Southeastern RUMORS & NEWS

247 Sports "Calvin Ridley is expected to make an immediate impact with the Atlanta Falcons after they tagged the wide receiver with their first round draft pick this year, much like he did with Alabama during his three years there. Ridley burst onto the scene in 2015 and maintained an elite..." July 19

College Football Talk "Let’s face it. Until the day comes when Texas and Texas A&M get back on the same football field for a regular season game, this topic is never going to die. In the latest example of proving you can set your offseason calendar to the moment anyone from Texas or Texas A&M merely..." July 19

CBS Sports "During his appearance at SEC Media Days, Alabama coach Nick Saban tried to answer the most obvious question before it was even asked.  "The No. 1 thing you'd like to talk about is the quarterback controversy you love to create and continue to create, you love..." July 18

New Orleans Times-Picayune "LSU sophomore tight end Jamal Pettigrew has undergone surgery on a knee he injury durging the summer, sources close to the program confirmed Wednesday.  The injury to the 6-foot-7, 262-pounder out of New Orleans happened during a non-contact workout this summer,..." July 18

Chattanooga Times Free Press "Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt told reporters Wednesday that he "absolutely" expects JJ Peterson to be available for the beginning of preseason practice.  Peterson, who would be a true freshman, was the highest-rated player in Tennessee's 2018 signing..." July 18

ESPN "LSU coach Ed Orgeron said Monday that he erred in hiring Matt Canada as offensive coordinator following the 2016 season and that current coordinator Steve Ensminger was the right choice all along. Canada spent the 2017 season at LSU before mutually parting ways with the school...." July 17

Sportsnaut "Kirby Smart will enjoy a high-caliber quarterback room in 2018, but one reporter at SEC Media Days apparently decided to hibernate this offseason. Several press members shared a question to Smart about Jake Fromm, Justin Fields and Jacob Eason. The only problem? Eason..." July 17

Saturday Down South "On Friday night, incoming Arkansas WR Mike Woods was arrested for DUI and minor in possession of alcohol charges. Woods is the first player to be arrested under new coach Chad Morris, and the first-year head coach issued a statement on Saturday. As you can see below, Morris..." July 16

Alabama "Auburn has added another offensive lineman to its 2019 recruiting class. Four-star offensive guard Keiondre Jones committed to the Tigers on Saturday. July 16

Larry Brown Sports "The University of Tennessee announced on Monday that defensive lineman Ryan Thaxton has been suspended after he was arrested over the weekend and charged with domestic assault and false imprisonment of his girlfriend. According to court records obtained by the Knoxville News..." July 16

Rivals "It may have taken two years, but Georgia fans finally got to hear the news they had wanted all along: Demetris Robertson will be a Bulldog, per a commitment video released via Youtube. The top athlete in the nation and the top player in the state of Georgia, as..." July 14

Alabama "Alabama has lost one of its rising stars to a serious injury. Junior outside linebacker Terrell Lewis tore his right ACL last week and underwent surgery Monday, Alabama announced Tuesday. It's second significant injury in the last two years for Lewis and a huge blow..." July 10

The Auburn Plainsman "Kayode Oladele was one of four 2018 Auburn signees yet to report to campus, and now the highly sought after defender must find another home. Oladele, a four-star defensive end out of Champagnat Catholic High School in Miami, Florida, will not enroll at Auburn this season, he told..." July 10

CBS Sports "VanDarius Cowan was a four-star prospect and the No. 4 outside linebacker in the country in the class of 2017 when he signed at Alabama. But now, he's looking for a new home.  Alabama announced Monday that Cowan has been dismissed from the program. "VanDarius..." July 09

San Francisco Chronicle "Nearly six months later, the images of Alabama running back Najee Harris in college football’s national-championship game remain vivid: bursting into the open, bouncing off tacklers, making a loud splash on the sport’s biggest stage. Now he’s eager for an..." July 06

