Buckeyes hilite busy day on pro day schedule … Today may be the busiest day on the annual pro day schedule with on-campus workouts scheduled at Ohio State, Notre Dame, Southern Cal, Georgia, Pittsbrugh, Boston College and Baylor among other schools. Most of today’s focus, though, will be on the Ohio State workout where QB Dwayne Haskins will… Read More »

‘Bubblish’ pro day for LaTech DE Ferguson … With all the excitement at today’s Alabama it wasn’t all that hard to overlook the figure that maybe the day’s most relevant on-campus workout was actually at Louisiana Tech where DE Jaylon Ferguson finally got to do his stuff. Ferguson, the NCAA’s all-time career sack leader, was originally invited, but… Read More »

Bubble times for Tide stars at pro day … Needless to say there was a packed house in Tuscaloosa earlier today for the Alabama pro day. All 32 teams were represented at the workout with most sending multiple personnel. Indeed, 8 G.M.s were in town along with several head coaches including Bill Belichek of the Super Bowl champion… Read More »

Cardinals meet with Sooners’ QB Murray … According to a story first reported by the Houston Chronicle’s Aaron Wilson earlier today, former Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray is meeting privately with senior Arizona people including G.M. Steve Keim and head coach Kliff Kingsbury in Norman today. Interesting that it appears to be an on-campus visit where the Cardinals would… Read More »

Tide workout highlights pro day sched … The path to the draft continues today when Alabama, which again figures to be one of the top programs at the 2019 draft, holds its pro day this afternoon. And no doubt there will be pretty close to a full house at the on-campus workout in Tuscaloosa with pro scouts hoping… Read More »

Heart condition could impact ER Sweat’s draft prospects … Ian Rapoport of NFL.com is reporting today, that medical tests at last month’s combine discovered that rising Mississippi State DE/OLB Montez Sweat has a pre-existing heart condition that was apparently not previously known to teams. The fact that combine doctors then allowed Sweat to go through the full combine… Read More »

GBN projection updated … Okay, so we finally broke down and updated the 2019 GBN mock, which for the record has been expanded to three rounds, after a hiatus of almost 3 and a half months. As we noted earlier on the reason we were reluctant to update was that we simply had no idea how the QB… Read More »

ECU ER Harvey denied 5th year; to enter draft … The NCAA has denied East Carolina DE/ER Nate Harvey a 5th season of eligibility, meaning that he will be entered in the 2019 draft field. Harvey had applied for the extra eligibility because he barely played in his freshman season at Georgia Military College, however, he did appear… Read More »

Dolphins unload QB Tannehill to Titans … First the QB news in Miami after the Dolphins traded QB Ryan Tannehill to Tennessee earlier today. The Dolphins actually received an asset from the Titans in the form of a 2020 4th round pick pick in exchange for a guy they were almost assuredly going to outright release. For the… Read More »

What next for the Giants??? … Good question!! Not surprisingly, we’ve had a number of emails and the like over the past several days from – sometimes apoplectic – Giants fans wondering what’s next for the franchise after this week’s shocking blockbuster trade in which star WR Odell Beckham was traded to Cleveland. That came after the Giants… Read More »

Pigskin grades defensive position groups … With the all-star games and combine now part of the evaluation for the 2019 draft, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has revised his grades for the defensive position groups for the upcoming draft to follow up on his earlier post detailing grades on the overall offensive position.

DE Ferrell won’t work out at Clemson pro day … Turns out that Clemson DE Clelin Ferrell won’t work after all at the Tigers’ pro day today. Ferrell reportedly has been sidelined the past couple of days with a toe injury. No word yet whether Ferrell will schedule a private pro day type workout later this month or… Read More »

National champs next up on pro day sched … With the Oklahoma pro day featuring QB Kyler Murray now in the books, next up on the on-campus workout schedule are the national champion Clemson Tigers who work out later today. And while the Clemson workout won’t have quite the impact of the Sooners’ day, there are some Tigers… Read More »

Murray passes pro day test … Unfortunately, due to a technical glitch we didn’t get to watch QB Kyler Murray’s pro day workout at Oklahoma earlier today; we will be getting a copy tomorrow. However, by all accounts, Murray was able to check off all the boxes during his workout. Murray completed 61 of 67 passes – including… Read More »

Beckham trade unflips picks from Vernon deal … apparently, there is an unreported aspect of last night’s blockbuster deal in which the Giants sent star WR Odell Beckham to Cleveland for the 17th pick in this year’s opening round, a 3rd round pick (#95) as well as SS Jabrill Peppers. The Giants will also get back the 4th… Read More »

No Cards in Norman for Murray pro day … in a bit of a surprising development, the NFL Network is reporting that Arizona will not have any senior personnel at Oklahoma for QB Kyler Murray’s pro day workout. Instead, it appears that head coach Kliff Kingsbury, G.M. Steve Keim and owner Bill Bidwill will be staying in Phoenix… Read More »

49ers to add top vet edge rusher … In all the drama over the Giants-Browns trade involving Odell Beckham yesterday, another deal between San Francisco and Kansas City kind of got overlooked. The 49ers will acquire 2018 Pro Bowl OLB Dee Ford from the Chiefs in exchange for a 2020 2nd round pick. Heading into the 2019 draft… Read More »

NFL year set to start … Talk about a busy day! Not only do we have the Oklahoma pro day featuring QB Kyler Murray, one of the odds-on favorites to be the #1 pick at this year’s draft, but the new NFL calendar year kicks off at 4 PM ET later this afternoon. That’s when all those trades… Read More »

Murray pro day set to start … Its almost H-hour in Oklahoma where QB Kyler Murray will participate in the Sooners pro day which gets underway shortly in Norman. Its still not clear whether Murray will do a full workout; he is committed to go through a traditional 60-100 pass scripted throwing session, but whether he also takes… Read More »

Big Board; positional rankings updated … It took a little longer than we planned, but the GBN Big Board ranking to top 150-plus prospects for the 2019 draft, as well as the various positional rankings (see drop-down menu above) have been updated based on information from the scouting combine. Again, please note that these rankings are designed to… Read More »

Browns get OBJ from Giants for picks, S Peppers … Wow; you shut your system down for some quiet to finally complete the post-combine GBN Big Board, all heck breaks loose as the Giants have traded enigmatic WR Odell Beckham to Cleveland in exchange for the 17th pick overall in this April’s draft, a third round pick (the… Read More »

Jets don’t sign Vikes FA LB Barr … In a bit of a stunner that could have some reveberations on the early picks at the 2019 draft, Minnesota OLB Anthony Barr has indicated that he will in fact not be signing with the New York Jets when the NFL year begins on Wednesday, but rather will be staying… Read More »

Jets sign Vikes FA LB Barr … Really interesting news out of New York where the Jets will reportedly sign former Minnesota OLB Anthony Barr when the NFL year begins on Wednesday. The Jets, who have the 3rd pick overall in this year’s opening round, were thought to be looking for a 3-4 edge rushing OLB. Barr, who… Read More »