Combine notes: ban gets less banny; Haskins to throw … The NFL has reportedly further tweaked its decision to bar Mississippi State DT Jeffrey Simmons, Louisiana Tech DE Jaylon Ferguson and Colorado State WR Preston Williams from participating in next week’s scouting combine in Indianapolis because of off-field incidents involving violence in their past. After originally indicating that… Read More »
Comp picks announced … The NFL has announced that 32 compensatory picks have been assigned to a total of 15 teams for the 2019 draft. Washington, Arizona and Super Bowl champion New England lead the way with 4 comp picks, while Minnesota, Cincinnati and the LA Rams get three extra picks each. At the same time, Atlanta and… Read More »
Star WR Brown officially on market … The often stormy marriage between Pittsburgh and star WR Antonio Brown appears to be finally on the verge of collapse. Brown met Steelers’ owner Art Rooney and G.M. Kevin Colbert earlier this week and while there were some differences in the specifics coming from the two sides about the meeting, both… Read More »
Clemson QB Lawrence caught in intramural shoving match … It isn’t likely to change the trajectory for the 2021 draft, but there is a video out there today in which Clemson sophomore QB Trevor Lawrence, the presumptive favorite to be the #1 pick that year, is seen shoving another player to the floor during an intramural basketball game… Read More »
Legend of Kyler Murray growing … When we posted that article earlier this month about our hesitation to update our mock draft, the main reason as noted was that we just had no idea how the QB situation was going to play out on April 25th. And while there’s still a lot of sorting out to be done… Read More »
When we posted that article earlier this month about our hesitation to update our mock draft, the main reason as noted was that we just had no idea how the QB situation was going to play out on April 25th. And while there’s still a lot of sorting out to be done before we know for sure, one… Read More »
Banned combine players not so banned … For those that didn’t see the report over the weekend, but the NFL has reportedly sent a memo to all teams stating that while Missiissppi State DT Jeffrey Simmons, Louisiana Tech Jaylon Ferguson and Colorado State WR Preston Williams will still not be allowed to participate in on-field drills at next… Read More »
Rising Sooners’ WR Brown out of combine; OU pro day … While we were off the grid the past couple of days. Oklahoma confirmed that star WR Marquise Brown, one of the top prospcets at the position for the upcoming draft, will miss both scouting combine later this month as well as the Sooners’ pro day early in… Read More »
No mock today!!! … We have had several queries over the past few days about why our latest mock is a seriously outdated one going way back to December 5th. The simple answer is we haven’t done one since. The reason we haven’t done one since is that we simply have no clue at this time how the… Read More »
Rising DE Ferguson out of combine … Louisiana Tech DE Jaylon Ferguson, the NCAA’s all-time leading sacker, was supposed to have been one of the most intriguing prospects at the scouting combine later this month. Instead, teams will have to wait after a background check turned up an off-field issue that made Ferguson ineligible to attend the combine… Read More »
Updating Broncos-Ravens trade for vet QB Flacco … Just a quick update on that trade in which Denver has reportedly agreed to a trade in principle with Baltimore to acquire veteran QB Joe Flacco. Sources are reporting that the compensation will be a 4th round draft pick; however, the Broncos actually have two 4th rounders – their own,… Read More »
Top 10 DT Simmons tears ACL … As first reported by ESPN earlier today, former Mississippi State DT Jeffery Simmons, a potential top ten prospect for the 2019 draft, suffered what is believed to be a torn ACL during training for the draft. A fina diagnosis is still needed to confirm the full severity of the injury, but… Read More »
It IS on! OU QB Murray commits to football … Just four days before he was scheduled to report to the Oakland A’s spring training facility, Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray has tweeted earlier today that he is in fact committed to playing football going forward and will heading to this month’s scouting combine in Indianapolis rather than the… Read More »
QB Gubrud wins appeal; gets 6th year at WSU … Washington State got an early Valentine’s Day gift from the NCAA when the otherwise grinch-like organizations confirmed that former Eastern Washington QB Gage Gubrud had won his appeal and will be granted a medical redshirt year that will make him eligible to play for the Cougars next fall… Read More »
Vols’ OT Richmond to transfer … Tennessee has confirmed that veteran RT Drew Richmond has entered the transfer portal and will almost assuredly be playing elsewhere next fall. Richmond, a 5th year senior this coming fall, had seriously considered entering the 2019 draft where he had been considered at one point to be a possible top ten prospect… Read More »
Wyoming DE Granderson charged with sex assault … Wyoming DE Carl Granderson, a solid second-tier prospect for the 2019 draft, has been charged with third-degree sexual assault and sexual battery stemming from an off-campus incident that occurred after the season. The 6-4, 225-pound Granderson who is the 10th rated DE on the GBN positional ranking, is scheduled to… Read More »
Star game disappointments … One of the cliches regarding the all-star games is that players can’t hurt their grades if they show up, but play poorly. Nice sentiment, but it is just not the way it works. Of course, if a player struggles at the Senior Bowl or other star game then NFL teams are going to take… Read More »
Guess who’s not coming to dinner … As noted in the earlier report on the fact that the NFL has released the list of 338 players that will be attending the scouting combine which gets underway in Indianapolis on February 26th, who actually gets invited to the combine is important as it is an indicator, albeit imperfect, of… Read More »
Combine participants list released … The NFL has just released the list of 338 players that will be attending the scouting combine which gets underway in Indianapolis on February 6th. And included on the list is Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray who still has not formerly declared whether he is going to pursue a career in baseball or football.… Read More »
Reading the QB tea leaves … Given that QBs generally make up an inordinate share of players selected early in the draft, 2019 should be interesting in that a) each of the teams holding top 5 draft picks this year all appear to be relatively well set at the position everything else being equal; while b) there are… Read More »
Key NFL dates, deadlines looming … As noted in the piece on Philadelphia QB Nick Foles earlier today, the Eagles are now expected to place a franchise tag on him now that he has voided his contract option. The Eagles, though, can’t actually apply the franchise tag to Foles for another couple of weeks or as teams can… Read More »
That didn’t take long; QB Foles voids contract option … Barely hours after he was notified by Philadelphia that they will be exercising the $20M option on his contract for the 2019 season, QB Nick Foles in turn has told the Eagles that he will void that option by paying a $2M buy-out provision. That would technically make… Read More »
EWU QB transfer to WSU on hold … Sources out of the northwest are reporting that the NCAA has denied former Eastern Washington QB Gage Gubrud’s appeal for a 6th year of eligibility. Gubrud had intended to transfer to Washington State where he would have replaced Gardner Minshew running the high-octane Cougars’ offense. Gubrud, though, will reportdly appeal… Read More »
Tide S cleared in old assault case … With the scouting combine looming, Alabama FS Deionte Thompson, the consensus top prospect at the position for the 2019 draft, got some good news as an aggravated assault charge stemming from an incident in 2017 safety was dismissed earlier today. Thompson was arrested in April, 2017 and later indicted on… Read More »
FSU QB story takes yet another twist … The on-going saga of former, or maybe still Florida State QB Deondre Francois took yet another turn twist earlier today when family members of the ex-girlfriend who had accused him of domestic abuse, but had supposedly recanted her story and apologized, claimed that her social media account had been hacked… Read More »
