6:46 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — As the Dallas Cowboys‘ assistant director of college scouting, Chris Vaughn can tell you about hundreds of players across the country as he prepares for the NFL draft. Vaughn has personally graded more than 350. But for the one player he knows the best, he hasn’t written a report

11:29 AM ET Ohio State quarterback Devin Brown will miss the spring game Saturday after undergoing a procedure on a finger on his throwing hand. Brown, a redshirt freshman from Utah, had been competing with Kyle McCord this spring for the team’s starting quarterback spot. Coach Ryan Day said Brown is expected to resume throwing

7:14 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The Big Ten is expected to hire former MLB and television executive Tony Petitti as the conference’s next commissioner, sources told ESPN. An announcement is expected in the upcoming days. Petitti emerged from a group of finalists who interviewed in the past 48 hours and was selected Tuesday after a

3:07 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — In spite of back-to-back losses to rival Michigan, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith reiterated his confidence in coach Ryan Day, telling ESPN on Tuesday that “he’s my CEO” and that they’ve talked about everything from personnel to playcalling and what they “need to do better.” “My standards are

7:00 AM ET OXFORD, Miss. — Lane Kiffin’s coffee looks like someone shoveled dirt in a pot and set it to boil. Mysterious clumps float on top. It’s best not wondering what has sunk to the bottom. “It’s some digestive thing that’s supposed to make you lose weight,” Kiffin says, gesturing to the Styrofoam cup

10:01 PM ET Former Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury is slated to join USC‘s football staff in a role working with quarterbacks, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Monday. The timeline of Kingsbury joining USC and his specific role is expected to come together in the upcoming weeks, sources told Thamel. Kingsbury was fired

10:35 AM ET EVERY SO OFTEN, North Dakota State offensive tackle Cody Mauch will hear from Kendrick Lenzen, his childhood friend and former grade school teammate, via FaceTime. “He’ll be like, ‘Hey, give me a smile,'” Mauch said. “It’s like he’s admiring his work.” Lenzen is responsible for what might become the most recognizable gap-tooth

6:15 AM ET Simultaneously, Bijan Robinson is both one of the least controversial and most controversial prospects in the 2023 NFL draft. After a sterling career at Texas, just about everybody agrees Robinson is an excellent running back and one of the best players, independent of position, in this class. He ranks No. 9 overall

6:55 AM ET It used to be rare for a rookie wide receiver to make a big impact, but that paradigm is changing. A rookie wide receiver with 1,000 receiving yards may now be a perennial occurrence. Every NFL draft since 2019 has had a rookie receiver hit the 1,000-yard mark, and the 2022 draft

9:46 PM ET Ohio State has had no issues recruiting top-tier offensive players under Ryan Day, and the staff continued its success Saturday when quarterback Air Noland announced his commitment to the Buckeyes for the 2024 season. A 6-foot-3, 195-pound pocket passer from Fairburn, Georgia, Noland had a top seven of Alabama, Arkansas, Clemson, Miami,