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6:32 AM ET As nicknames go, “The Human First Down” is probably as endearing as it gets for a running back, and it took Arizona State‘s Rachaad White all of four games to earn the moniker. That’s the abridged story, anyway. White’s 2020 campaign lasted just four games as Arizona State, and the Pac-12 in

2:47 PM ET This story is developing. Police arrested a former Miami football player Thursday in the November 2006 shooting death of teammate Bryan Pata, nearly 15 years after the crime and nine months after an ESPN investigation pointed out missteps in the long-stalled police inquiry. Miami-Dade Police said U.S. marshals arrested Rashaun Jones, 35,

8:00 AM ET This time a year ago, only a few conferences were planning to play college football because of COVID-19 concerns. Therefore, ESPN’s preseason All-America team was reduced to a smaller pool of players. But our 2021 team is back to full strength, and 14 of the 26 players are on teams ranked in

7:00 AM ET The first handful of games of the 2021 college football season are less than two weeks away, with everything really kicking into gear over Labor Day weekend. It will be an opportunity to see some of the top prospects in the 2022 NFL draft class, including a bunch of talented quarterbacks. As

11:51 AM ET ESPN News Services LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska announced that the NCAA is looking into its football program after a report said Cornhuskers staff improperly used analysts and consultants with the knowledge of coach Scott Frost and even moved workouts off campus last year when such activities were banned during the pandemic. “The

9:00 AM ET TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — From a potential expanded College Football Playoff to another round of conference realignment to players being allowed to profit off their name, image and likeness for the first time, the sport has never experienced an offseason of so much change. Alabama coach Nick Saban, who has guided the Crimson

7:15 AM ET College football’s last two national title games were perfect encapsulations of the two types of stars we end up with: the ones we saw coming and the ones we didn’t. In 2019, Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence, college football’s star recruit and golden boy and the defending national champion, squared off against LSU’s late-rising

6:57 PM ET The Big 12 Conference announced on Tuesday an updated policy that teams that do not have enough players to compete due to COVID-19, or for any reason, will be charged with a forfeit. The league said for conference games, it will be handled as if a game has been played. The team

7:00 AM ET The first time Shawn Springs watched Orlando Pace walk onto the practice field at Ohio State in 1994, he had two important questions. One: “Who is feeding him?” And two: “Who gave birth to him?” Springs, a future All-American in college and All-Pro in the NFL, laughed while recalling his initial impression

7:00 AM ET Michigan‘s inability to truly break through under football coach Jim Harbaugh is multilayered and, to be fair, touches all parts of the roster. But the attention has been focused, and it will continue to be focused, on one position group: quarterback. Many expected the position to be thriving in Year 7 of

12:05 PM ET ESPN staff The AP Top 25 college football poll is out. And there’s no surprise that Alabama, defending national champ and home of the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, starts on top. But who could follow DeVonta Smith in lifting the sport’s most iconic trophy? Let’s take a look at the most likely

12:22 PM ET Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud is separating himself in the team’s quarterback competition, although no decision on the starting job has been made yet, coach Ryan Day said Monday. Stroud, a redshirt freshman, has been competing with redshirt freshman Jack Miller and true freshman Kyle McCord during training camp. Quinn Ewers, a

7:08 PM ET Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops named Will Levis the team’s starting quarterback on Sunday. Levis transferred to Kentucky this offseason after playing three seasons at Penn State, where he played as both a quarterback and running back. In announcing the decision, Stoops praised Levis’ efficiency running the offense. “He won the job,”

6:37 PM ET Associated Press LA CROSSE, Wis. — Roger Harring, the College Football Hall of Fame coach who led Wisconsin-La Crosse to two NCAA Division III titles, has died. He was 88. An obituary on the Blaschke & Schneider Funeral Homes website said Harring died Thursday at his home in La Crosse. Wisconsin-La Crosse’s

7:01 PM ET TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Longtime Florida State assistant Chuck Amato left his home in Raleigh and drove all night to make it in time to pay his final respects to coach Bobby Bowden on Friday. Quite simply, he felt he had to be here to say one final goodbye. “I owe it to

9:48 PM ET The Pac-12, Big Ten and ACC have had preliminary discussions about forming an alliance, likely built around scheduling but possibly other areas, sources told ESPN. Commissioners George Kliavkoff (Pac-12), Kevin Warren (Big Ten) and Jim Phillips (ACC) have been in regular communication, and have also had some in-person discussions. Kliavkoff and Warren

7:00 AM ET Nick Saban won his sixth national title in 12 years at Alabama, and his seventh overall, this past January. He had already put together maybe the greatest run of sustained dominance the sport has seen — only Bobby Bowden’s 14 straight top-five finishes could compete — and it’s jarring to realize that

7:00 AM ET Nevada football coach Jay Norvell has been around big-time NFL draft quarterback prospects from big-time schools. As assistant offensive coordinator at Oklahoma, Norvell saw Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford win the Heisman Trophy in 2008 and become the No. 1 overall pick of the 2010 draft. As a first-year Indianapolis Colts assistant in