Merry Christmas mock … From everyone here at the GBN, all the best of the season and a Happy New Year. To mark the occasion, we have posted our annual Merry Christmas mock of the first round of the 2021 draft. Enjoy!!

Post-season Big Board updated … With the regular college football season, such as it was, in the books, the GBN scout staff has updated our Big Board ranking of the top 100 prospects for the 2021 draft, which, for the record, is now just 128 days away. And it should come as no surprise that the upcoming draft… Read More »

BYU QB featured in bonus coverage … Anybody who is being truly honest would have to admit that this past college football was pretty effed up. Some teams played pretty close to full schedules, while others played as few as 3-4 games. Every week games were cancelled or rescheduled such that was sometimes hard to figure who was… Read More »

Four more juniors declare for draft … Another quartet of juniors announced today that they will be foregoing their remaining eligibility and entering the 2021 draft including Missouri OLB Nick Bolton, Northwestern CB Greg Newsome, North Carolina WR Dyami Brown and Marshall RB Brenden Knox. Of the four, Bolton is the highest rated at #49 on the GBN… Read More »

Rising Cane DE Phillips enters draft … Miami junior DE Jaelan Phillips has announced that he will be foregoing his remaining college eligibility and entering the 2021 draft; he also indicated he won’t be playing in the ‘Canes bowl game. The 6-5, 265-pound Phillips, a transfer from UCLA, had a breakout campaign this past season in which he… Read More »

Hurney out as Panthers GM … And a very Merry Christmas to you too! Carolina announced this morning that G.M. Marty Hurney has been fired. Hurney was in his second stint as the Panthers’ general manager. He had the job from 2002 to 2012 and then returned in 2017 after Dave Gettleman was dismissed. No immediate word on… Read More »

JETS WIN!!! Jags move to #1 … In a real stunner out west, the NY Jets won their first game of the season late this afternoon defeating the LA Rams 23-20. And that will move Jacksonville into the #1 pick overall position in this week’s opening round selection order for the 2021 draft ahead of the Jets who… Read More »

Gators TE Pitts enters draft … Florida junior TE Kyle Pitts, a potential top ten pick, announced this morning that he will foregoing his remaining eligibility and entering the upcoming draft. Pitts will also pass on the Gators’ bowl game. The 6-6, 240-pound Pitts had 43 catches for 770 yards and 12 scores in something of an injury… Read More »

CFP semis set … College football hasn’t gotten much right this past season, but it does appear that just maybe the top four teams in the country have made the 4-team playoff for the national championship. Top-rated Alabama will play Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl, while Clemson and Ohio State will meet in the Sugar Bowl. Both… Read More »

Bonus coverage … There is in fact a 5th conference championship of interest today with Cincinnati hosting Tulsa in the AAC title game this evening with an 8 PM ET KO on ABC. Normally, noboby’d much care what happens in the AAC championship, but should there be an upset in any of the Power 5 title games, the… Read More »

Michigan OT Mayfield to draft … Michigan redshirt sophomore OT Jalen Mayfield has confirmed that he will be foregoing his remaining eligibility and entering the 2021 draft where he figures to be a late first or early second round candidate.

More Senior Bowl additions … The Senior Bowl has released the names of 9 more players who have accepted invitations to participate in this year’s game including OGs Trey Smith of Tennessee and Texas Tech’s Jack Anderson; TEs Hunter Long of Boston College and Quintin Morris of Bowling Green; DEs Patrick Jones of Pittsburgh and Kansas State’s Wyatt… Read More »

Who to watch in college football’s conference championship games … Should be an interesting day in college football on Saturday with the SEC, ACC, Big Ten and Big XII all holding their conference title games. Here’s a quick preview of who to watch in Saturday’s championship games with an toward the 2021 draft.

Half dozen more top prospects declare … Rising Virginia Tech junior LT Christian Darrisaw heads a group of six players that announced today that they are foregoing their remaining college eligibility and will be entering the 2021 draft. The others are Florida State DT Marvin Wilson, Wake Forest DE Carlos Basham, Boston College OLB Isaiah McDuffie, Syracuse CB… Read More »

Ducks, Trojans kick-off conference championship weekend … The conference championship weekend gets underway later tonight when Southern California hosts Oregon in the PAC-12 title game with KO set for just after 8 PM ET on FOX. The Trojans were actually supposed to play Washington, but the Huskies didn’t have enough players because of covid positive, so the 3-2… 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. Here is the full report.

Pitt QB to return … Pittsburgh QB Kenny Pickett reportedly has decided to take advantage of the NCAA’s special regulation this year that allows players to reclaim their year of eligibility and announced late Tuesday night he will return to school in 2021. Pickett had participated in Pitt’s senior day late last month suggesting that he was moving… Read More »