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OSU’s Day to get $9.5M a year through 2028
12:53 PM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University…
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Future Power Rankings: College football’s best defenses over the next three years
College football can be cyclical, and the pendulum swung back toward defense in 2021. Georgia won its first national title…
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Breaking down the top uncommitted 2023 recruits by position
Notre Dame, Georgia, Ohio State and Louisville are the four teams with the most ESPN 300 commitments as of now…
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Ohio State lands top 2024 QB prospect Raiola
Ohio State got a commitment from one of the top 2024 prospects on Monday, when quarterback Dylan Raiola announced his…
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Football recruiting class rankings: LSU, Clemson and Oregon enter top 25
With official visits permitted and college football coaches out on the road, offers are being spread around while commitments continue…
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Barnwell: Georgia just produced the most valuable college draft class ever. Here’s how the other top 15 fared
If you paid attention to the 2022 NFL draft, you might have noticed teams showed a particular interest in the…
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The next Sauce Gardner? Top 2023 recruits who remind us of current stars
8:00 AM ET Tom Luginbill Close ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues…
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McShay’s early 2023 NFL mock draft: Where could top prospects, five QBs land in Round 1?
The jet lag from Sunday’s flight home from the 2022 NFL draft in Las Vegas has barely worn off, but…
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May the Fourth Be With You: Sports teams and stars celebrate Star Wars Day
In May 1977, filmmaker George Lucas released the iconic “Star Wars.” Since the sci-fi franchise’s inception, it has become a…
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Meet the 2023 NFL draft class: No. 1 pick predictions, top QBs and under-the-radar prospects
We’re on to 2023. It’s time to start to close the books on the 2022 NFL draft and begin to…
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What we learned about Michigan, Ohio State and other Big Ten football teams during spring camp
With spring football wrapped up and the start of another season just four months away, let’s take a look at…
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OSU AD: Let football belong to CFP, not NCAA
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — With the collegiate landscape in the midst of sweeping changes and uncertainties, Ohio State athletic director Gene…
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Jets nab falling Johnson after Sauce, Wilson picks
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The highly speculated Deebo Samuel trade never materialized for the New York Jets, but they still…
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$1,095 shoes, an icy sauce bottle and more eye-catching fits from the 2022 NFL draft
The newest group of football prospects hope to make a name for themselves, and it starts at the 2022 NFL…
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What Mel Kiper’s top 10 draft prospects were like as recruits
The 2022 NFL draft begins Thursday, with the final boards stacked and mock drafts being finished up before the clock…
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McShay predicts Round 1: His final 2022 NFL mock draft, including who is No. 1, QB landing spots and a trade
The 2022 NFL draft is here. Months of evaluating prospects, talking to team personnel, stacking my board and everything else…
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Kiper’s final NFL mock draft: Projecting tonight’s 32 picks, with a QB surprise
Welcome to NFL draft day, the best day of the year. Who’s ready for one more mock draft? Round 1…
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Spring transfer tracker: Top players in the portal, big moves and analysis
During the winter, many big names entered the transfer portal and changed schools. After coach Lincoln Riley went from Oklahoma…
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Ohio State’s Haskell Garrett wants to do more than survive
HASKELL GARRETT SOMETIMES thinks about whether he really needed his phone that night. He had left it in his car,…
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How college football’s Way-Too-Early Top 25 teams are replacing their biggest losses
Teams are making their way through their spring games and coaches have gotten a glimpse at new players, younger players…
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Teammates, coaches mourn Haskins at service
PITTSBURGH — Surrounded by more than 100 members of Dwayne Haskins’ family, friends and former teammates and coaches clutching single-stem…
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How Aidan Hutchinson manifested his dreams
WHEN HE WAS IN FIFTH GRADE, Aidan Hutchinson told his dad he was going to play football at the University…
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Updated college football Way-Too-Early Top 25
For most college football teams across the FBS, spring practice is either over or will be winding down during the…
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Ohio St., 57 survivors settle over doctor’s abuse
TOLEDO, Ohio — Ohio State will pay $2 million to settle more lawsuits brought by men who said they were…
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College football preseason FPI roundtable: Biggest takeaways, underrated CFP contenders and more
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The official preseason Football Power Index rankings have been released and the reactions have come…
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Tracing the path to the College Football Playoff for the top 10 teams in preseason FPI
According to the Allstate Playoff Predictor, there are nine teams that have at least a 10% chance to make the…
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Whom do Kenny Pickett, Ikem Ekwonu, others compare to best? 10 NFL draft matches
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The 2022 NFL draft is getting closer, which means you’ll start hearing comparisons between some…
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Kiper’s new two-round NFL mock draft: One trade, four QBs and 64 total picks
Here we go: Two weeks (OK, 15 days) until the start of the 2022 NFL draft. The Jacksonville Jaguars are…
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Ranking college football’s 100 best running backs of the past 60 years
Until the mid-1960s, substitutions in college football were minimal. All-around athletes dominated, playing frequently on both sides of the ball.…
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10 NFL draft prospects who are perfect for today’s game, plus their pro comps
The 2022 NFL draft class, while short on transcendent talent at the top, is strong throughout with prospects who have…
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College football roundtable: Games and matchups we can’t wait to see
Defending national champion Georgia takes on a new-look Oregon team with Bo Nix likely under center. Pac-12 champion Utah faces…
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Buckeyes to honor Haskins at spring game
Ohio State will honor former quarterback Dwayne Haskins at Saturday’s spring game, as the football program grieves the loss of…
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Two first-round picks, 12 total: We projected the perfect Chiefs draft with best fits
6:50 AM ET Matt MillerESPN With 12 selections in the 2022 NFL draft, the Kansas City Chiefs are loaded with…
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Four burning questions that could define the 2022 College Football Playoff
When Georgia concludes spring football practices on April 16 with its annual G-Day game, the Bulldogs will unveil a lineup…
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Future Power Rankings: College football’s best offenses for the next three years
Georgia broke the mold in two ways last season. The Bulldogs showed they could win a national championship after four…
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Football recruiting class rankings: Notre Dame starts at No. 1
The 2023 recruiting cycle is fully underway, but much is still to be determined. While a few big names have…
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McShay’s two-round NFL mock draft: Predictions for the first 64 picks, including two more trades
The 2022 NFL draft is less than a month away, and we just saw yet another massive trade involving first-round…
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Top college football recruits to watch during GEICO ESPN High School Kickoff
High school football is getting underway around the nation, and ESPN is kicking off the 2021 season in a big…
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College Football Playoff tiers: Where all 130 teams fit for 2021
When asked last month about the possibility of a 12-team College Football Playoff, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney was blunt in…
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2022 recruiting class rankings: Oregon leaps into top five; Oklahoma falls
There is a growing excitement in the college football recruiting world as high school seasons kick off and the college…
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College football’s 25 most important players for 2021
College football’s last two national title games were perfect encapsulations of the two types of stars we end up with:…
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What would a 12-team playoff have looked like since 2014? Simulations, storylines and more
To see how a new development might affect the future, take a look at how it would have affected the…
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Preseason FPI rankings: Can Oklahoma (or Iowa State!) challenge Alabama?
No DeVonta Smith, no Mac Jones … no problem. Alabama lost plenty of talent to the NFL, but it’s still…
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