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Good morning, and welcome back to CFB Roundup from CFB Home – the first daily newsletter that’s all college football, all the time with no bias, no slant, and no fluff.

Pac-12 Commish Expects Multiple Media Rights Partners in Next Deal

Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould confirmed that the Pac-12 is expecting for multiple networks to be a part of whatever the final media rights package looks like.

Gould was on Next Up with Adam Breneman, and she shared, “I think for us, based on our objectives for our media rights partnerships – one of which is to reach a diverse audience. You hear that all the time from our coaches. We have a diverse fan base, and we need to be on platforms that reach all of our stakeholders. And I think in order to do that, we’re going to have to have multiple media rights partners. I don’t see us being in a situation where we walk away with just one partner in order to accomplish all of the things we’re looking to accomplish, including reach, marketing, and brand support. All of the things that we’re trying to achieve.”

As for the interest of the Pac-12 as a property, Gould shared, “we have a lot of interest. I think the thing that’s been really fun about it is because we’re in a rebuild situation, we have a clean slate. We don’t have predetermined packages. We have, I call it, the clean whiteboard. … I don’t want this to be a media rights partner writing us a check and televising a bunch of games. We need these partnerships to be transformational at this point, and for somebody to really jump in with us and say, we want to help elevate and reimagine the new Pac-12. I think what we talked about with the legacy Pac-12 brand has proven to be true. There’s a lot of interest in the marketplace and potential media rights partners really see the value in the legacy of the Pac-12 brand. And then, I would say our metrics have been really strong.”

In considering the metrics, Gould shared, “you look at what Oregon State and Washington State did on The CW this year. That Oregon State - Washington State game was the top-viewed college football game on The CW this year. That meant a lot, and those two FOX games that we had, the viewership was on par with the Big 12. So, I think potential media rights partners see it as a valuable product.”

Mississippi State to Promote Courtney Williams to Assistant GM

Matt Zenitz of 247Sports is reporting that Mississippi State is set to promote Courtney Williams to Assistant General Manager of the football team after he was the Director of Scouting for Mississippi State the past two seasons.

Before that, Williams was the Assistant Director of Player Development at Memphis.

With Mississippi State this past year, Williams helped recruit the #22 recruiting class and a transfer portal class which has 24 new faces for the Bulldogs’ roster.

Virginia Tech’s Brent Pry Confirms Brian Crist Staying as QBs Coach

Virginia Tech Head Coach Brent Pry shared during his Monday press conference that QBs Coach Brian Crist would be staying on the staff and would remain working with the QBs even after the hiring of Philip Montgomery as the new OC.

“We didn’t want to reset this whole thing. We’ve got a good foundation laid. … [Montgomery] is the offensive coordinator and he’ll obviously be involved heavily in our quarterbacks, but right now Brian Crist is working with the quarterbacks. There may be some reshuffling at the 100 level, but obviously Coach Montgomery’s experience with quarterbacks was an important piece to the hire.”

Coach Crist is entering his fifth season with the Hokies and was a GA back in the 90s for a season with Coach Pry.

4-Star OT Emanuel Tucker Commits to Mississippi State

4-Star OT Emanuel Tucker committed to Mississippi State yesterday, committing to Mississippi State over Tennessee and LSU.

Tucker shared with On3’s Chad Simmons that he loves the staff, and that he sees the staff like family: “I love there the staff there and I’ve been talking a lot with Coach Loadholt, their offensive line coach. He reached out to me as soon as he got to Mississippi State and it’s been going well with him.”

Tucker ranks 271st nationally and 20th at the OT position according to the On3 industry composite, a big get for the Bulldogs.

For Mississippi State this is the first Blue Chip commitment but 7th commitment total for the 2026 class, a class which currently ranks 31st nationally and 10th in the SEC.

5-Star ATH Brandon Arrington Locks in Pair of OVs

Earlier this month, 5-star ATH Brandon Arrington shared his top 12 schools (Alabama, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn State, UCLA, USC, and Texas A&M), with Texas A&M and USC getting the first two visits.

