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Following three successful seasons leading the Bulls, Alex Golesh took the Auburn head coaching job this coaching carousel and will not coach the bowl game. USF will also be without quarterback Byrum Brown, as he is likely to enter the transfer portal.

In the Cure Bowl from Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, the Bulls (9-3) will open the new era against Old Dominion (9-3), which will be without starting quarterback Colton Joseph, who has already announced his intention to transfer.

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USF went 23-15 in three seasons under Golesh, but will have Brian Hartline ― formerly the Ohio State wide receivers coach ― taking over the program for the 2026 season. The Bulls’ signature win was an 18-16 win over Florida on Sept. 6.

Meanwhile, the Monarchs ended the season on a five-game winning streak after losing their opener to Indiana. Two of the three losses for ODU this season came against teams in the College Football Playoff field ― Indiana and James Madison.

This marks the first-ever matchup between USF and Old Dominion.

USA TODAY Sports is bringing live updates from the game. Follow along.

Old Dominion vs South Florida score

Old Dominion vs South Florida live updates

Pregame

Quinn Henicle stats

With Colton Joseph opting out of the bowl game and entering the transfer portal, redshirt freshman Quinn Henicle earns the start for Old Dominion. Henicle has attempted 15 passes this season and 40 for his career.

Like Joseph, Henicle provides a dual-threat option for the Monarchs. He averaged 8.2 yards per carry and three touchdowns last season and has averaged 5.1 yards per carry this season.

2024: 14-of-25 (56%) passing for 181 yards, two touchdowns and one interception; 34 rushes for 278 yards and three touchdowns
2025: 6-of-15 passing (40%) for 57 yards; 20 rushes for 102 yards

Gaston Moore stats

With Byrum Brown opting out of the bowl game, senior signal-caller Gaston Moore will earn the start for South Florida. Moore is 14-of-20 passing for 54 yards and a touchdown this season.

For his career, Moore is 40-of-64 passing for 327 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions in five seasons with Tennessee and USF.

2021 (Tennessee): 2-for-2 (100%) passing for six yards
2022 (Tennessee): 4-for-5 (80%) passing for 30 yards and an interception
2023 (Tennessee): 4-for-10 (40%) passing for 36 yards; Three rushes for four yards
2024 (Tennessee): 16-of-27 (59.3%) passing for 201 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions; Three rushes for 18 yards
2025 (South Florida): 14-of-20 (70%) for 54 yards and a touchdown; Seven rushes for 12 yards

What channel is Old Dominion vs South Florida on today?

TV Channel: ESPN
Livestream:Fubo (free trial)

Old Dominion vs South Florida will broadcast nationally on ESPN for the Cure Bowl. Dave Neal and Fozzy Whittaker will call the game from the booth at Camping World Stadium, with Morgan Uber reporting from the sidelines. Streaming options for the game include Watch ESPN and Fubo, which offers a free trial to new subscribers.

Old Dominion vs South Florida time today

Date: Wednesday, Dec. 17
Start time: 5 p.m. ET

The Old Dominion vs South Florida game starts at 5 p.m. ET from Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida.

Old Dominion vs South Florida predictions, picks, odds

Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Wednesday, Dec. 17

Spread: South Florida (-4)
Over/under: 53.2 points
Moneyline: South Florida -190 ∣ Old Dominion +155

Prediction: South Florida 27, Old Dominion 23

This one may end up being lower scoring than anticipated with both teams’ starting quarterbacks having opted out. The Bulls still have more than enough pieces from the nation’s No. 2 scoring offense to get past what’s been a red-hot Monarchs squad.

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Fox News Digital spoke to Minnesota state Rep. Kristin Robbins shortly after she unveiled millions in alleged fraud in the state’s assisted living program and identified an individual already indicted for fraud who is still receiving payments from the state, adding to the already exploding fraud scandal in the state. 

The Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy, chaired by Robbins, held a hearing that focused on a new sector of fraud, the state’s assisted living programs, that comes amid a massive unfolding fraud scandal in the state that has affected a variety of other sectors and resulted in calls for the state’s chief executive, Gov. Tim Walz, to resign. 

The committee alleges that a number of individuals tied to other fraud schemes are receiving millions in taxpayer dollars for an assisted living program and that one of those individuals, referred to as ‘FOF Defendant,’ is already facing indictment charges as part of the Feeding the Future fraud scheme yet still receiving payments from Minnesota’s Department of Human Services. 

In a presentation, Robbins outlined properties owned by FOF Defendant connected to the assistant living facility fraud and what she called an ‘unbelievable’ network of fraud that slipped past any oversight procedures. 

‘I bring this to your attention because despite months of hearings, we continue to miss the most basic internal controls and the most basic checks and balances when we are enrolling providers,’ Robbins said during the hearing. ‘This is just one network. Our researchers has multiple networks that we could have discussed today.’

Robbins, who is a Republican candidate for governor to replace Walz next year, says she will be turning her findings over to the U.S. Attorney today for further investigation.

‘I just find it unconscionable that they, the department didn’t run a basic check of all these Feeding Our Future people who’ve been indicted or convicted, and make sure that they weren’t getting state money in other programs,’ Robbins told Fox News Digital.

While investigations into fraud have focus mainly on nonprofits who abused COVID-19 and food aid programs, the committee’s assertion that adult daycare services and assisted living facilities also engaged in fraud suggests that the scandal is more wideranging than previously reported.

‘I expect there will be more fraud uncovered in those sectors. And I’m assuming it’s happening in other states. as we’ve seen, there is a similar fraud going on in Maine, and I’m sure many other states. And so I think all agencies around the country need to be attuned to this and need to look at the programs,’ Robbins said.

She add, ‘And it’s not high finance. It’s basic internal controls that they should be doing.’

Fox News Digital reached out to Walz’s office for comment. 

The fraud scandal in Minnesota, that dates back to at least 2020 but has exploded into the national spotlight in recent weeks, has prompted several swift actions from the Trump administration and Congress.

The Small Business Administration is investigating a network of Somali groups in Minnesota that it says is tied to the scandal, and a House Oversight Committee has opened an investigation into Walz’s role.

The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a review into how Minnesota used billions of dollars in federal social service funding, requesting detailed records from Walz’s administration and other state entities after reports raised questions about whether portions of the money were misused.

On Tuesday, Fox News Digital first reported that Education Secretary Linda McMahon called on Walz to resign over the scandal. 

‘You have been Minnesota’s Governor since 2019,’ McMahon wrote. ‘During that time, your careless lack of oversight and abuse of the welfare system has attracted fraudsters from around the world, especially from Somalia, to establish a beachhead of criminality in our country. As President Trump put it, you have turned Minnesota into a ‘fraudulent hub of money laundering activity.’’

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Venezuela tore into President Donald Trump’s Tuesday order to blockade the waters near Venezuela and prevent sanctioned oil tankers from passing through as ‘warmongering threats.’ 

In a statement, the government said Trump’s ‘irrational blockade’ was a ‘grotesque threat’ and an effort to ‘steal’ the nation’s oil wealth. 

Caracas formally filed a complaint with the United Nations Security Council Tuesday as the U.S. took aim at a key lifeline: oil shipments to China.

Venezuelan exports fell sharply this week as U.S. actions disrupted shipping lanes. On Tuesday, Trump demanded Venezuela return ‘stolen’ oil assets to the U.S.

‘Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us,’ he wrote on Truth Social. ‘I am ordering A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and out of, Venezuela.’

Trump’s reference to ‘stolen’ U.S. assets stems from a long-running dispute over Venezuela’s seizure of American-owned oil projects more than a decade ago. Beginning in 2007, the Chávez government forced U.S. firms like ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips to surrender multibillion-dollar investments in some of the country’s largest oil fields, triggering arbitration cases that remain unresolved. 

