff National Championship win over the Alabama Crimson Tide handed out hundreds of chicken finger
6:29 AM ET ESPN staff Plenty of adjectives can be thrown out to describe the 2021 college football season. Wildly entertaining, exhilarating, hectic. Maybe one could even say historic? 1 Related Those are all viable options, but these two words could also summarize this year on the college gridiron: Terrifically trolled. Playful (and sometimes personal)
2:36 PM ET Alabama star wide receiver Jameson Williams will forgo his senior season and enter the NFL draft, he announced on Thursday. A speedy All-American who transferred to Alabama from Ohio State, Williams led the SEC in receiving yards (1.572) and touchdowns (15) this season. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. lists Williams as the No.
3:54 PM ET Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin is bringing in his younger brother, Chris, to join the Rebels’ staff as co-defensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Chris Kiffin, expected to coach linebackers, will team with co-coordinator Chris Partridge to head up the defense. Partridge has been a member of the Rebels’ staff
9:32 AM ET Alabama‘s most productive defensive lineman, Phidarian Mathis, announced Wednesday that he will enter the NFL draft. The senior from Louisiana could have played one more year in college by using the free year of eligibility afforded to athletes because of COVID-19 disruptions in 2020, but he chose instead to declare for the
10:14 PM ET Utah linebacker Devin Lloyd will enter the NFL draft, he announced in a social media post Wednesday. U n i t e dT o g e t h e rE t e r n a lS o l d i e r s pic.twitter.com/NANd09u3TE — devin lloyd (@DevinLloyd_) January 13, 2022 The
2:04 PM ET The Big Ten released its revised 2022 football schedule Wednesday, adding a pair of cross-divisional games and shifting around other notable games — including Penn State‘s matchups against Michigan and Ohio State — on the calendar. The changes were done to accommodate adjustments that were made due to COVID-19 in 2020, when
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The college football season finally concluded Monday night with the Georgia Bulldogs ending a 41-year national championship drought. Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs cleared the Alabama hurdle in the College Football Playoff title game, 33-18, and reclaimed their top spot in the final edition of this season’s power rankings. Georgia’s emphatic win
7:07 PM ET Alabama wide receiver Jameson Williams tore the ACL in his left knee in Monday night’s College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Doctors believe that, after surgery within the next 10 days, Williams will retain his sub 4.3 speed, and they expect a full recovery, the
5:42 PM ET Alabama had seven players enter the NCAA’s transfer portal a day after the team’s loss in the College Football Playoff National Championship, including reserve tight end Jahleel Billingsley. The group of Alabama players appeared in the portal late Tuesday afternoon. Billingsley, a junior from Chicago, had 35 receptions for 543 yards and
12:05 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Georgia‘s 41-year wait is over. With 54 seconds left in Monday night’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game Presented by AT&T, Georgia cornerback Kelee Ringo intercepted Alabama quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young and returned it 79 yards for a touchdown — the longest pick-six in championship game history