11:48 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens hired Mike Macdonald as their new defensive coordinator Thursday night, creating some team history in the process. Macdonald, 34, becomes the youngest coordinator in the franchise’s 26-year existence, taking over a defense that has built a reputation for ranking among the NFL’s best. He’s believed
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7:15 AM ET ESPN staff With our 2022 Way-Too-Early college football top 25 established, we asked our reporters what each team’s biggest strength will be in the coming season — in other words, what makes the best teams so good. Looking into a crystal ball more than six months before the start of the season
10:52 AM ET Oklahoma State is set to hire former Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason as defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Mason spent last season as defensive coordinator at Auburn but left the program Saturday, as the Tigers promoted Jeff Schmedding to replace him. Auburn ranked 27th nationally in points allowed under Mason last season. An
3:47 PM ET Pete Thamel Jamison Hensley Close ESPN Staff Writer University of Maryland graduate Lives in the Baltimore area with his wife and son The defensive coordinator who keyed Michigan‘s dramatic turnaround in 2021 is on the cusp of heading back to the NFL. The Baltimore Ravens have targeted Michigan defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald,
12:21 PM ET Former Oklahoma State All-Big 12 cornerback Jarrick Bernard-Converse has transferred to LSU, the school announced on Wednesday. Bernard-Converse, who went to high school in Shreveport, Louisiana, entered the portal last week as a graduate transfer. A four-year starter at Oklahoma State, he had 51 tackles and defended 11 passes this past season.
7:20 AM ET We’re just 16 days removed from the 2021 college football season, and after the exciting five months of football we just had, it’s hard to not look ahead to 2022. New faces in new places, rivalries renewed and rivalries intensified have us looking forward to plenty of nonconference matchups heading into next
3:29 PM ET San Diego State has added quarterback Braxton Burmeister, a transfer from Virginia Tech who started his college career at Oregon. Burmeister, who grew up near San Diego State in La Jolla, California, has made 20 career starts in 29 games. He went 8-7 at Virginia Tech and had 1,960 passing yards and
2:00 PM ET Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel has joined the College Football Playoff selection committee along with former longtime coach Jim Grobe, Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk and former longtime USA Today sportswriter Kelly Whiteside, it was announced Tuesday. NC State athletic director Boo Corrigan, who is entering his second season on the committee,
3:02 PM ET Arizona State has hired former Baltimore Ravens coach Brian Billick as an offensive analyst and adviser to head coach Herm Edwards. Billick, who last coached in 2007 with the Ravens, is the third former NFL head coach on the ASU staff, joining Edwards and Marvin Lewis, also an adviser to Edwards. The
2:40 PM ET Five-star linebacker Harold Perkins decommitted from Texas A&M on Monday. Perkins is the No. 4 prospect overall in the 2022 class and the top outside linebacker. He’s a 6-foot-3, 210-pound recruit from Cypress Park High School in Cypress, Texas, and had only recently committed to the Aggies on Jan. 2 at the
1:40 PM ET Brent Venables on Monday added his second quarterback commitment since joining Oklahoma as head coach, as ESPN Junior 300 QB Jackson Arnold committed to the Sooners. Arnold is the No. 42 prospect overall, a 6-foot-1, 195-pound player from John H. Guyer High School in Denton, Texas. He’s ranked as the second-best dual-threat
7:18 PM ET Former Georgia wide receiver Jermaine Burton announced on Sunday that he will transfer to Alabama. The Dawgs just beat the Crimson Tide in the national championship game, but Burton is switching sides after entering the transfer portal on Wednesday. Burton was second on the team in receiving yards with 497 and tied
11:52 AM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — New LSU Tigers football coach Brian Kelly has completed the addition of eight transfer players, including defensive backs Greg Brooks and Joe Foucha, who both started at Arkansas. The transfers also include two starters from Louisiana‘s Sun Belt Conference championship team: defensive back Mekhi Garner and
10:13 AM ET Kendal Briles has reached a new deal to remain as Arkansas offensive coordinator after being pursued for the same job at Miami, sources told ESPN. It’s a coup for Arkansas to keep Briles, who’s been with coach Sam Pittman the last two seasons. The Hogs led the SEC in rushing (227.8 yards
9:51 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The University of Hawai’i is turning to one of its own for its next head football coach. The school announced on Saturday night that former star quarterback Timmy Chang is returning to be the school’s next head coach. Chang, 40, was previously the wide receivers coach at Colorado State. But
Jan 21, 2022 Auburn football coach Bryan Harsin promoted assistant head coach/linebackers coach Jeff Schmedding to defensive coordinator after Derek Mason stepped down, the school announced on Saturday. Schmedding came with Harsin from Boise State, where Schmedding was Harsin’s defensive coordinator during the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Mason, the former head coach at Vanderbilt, was
11:03 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Pete Thamel June Jones turned down an opportunity to return as Hawai’i‘s head football coach after meeting with school officials Friday. Jones, 68, expressed interest in the job shortly after coach Todd Graham resigned under
12:18 PM ET Auburn football coach Bryan Harsin is set to promote assistant head coach/linebackers coach Jeff Schmedding to defensive coordinator with Derek Mason planning to leave for other coaching opportunities, sources confirmed to ESPN. Schmedding came with Harsin from Boise State, where Schmedding was Harsin’s defensive coordinator during the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Mason,