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Associated Press Feb 10, 2025, 11:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel, who also has served as president at Youngstown State University, has been nominated by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to be the state’s next lieutenant governor. The Republican governor announced the pick at a news

Highly-touted four-star offensive line recruit Graham Houston has named his top four schools. Houston is from Buford, Georgia, and attends Georgia powerhouse Buford High School. Houston recently released a top four schools list that includes the Georgia Bulldogs. The 6-foot-5, 285-pound prospect, a coveted target for numerous programs, has ultimately decided to concentrate his recruitment

© Patrick Breen/The Arizona Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images National Signing Day has come and gone for the class of 2025 and as per usual, there is plenty of talent headed to the Big 12. Rivals highlights a few teams here that especially stood out: FINAL BIG 12 CLASS RANKINGS MORE 2025

Turron DavenportFeb 7, 2025, 10:07 AM ET Close Turron Davenport covers the Tennessee Titans for ESPN. Turron is a former collegiate football player at Cheyney University and is a native of Philadelphia, and he has authored/co-authored four books. You can catch Turron on ESPN Radio on his show “Talking with TD” and you can follow

Feb 8, 2025, 07:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions North Carolina is expected to hire Brian Belichick as safeties coach, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Saturday. Belichick, the youngest son of new Tar Heels coach Bill Belichick, spent the past five seasons as the New England Patriots‘ safeties coach before leaving in

National Signing Day has come and gone for the class of 2025 and as per usual, there is plenty of talent headed to the ACC. There is a familiar program at the top of the list in terms of the most talent, but some of the other winners in the league may register as a

Field Level Media Feb 7, 2025, 01:51 PM ET Two-time Super Bowl champion Howard Twilley, a member of the Miami Dolphins‘ undefeated 1972 team, has died at 81. The National Football Foundation announced that Twilley died Wednesday but did not provide a cause of death. Before landing in Miami, the wide receiver played at Tulsa.

James Madison is hiring former Wisconsin football assistant Colin Hitschler as its new defensive coordinator. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel, then later confirmed by both On3 and 247Sports. Hitschler is set to take the position after coaching for one season at Alabama. He was fired in January after the team’s disappointing

Open Extended Reactions After leading Ohio State to the national title, Buckeyes coach Ryan Day has agreed to a new contract that is set to make him the country’s second-highest-paid head coach. Ohio State announced in a statement Thursday morning that Day and the school have agreed to a new seven-year deal. The school said

Feb. 6—Exactly 49 days after he accepted the head coaching position with the Idaho football team, Thomas Ford Jr. announced a signing class of 33 players on the traditional National Signing Day on Wednesday, signaling he and his staff have been hot on the recruiting trails from Day 1. Ford’s first class includes 10 of

ESPN News Services Feb 5, 2025, 08:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Deion Sanders stayed at Colorado after the Dallas Cowboys showed interest in him for their head coaching vacancy early last month. But the pro game is, well, too “Prime Time” even for Sanders these days, he said on his TV talk show, “We

© Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Since Steve Sarkisian arrived at Texas in 2021, the Longhorns have been battling for blue-chip recruits and competing for conference and national championships. The Longhorns have signed top-five classes in each recruiting cycle since Sarkisian arrived – including top-three hauls in 2023 and 2024 – culminating with Rivals.com’s No. 1

Eli LedermanFeb 4, 2025, 07:03 AM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions North Carolina’s Providence Day School is used to seeing the biggest names in college football roam its

Deion Sanders has done the unthinkable with Colorado football in just two seasons. Sanders took over a Buffaloes football program, which had won just one game in 2022, and turned it into a 9-4 team in two seasons. Colorado was in contention for the Big 12 championship game until the end, but fell short of

Chris LowFeb 3, 2025, 09:10 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions The team that won the 2024 national championship, Ohio State, is atop ESPN’s Way-Too-Early Top 25 for the 2025 season. Not surprisingly, our 2025 Way-Too-Early All-America team is dotted with players

The Oregon Ducks did something in the 2024 college football season that nobody expected them to. They walked into the Big Ten Conference as members for the first time in the history of the sport, and they beat every team in their path on the way to a conference championship at the end of the

Feb 2, 2025, 05:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Chip Kelly is returning to the NFL to become the Las Vegas Raiders‘ offensive coordinator under new head coach Pete Carroll, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Pete Thamel on Sunday. Kelly, 61, has spent the past seven seasons in college football, including last season as

Class of 2026 running back recruit Ezavier Crowell has set four official visits this May and June. The four-star running back recruit plans to visit the Georgia Bulldogs from May 30-June 1, the Texas Longhorns from June 6-8, the Auburn Tigers from June 13-15, and the Alabama Crimson Tide from June 20-22. Crowell plays for