Those expropriations targeted corporate property, not U.S. government land, but Trump has cast the episode as a broader theft from the American people as he presses for tougher measures against the Maduro regime.

With most Western buyers off the table, China has become Venezuela’s dominant customer for crude, often taking the vast majority of the country’s exportable barrels. Cutting or constraining those shipments threatens the government’s most reliable source of hard currency at a time when Maduro lives in fear of a potential U.S.-led effort to oust him from the presidency.

Oil accounts for around 88% of Venezuela’s $24 billion in export revenues, according to a recent New York Times report.

Amid dozens of strikes on alleged narco-traffickers in the waters near Venezuela, the U.S. has built up its largest military presence in the Latin America region in decades: 15% of all naval assets are now positioned in the Southern Command theater.

On Dec. 10, the U.S. seized a major oil tanker known as the Skipper, and plans to seek a warrant to seize the oil, worth tens of millions.

Analysts say the regime has few practical ways to hit back without doing even more damage to itself.

Maduro could target U.S. oil interests in Venezuela — Chevron still has a license to operate there — but doing so would almost certainly inflict more pain on his own cash-starved regime than on the United States.

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President Donald Trump took some not-so-subtle swipes at his predecessors with new plaques below their portraits in the new White House Presidential Walk of Fame.

Former President Joe Biden had already been mocked in the installation, which was unveiled in September, when Trump used a photo of an autopen to represent the 46th president. Now, there are two plaques that include Trump’s nicknames for Biden.

‘Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American History,’ the top plaque states. ‘Biden oversaw a series of unprecedented disasters that brought our Nation to the brink of destruction. His policies caused the highest Inflation ever recorded, leading the U.S. Dollar to lose more than 20% of its value in 4 years.’

‘Nicknamed both ‘Sleepy’ and ‘Crooked,’ Joe Biden was dominated by his Radical Left handlers. They and their allies in the Fake News Media attempted to cover up his severe mental decline, and his unprecedented use of the Autopen,’ the second plaque reads. ‘Following his humiliating debate loss to President Trump in the big June 2024 debate, he was forced to withdraw from his campaign for re-election in disgrace.’

Trump also took jabs at former President Barack Obama, calling him ‘one of the most divisive political figures in American History.’

‘As President, he passed the highly ineffective ‘Unaffordable’ Care Act, resulting in his party losing control of both Houses of Congress, and the Election of the largest House Republican majority since 1946,’ the first of two plaques says.

‘Obama also spied on the 2016 Presidential Campaign of Donald J. Trump, and presided over the creation of the Russia, Russia Hoax, the worst political scandal in American History,’ the second plaque reads. ‘His handpicked successor, Hillary Rodham Clinton, would then lose the Presidency to Donald J. Trump.’

Despite not ever being president, and therefore not being pictured in the walk of fame, Hillary Clinton is referenced more than once.

Beneath the picture of former President Bill Clinton, a plaque says, ‘In 2016, President Clinton’s wife, Hillary Clinton, lost the Presidency to President Donald J. Trump!’

In November, Trump gave Fox News Channel’s Laura Ingraham a tour of the walk of fame and told her that ‘beautiful bronze plaques’ were going to be installed. He said the plaques would describe the presidents but did not tease the political jabs written on them.

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President Donald Trump and participated in the dignified transfer for two members of the Iowa National Guard who were killed in Syria this weekend.

The Wednesday transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware saw the return of Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, return to U.S. soil. The two men were killed in an ambush by an ISIS gunman. Their interpreter, U.S. civilian Ayad Mansoor Sakat, was also killed, and his case was also brought home on Wednesday.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth also attended the transfer. First lady Melania Trump was scheduled to attend the event, but she was ultimately unable to participate.

