SEC C opts out … One can add Mississippi senior C Eli Johnson to the list of players opting out of the 2020 season to begin preparing for the upcoming draft. Johnson is a tad undersized at barely 6-1, 305, but he is a solid technician who has a shot at being selected in the later rounds.
OG Mays denied immediate eligibility in UT transfer … The NCAA has denied the transfer waiver request made by star OG Cade Mays, one of the top interior offensive linemen in college football, who transferred from Georgia to Tennessee this off-season. Mays was seeking immediate eligibility for the upcoming season, but will now have to sit the 2020… Read More »
Michigan OT Mayfield opts out … Michigan redshirt sophomore OT Jalen Mayfield has decided to skip the 2020 season and declare for the upcoming draft. Of course, because the Big Ten won’t play at least until the spring because of concerns about the pandemic it wasn’t clear that Mayfield was actually going to be able to play anyway.… Read More »
Second LSU Tiger opts out … LSU DB Kary Vincent has become the second Tiger to confirm that they are opting out of the 2020 season. Vincent, a senior who also runs sprints for the school’s nationally ranked track team, instead will prepare for the upcoming draft where he is considered to be a mid-to-late second day prospect… Read More »
Rising OU DE hit with DUI … Rising Oklahoma redshirt sophomore DE Jalen Redmond was arrested yesterday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence. The 6-3, 280-pound Redmond was mostly a rotational player for the Sooners last fall, but still led the team with 6.5 sacks and appeared primed for a breakout year this season.
FCS stars moving on … With their Missouri Valley Conference schedule shifted to the spring because of the pandemic, three interesting Northern Iowa prospects appear to be moving on. Massive OT Spencer Brown, a senior with a top 100 grade for the upcoming draft, for example, has simply decided to opt out for the year and enter the… Read More »
Big Ten; PAC-12 postpone fall football … Pretty much as expected, both the Big Ten and PAC-12 have announced this afternoon that they are postponing all fall sports, including football, until at least the spring. However, the decision doesn’t appear to be exactly unanimous, at least within the Big Ten. Indeed, at least a couple of Big Ten… Read More »
Another one bites the dust; MWC pulls plug on season … The Mountain West became the second FBS conference to postpone its 2020 season until at least the spring term. The Mid-American conference had done so earlier this week. The Big Ten and PAC-12 are both expected to announce that they are deferring their seasons to the spring,… Read More »
Lions get late Pats future pick for vet CB … Detroit has reportedly acquired a conditional 7th round pick in 2022 from New England in exchange for CB Michael Jackson. The Lions were in the process of releasing Jackson to get down to the league’s 80-man roster limit.
Power 5 conferences talk season … According to an ESPN report, the commissioners of the Power 5 football conferences held an emergency meeting earlier today to discuss the future of the 2020 season because of concerns about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. As noted yesterday, the Big Ten in fact already appears ready to pull the plug on all… Read More »
Pitt DT Twyman opts out … Speaking of players opting out, Pittsburgh junior DT Jaylen Twyman has become the latest underclassmen to indicate they will be sitting out the upcoming college football season to concentrate on preparing for the 2021 draft. The 6-2, 290-pound Twyman, who is considered to be a late first or early second round candidate… Read More »
Fall college football teetering … It was just a few hours ago that the college football season was moving along with the announcement from star QBs Trevor Lawrence of Clemson and Ohio State’s Justin Fields that they were both committed to the upcoming campaign. The word around college football was that the game could go on even if… Read More »
DE Rousseau, LB Parsons, WR Moore opt out of 2020 season … One of the concerns expressed by many college football observers this summer was that if it started to look like the upcoming season was going to be sort of half-assed because of the coronavirus, then multiple top stars would simply opt out of playing and head… Read More »
Spartan DE to redshirt; will return in 2021 … Veteran Michigan State DE Jacub Panasiuk has told team officials that he intends to sit out the 2020 season because of concerns about the coronavirus. Panasiuk, though, has also indicated that he will take a redshirt and return for his senior season with the Spartans in 2021. The 6-3,… Read More »
Rising FAU QB Robison no longer part of team … In something of a major surprise, star Florida Atlantic junior QB Chris Robison, who had been considered to be a potential dark-horse Heisman candidate this year, was not on the team’s fall roster which was released this week. Robison had a breakout year last fall when he threw for… Read More »
Cavs sign FCS AA RB … Virginia has confirmed that former Towson RB Shane Simpson has transferred to the program and will be eligible for the 2020 season as a grad transfer. It will actually be a 6th season for Simpson who missed most of the 2019 campaign with a knee injury. The 5-10, 195-pound Simpson, though, was… Read More »
UConn first FBS school to opt out of season … UConn has become the first FBS program to cancel their 2020 football season because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Huskies have never had a player test positive for the virus, but they were running out of teams to play. UConn was going to be an independent this fall… Read More »
Star Gopher WR Bateman opts out of 2020 season to enter draft … Citing health concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic, rising Minnesota junior WR Rashod Bateman has informed school officials that he intends to sit out the upcoming college season and concentrate on preparing for the 2021 draft where he is projected to be a mid-to-late first… Read More »
Raiders-Vikes deal for DT Hall nixed for failed physical … Yesterday’s trade in which Minnesota acquired veteran DT P.J. Hall from Las Vegas for what was described as a conditional 7th round pick has been voided after Hall failed his physical with the Vikings. As a result, Hall’s rights revert back to the Raiders who were reportedly on… Read More »
Sooner LB suffers another knee injury … Oklahoma senior ILB Caleb Kelly reportedly suffered a serious knee injury that on-field tests indicate is likely a torn ACL. Kelly also tore an ACL last fall, although he was able to return for the Sooners’ final 4 games. The 6-2, 235-pound Kelly was expected to move inside this season to… Read More »
Raiders get late conditional Vikes pick for DT Hall … Minnesota has reportedly acquired veteran DT P.J. Hall from Las Vegas for what is being described as a conditional 7th round pick. The pick is conditioned on Hall playing at least six games for the Vikings this season which wouldn’t be a bad deal for the Raiders as… Read More »
Illini add star FCS DT to transfer list … Illinois likely won’t win the Big Ten championship this fall – if the conference actually plays this year – but at least the Illini appear to lead the league in incoming transfers. And Illinois got a good one earlier today with word that DT Roderick Perry has chosen to… Read More »
Rising Va Tech CB to opt out of season … Another story of note from earlier in the week as rising Virginia Tech redshirt junior CB Caleb Farley announced that he has opted out of the 2020 season and instead will concentrate on preparing for the 2021 draft where he has some first-round potential. Farley’s mother passed away… Read More »
49ers extend G.M. Lynch … In a major front office move we neglected to note earlier this week, San Francisco has reportedly agreed to a 5-year contract extension that will keep him locked up with the 49ers through the 2024 season. The new deal will replace the original 6-year contract Lynch signed in 2017. Lynch, along with head… Read More »
SEC makes three … The college football season continues to teeter. Following a meeting of the league’s presidents and chancellors, the SEC announced earlier today that it will go with a 10-game, conference-only schedule for the 2020 college football season. The SEC schedule was originally scheduled to start the weekend of September 5th, but now plan to get… Read More »