College Football Talk "As far as summer developments go, this is certainly a mildly interesting one. On June 11, Adam Shuler took to Twitter to announce that he was transferring to Florida, a move that came four months after he decided to leave West Virginia. Earlier this week, the..." July 06

CBS Sports "Kansas has found its new athletic director, and it's somebody who has become very familiar to college football fans during the College Football Playoff era. Former Pitt and Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long has been named to the same role with the Jayhawks.  "Jeff..." July 05

The Score "Texas A&M made a splash in the 2019 recruiting cycle Wednesday, as four-star cornerback Erick Young committed to the Aggies, he announced via Twitter. Young is the 10th-ranked cornerback in the 2019 class and the No. 90 prospect on the ESPN 300. He's also the 12th-ranked..." July 04

CBS Sports "Georgia's quarterback battle might have gotten a bit more interesting. News broke on Wednesday that incumbent starter Jake Fromm broke his non-throwing hand in what's being described as a "freak" accident on a boat. Fromm and his friends were on a boat Monday when..." July 04

College Football Talk "Nothing has actually happened in college football since Tua Tagovailoa‘s 41-yard rainbow landed in Devonta Smith‘s hands to win Alabama the 2017 national title, but that hasn’t stopped fans from laying bets on the 2018 Heisman winner. According to..." July 03

USA Today "Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley took a swipe at Georgia's defense while sticking up for the Big 12 Conference in an interview on Tuesday. The Sooners lost in overtime to the Bulldogs in a College Football Playoff semifinal matchup last season but managed 531 offensive yards..." July 03

Larry Brown Sports "One of Jimbo Fisher’s first priorities at Texas A&M — besides winning, obviously — will be to redecorate the head coach’s office. According to a story in Dave Campbell’s Texas Football (via The Dallas Morning News), Fisher was not a fan of the way..." June 26

New Orleans Times-Picayune "LSU football picked up a graduate transfer in cornerback Terrence Alexander in the spring, but Alexander hadn't been able to join the Tigers until he graduated from Stanford.  Alexander finished up his courses last week and graduated Sunday (June 17). Now, he's..." June 25

SEC Country "For the first time in two cycles, a prospect has de-committed from Auburn. Saraland (Ala.) cornerback Cordale Flott officially visited LSU over the weekend. On Sunday, he flipped his commitment from Auburn to LSU, he confirmed to SEC Country. It moves Auburn back to 11 commitments in..." June 25

Louisville Courier-Journal "Alabama will earn $1.75 million more than Louisville to play in the schools' football season opener on Sept. 1 in Orlando, Florida, according to contracts obtained by the Courier Journal via open records requests. Each school signed its own contract in 2015 with ESPN to..." June 22

CBS Sports "In today's episode of "People Think Tennessee Football Fans Are Crazy," we turn to the latest episode of "Marty Smith's America: The Podcast." The ESPN reporter had former Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin on and while discussing the time Kiffin returned to Knoxville as..." June 21

New Orleans Times-Picayune "For Derek Stingley Jr.'s 16th birthday, the LSU football coaching staff gave him a surprise gift at Tigers' practice facility. Coaches gathered in the lobby and sang Happy Birthday to the unsuspecting Dunham cornerback after he was told he was heading to the school just to..." June 20

College Football Talk "The majority of players that end up transferring from one school to another probably leave on mostly positive terms with their previous school. In the case of quarterback Joe Burrow, there appear to be absolutely no bitter hostilities left at the table at Ohio State as far as Buckeyes head..." June 19

Larry Brown Sports "The University of Arkansas football team’s latest scholarship offer went to a familiar face. Chandler Morris announced on Friday that he had received a scholarship offer from his father’s program. Morris’ dad Chad was announced as Arkansas’ new head..." June 17

SEC Country "Tennessee’s offensive line will get some much-needed help with the addition of Alabama transfer Brandon Kennedy, according to a source with direct knowledge of the transaction. Kennedy, who has two years of eligibility remaining, was a backup center for the Crimson Tide who..." June 14