‘The dignified transfer is not a ceremony; rather, it is a solemn movement of the transfer case by a carry team composed of military personnel from the fallen member’s respective service,’ Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations reads. ‘A dignified transfer is conducted for every U.S. military member who dies in the theater of operation while in the service of their country.’

Wednesday’s event was the first dignified transfer Trump has attended since returning to office in January.

Torres-Tovar and Howard were assigned to 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division of the Iowa National Guard.

 Meskwaki Nation Police Chief Jeffrey Bunn had identified his son Nate as one of the U.S. service members who was killed in the attack in a Sunday Facebook post.

‘My wife Misty and I had that visit from Army Commanders you never want to have. Our son Nate was one of the Soldiers that paid the ultimate sacrifice for all of us, to keep us all safer. He loved what he was doing and would be the first in and last out, no one left behind. Please pray for our soldiers all around this cruel world. We will see you again son, until then we have i[t] from here,’ Bunn wrote.

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Saturday that two Army soldiers and one civilian U.S. interpreter were killed, and three were wounded during the attack.

The service members had been conducting a key leader engagement with local partners in support of ongoing counter-ISIS operations when the attacker opened fire.

A Pentagon official told Fox News Digital the attack occurred in an area outside the control of interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, and that initial assessments indicate it was likely carried out by ISIS.

Fox News’ Ashley Carnahan contributed to this report.

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A canceled fight, a move in weight and a very big question on the veracity of the main event later and we are here. It’s nearly time to rumble as Jake Paul sits down next to Anthony Joshua at the press conference for the Dec. 19 fight.

The sizable Joshua – 6-foot-6 and usually fighting above 250 pounds – presents as both a physical and existential test for the more diminutive Jake Paul. Joshua has the height and weight to make mere mortals shudder. But he also comes into the ring with acumen, a 28-4 record with 25 of those wins by KO. He has also twice held the unified heavyweight title.

Friday’s fight presents a true test of mettle for Paul. The party gets started on Wednesday with a press conference that USA TODAY will cover with updates. First, here is how to watch the entire event:

Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua press conference: Date, time, stream and how to watch

Date: Wednesday, Dec. 17
Time: 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT)
Stream: MVP’s YouTube Channel and Netflix Sports’ YouTube Channel

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Jake Paul might want to get his affairs in order ahead of Friday night’s fight against two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua.

The 36-year-old Joshua told reporters on Wednesday, Dec. 17, that although he is a respectful guy, brought up by a good family, ‘If I can kill you, I will kill you.’ Joshua clearly did not mince words, emphasizing that his job is to beat people to a pulp and he does his job very well.

Joshua (28-4 career record) is outstanding in that department. He also holds a massive size advantage over YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul (12-1). The former towers over his adversaries at 6-foot-6, and normally fights in the heavyweight class, while Paul stands at 6-foot-1 and normally fights as a cruiserweight.

Paul will be fighting up in this bout, making Joshua’s promise to ‘kill’ his opponent all the more believable. Joshua made it clear that he will not hold back against Paul either.

Why does Joshua want to kill Paul?

He does not want to kill Paul in particular. Joshua emphasized that ‘It’s not even that it’s Jake (Paul).’ The fact of the matter is that regardless of who is in the ring with Joshua, it is his job is to beat opponents to a pulp.

When is the Anthony Joshua vs Jake Paul fight?

The fight is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. ET from Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida. The fight will stream exclusively on Netflix. Boxing fans with Netflix subscriptions will be able to watch the fight in its entirety at no extra cost.

Have people died while boxing?

Yes. Several people have died due to injuries sustained in the boxing ring. The most notable recent example is Patrick Day, who died on Oct. 12, 2019 at just 27 years old due to injuries he suffered in a fight.

Joshua himself has not killed anyone, though he certainly has a propensity to knock people out. In his 32 career fights, Joshua has a record of 28-4 with 25 of his wins coming via knockout.

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Striker Luis Suárez will return to MLS Cup champion Inter Miami next season after agreeing to a new one-year contract, the team announced on Wednesday, Dec. 17.

