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No Big 12 players were taken in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft.  It’s the first time in the conference’s history that the school didn’t have a player chosen in the first 32 picks and a stark contrast from the 2010 draft dominated by Big 12 talent.  Five of the first six players

10:29 AM ET The 2020-21 college football coaching carousel isn’t as robust or as glitzy as previous versions, but it has stamina. Kansas’ hire of Buffalo’s Lance Leipold on the last day of April means the carousel will spin into May. The Power 5 vacancies are likely set with Leipold’s move to KU, a sensible

8:30 AM ET The first round of the spring FCS playoffs gave us the tension we crave in tournament settings — four games were decided by single digits, and we had a genuinely perfect playoff game in Southern Illinois’ narrow win over Weber State — but it also gave us mostly chalk. The top four

9:42 AM ET Kansas has hired Buffalo‘s Lance Leipold as head football coach, the school announced Friday. The Jayhawks and Leipold agreed to a six-year contract, according to the school. “It is an exciting and humbling opportunity, and this is a day I will never forget,” Leipold said in a statement. “We are going to

Getty Kansas has hired Buffalo’s Lance Leipold as its next head football coach, the school announced on Friday. This marks the end of a search — the beginning of which spans back to mid-March — for both a new athletic director and head coach. Kansas fired coach Les Miles on March 9 amid allegations of misconduct during

Apr 29, 2021 Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Yeah, it’s great for the Cincinnati Bengals, Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos and Philadelphia Eagles that they’re adding

Getty Images The last big spring game Saturday will take place this weekend as 12 FBS programs including Notre Dame, Oregon, Washington, Nebraska and Virginia hit the field to wrap up their spring practice sessions. The Fighting Irish are hoping to build off of last season’s run to the ACC Championship Game and College Football Playoff, the

CBS Sports graphic Gus Malzahn to UCF feels so right. It is not only the best addition of the current hiring cycle of college football coaches, it’s the best Group of Five hire basically since we started calling it the Group of Five about 10 years ago. And it’s not even close. That’s because championship-pedigree

The Guardian NFL 2021 mock draft: Trevor Lawrence is No1 but who are the sleeper picks? This year’s top prospects are about to enter the professional ranks. We assess the best young players coming out of college as Thursday’s first round looms Trevor Lawrence is far ahead of the competition in this year’s NFL draft.

Ladell Betts says Iowa City has changed a lot in the 20 years since he wrapped up his college career, what with all the new housing areas, hotels, coffee shops and restaurants. As for the Iowa football program, he says, it was like stepping back in time when he arrived this spring as the new

12:17 AM ET Six former University of Alabama players were selected in the first round of the NFL draft Thursday, tying a modern record for a single school. The University of Miami originally set the record in 2004. The night began with three Crimson Tide players selected in the top 10: receiver Jaylen Waddle (Miami

The 2021 NFL Draft kicked off on Thursday night, and after the as-expected start of Trevor Lawrence going No. 1 and Zach Wilson going No. 2, an eventful night unfolded. The national championship-winning Alabama Crimson Tide found themselves as the stars of the evening among college programs with an NFL Draft record-tying six first-round picks. 

The first round of the 2021 NFL draft is in the history books. The Bills opted for pass rusher Greg Rousseau as their top-overall selection at No. 30 overall. But Rousseau was only one of 32 total players picked by teams on Thursday. There’s a lot more talent left for the Bills to grab on

Before they were selected in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft on Thursday night, the 32 players who heard their name called were high schoolers with a dream. Some were rated by Rivals.com among the nation’s most elite prospects. Others had to scratch and claw just to receive a college scholarship. We decided

Getty Images The first round of the 2021 NFL Draft wrapped up Thursday night in Cleveland, and it was an historic affair. Former Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence, a five-star prospect in the Class of 2018, became just the second top-ranked high school prospect to be drafted No. 1 overall when he was selected by the

Getty Images Bengals fans were pleased to see their front office draft an offensive weapon for their team to use this upcoming season. Among those excited fans was a player on Cincinnati, starting quarterback Joe Burrow. Following the selection with the No. 5 overall pick at the NFL Draft on Thursday, Burrow tweeted out a

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence was selected No. 1 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday night to the surprise of no one. The 6-foot-6, 220-pounder and 2018 national championship-winner was the consensus top prospect in this draft class for the better part of a year. He made a little bit

Leading up to the 2021 NFL draft, which starts April 29, Yahoo Sports will count down our top 100 overall prospects. We’ll count them down in groups of five for Nos. 100-51, followed by more in-depth reports on our top 50 players, with help from our scouting assistant, Liam Blutman. We reserve the right to