Clarion Ledger "Mississippi State wide receiver Reggie Todd was arrested Tuesday on an alleged simple assault charge, according to the Oktibbeha County jail log. Todd has been suspended indefinitely from team activities, Joe Moorhead said in a statement. In a statement, a..." June 14

CBS Sports "Kentucky safety Marcus Walker was dismissed from the team in late May after he was arrested on drug trafficking charges, and on Wednesday, some details of what took place during Walker's arrest emerged. And it looks as though it cost Walker a lot more than his spot at..." June 14

247 Sports "Arkansas has added a graduate transfer in former Kansas Jayhawk wide receiver Chase Harrell. Harrell, 6-4, 215, announced the decision to transfer to Arkansas Tuesday afternoon via Twitter. He is originally from Hargrave High School in Huffman (Texas) and will have two years of..." June 13

SEC Country "When former Kentucky safety Marcus Walker was arrested at 4:40 a.m. on May 24 in Lexington on drug trafficking charges, police found $430 in cash in his pockets. After a search, $70,312 was found in a bag by a closet and another $25,000 was found in a box in the top-floor bedroom of a townhome..." June 13

Larry Brown Sports "Scott Frost did an impressive job in his two seasons at UCF, and his success with the Knights led to job offers from some of the nation’s most storied programs. Many felt the Florida head coaching job was the best of the bunch, and we may now have a better idea of why Frost turned it..." June 13

College Football Talk "Catching up on a bit of recent transfer news here at CFT, with a Conference USA football program one of the latest to become a beneficiary of a Power Five player who moved on from his previous school. Late last week, Andrew Mike wrote on his personal Twitter account that he..." June 12

Tuscaloosa News "The Alabama baseball team can expect to get Keith Holcombe back for one more season after he wasn’t chosen in this week’s MLB draft. But he may have played his last snap at linebacker for the football team. Holcombe spent the entire spring with the Alabama baseball program..." June 11

SEC Country "Former Clemson defensive tackle Josh Belk, who was with the Tigers during spring practice, will join the South Carolina football team for the 2018 season. It has not been confirmed if Belk will be eligible to play this fall. “I am thankful for the opportunity I had at..." June 11

Tampa Bay Times "Former West Virginia defensive lineman Adam Shuler announced Monday that he plans to join the Gators as a graduate transfer. Shuler, a 6-foot-4, 268-pound Longwood native, started 10 games for the Mountaineers last season.  " June 11

NFL Trade Rumors "Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Mississippi State DB Brandon Bryant is also expected to apply for entry to the 2018 NFL supplemental draft. Bryant joins Western Michigan CB Sam Beal and Virginia Tech CB Adonis Alexander as..." June 06

ESPN "Even Nick Saban, one of the most successful and most prepared college football coaches of all time and a veteran boater to boot, can occasionally run into trouble on the water. But for the record, Saban said he didn't run out of gas while spending an afternoon on the lake with..." June 04

SEC Country "Former Arkansas safety Reid Miller announced his intention to join the Montana football program this week during an interview with Amie Just of 406MTsports.com. “Even in high school, I knew about the history of Montana football,” Miller said. “From a young age,..." June 04

College Football Talk "After mulling a potential transfer last month, it now appears Stetson Bennett IV has decided to move on from the defending SEC champions. The backup quarterback will take the JUCO path for the next stage of his college football career. According to an update from..." June 04

Bleacher Report "The Texas A&M Aggies landed one of the best blockers in the country when Kenyon Green committed to the school Saturday. Green announced his decision on Twitter. Green is the No. 4 offensive tackle and No. 15 player overall in the 2019 recruiting class, per 247Sports'..." June 02

College Football Talk "Most people would rush to put pen to paper on a deal guaranteeing them $7.5 million over the next 10 years but Jimbo Fisher apparently isn’t most people. The Texas Tribune is reporting that the Aggies head coach has not signed his new contract with the school..." May 31

