Texas junior running back Jamaal Charles, who rushed for 1,619 yards this season, announced yesterday that he will leave the Longhorns to enter the NFL draft. Charles joined Ricky Williams, Earl Campbell and Cedric Benson as the only Longhorns to rush for more than 1,500 yards in a season. He had 161 yards and two touchdowns in Texas' Holiday Bowl win.

Paul Johnson took over as coach and announced his staff, including three assistants from Navy. Johnson, who was Navy's head coach for six seasons before being hired last month to replace the fired Chan Gailey, named Dave Wommack defensive coordinator. Wommack was the outside linebackers coach at Southern Mississippi last season. Three assistants from Navy will join him at Georgia Tech. Brian Bohannon will be quarterbacks/running backs coach, Todd Spencer the co-offensive line coach and Jeff Monken the slot backs/special teams coach.

Coach David Cutcliffe made his first hire, naming Jets assistant coach Mike MacIntyre his defensive coordinator.