LSU LB enters draft … LSU junior Kwon Alexander announced late Wednesday that he’s leaving the Tigers early to enter the 2015 NFL draft. The 6-2, 230-pound Alexander, who had 90 tackles, including 7.5 for loss this past season, is considered to be a mid-to-late round prospect for the upcoming draft.
Bulldog RB to enter draft … In a bit of a surprise, Mississippi State junior RB Josh Robinson has indicated that he will be entering the draft after tonight’s Orange Bowl match-up with Georgia Tech. The 5-9, 215-pound Robinson, who ran for over 1,100 yards this fall as he averaged a very respectable 6.4 yards per carry to… Read More »
Cardinal CB to enter draft … The Stanford Daily is reporting at this hour that Cardinal junior CB Alex Carter has decided to enter the 2015 draft. The 6-0, 200-pound Carter is a physical cover corner with the physical skills to shine at pre-drafts workouts including the combine, although he doesn’t have necessarily elite ball skills; Carter, the… Read More »
Bowl season continues … There are three more games on today’s college football bowl schedule including both the non-playoff former BCS games. Truth be told, though, there won’t be much front-line talent on the field in any of the New Year’s Eve games, although there are a number of solid depth prospects for the 2015 draft. Here’s a… Read More »
New Year’s Eve #9 MISSISSIPPI (9-3) vs. #6 TEXAS CHRISTIAN (11-1); Peach Bowl; Atlanta; 12:30 PM ET; ESPN … Pretty good game to start your New Year’s Eve celebrations with a couple of Top 10 teams with a little something to prove. Ole Miss, for example, had visions of playing for the national championship after upsetting Alabama earlier… Read More »
Two more commit to draft … Rutgers junior TE Tyler Kroft and Oklahoma red shirt sophomore NT Jordan Phillips both announced late this afternoon that they would be entering the 2015 draft. Both are expected to be third-day picks. The 6-5, 240-pound had a breakout year in 2013 when he had 43 receptions, but his production slipped to… Read More »
Titans; Jags accept Senior Bowl coaching jobs … The Senior Bowl has announced that the coaching staffs from Tennessee and Jacksonville will coach the two teams in next month’s game in Mobile. The Titans, who have the second pick overall at the 2015 draft, will coach the North team, while Jacksonville, which picks third this year, will handle… Read More »
Pair staying in school … Arizona State junior RB D.J. Foster has announced that he has decided to pass on this year’s NFL draft and instead will instead return to school for his senior season. While not necessarily a household word among draft watchers, NFL scouts are very aware of Foster, arguably the most versatile back in the… Read More »
Bowl prospects review … The big bowls games, including the playoff games on New Year’s Day, are still to come, but a number of prospects for the 2015 draft have already caught the attention of GBN Chief Scout Pigskin Paul Guillemette in a special post-season edition of the Weekly Prospects Review.
‘BUCK’ ALLEN RB SOUTHERN CAL JR 6’1/215 #37 vs Nebraska/Holiday Bowl … It seems hard to believe in this day and age that any college players fly under the perverbial radar just because they play most of their games when folks East of the Mississippi River are in bed. But how else do we explain the seeming indifference… Read More »
Clearly the Head Coach/Quarterback relationship between Notre Dames BRIAN KELLY/EVERETT GOLSON is at a rocky point. It was announced last night that GOLSON would NOT start in today’s Music City Bowl. #8/MALIK ZAIRE/rFR, will be the starter. KELLY did say that he expected GOLSON to play in the game, clearly telling us that GOLSON is not an injury… Read More »
‘Other’ top DE enters draft … Nebraska junior DE Randy Gregory announced this morning that he will be entering the 2015 draft where he is projected to be one of the first 5-6 players selected.
Canes OT enters draft … Miami junior OT Ereck Flowers has announced he will be foregoing his final year of college eligibility and will enter the 2015 draft. And the 6-5, 325-pound Flowers could be a very interesting candidate. Indeed, there is already a buzz that he has climbed into the top 15-20 players on many boards across… Read More »
USC DE enters draft … Southern California DE Leonard Williams has announced that he will be leaving school and entering the 2015 draft where he is considered to be one of, if not the, top non-QB prospect on the board.
Pair of Big 10 stars enter draft … Pretty much s expected, Indiana junior RB Tevin Coleman has decided to skip his senior season and enter the 2015 draft where he is projected to be a late first or early second round selection. The 6-0, 210-pound Coleman with world-class speed ran for over 2,000 yards this past season… Read More »
Auburn WR out of bowl; to return in 2015 … The curious tale of Auburn junior WR D’haquille Williams apparently has a little closure at least for now. Williams is back at practice with the Tigers as they prepare for their Outback Bowl date with Wisconsin later in the week, but will not play in the game after… Read More »
Tuesday, December 30 NOTRE DAME (7-5) vs LSU (8-4); MUSIC CITY BOWL Nashville; 3PM ET; ESPN … Let’s hope the Fighting Irish have found a way to rejuvenate themselves after folding at the end of their schedule this fall, with 4 straight losses to end their season. In fact, it wasn’t all that long ago that Irish QB… Read More »
New site design launched … It took awhile but we have redesigned the GBN hopefully making it a better site for draft fans. And still cheap! Please let us know if there are problems or comments etc. Also please note in response to several inquiries re the underclassmen tables we used to post, we were waiting for the… Read More »
Top DE to stay in school … In something of a surprise, Baylor junior DE Shawn Oakman has decided to return to school for his senior season. The 6-8, 280-pound Oakman had been rated by more than one team as a potential top ten pick based on his freakish size and athleticism, however, it appears that Oakman would… Read More »
Bears, Falcons join rush to clean house … No real surprises in either Chicago or Atlanta where the Bears have fired both G.M. Phil Emery and head coach Mark Trestman, while Atlanta has canned head coach Mike Smith. For the record, Chicago will have the 7th pick at the 2015 draft, one pick ahead of Atlanta.
Jets clean house … And so it begins. Just hours after finishing yet another disappointing season, the New York Jets have fired both G.M. John Idzik and head coach Rex Ryan in the wake of a 4-12 season. The Jets will have the 4th pick in this year‘s draft. No word on potential replacements, but the Jets have… Read More »
Selection order updated … With the 2014 NFL regular schedule now in the books, the first twenty selections at the 2015 have now been settled as per the updated first-round selection order for the upcoming draft. The final twelve picks will be settled over the course of the playoffs with the losers of next weekends wild card games… Read More »
Monday, December 29 TEXAS A&M (7-5) Vs WEST VIRGINIA (7-5): Liberty Bowl; 2 PM ET; ESPN … This could actually be a pretty good game to start one’s bowl week as both teams can move the ball and put points on the board, although West Virginia will have to do it without starting QB Clint Trickett who announced… Read More »
Top 20 picks set, almost … With just one game to go in the NFL regular schedule, the first 20 picks at the 2015 draft have now been pretty much set. Tampa Bay made it interesting, but in the end lost 23-20 to New Orleans in one of today’s early games to clinch the #1 pick at the… Read More »
Regular season comes to an end; top 20 draft spots to be decided … By the end of the day we will know the dozen teams that have qualified for the NFL’s postseason as the regular season wraps up. We’ll also know the order for the first 20 picks at the 2015 draft. Tampa Bay can wrap up… Read More »