ESPN "Alabama coach Nick Saban has made news in recent years for blocking his players from transferring within the SEC, and he says he doesn't understand why he has taken heat for doing so. "I don't think it should be on me," Saban said during the SEC spring meetings..." May 30

ESPN "Auburn Tigers coach Gus Malzahn called the new NCAA rule limiting the number of people on headsets during games "a joke" that will have an impact on the quality of the game. Earlier this month, the NCAA passed legislation that will cap the number of people on headsets to 20,..." May 30

Orlando Sentinel "In 1997, Steve Spurrier became the first $2 million head coach in college football. A little more than 20 years later, LSU gave defensive coordinator Dave Aranda a four-year deal worth $2.5 million annually. In Spurrier’s day, a $1 million dollar head coaching salary..." May 30

New Orleans Times-Picayune "New Orleans Saints rookie quarterback J.T. Barrett spent three years playing with Joe Burrow at Ohio State, and with Burrow transferring to LSU this year, Barrett thinks his former teammate has what it takes to become the Tigers' next starting quarterback. "He's..." May 29

Louisville Courier-Journal "Less than a week after he was arrested, Kentucky safety Marcus Walker has been dismissed from the football program. UK coach Mark Stoops announced the decision through a spokeswoman Tuesday. The school said there would be no additional comment. Walker, 21, and..." May 29

College Football Talk "Darrin Kirkland, Jr., announced earlier this week on Twitter he planned to leave Tennessee. “For the last 3 years The University of Tennessee has been my home,” he wrote. “After much prayer, thought, and consideration about what my future holds, I have decided..." May 29

SEC Country "Auburn rescinded its offer for a preferred walk-on spot to safety CJ Harris because of a preexisting medical condition and not because of his usage of medicinal cannabis oil as initially reported, sources told Auburn Undercover’s Brandon Marcello on..." May 28

The State "South Carolina's Will Muschamp got his holiday weekend off and running with a big commitment for his program. Defensive lineman Zacch Pickens, widely considered the top prospect in the state for the 2019 class, announced a commitment to South Carolina on Friday night after his..." May 26

Larry Brown Sports "Georgia redshirt freshman Tray Bishop was arrested this week for allegedly showing people a sex video of him with a woman. According to Dawg Nation, Bishop was arrested and booked into Athens-Clarke County Jail on Wednesday and later released on bond. He is accused of recording a sex..." May 26

Larry Brown Sports "Medication used by a football player to treat his seizures will make him ineligible to play, according to the NCAA. C.J. Harris, who is a senior safety at Warner Robins High School in Georgia, received a dream offer when Auburn asked him to be a preferred walk-on at the school, WGXA..." May 25

Lexington Herald-Leader "A University of Kentucky football player was arrested early Thursday morning and charged with trafficking marijuana and cocaine, according to court records. Marcus Walker, a 21-year-old junior safety from Lake Wales, Fla., was arrested at 4:40 a.m. Thursday by Lexington Police. He was..." May 24

College Football Talk "Continued kudos, Alabama. Earlier this month, Brandon Kennedy opted to leave Alabama as a graduate transfer.  The offensive lineman, as it turns out, is interested in a transfer to Alabama rivals Auburn and Tennessee; as has been the case in the..." May 22

ESPN "Former Alabama offensive lineman Dallas Warmack is heading to Oregon as a graduate transfer, he announced on Twitter. He will have two years of eligibility remaining. Warmack, a former U.S. Army All-American, appeared in 16 games in his career at Alabama. He did not see the..." May 20

CBS Sports "LSU announced Sunday morning that Billy Cannon, one of the greatest Tigers in the program's history, has died at the age of 80. Cannon passed away Sunday morning peacefully at his home.  Cannon was the star running back for LSU during the 1958 national championship season and..." May 20