College Football

Florida State football General Manager of Personnel Darrick Yray was named the  2023 Player Personnel Director of the Year by the website Football Scoop. The football website, which is usually on top of coaching search rumors, announced Yray as the winner of the award on Wednesday. “Darrick has truly become my right-hand man when it comes to personnel,” FSU head coach …

When Nick Saban says that the current climate around college athletics made it difficult for him to get the same buy-in from players that had previously helped his program sustain dominance from year to year, it’s worth listening to. But it’s just as important for college athletics to take the right lesson from what he’s saying. In comments to ESPN …

Four-star running back recruit Bo Jackson plans to visit the Georgia Bulldogs on April 6. Jackson is taking an unofficial visit to Georgia, who offered him a scholarship in Jan. 2024. The talented running back has also scheduled spring visits with Ohio State, Rutgers, Penn State, Alabama, and Tennessee. Bo Jackson plays high school football for Villa Angela-St. Joseph High …

Mar. 6—COLUMBUS -Chip Kelly wants to coach until he dies, but he also just wants to coach. That, in a nutshell, is why he is the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Ohio State in 2024 rather than the head coach at UCLA, where he spent the previous six seasons and was under contract for four more. Kelly turned some …

Getty Images Ole Miss is set to hire Zach Arnett as an analyst less than four months after he was dismissed as coach of rival Mississippi State, 247Sports confirmed. Given his previous three years with the Bulldogs as a defensive coordinator, Arnett has plenty of familiarity with the Rebels as he crosses Egg Bowl lines.  Adding Arnett gives Ole Miss coach …

Nick Saban sat down with ESPN’s Chris Low recently and discussed a number of subjects, including the factors that played into his decision to retire from coaching in general and Alabama specifically. Saban’s comments have gotten plenty of attention, as they should. When the GOAT speaks, everyone should listen. His perspective is informed and important. There’s a lot of depth …

Tennessee offered a scholarship to 2026 offensive tackle Brysten Martinez. “Blessed to receive an offer from the University of Tennessee,” Martinez said. The 6-foot-5, 280-pound offensive tackle prospect is from East Ascension High School in Gonzales, Louisiana. Martinez is the No. 41 overall prospect in the class of 2026. He ranks as the No. 7 offensive tackle prospect and No. 4 …

Alabama’s courtship of its eventual football coach, Kalen DeBoer, was a rapid one. As Crimson Tide athletic director Greg Byrne noted at DeBoer’s introductory news conference, he set out to hire a new coach within 72 hours of Nick Saban’s retirement on Jan. 10 and ultimately did so in 49 hours. For the focus of one of the most consequential …

Unlike with other national college baseball rankings, the voters of the USA TODAY Baseball Coaches Poll were not going to let a two-loss week from Florida slide. The Gators dropped three spots to No. 7 in this week’s poll, the lowest ranking of the year for the Orange and Blue. The one loss to Miami on Saturday likely had little …

Former Alabama coach Nick Saban knew a while ago that his time with the program was coming to an end. The 72-year-old Crimson Tide legend confirmed in a recent interview with ESPN that he began contemplating retirement shortly after the 2022 season and told athletic director Greg Byrne that he felt his coaching career was nearing an end.  To everyone else, Saban’s …

University of West Florida football head coach Kaleb Nobles was itching to get back on the field during National Signing Day about a month ago. He wanted to hear helmets clacking against each other. He wanted to see wide receivers sprinting down the field. He wanted to see defensive backs trying to stop those wide receivers. Nobles wanted all the …

No matter what time of year it is, college football never stops. Teams have to constantly be recruiting and building those relationships. That’s no different than at Oklahoma. The Sooners currently have a top-five class in the country in 2025. Now, it’s early so it’s hard to determine exactly where they will end up. Brent Venables has said this will …

Alabama football ended up hiring Washington’s Kalen DeBoer as its next coach, but it was quite a couple day journey to get there. Rumors flew, some which had validity and some that didn’t. The Tuscaloosa News reported the day before Alabama hired DeBoer that DeBoer and Norvell were the top two candidates for the opening, but who else was and …

Heading into the 2023 season, The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman did not have Ohio State coach Ryan Day as his top-ranked coach in the Big Ten. Both Penn State’s James Franklin and Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh landed in front of Day. But heading into 2024, Day is at the top of Feldman’s list in the Big Ten as his No. 5 coach …

  One of the nation’s top quarterbacks from the 2025 recruiting cycle is counting down the days until he announces his college destination and Auburn is among the eight programs still in the running. According to Hayes Fawcett of On3, four-star quarterback Husan Longstreet will choose between Auburn, Oregon, UCLA, Michigan, Texas A&M, Miami, Ole Miss, and Louisville on April …