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Chris Hummer

247Sports Writer /

From free cruises to cash-filled birthday cards: The wild shadow economy of unofficial recruiting visits

Schools are increasingly paying for unofficial visits despite NCAA rules preventing it. Here's how the system works -- legally and illegally -- and why enforcement can't keep up

Inside UFC heavyweight star Josh Hokit's time as a college football walk-on

Hokit turned a high school dream into near reality as he sits on the cusp of a heavyweight title shot

Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby just blew a hole in NCAA enforcement, a model that might be beyond repair

A judge's ruling on the Brendan Sorsby case could do irreparable harm to an already failing NCAA enforcement arm

ACC post-spring intel: Elite QB's stock rising, breakout players, more buzz from across the league

From stars in the making under center to breakout players, here's what we're hearing around the ACC entering summer

Inside Miami's high-stakes pursuit of QB Darian Mensah, and the transfer portal saga that followed

Miami swooped in at the last minute for Mensah, who had just led rival Duke to an ACC Championship

Inside the Tennessee QB battle: Could five-star true freshman Faizon Brandon be the Vols' Day 1 starter?

While Tennessee's QB1 competition is expected to stretch into fall camp, Brandon is gaining momentum

Big Ten post-spring intel: Breakout players, key QB battles, more buzz from across the league

CBS Sports tapped anonymous Big Ten sources for fresh updates as summer approaches

Inside Cam Coleman's move to Texas: Arch Manning, NIL and the 5-star WR's transformation in Austin

The transfer portal's No. 1 WR left Auburn and became the centerpiece of the Longhorns' offseason

Inside Dylan Raiola's Nebraska divorce: NIL drama, family influence and Oregon's QB succession plan

Why one of college football's highest-paid players in 2025 is starting over as a backup

SEC post-spring intel: Inside the key QB battles, breakout players, more buzz from across the league

From unsettled QB rooms to breakout players, here's what we're hearing around the SEC entering summer

2027 NFL mock draft: Early first-round predictions for college football's top stars -- with a twist

Projecting next year's first round based on the positional order of the 2026 NFL Draft

Mark Matthews commits to Texas A&M: Aggies land nation's top OT, move to No. 1 in recruiting class rankings

Matthews, the No. 3 player overall in the 2027 class, picked the Aggies over his home-state Hurricanes in an upset.

Why Princewill Umanmielen's Ole Miss-to-LSU transfer saga helps define a now-sizzling SEC rivalry

Two days before the transfer window closed, the star pass rusher stunned Ole Miss by entering the portal, ultimately following Lane Kiffin to Baton Rouge

Jordan Seaton's transfer portal payday: How LSU landed college football's most expensive offensive lineman

Seaton entered the portal days before the deadline, beginning a two-week courting process with college football's top programs

Christmas Eve, Chick-fil-A and a cell phone's burden: How Florida kept Jadan Baugh out of the transfer portal

When the transfer portal frenzy overwhelmed the star RB, Florida's new coaching staff pulled out all the stops to secure his loyalty

Chris is a national college football writer for 247Sports. He previously covered Texas for 247Sports and also spent time covering preps in Midland, Texas.

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