With National Signing Day behind us, college football has calmed down quite a bit. We still had a bit of news this weekend, with several coaching moves around the conference.
- Arkansas extended Bret Bielema for two years. The Razorbacks added two years onto their head coach’s contract, pushing its end date out to 2020, and bumped up his salary. Bielema will now earn $4 million in 2015, up from $3.2 million in 2014, with his salary rising by $100,000 each year of the deal. He also has a chance to earn up to $1 million in incentives each year.
- Arkansas running backs coach Joel Thomas leaves for the New Orleans Saints. A member of Bielema’s staff since he came to Arkansas, Thomas will be taking the same position for the Saints. Arkansas recently gave Thomas an extension and raise.
- Vanderbilt cornerbacks coach reportedly on the way out. Todd Lyght, whom Vanderbilt hired away from the Philadelphia Eagles less than a month ago, has reportedly accepted a similar position at his alma mater, Notre Dame, before coaching a game on Derek Mason’s staff.
- LSU wide receivers coach heading to the 49ers. Adam Henry, who had a big hand in flipping two wide receiver prospects to LSU on NSD, will be joining the San Francisco 49ers staff, LSU announced on Sunday.
- Texas A&M player declines NFL scouting combine invitation. On Friday, the NFL announced its list of invitees for its annual scouting combine later this month. Aggies lineman Garrett Gramling earned an invitation, but decided to turn it down and reportedly told the event that he no longer wishes to play football.
Recruiting news
- CeCe Jefferson’s saga continues. After Jefferson’s family announced the five-star defensive end would be “holding out” on sending in his Letter of Intent after the Gators hired a new defensive line coach, Chris Rumph, there’s been some movement on Jefferson’s signing. On Saturday, he tweeted out that he would send in his LOIÂ “soon.” That came after a report that Jefferson plans to send in his letter sometime this week.
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