Saturday morning college football notes … While we wait for the kick-off for today’s big game between #3 Penn State and #4 Ohio State which gets underway in less than three hours as we speak, a couple of other notes from college football. Michigan CB Will Johnson, one of the top prospects overall for the 2025 draft, remains… Read More »
Who to watch when #3 plays #4 in college football this weekend … It will be kind of a quiet weekend on the college football schedule with only one game between top ranked teams. However, it should be a good one with #3 Penn State hosting #4 Ohio State. And folks won’t have to wait all that long… Read More »
Folks won’t have to wait all that long on Saturday for this week’s ‘big game’ on the college schedule as #4 Ohio State plays at #3 Penn State with kick-off just after Noon ET. And it is yet another chance for Penn State to finally discard the ‘poor cousins’ of the Big Ten label as they’ve been trying… Read More »
Big Board updated, expanded … The GBN Big Board as well as the positional rankings (see the drop-down menu above) for 2025 has been updated and expanded to include the top 80 prospects for the upcoming draft. To repeat, our ranking is not based necessarily on how we view the prospects themselves, but as closely as we can,… Read More »
Vikes, Ravens add vet help … Minnesota has acquired veteran LT Cam Robinson from Jacksonville in exchange for a 2026 conditional pick. The Jags will get a 5th round in return that could escalate to a 4th rounder depending on Robinson’s playing time. To complete the deal, the Vikings will also get a conditional 7th rounder in 2026… Read More »
Panthers new #1 in weekly selection order … At least for this week, Carolina has taken over the top spot in the updated first-round selection order for the upcoming draft. Note, that the SOS figures are based on each team’s full 17-game schedule rather than just the games played today. Also note, that at least for this week,… Read More »
Chiefs get Pats’ ER for late future pick … Kansas City has reportedly acquired veteran ER Josh Uche from New England in exchange for a 6th round pick in 2026. Uche was a 2nd round pick in 2020 and has 20.5 career sacks including a couple so far this fall.
Panthers back to top of board … Carolina gave its fans a smidgen of hope when they took an early lead in Denver in one of today’s late games, but alas it was not to be as the Panthers weren’t all that competitive the rest of the way and ultimately dropped to 1-7 on the season with a… Read More »
Pats, Browns wins to shake up draft order … It truly was a ‘the meek shall inherit the earth’ afternoon in the NFL as both New England and Cleveland, which came into the weekend sitting on the 1st and 3rd picks respectively in this week’s selection order for the first round of the 2025 draft, won their games… Read More »
AA ODU LB redshirting … Something that slipped under our draft radar a couple of weeks as Old Dominion All-America LB Jason Henderson, college football’s leading tackler over the 2022 and 2023 seasons, has opted to redshirt and return to school for a final year of eligibility next fall. Jones suffered a severe knee injury in ODU’s season… Read More »
Who to watch: #8 LSU (6-1) at #14 Texas A&M (6-1); 7:30 PM ET; ABC … Kind of a quiet weekend with no top 10 teams going at it head-to-head, but there is a potentially intriguing game in the SEC where LSU will play at Texas A&M with first place in the conference on the line on Saturday… Read More »
Star Cards’ WR Lacy to sit rest of year … Louisville WR Caullin Lacy, who had been considered to be a potential early round pick in 2025, has decided to sit out the rest of the year after playing in just four games this fall. Lacy emerged on the national scene last fall after he caught 91 passes… Read More »
Bonus coverage … Its actually going to be a pretty quiet weekend this week in college football without any true major match-ups. That said, there are still several rather intriguing games to watch this weekend with one of them on Thursday evening when Syracuse plays at Pittsburgh at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN. In fact, it was likely… Read More »
Wolfpack QB McCall retiring from football … North Carolina State QB Grayson McCall has announced that he is retiring from football after suffering a second major concussion earlier this fall. McCall, who had been considered to be a second-tier type prospect, also suffered a severe concussion while playing for Coastal Carolina last year.
QB issues to impact race to top pick … The three teams currently sitting on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th picks respectively in this week’s selection order for the 2025 draft will all have back-ups at QB when play resumes this coming Sunday. Carolina, which would have the #2 pick were the draft held this week, for example,… Read More »
Chiefs trade for vet WR Hopkins done … In one of those the rich get richer scenarios, multiple sources are confirming the 6-0 Kansas City Chiefs, the NFL’s last remaining unbeaten team, has completed a trade with Tennessee to acquire veteran WR DeAndre Hopkins. In exchange, the Titans will reportedly get a 5th round pick that could escalate… Read More »
A few more thoughts … We wanted to add just a couple of corollary thoughts to the piece earlier today on the volatility of the current QB situation as it relates to the 2025 draft. And, again, we’re just kind of spit-balling here, but we’re wondering if one of the elements we are seeing here is that some… Read More »
Seahawks get vet Titans’ LB for LB, pick … Seattle has acquired veteran LB Ernest Jones from Tennessee in exchange for LB Jerome Baker and a 4th round pick in 2025.
More random thoughts on the ’25 QB conundrum … We have noted on several occasions in the past several weeks there seems to be some serious rethinking of the QB situation for the upcoming draft. For the first month and a half of the college season, the consensus around the NFL appeared to be that there were a… Read More »
OSU LT; SMU TE out for season … A couple of more top prospects for the upcoming draft will both miss the rest of the season with knee injuries. Ohio State has confirmed, for example, that rising LT Josh Simmons is done for the year because of an injury he suffered two weeks ago at Oregon. Simmons was… Read More »
IU QB Rourke has surgery; Tide S out for ‘awhile’ … A couple of injury updates in college football. Rising Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke, who leads all of college football in passing efficiency this fall, has surgery on his injured thumb yesterday. The bad news for the 7-0 and 16th ranked Hoosiers is that Rourke won’t play this… Read More »
Pats stay atop weekly selection order; Panthers at #2, Browns #3 … For now the third week in a row, New England would have the #1 pick overall if the 2025 draft were held this week. Carolina, though, moved ahead of Cleveland for the second pick as the Panthers SOS weakened signifcantly over the weekend while that of… Read More »
PM games settle several more picks in weekly order … With New England and Cleveland comfortably ensconced with the first and second picks in the updated weekly selection order for the 2025 draft were it to be held this week, several more positions – again for the week – were confirmed as a result of the late afternoon… Read More »
Couple of top CB prospects; rising QB dinged … Nothing necessarily serious here, but several college injury issues that we’ll be tracking in the next few weeks. Star Michigan CB Will Johnson, arguably the top pure corner in the 2025 draft class and a top 5 prospect for next April’s draft, sat out the second half of the… Read More »
#1 goes down again; big QB questions emerge in college football Saturday … There will be a new #1 team in college football this weekend – most likely Oregon – after Georgia knocked off top-ranked Texas 30-15 last night. For the record, that means for the first time in almost two decades there are no remaining unbeaten teams… Read More »
