‘Phins clinch 3rd pick; Falcs 4th … We knew, of course. heading into the weekend that Jacksonville and the NY Jets had already wrapped up the 1st and 2nd picks overall respectively in the opening round selection order for the 2021 draft. In fact, nothing more was settled in today’s early games, but Miami, with Houston’s pick, just… Read More »
TCU FS, SC WR; two others enter draft … A couple of more underclassmen announced earlier today that they would be entering the upcoming draft including rising TCU FS Trevon Moehrig and Southern Cal WR Amon-Ra St. Brown. Both are juniors with second round potential for the upcoming draft. Currently, St. Brown is rated as the 50th top… Read More »
Rising UGA OLB Ojulari, two others enter draft … Fresh off a dominating performance in Georgia’s dramatic Peach Bowl win over previous;y unbeaten Cincinnati in which he had 3 sacks and 2 forced fumbles, Bulldawgs’ redshirt sophomore OLB Azeez Ojulari has announced that he will be foregoing his remaining college eligibility and entering the 2021 draft where he… Read More »
BYU QB Wilson; three others enter draft … Star BYU junior QB Zack Wilson announced this afternoon that would in fact be entering the 2021 draft where he could conceivably go as high as the second pick overall. Also announcing in the past 24 hours were Stanford QB Davis Mills, as well as CBs Tre Norwood of Oklahoma… Read More »
Three more enter draft … Three more underclassmen have confirmed that they will be entering the upcoming draft including Purdue WR RonDale Moore, Oklahoma C Creed Humphrey and BYU WR Dax Milne. Moore and Humphrey are considered to be among the top prospects at their respective positions and figure to be either late first or early second round… Read More »
‘Now you tell me …’ After last night’s disappointing 55-20 Cotton Bowl loss to Oklahoma, Florida head coach Dan Mullen said that in the end the Gators maybe shouldn’t have played at all because their lineup was so depleted by opt outs for either covid, injury or draft-related reasons. Unfortunately, the warning came a little late for Gators’… Read More »
Prospects galore in CFP semis … Just a couple of more sleeps before Friday’s national college semi-finals which feature two terrific match-ups between #1 Alabama and #4 Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl at 4:20 PM ET, followed by #2 Clemson against #3 Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl at 8 PM ET. Both games are on ESPN.… Read More »
#1 ALABAMA (11-0) vs #4 NOTRE DAME (10-1); Rose Bowl, Arlington; 4:20 PM ET; ESPN … There are no more fabled programs in college football than Notre Dame and Alabama so its neat seeing these two meeting up in one of Friday’s two national semi-final games. This, in fact, will be the 8th all-time meeting between the two… Read More »
Four more enter draft; two return … Underclassmen continue to make known their intentions for 2021 with four more declaring for the draft, while a couple of talented DBs indicated they would be returning to school next fall. Headlining the list of new draft entries is rising Iowa DT Daviyon Nixon, an Outland Trophy finalist who is currently… Read More »
Canes’ QB King injured in bowl … Truth is we have been kind of boycotting the bowls this year. We have no problem with the CFP playoff games later this week, but we just feel it is simply indefensible for so-called institutions of higher learning to have their students play in totally meaningless games in the middle of… Read More »
Two more juniors enter draft … A couple more juniors have announced they’ll be entering the 2021 draft including dynamic Buffalo RB Jaret Patterson and Stanford C Drew Dalman. Patterson led all college backs with an average of almost 180 rushing yards per game this season, which prorated over a 12-game schedule works out to over 2,100 yards;… Read More »
Two more enter draft; one returns … A couple of more juniors announced earlier today that they will be entering the 2021 draft including Florida CB Marco Wilson and Illinois OG Kendrick Green. Both are early to mid third day prospects with Wilson 25th on the GBN positional ranking, while the 310-pound Green is 8th among the OGs.… Read More »
QBs Herbert, Burrow, DE Young headline GBN all-rook team … With the NFL’s regular season winding down, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has named our all-rookie team including QBs Justin Herbert of the LA Chargers and Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow, along with Washington DE Chase Young. Burrow and Young, of course, were the first two players selected at… Read More »
Hands up everyone who had the Giants playing a meaningful game on the final weekend of the regular season prior to the start of the season! Anyone? Didn’t think so. Yet here we are heading to week 17 and the Giants actually have a chance to advance to the playoffs. Beat Dallas and if Washington loses in Philadelphia… Read More »
Selection order updated … With just one week to go in the regular schedule, here is the full updated 1st round selection order were the 2021 draft held this week. Also please note that the strength of schedule figures used are for every team’s full 16 game schedule, not just the games played to date.
Four more players enter draft; two return … The flow of underclassmen to this year’s draft continues despite the holidays with four more announcing in the past 24 hours that they were foregoing their remaining eligibility and turning pro this winter. The latest players to announce include Southern California G/T Alijah Vera-Tucker, Stanford WR Simi Fehoko, Duke OLB… Read More »
Jags clinch top pick; Jets #2; #3 still to be decided … As a result of today’s early games, Jacksonville has clinched the #1 pick overall at the 2021 draft. The Jaguars left nothing to chance as they were drubbed at home by Chicago to drop to 1-14. And that top pick became theirs to keep when the… Read More »
Three in; two out in college football … Two more underclassmen announced this weekend that they would be foregoing their remaining eligibility and entering the 2021 draft including Penn State redshirt sophomore DE Jayson Oweh and North Carolina junior RB Javonte Williams. Both are considered to be second day prospects with Oweh ranked 51st and Williams 57th on… Read More »
Nice little present for Giants’ fans, not to mention the Ryan family, when the Giants announced that FS Logan Ryan had been resigned to a 3-year, $31M contract extension, with $20M guaranteed on Christmas Eve. It actually was a little bit of surprise in that while Ryan has been one of the unquestioned leaders of the Giants defensive… Read More »
CBs Stokes, Hall enter draft … A couple of more juniors indicated over the past 24 hours or so that they will be entering the 2021 draft. They are CBs Eric Stokes of Georgia and San Diego State’s Darren Hall. The 6-0, 185-pound Stokes is a legitimate late first round prospect, while Hall, who measures in at 5-11,… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly prospects review … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted the latest edition of his weekly college football prospects report featuring games from last weekend’s conference championship games. Here is the full report.
Canes’ QB King to return … Miami got a big belated Christmas present today when star dual threat QB D’Eriq King announced that he will take advantage of the extra year of eligibility the NCAA offered all players because of the pandemic and return to school for a second season. King transferred to Miami from Houston prior to… Read More »
The very Merriest Holiday season to everyone from the staff and management of the GBN. But please be safe AND SMART; we’ve just gone through too much and come too come far and to let down now. Cheers
Tulsa LB Collins, two others enter draft … A day after being named this year’s Bronko Nagurski Award winner as the nation’s top defensive player, rising Tulsa junior LB Zaven Collins announced that he will be entering the 2021 draft and won’t play in the team’s bowl game. And while Collins isn’t yet a national household name, pro… Read More »
Merry Christmas mock: Over the past few weeks we’ve received a number of emails from Giants’ fans asking whether we thought it was worth it for the team to win make the playoffs, but at the cost of dropping down into the second half of the opening round of the 2021 draft (which for those keeping track of… Read More »