Suárez’s contract expired after the conclusion of the MLS Cup playoffs, which Inter Miami won for the first time in franchise history with a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Dec. 6.

‘Luis deserves to be able to make that decision to be able to leave through the front door and be celebrated like he should be by the club. And if he decides to stay at the club for another year, it would be great,’ Inter Miami co-owner Jorge Mas said before the MLS Cup final.

‘I would like to see Suárez stay … but the decision is up to him.’

Suárez, 38, finished with 17 goals and 17 assists over all of Inter Miami’s matches in the 2025 season. However, he played sparingly in the team’s final playoff games and did not get on the field in the MLS Cup final.

Suárez made $1.5 million in salary last season, which was tied for the fourth-highest on the team.

Inter Miami teammate and 2025 MLS MVP Lionel Messi is the league’s highest-paid player at $12 million.

The club did not reveal how much Suárez will be paid in what’s expected to be his final season.

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The Kansas City Chiefs have been soaring to ‘New Heights’ for nearly a decade. In 2025, they are sinking to new lows.

After seven straight AFC championship game appearances and three Super Bowl victories, the Chiefs were eliminated from playoff contention in Week 15. While that was bound to happen at some point, their loss to the Los Angeles Chargers will linger a bit longer as Patrick Mahomes suffered a torn ACL in the process – an injury that could keep him out into the 2026 season.

It has been a tough year for everyone involved in the Chiefs’ operation, but Travis Kelce can be seen as a headliner. While he didn’t directly address his long-term future with the Chiefs or in the NFL, he touched on a number of topics on the latest episode of ‘New Heights,’ which released on Dec. 17:

Travis Kelce on Chiefs’ playoff elimination

‘When you need them the most, things weren’t falling for us,’ Kelce said about the team being eliminated. ‘Gotta go back to the drawing board. We got three games left. The integrity of who you are as a professional, as a player, you gotta love this (expletive). Chiefs Kingdom, we’re gonna give you everything we’ve got. There’s no question about that.’

The tight end’s 13th season has been far from lucky. He will now miss the playoffs for just the second time in his career.

Travis Kelce discusses Patrick Mahomes injury on ‘New Heights’

Kelce noted that plenty of players on the Chiefs were dealing with injuries heading into the game and throughout the contest. He acknowledged that they fought to the end, but seeing Mahomes go down didn’t feel real.

‘On a freakish play to see one-five go down like that man, it (expletive), it was almost like it wasn’t real,’ Kelce added. (Expletive) just sucks man.’

He said there was a belief that they would find a way to win like they always do, but that wasn’t in the cards for Kansas City in Week 15. The Chiefs had been dominant in one-score games a year ago. That script has been flipped in 2025, posting a 1-7 record in those situations.

Regardless, they still had the ball, down 16-13, with the chance to tie or take the lead before Mahomes suffered his injury with less than a minute to go.

‘Sure felt like that,’ Kelce said, thinking they would find a way to win. ‘That’s why when one-five went down, I was like, ‘No way this is what happens, right?’

Travis Kelce addresses Mahomes’ return, Chiefs’ 2026 prospects

Whether Mahomes returns in time for the 2026 season remains to be seen, but the tight end isn’t counting him out.

‘He’s a warrior,’ Kelce said. ‘I’m telling you. This guy played through everything, battled through everything, crowned champion because he’s battled through everything. He’s gonna battle through this. It’s the only way this guy is wired. He’s gonna make sure he’s gonna come back stronger than ever.’

‘Hopefully the Chiefs can get him back as soon as possible,’ Kelce added. ‘I know he’s gonna be doing everything he can to get back out on that field for the Chiefs.’

For now, Kansas City will turn to Gardner Minshew for the remainder of the season.

Travis Kelce on his future with Chiefs

There are just three games left for the 2025 Chiefs. None of them will have playoff implications, but that won’t stop Kelce from putting his best foot forward in what became a slightly emotional rant.

