Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJul 2, 2023, 09:04 PM ET Four-star defensive tackle Justin Scott committed to Ohio State on Sunday night. Scott, who hails from Chicago’s St. Ignatius College Prep, is 34th overall in the 2024 ESPN 300 and the fourth-best defensive tackle in the class. He’s the 11th ESPN 300 recruit to pledge

Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterJul 1, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame The way Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork sees it, his department is taking on a new role in helping athletes make money from name, image and likeness deals

Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJul 1, 2023, 07:00 AM ET The college football recruiting calendar heated up June as 62 players in the 2024 ESPN 300 announced their commitments, including two five-star prospects. Several teams skyrocketed up the class rankings by making big splashes. Two schools, USC and Stanford, combined to land 11 ESPN 300

Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJun 30, 2023, 10:00 PM ET Henry Hasselbeck, the son of former NFL quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, committed to Michigan State on Friday night. Henry, a three-star quarterback from Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Massachusetts, chose the Spartans over Boston College, Pittsburgh and UAB. Henry had been committed to play lacrosse

Pete Thamel, ESPNJun 30, 2023, 05:49 PM ET San Diego State is expected to deliver notice to the Mountain West on Friday that it will not withdraw from the league, a source told ESPN. The update from the school will be the latest in a back-and-forth between the school and the conference that began on

Associated Press Jun 30, 2023, 03:56 PM ET MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin linebacker Jordan Turner, the Badgers’ second-leading tackler last season, has been suspended from the team for a violation of the athletic department’s discipline policy. Athletic director Chris McIntosh announced Turner’s suspension Friday. The school didn’t offer additional details or specifics, noting federal law

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJun 30, 2023, 07:11 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. When Oklahoma and Texas leave the Big 12 for the SEC next year, it will obviously impact ticket sales for their soon-to-be former conference mates. The conference’s new media rights deal, though solid, doesn’t have quite

Associated Press Jun 30, 2023, 09:46 AM ET The rapidly expanding landscape of nonprofit, donor-backed collectives paying college athletes to promote charities has been hit with a potentially seismic disruption. A recent 12-page memo from the Internal Revenue Service determined that, in many cases, such collectives may not qualify as tax-exempt if their main purpose

Pete Thamel, ESPNJun 30, 2023, 07:00 AM ET LINCOLN, Neb. — With an elk’s head mounted on the wall and the Farm Service Credit of America luncheon on the calendar, Elks Lodge #1790 in Ainsworth, Nebraska, seems like an unusual place for a blueprint for the revival of Nebraska football to reveal itself. Forget restoring

RK PLAYER POS HOMETOWN HT WT STARS GRADE SCHOOL 1 CB Bradenton, FLIMG Academy 6’1” 180 91 GeorgiaCommitted02/01/2023 2 QB-PP Buford, GABuford High School 6’3” 220 91 GeorgiaCommitted05/15/2023 3 QB-DT Carlsbad, CACarlsbad High School 6’2” 190 91 AlabamaCommitted11/02/2022 4 CB Pinson, ALClay-Chalkville High School 6’0” 175 91 AlabamaCommitted07/26/2022 5 ATH Lilburn, GAParkview High School 6’1”