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3:04 PM ET Alabama quarterback Bryce Young said it was a process turning the page after losing to Georgia in the national championship game, but he’s asked himself in the weeks and months leading up to spring practice, “What can I do to grow?” Young won the Heisman Trophy and went 13-2 in his first

12:34 PM ET Josh Heupel got a commitment from his highest-ranked prospect since joining Tennessee as head coach when ESPN Junior 300 quarterback Nico Iamaleava announced his commitment to the Vols. Iamaleava is the No. 24 prospect in the 2023 class and the No. 4 quarterback. He’s a 6-foot-6, 195-pound signal-caller from Long Beach Polytechnic

7:00 AM ET It’s possible Oklahoma State was just “inches short” of the College Football Playoff last fall — but it’s also a rather grand assumption that had Dezmon Jackson managed to grow a few inches on a desperate fourth-down dive against Baylor in the Big 12 title game, the selection committee would have chosen

7:57 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Florida quarterback Emory Jones is headed to the NCAA transfer portal. His private quarterback trainer, Quincy Avery, told ESPN in an interview on Friday night that Jones has informed Florida coaches that he’s entering the portal, and he’s already begun that process. Jones, a redshirt senior, started 12 games for

9:11 PM ET Ulysses Bentley IV, who led the American Athletic Conference in rushing in 2020 and started 14 games at SMU during the past two seasons, announced on Wednesday he is transferring to Ole Miss after entering the portal. On Monday, first-year Mustangs coach Rhett Lashlee told ESPN that he met with Bentley on

1:15 PM ET The Oconee County (Georgia) Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday that former University of Georgia football player Akhil Crumpton was arrested in connection to the murder of 23-year-old gas station clerk Elijah Wood last year. Wood was shot and killed at approximately 1:30 a.m. on March 19, 2021, by an armed assailant who

9:56 AM ET Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour, who has led the department since 2014, will retire this summer, it was announced Wednesday. Barbour, 62, arrived at Penn State in July 2014 after a 10-year tenure as athletic director at Cal. She also spent 1996 to 1999 as Tulane’s athletic director before a long

7:00 AM ET Now is when it gets good. With teams playing their third and fourth games of the tournament, depth and talent usually win out. We’re down to 16 teams (AKA the Sweet 16) in ESPN’s 2022 fictional NCAA football tournament. The early rounds have already provided some memorable moments, including game-winning field goals,

4:51 PM ET Michigan has hired Milan (Mimi) Bolden-Morris, who recently finished her basketball career at Georgetown, to serve as a graduate assistant working with the Wolverines quarterbacks. Bolden-Morris, the sister of Michigan senior defensive end Mike Morris, will begin her new job June 1. She is the first woman to be a graduate assistant

3:37 PM ET Georgia opened spring practice on Tuesday with coach Kirby Smart delivering a blunt assessment about the makeup of his team given all the attrition that took place after winning the national championship in January. “A lot of holes,” Smart said. “There are a lot of questions to be answered from our team

7:00 AM ET Nobody in college football’s upper hierarchy can seem to agree on anything remotely related to playoff expansion, so we’ll do it for them. Truth is we’ve been way ahead of the curve for years. So once again, we’ll count it down from 64 teams (not just four), and that way, just about

7:00 AM ET There are plenty of obvious hazards to starting a full offseason preview series in February. Players get hurt, players transfer, things change. But at least coaching changes usually don’t play a role. Usually. When I wrote the MAC East preview last March, Lance Leipold’s Buffalo Bulls and Frank Solich’s Ohio Bobcats appeared

9:11 PM ET AUBURN, Ala. — While Auburn coach Bryan Harsin would have preferred to avoid an internal inquiry into his handling of the football program and the rampant speculation about his job security earlier this year, he said on Monday that he’s not bitter that it happened. “I wouldn’t say that anybody really wants

10:35 PM ET SMU running back Ulysses Bentley IV, who led the American Athletic Conference in rushing in 2020 and started 14 games during the past two seasons, is set to enter the transfer portal. First-year Mustangs coach Rhett Lashlee told ESPN on Monday that he met with Bentley on Friday and wishes the running

11:59 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Former Notre Dame tight end George Takacs has transferred to Boston College, sources told ESPN. He’s enrolled in school and will be eligible in 2022 as a graduate transfer. Takacs started five games for the Irish in 2021 and played 497 snaps. Takacs caught three passes for 36 yards and

7:00 AM ET FLORIDA STATE DEFENSIVE end Jared Verse owes his future to the transfer portal. It is a simple but truthful statement, one that helps illustrate the positive impact the portal can have for players. “Honestly,” Verse said during a recent phone conversation, “it was life changing.” Verse is not exaggerating. In three short

7:00 AM ET College football’s 2022 recruiting classes have been signed, and more of these prospects have enrolled early in school. That translates to more first-year players providing an immediate impact, which in turn gives teams the opportunity to win sooner on Saturdays. How will this recruiting cycle affect the 2022 College Football Playoff? For

6:13 PM ET Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The U.S. Military Academy and fire-rescue officials said Friday that at least two of the school’s cadets, including a football player, were involved in a situation in which six people overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine at a Florida vacation home during spring break. Two of the six