Young back on the field as Bucks host Lions … Just in case there was any doubt, Ohio State junior DE Chase Young, the consensus #1 non-QB prospect – and just maybe THE best prospect period – for the 2020 draft, is indeed back in uniform and playing – in fact, he already has a sack – as… Read More »
Rising Sooners’ TE Calcaterra retires … Oklahoma junior TE Grant Calcaterra has decided to retire from football because of multiple concussions, including a recent one in practice. The 6-4, 227-pound Calcaterra was a rising prospect, who had been #6 on the GBN positional ranking, has barely played this year because of the injuries after posting breakout numbers in… Read More »
Updated weekly draft order tweaked … As a result of last night’s game in which Houston edged Indianapolis 20-17, the Texans took over first place in the tight AFC South from the Colts. As a result, Oakland moved into the final playoff spot in the updated weekly selection order for 2020, were it to be held this week,… Read More »
PSU soph TE added to TE list … For the record, the GBN has added Penn State TE Pat Freiermuth to the positional ranking for 2020 despite the fact that he has only been in the program for two years. In fact, the GBN staff have Freiermuth listed as the top TE prospect for the upcoming draft on… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly prospects review … Every week, GBN Associate Editor/Scouting Director Pigskin Paul Guillemette posts his observations from the past weekend’s college football highlights focusing on players that stood out with an eye toward the 2020 draft. Here is this week’s post.
Post Tua big board thoughts … In the wake of the significant hip injury suffered by Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa that ended his season and jeopardized his draft standing, the GBN scout staff have chosen to take a worst case scenario position and, for now at least, have dropped Tagolaivoa all the way to the bottom of the… Read More »
Post Tua big board thoughts … In the wake of the significant hip injury suffered by Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa that ended his season and jeopardized his draft standing, the GBN scout staff have chosen to take a worst case scenario position and, for now at least, have dropped Tagolaivoa all the way to the bottom of the… Read More »
Senior Bowl announces another couple of commitments … The Reese’s Senior Bowl has announced via twitter the names of 2 more players that have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Alabama safety Jared Mayden and Penn State DT Robert Windsor. These additions bring the total number of players that have committed to this year’s Senior Bowl to… Read More »
LSU LB Divinty returns to team; playing status still TBD … Interesting story out of LSU where LB Michael Divinity has reportedly returned to the team a couple of weeks after leaving the program for what was described as a personal issue. Divinity, a mid-to-late round prospect for the upcoming draft, practiced with his teammates, although it not… Read More »
Tua injury draft impact … The buzz continues to percolate around the NFL regarding the devastating hip injury star Alabama junior QB Tua Tagovailoa suffered last weekend and its potential impact on the early picks at the 2020 draft. Of course, so much will depend on what the doctors say about Tagovailoa’s condition based on pre-draft medical tests.… Read More »
Senior Bowl announces another three commitments … The Reese’s Senior Bowl has announced via twitter the names of 3 more players that have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Oregon OG Shane Lemieux, Utah DE Bradlee Anae and Cincinnati FB/TE Josiah Deguara. These additions bring the total number of players that have committed to this year’s Senior… Read More »
To QB or not to QB … Interesting times in the NFL as both Cincinnati and Washington, which currently hold the first and second picks overall in the weekly 2020 draft selection order respectively, have been starting rookie QBs the past couple of weeks with the hope that hope that those guys were in fact their ‘QBs of… Read More »
To QB or not to QB … Interesting week in the NFL when both Cincinnati and Washington, which currently hold the first and second picks overall in the weekly 2020 draft selection order respectively, started rookie QBs. In Cincinnati, for example, there have been rumblings that the Bengals have been impressed enough with Ryan Finley, their 4th round… Read More »
Tua undergoing surgery … Alabama junior QB Tua Tagovailoa, one of the top 2-3 prospects for the 2020 draft, is undergoing hip surgery as we speak in Houston. Tagovailoa dislocated his hip late in the first half of Saturday’s win over Mississippi State after going down awkwardly as he was trying to throw the ball away. While this… Read More »
Pigskin updates his college football rankings … With the college football season now hurtling toward the end, the positioning for the four CFP playoff spots is really heating up. The latest official rankings will come out Tuesday, but GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has jumped the gun a little bit and posted the second edition of how… Read More »
Easy as 1-2-3 … Actually, its as easy as 1-2-3-4 as the top 4 positions in the 2020 selection order will remain unchanged this week. Cincinnati gave Oakland a battle, but came up short in the Bay area to drop to 0-10 and hang onto the #1 overall for at least another week. At the same time, Washington,… Read More »
More college football injury updates … Amid the angst at Alabama after the devastating injury to star QB Tua Tagovailoa, there was a little bit of good news for the banged up Tide. Tagovailoa, who is out for the year with a dislocated hip suffered in yesterday’s win at Mississippi State, wasn’t the only potential Tide first rounder… Read More »
CFL Semi-finals set to KO … Just to remind folks, the CFL decides the two participants in next week’s Grey Cup championship game with a pair of semi-finals set to go this afternoon. Edmonton will play at Hamilton at 1 PM ET for the Eastern berth in the Grey Gup, while Saskatchewan will host Winnipeg at 4:30 PM… Read More »
Jets, ‘Skins in key draft matchup … There is the potential for a major shakeup in the current 2020 draft selection order after today’s game in Washington where the NY Jets will play the Redskins in an early Sunday afternoon game. If the draft had been held last week, the 1-8 Redskins would have had the 2nd pick… Read More »
Report: Tua out for year … Further updating the injury to Alabama junior QB Tua Tagovailoa, there are unconfirmed reports at this hour that Tagovailoa will indeed miss the rest of the season with a dislocated hip with a posterior wall fracture. Tagovailoa, one of the top 2-3 prospects for the 2020 draft, was carted off the field… Read More »
Irish duo set to return … Nothing is written in stone yet, but Notre Dame got some good news when both TE Cole Kmet and LT Liam Eichenberg indicated that they plan on returning for their senior campaigns next fall. Kmet, in fact, figured to be one of the better prospects at the position in the upcoming draft,… Read More »
Senior Bowl announces another three commitments … The Reese’s Senior Bowl has announced via twitter the names of 3 more players that have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Utah RB Zach Moss, Notre Dame DE Khalid Kareem and Wyoming LB Logan Wilson. These additions bring the total number of players that have committed to this year’s… Read More »
Senior Bowl announces another baker’s half dozen commitments … The Reese’s Senior Bowl has announced via twitter the names of 7 more players that have accepted invitations to this year’s game. Players going to Mobile in January include three players from Notre Dame: DBs Jalen Elliott and Troy Pride and WR Chase Claypool; two from Utah: DT Leki… Read More »
Intriguing lineup of games on weekend college football docket … There aren’t any #1 versus #2 games on this weekend’s college football schedule, but there are a number of very intriguing matchups to watch with plenty of top prospects to check out. The two most surprising teams in the country – Minnesota and Baylor – both of whom… Read More »
WAKE FOREST (7-2) at #3 CLEMSON (10-0); 3:30 PM ET; ABC … One of the hottest prospects in college football these is unheralded Wake Forest junior QB Jamie Newman (#12, 6-4, 230) who has gone from a virtual draft unknown to a legit mid-second round prospect. Newman, for example, is currently the #7 prospect on the GBN positional… Read More »