He is going to be visiting Texas A&M the weekend of June 6th and USC from June 16-18.

Arrington shared with On3’s Chad Simmons, “these schools stand out because I have visited most of them had great talkes with the coaches. All of these programs have a history of getting high recruits to the league too. All of these schools stay in touch and show the most love.”

Arrington ranks highest on On3, ranking 8th nationally and 1st at the ATH position designation for both On3 and the On3 industry composite rankings.

5-Star WR and Ohio State Commit Chris Henry Jr. Sets 4 Official Visits

Near consensus 5-star WR Chris Henry Jr. is committed to Ohio State but he’s set up 4 official visits, including the Buckeyes.

Henry is visiting Miami (May 30), USC (June 6), Oregon (June 13), and then Ohio State gets the last OV the week after Oregon.

Henry has been committed to Ohio State since late July of 2023, nearly 2 years ago.

Henry is one of the top players in the country, ranking 1st according to ESPN but 6th nationally and 2nd at the WR position according to the On3 industry composite.

Consensus 4-Star OT Samuel Roseborough Names Top 10 Programs

Consensus 4-star OT Samuel Roseborough shared with On3’s Hayes Fawcett his top 10 programs.

Roseborough’s top 10 includes Alabama, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Texas, and Texas A&M.

He shared with On3’s Chad Simmons this past summer, “I’d like to go through this process and still find new things that are important to me. As of right now, education is big for me and I want to feel like I have a family wherever I go. I want to have people that are going to support me and also push me.”

Roseborough ranks the highest on On3, which ranks him 43rd nationally and 9th at the OT position, while the On3 industry composite places him 106th nationally and 9th at the OT position.

Consensus 4-Star DL Vodney Cleveland Names Top 6 Programs

Consensus 4-star DL Vodney Cleveland originally committed to Alabama back in October, but decommitted in December.

Cleveland shared with On3’s Hayes Fawcett that his top 6 is the following: Georgia, Florida, Miami, Texas, North Carolina, and Auburn.

Cleveland took an unofficial visit to Auburn last month and has visited Florida a couple times in the last few weeks.

Cleveland spoke with GatorsOnline on some of the positives of Florida, saying, “it’s just a great feeling down here. Family oriented. What really makes this place special is just the people around here. And it’s just real family oriented. Everything is real around here.”

Williams is ranked highest by 247, which ranks him 44th nationally and 3rd at the DL position, but the On3 industry composite ranks him 89th nationally and 7th at the DL position.

Consensus 4-Star LB Izayia Williams Sets 6 OVs

One-time Syracuse commit Izayia Williams has set 6 official visits for May through June:

Williams is visiting Penn State (May 17), Georgia (May 30), Alabama (June 6), Florida (June 13), Colorado (June 17), and Florida State (June 20).

Williams is a LB from Florida who ranks 71st nationally and 4th at the LB position according to On3’s industry composite rankings.

Consensus 4-Star ATH and Baylor Commit Ryelan Morris Sets Oklahoma & Stanford OVs

Consensus 4-star ATH and Baylor commit Ryelan Morris has set a pair of official visits to Oklahoma and Stanford.

Morris shared with On3, “I am close to 100% committed to Baylor. I am going to take an official visit to Stanford on May 30, to Oklahoma on June 6, and then to Baylor on June 13. These visits were set this way strategically so I could gauge each school, then compare it to Baylor at the end.”

In considering the three, Morris did speak really positively about Oklahoma: “OU is different for me. It was between Baylor and them when I committed, so I have had an interest in them for a long time. Coach Murray and OU deserve a chance. I want to get back, see what they have to say and go from there.”

Morris ranks 144th nationally and 9th at the ATH position according to On3, but the On3 industry composite ranks Morris 173rd nationally and 9th at the ATH position.

Other Commitments/Decommitments

3-Star (85) QB Rhys Brush commits to USF