Bowl sched continues … The bowl schedule preliminaries continue later this evening with the Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa between host South Florida and Marshall. GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has a quick preview of who to watch in tonight’s game here.
Cardinal OG Herbig going pro … Stanford OG Nate Herbig is the latest underclassman to have announced that they will be entering the 2019 draft. Herbig made the announcement via twitter last evening. The 6-3, 335-pound Herbig is currently ranked 5th on the GBN positional list and is considered to be a late second, early third day prospect… Read More »
LSU NT Alexander to enter draft … LSU junior NT Ed Alexander is the latest underclassmen to have announced that they will be entering the 2019 draft. Alexander has already reportedly left the team to prepare for the draft and will not participate in the Fiesta bowl when the Tigers play Central Florida. Alexander, at 6-2, 335, is… Read More »
UCLA OT enters draft; UA QB stays home … UCLA junior OT Andre James has become the latest underclassmen to indicate that he will be leaving school at the end of the current season in order to enter the 2019 draft. James is generally considered to be a third-day type prospect, but has some tools to move up… Read More »
Bonus coverage: bowl sched continues … The bowl schedule continues later this evening with the renewal of the storied rivalry between Ohio and San Diego State in the Frisco Bowl at 8 PM ET on ESPN. And for those Bobcat or Aztec fans, not to mention NFL scouts thinking ‘hey at least we get to spend a few… Read More »
Dynamic NIU edge rusher Smith enters draft … No surprise here, but just hours after his team’s bowl game, Northern Illinois junior DE Sutton Smith announced that he will be entering the draft. Smith is an odd size at just 6-0, 240 and likely will have to find a niche as a 3-4 edge rusher at the next… Read More »
Wolverine LB Bush; EMU DE Crosby enter draft … A couple of Michigan-based players have announced over the past 24 hours that they will be entering the 2019 draft. No surprise, for example, that star Michigan junior LB Devin Bush will be peddling his wares in the pro next year. Bush is somewhat undersized at just 5-11, 235,… Read More »
Is Mack back? Mom maybe knows best!! … There has been a bit of buzz swirling around the playoff bound Alabama program as to whether star junior MLB Mack Wilson will enter the upcoming draft or return for his senior season. There were hints last week that Wilson, likely one of the top 2-3 MLBs off the board… Read More »
Selection order updated … With the Monday night game in the books, the first-round selection order for the 2019 draft were it to be held this week has been updated here.
Bowl season gets back on track … After a couple of days off, the college bowl season gets a reboot later on Tuesday when resurgent Alabama-Birmingham takes on Northern Illinois in the Boca Raton Bowl at 7 PM ET Tuesday evening on ESPN. No question that the return of the UAB program has been one of the better… Read More »
BOCA RATON BOWL FAU Football Stadium Boca Raton, FL Tuesday, Dec 18 7PM/ET ESPN UAB (10-3) vs NORTHERN ILLINOIS (8-5) UAB is the team that came back from the dead, after dropping football just a few years ago. They are a fairly young team with some nice, though limited, senior leadership. Don’t be fooled by NIU’s 8-5 record.… Read More »
OU DE Bledsoe in draft; Iowa QB Stanley out … No formal announcement per, se but Oklahoma junior DE Amani Bledsoe has accepted an invitation to the NFLPA Collegiate All-star game which puts him in the draft; as he has already graduated Bledsoe is eligible for all-star game play even if he is still technically a junior. At… Read More »
Buckeyes RB Weber enters draft … No big surprise here as Ohio State junior RB Mike Weber has announced that he will be entering the 2019 draft where he projects to be a late second or early third day prospect. The 5-9, 215-pound Weber ran for over 850 yards and 5 scores this past fall while splitting snaps… Read More »
49ers OT win vaults Cards back into top pick … As a result of San Francisco’s dramatic overtime win over Seattle earlier this evening, Arizona, which got thumped in Atlanta in an early afternoon game, will take over the #1 pick overall in the opening round selection order for the 2019 draft were it to be held this… Read More »
Ex-SDSU OT Roemer enters draft … Former San Diego State OT Tyler Roemer formally announced late last week that he would be entering the 2019 draft. The 6-7, 315-pound Roemer in fact appeared to be on the fast track to an NFL career when he was named a Freshman All-American two years ago; however, after starting 23 straight… Read More »
Top of selection order to be shuffled … Everything else being equal, once again there will be some reshuffling of the current selection order for the opening round of the 2019 draft. In particular, Atlanta, which would have the 4th pick overall were the draft held this week, will be hosting Arizona, which would have picked 2nd, in… Read More »
NFL reffing; mess in Oakland in crosshairs of Pigskin’s latest ‘Thinking Out Loud’ column … Somehow, amid all the early bowl games, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette found some time to comment on the state of NFL refereeing among others topics in the latest edition of his ‘Thinking Out Loud’ column.
Spartan CB; 2nd FAU RB latest to enter draft … Two more juniors entered the 2019 draft over the past day or so including rising Michigan State CB Justin Layne and Florida Atlantic RB Kerrith Whyte. Layne, in particular, is not yet a household name nationally, but NFL scouts are very aware of his potential; he’s a converted… Read More »
Kentucky WR Snell; two other juniors enter draft … Three more juniors announced their intentions to enter the 2019 draft including Kentucky RB Bennie Snell, one of the top prospects at the position for the upcoming draft who ran for over 1,300 yards this past season. Snell will be joined in the 2019 RB class by Kansas State… Read More »
Louisiana-Lafayette (7-6) versus Tulane (6-6); Cure Bowl; Orlando; 1:30 PM ET; CBS Sports … You know your bowl may not be quite ready for prime-time when it can’t even get on ESPN. The other question is why schedule two schools that are basically within a two-hour drive of each other in southern Louisiana three states over, particularly when… Read More »
Bowl prospects preview … Used to be one had to wait at least a month or so after the end of the college football season for the bowl schedule to get underway. Not so anymore as it feels like the bowls are simply an extension of the regular season. And that extension gets underway in earnest on Saturday… Read More »
Buckeyes’ DT Jones enters draft … Ohio State junior DT Dre’Mont Jones has confirmed that he will be entering the 2019 draft where he is projected to be a first round pick. Jones may be a tad undersized at 6-3, 290, but he is very quick and led all DTs in the country with 8.5 sacks this past… Read More »
Top CFL QB on NFL tour … Calgary QB Bo Levi Mitchell, the CFL’s reigning MVP, worked out for Denver earlier this week after visiting with the Vikings late last week in Minnesota. Mitchell, who officially becomes a free agent in September, reportedly has at least 3 other visits or workouts already scheduled, while he has also reportedly… Read More »
Draft adds pair of top junior RBs … The RB class for the 2019 draft got a whole lot more interesting this morning with the announcements that both junior backs Devin Singletary of Florida Atlantic and Memphis’ Darrell Henderson will be entering the upcoming draft. Both have rushed for over 1,900 yards in a season during their careers.… Read More »
Draft guru Brandt hears OSU QB Haskins leaning toward draft … One of the biggest questions regarding the 2019 draft is which if any of the top underclass prospects at the position are actually going to enter the upcoming draft. We probably won’t know for sure until the various players actually formally declare, but long-time NFL draft guru… Read More »
