All-America fest as bowl sked continues … The bowl schedule continues with games just about every day this week leading up to next week’s true bowl fest which of course will include the two national CFP semi-finals on New Year’s Eve. Unfortunately, at least from a draft perspective, the pickings are not necessarily all that great this week.… Read More »
Giants place QB Jones IR; done for year … The NY Giants dismal season just a little more dismal as the team has placed QB Daniel Jones on injured reserve with a neck injury meaning that he’s not going to play again this fall. Jones has missed the last three games with the injury. The team has said… Read More »
Star Aggie TE enters draft; OSU safety out … There have been a couple of draft related announcements by underclassmen today with Texas A&M junior TE Jalen Wydermyer announcing that he will in fact be entering this year’s draft, while rising Ohio State reshirt sophomore Ronnie Hickman has said that he’ll be returning to school next fall. Wydermyer… Read More »
QB Nix ends roar; will quack; Hog DE gets DWI … A couple of late weekend college football notes. Former Auburn QB Bo Nix , a three-year starter for the Tigers, is transferring to Oregon. Meanwhile, Arkansas DE Tre Williams, a possible mid-third day prospect for the 2022 draft who led the Hogs with 6 sacks and 6.5… Read More »
What’s old is new again; Jags back to #1 … Not sure anyone saw this coming, but with three weeks to go in the regular schedule, Jacksonville is back in the #1 spot were the 2022 draft to be held this week. Detroit, which had been sitting on the top pick for weeks, stunned Arizona, while the Jags… Read More »
USC CB Steele latest to enter draft … Southern California junior CB Chris Steele is the latest underclassmen to confirm that they will be entering to upcoming draft. The 6-0, 190-pound Steele is a true junior who started in each of his three seasons with the Trojans but didn’t have the anticipated breakout year this past season. He… Read More »
#2 pick on the line in Jax … Assuming that there are no more Covid-related delays in the NFL schedule over the next 18 hours or so, the #2 pick overall at the 2022 will be very much on the line when Jacksonville hosts Houston in one of Sunday’s early games. The Texans and the Jags are the… Read More »
Duck CB to draft; ‘Noles DE to Mobile … There were a couple of more college transaction to round out the day as Oregon CB Mykael Wright, a 3rd junior, has announced that he’ll be entering the 2022 draft, while Florida State DE Jermaine Johnson, who had a breakout year in 2021 with 12 sacks, has confirmed he’ll… Read More »
WKY QB Zappe caps record season in bowl win … Western Kentucky QB Bailey Zappe concluded a record-setting season with a record-setting performance in today’s 59-38 win over Appalachian State in the Boca Raton Bowl earlier today. Zappe threw for over 400 yards and 6 TDs in today’s win giving him 5,977 yards and 62 touchdowns on the… Read More »
Star ISU RB; massive Hokie OT enter draft … A couple more juniors have announced that they will be entering the upcoming draft including All-America Iowa State RB Breece Hall and Virginia Tech OT Luke Tenuta. Hall is the second-ranked RB on the GBN positional listing and the 54th top prospect overall on the GBN Big Board for… Read More »
Two juniors in draft; one out … A couple more top junior prospects for the 2022 draft announced earlier today that they’ll be foregoing their remaining eligibility and entering the 2022 draft including Mississippi State OT Charles Cross and Penn State ILB Brandon Smith. Cross is currently the 22nd rated prospect for this year’s draft on the GBN… Read More »
QBs on parade at busy bowl day … The bowl season just kicked off on Friday, but already Saturday will be one of the busiest days on the post-season college schedule with a full half dozen games on the docket. And while it is early in the bowl season, there are what should be some surprisingly good games… Read More »
Three more juniors enter draft … A trio of juniors entered the draft over the past 24 hours or so including Oregon WR Devon Williams, North Carolina CB Kyler McMichael and RB Sincere McCormick of Texas-San Antonio. None of the three will play in their respective teams bowl games to begin draft prepartions, although none of the three… Read More »
‘If he ain’t playin’, I ain’t playin’ … Less than 24 hours after star Michigan State RB Kenneth Walker, who in our view should have been at least a Heisman finalist, announced that he was entering the 2022 draft and would not be playing in the Spartans’ Peach Bowl game against Pittsburgh, star Pitt QB Kenny Pickett, who… Read More »
Bowl season kicks off … The 40 or so game college bowl season, which culminates in the national championship game on January 10th, gets underway with a couple of games on Friday. Toledo and Middle Tennessee will actually get things going in the Bahamas Bowl which kicks off at noon ET tomorrow on ESPN. Then Northern Illinois will… Read More »
Grumpy Xmas projection posted … With the NFL regular season at the 3/4 pole and the college campaign pretty much in the books, GBN Editor Colin Lindsay has updated his 2022 first-round projection. Here’s how it kind of went down starting with a couple of assumptions: one, that this year’s QB class, at least at this time, isn’t… Read More »
With the NFL regular season at the 3/4 pole – sort of – and the college campaign in the books, it is that time of year that we’d normally update our mock draft. We actually started the exercise earlier in the week and got off to a fast start, but then hit a major roadblock before even getting… Read More »
Lions lose top player for stretch run … Detroit’s chances of ending up with the #1 pick at the 2022 draft got a boost today with word that star TE T.J. Hockenson, one of the Lions’ few bright lights this year, will miss the final month of the campaign with a thumb injury. Hockenson leads the Lions in… Read More »
Wolfpack QB Strong heading to Mobile … A day after he announced that he was turning pro, Nevada QB Carson Strong was confirmed as an accepted invite at the Senior Bowl. Indeed, the Senior Bowl QB-room keeps getting better as Strong will be joining other top prospects at the position including Kenny Pickett of Pitt, Liberty’s Malik Willis,… Read More »
College notes; Part Deux … Another busyish day on the college wire today. Included among the developments was the fact that Michigan State junior RB Kenneth Walker has announced that he will be foregoing his remaining eligibility and entering the 2022 draft. And like most underclassmen turning pro these days, Walker will be skipping the Spartans Peach Bowl… Read More »
College notes: Tide comes in for CB Ricks; Prime steals one … In one of those the ‘rich get richer’ things, rising sophomore CB Eli Ricks, who figures to be a top pro prospect as early as the 2023 draft, has reportedly opted to sign with Alabama after transferring out of LSU. Ricks didn’t play much this year… Read More »
Meyer out at Jax … In kind of a shocking development with some draft implications, Urban Meyer has been fired by Jacksonville just 13 games into what was supposed to be a new era for the Jaguars. It has been a situation that has been brewing for several weeks now and came to a head in recent days… Read More »
Pack QB enters draft … Nevada junior QB Carson Strong has become the latest underclassman to confirm that they will be foregoing their remaining college eligibility and entering the 2022 draft. Strong is considered to be one of the top 4-5 prospects at the position. The 6-4, 215-pound Strong, who has one of the stronger arms in this… Read More »
Hogs get 2nd underclassman back … For the second time in barely 24 hours, Arkansas received word that a promising underclassman who was considering entering the upcoming draft had ultimately decided to stick with the program for at least another year. Earlier today it was junior C Ricky Stromberg giving the Hogs the good word. Then later today,… Read More »
Trio of RBs enter draft … We haven’t heard much from this year’s RB class, but several spoke up today with three indicating that they will be entering the draft. Texas A&M’s Isaiah Spiller, who is generally considered to be the top prospect at the position this year, for example, has announced that he will in fact be… Read More »
