6:33 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Lars Tate, part of a long line of Georgia running back greats and who went on to play three seasons in the NFL with Tampa Bay and Chicago, has died, the school announced Tuesday. He was 56. Tate died late Monday in St. Petersburg, Florida, about a

6:30 AM ET Michigan, Baylor and Utah State went a combined 5-16 in the abbreviated 2020 college football season. Predictably, this knocked all three programs off of the radar screen entering the 2021 season. Embattled head coach Jim Harbaugh and Michigan picked up a smattering of preseason AP Top 25 votes but were picked fourth

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The changes rippling through college football in the past two years have been impossible to ignore, but what has often been overlooked amid the upheaval is the people driving that change. ESPN looked at 10 key areas where the sport is in flux, and we identified 11 of the biggest

5:35 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh football coach Pat Narduzzi thinks name, image and likeness rules were “probably” violated over the spring, not-so-subtly suggesting those violations led to star wide receiver Jordan Addison‘s decision to transfer to USC. Without naming the Trojans and Addison specifically, Narduzzi said Monday he doesn’t think “there’s any

7:00 AM ET The college football world has endured a wave of change in the past two years, but this could be just the beginning, according to an ESPN survey of more than 200 coaches, players and administrators. Answering a wide-ranging questionnaire distributed this offseason, respondents told ESPN that big issues such as realignment, name,

Jul 29, 2022 Aidan Mizell, a four-star wide receiver from Boone High School (Orlando, Florida), committed to the Florida Gators on July 29 — and he did it with a little flair. 1 Related Mizell, No. 93 in the 2023 ESPN 300, brought two live alligators to his announcement. Mizell isn’t the first prospect to

Jul 29, 2022 With 213 ESPN 300 recruits committed, quite a few college football recruiting classes are starting to take shape and fill needs. Some highly ranked and highly sought-after players have come off the board over the past few months, making big impacts on future rosters. We recently highlighted some of the teams that

Jul 29, 2022 Georgia’s 2021 national title was obviously a victory for Bulldog fans around the country, but it was also a victory for fans of defense. The prior two national champions in college football — LSU in 2019, Alabama in 2020 — won primarily because of nearly perfect offensive systems. Both ranked first in

6:08 PM ET Top-ranked linebacker Anthony Hill Jr. gave Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher an important recruiting victory Saturday. Hill, No. 7 in the 2023 ESPN 300, chose the Aggies over Texas. The 6-foot-2, 230-pound Hill, from Billy Ryan High School in Denton, Texas, recorded 131 tackles — 93 solo — with 18 tackles-for-loss and

7:07 PM ET Texas A&M wide receiver Ainias Smith will no longer face DWI and weapons charges stemming from a July arrest after the Brazos County attorney refused to prosecute them. Smith’s suspension has been lifted, and he has resumed team activities, the Aggies said. Smith, 21, was booked on July 20 in the Brazos