‘There’s an integrity thing here that when you sign up for the gig,’ Kelce said. ‘You’re living out a kid’s dream that never got a chance to do this. You’re playing this game obviously to win Super Bowls, you’re playing this game to be in those playoff scenarios, but at the end of the day, you’re playing in the NFL. And that’s a (expletive) blessing.

‘That’s an honor. It’s an honor to be out there. It’s an honor to feel the soreness because you’re actually out there, (expletive) doing it. No matter if you’re getting the (expletive) ball thrown to you, no matter if you’re blocking your tail off. It’s an honor to be out there in a uniform, playing for the guys around you, playing for your family, playing for the people back home that are watching you.’

With just three games to go, it remains a mystery if there will be more than that for the star tight end, who didn’t discuss his future in the wake of the Chiefs’ elimination and Mahomes’ injury.

It feels like the end of an era. It remains to be seen if it truly is.

Only time will tell.

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Add quarterback to the growing list of areas of uncertainty for the Miami Dolphins’ future.

Coach Mike McDaniel is benching starter Tua Tagovailoa and replacing him with rookie Quinn Ewers, according to multiple reports.

Zach Wilson will serve as the backup and Tagovailoa will be the emergency third-stringer, per reports.

The move comes just one day after McDaniel cast doubt on Tagovailoa’s standing, saying ‘everything is on the table’ after ‘the quarterback play (Monday) was not good enough’ in a 28-15 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Tagovailoa has endured a turbulent ride in his sixth season in South Florida. He leads the NFL with a career-worst 15 interceptions. The southpaw signal-caller was benched in a Week 7 blowout loss to the Cleveland Browns, with McDaniel saying he ‘just wasn’t good enough’ on the day. He set off a maelstrom the previous week by criticizing unspecified teammates for showing up late to players-only meetings or missing them entirely. McDaniel rebuked his quarterback, who later apologized for the remarks.

Ewers, a seventh-round rookie out of Texas, replaced Tagovailoa in the loss to the Browns. He completed five of eight attempts for 53 yards in his NFL debut.

In the loss to the Steelers, Tagovailoa struggled for the first three quarters before bolstering his final stat line in the last three drives. He finished with 253 yards, two touchdowns and one interception on 22-of-28 passing.

Tagovailoa’s demotion is the latest shake-up for a franchise that has already experienced a good deal of upheaval in the last calendar year, with more potentially still to come. General manager Chris Grier parted ways with the organization on Halloween, with McDaniel’s future still unclear as he coaches out the season.

With the loss to the Steelers, the Dolphins were eliminated from playoff conention. The team’s postseason win drought dating back to the 2000 season is the longest active run for any team in the league.

McDaniel enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Tagovailoa in the early going of his coaching tenure with the Dolphins. The peak arrived in the 2023 season, during which the offense led the NFL in total yards and the quarterback earned his lone Pro Bowl nod. The following year, however, Tagovailoa missed six games due to a concussion and a hip ailment.

Though Miami enjoyed a late-season resurgence this year with a four-game win streak heading into the matchup with Pittsburgh, it was a rushing attack averaging a league-best 192 yards per game during that span that was leading the way.

The Dolphins host the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday in a game that was flexed from its original ‘Sunday Night Football’ prime-time slot.

Tua Tagovailoa contract

Tagovailoa is the NFL’s sixth-highest-paid player after signing a four-year, $212.1 million extension in 2024.

Due $54 million in guaranteed salary in 2026, Tagovailoa could be prohibitively expensive to part ways with if the Dolphins want to move on. Releasing him after the season would incur a record $99.2 million dead cap hit, though that figure could be spread over two seasons with a post-June 1 designation.

Dolphins QB depth chart

Quinn Ewers
Zach Wilson
Tua Tagovailoa

(This story was updated to add a video and new information.)

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