Jon Wilner

College sports reporter

Jon Wilner

Jon Wilner聽has been covering college sports for decades聽and is an AP top-25 football and basketball voter as well as a Heisman Trophy voter. He was named Beat Writer of the Year in 2013 by the Football Writers Association of America for his coverage of the聽Pac-12, won first place for feature writing in 2016 in the Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest and is a five-time APSE honoree.

Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey ...

Pac-12 football: Christian McCaffrey, Marcus Mariota and Brandin Cooks lead the Hotline鈥檚 all-decade team

December 30, 2019 at 10:40 a.m.

Mariota, the Pac-12's only Heisman Trophy winner of the decade, was our pick for all-decade quarterback over Stanford's Andrew Luck, USC's Sam Darnold and Cal's Jared Goff.

Saturday Night Five: USC collapses, Helton cuts key staffers, Eason bolts UW, the muddled North and context on WSU

December 29, 2019 at 10:08 a.m.

In what amounted to their first game of the 2020 season, the Trojans collapsed in the second half against Iowa and added strength to the headwinds facing coach Clay Helton.

Jorge Gutierrez #2 of the California ...

Pac-12 basketball: The Hotline鈥檚 all-decade team (plus top player, coach)

December 26, 2019 at 9:29 a.m.

As might be expected from a conference that sent just one team to the Final Four this decade -- one berth out of the 40 available 鈥� the talent level...

Pac-12 bowl picks: Oregon, USC escape while Utah struggles

December 21, 2019 at 9:02 a.m.

The Rose Bowl carries immense significance for the Pac-12 because of its struggles on the big stages in recent seasons. Not since Jan. '17 has the conference won a marquee...

Coach Herm Edwards of the Arizona State Sun Devils looks on from the sidelines against the California Golden Bears during the second quarter of an NCAA football game at California Memorial Stadium on Sept. 27, 2019, in Berkeley. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

Pac-12 recruiting recap: USC craters while Oregon, UW ascend

December 21, 2019 at 8:49 a.m.

The Trojans are in the recruiting gutter with a class that ranks below Group of Five teams, an incredible turn of events for the once-proud program.

Pac-12 recruiting: USC, Utah and a tale of two coaching staffs

December 18, 2019 at 11:32 p.m.

The attention today, understandably, is on talent acquisition. Our focus here, however, is on the other half of the equation: What happens to that talent once it arrives on campus....

BERKELEY, CA – NOVEMBER 16: USC Trojans head coach Clay Helton reacts after his player USC Trojans’ Christian Rector (89) is ejected while playing the California Golden Bears in the first quarter of their game at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

Pac-12 recruiting: Storylines for the early signing period

December 18, 2019 at 11:41 p.m.

Washington has the top-rated class (for now), USC is nowhere to be found (for now) and a handful of elite prospects could change their minds at the last minute.

Wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. (6) of the USC Trojans makes a catch for a touchdown at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Sept. 20, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)

Pac-12 football: Ranking the conference’s top 15 players in 2019

December 9, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.

Without limiting for position, we selected the best players in the conference. Only one quarterback made the cut, and our No. 1 pick never touched the ball.

Head coach Chip Kelly of the UCLA Bruins reacts to the second touchdown of Michael Warren II #3 of the Cincinnati Bearcats to take a 14-10 lead during the second quarter at Rose Bowl on September 1, 2018 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

Pac-12 recap: Fragile futures for Chip Kelly, Kevin Sumlin

December 2, 2019 at 11:54 a.m.

The second-year head coaches at UCLA (Kelly) and Arizona (Sumlin) finished extraordinarily disappointing seasons and face uncertain futures at schools that can't, or won't pay their buyouts.

Pac-12 bowl projections: Utah wins but loses as the competition closes in

November 27, 2019 at 2:05 p.m.

Utah did everything right over the weekend, then watched the playoff rankings go all wrong Tuesday evening. Sure, the Utes moved up one spot, to No. 6, as expected with...

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Pac-12 football: Christian McCaffrey, Marcus Mariota and Brandin Cooks lead the Hotline鈥檚 all-decade team

Saturday Night Five: USC collapses, Helton cuts key staffers, Eason bolts UW, the muddled North and context on WSU

Pac-12 basketball: The Hotline鈥檚 all-decade team (plus top player, coach)

Pac-12 bowl picks: Oregon, USC escape while Utah struggles

Pac-12 recruiting recap: USC craters while Oregon, UW ascend

Pac-12 recruiting: USC, Utah and a tale of two coaching staffs

Pac-12 recruiting: Storylines for the early signing period

Pac-12 football: Ranking the conference’s top 15 players in 2019

Pac-12 recap: Fragile futures for Chip Kelly, Kevin Sumlin

Pac-12 bowl projections: Utah wins but loses as the competition closes in