Top safety done for year … West Virginia has announced that senior All-American FS Karl Joseph, a second-day prospect for the 2016 draft who currently leads the nation with 5 interceptions, will miss the remainder of the season after sustaining a knee injury in a non-contact drill on Tuesday during practice. Prior to the injury Joseph had started… Read More »
LBs feeling the pain … Oklahoma State senior LB Ryan Simmons is tweeting that he requires season-ending surgery after tearing both an ACL and PCL in the Cowboys’ game with Kansas State. Because Simmons is a senior, and this is his final season of eligibility, the end of his 2015 season would also mean the end of his… Read More »
Pigskin ranks the pros … With the NFL at the quarter pole, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has run the tapes, scanned the schedules and deconstructed the stats in the process of power ranking the 32 teams in the league. and just to make it more fun, we’ll be using the inverse of the rankings as the… Read More »
Vikes get late rounder as part of vet trade … Minnesota has acquired a 6th round pick from San Francisco as part of a deal in which the Vikings sent starting MLB Gerald Hodges to the 49ers with Minnesota getting rookie C Nick Easton in return.
Injured LB Jack to enter draft … UCLA junior LB Myles Jack didn’t waste anytime deciding on whether he would be turning pro this winter after tearing an MCL earlier this season. Jack has reportedly already withdrawn from school and is preparing for the 2016. Jack had been considered to be a potential top 10 prospect prior to… Read More »
Still winless Lions’ #1 … With the NFL regular season pretty much at the quarter pole – already! – Detroit is the only remaining winless team after that shocking, unbelievable loss at Seattle this evening. As a result, the Lions are currently sitting on the #1 pick at the 2016 draft. However, its likely that it is going… Read More »
Troubled Auburn WR gets the boot … Auburn has dismissed WR D’haquille ‘Duke’ Williams has been dismissed from the football team. No specific reason has been given, but Williams has a long history of off-the-field troubles before and after his arrival At Auburn in 2014. Williams had been considered to be a possible second-day prospect for the 2016… Read More »
Pair of WRs dinged … Clemson has confirmed that star junior WR Michael Williams will miss the rest of the year with a neck injury. Williams suffered a small fracture in his neck when he ran into the goal post during the Tigers’ season opener. Williams was considered to be one of the top 4-5 receivers for the… Read More »
And then there was one … Remaining winless team in the NFL that is after both Chicago and New Orleans got last play wins on Sunday. The Bears, who still figure to be a leading contender for the #1 pick, edged Oakland 22-20 on a last-minute 49-yard FG, while New Orleans beat Dallas 26-20 when Drew Brees hit… Read More »
Rams get really future Ravens’ pick for vet WR … St. Louis has traded WR Chris Givens to Baltimore for a conditional 7th-round pick in 2018. However, the pick could be moved ahead to the 2017 draft based on Givens’ productivity.
Then there were three … Baltimore took advantage of a couple of missed FGs by Pittsburgh to edge the Steelers 23-20 in the Thursday night game last evening for the Ravens first win of the season. That leaves three remaining winless teams in the league including Chicago, Detroit and New Orleans. And two of those three will be… Read More »
Opportunities for Irish, Dawgs hilite college sked … The college football season really starts to heat up this weekend with 5 games involving teams ranked in the top 25. Maybe the two biggest games have #13 Alabama playing at #8 Georgia on Saturday afternoon, while 6th ranked Notre Dame goes to 12th rated Clemson in an evening game… Read More »
Ducks’ WR/KR could be out for year … There are unconfirmed reports that star Oregon WR/KR Byron Marshall could miss the rest of the year after undergoing surgery yesterday. Marshall, who has both 1,000 yard rushing and receiving seasons in his career, was carted off the field in the 3rd quarter of the Ducks’ shocking loss to Utah… Read More »
Hokie CB indeed done for year … Virginia Tech has confirmed their worst fear with the announcement that junior CB Kendall Fuller underwent surgery on his right knee yesterday and will miss the remainder of the 2015 season. Fuller sustained a torn meniscus during summer and tried to play through it the first three games of the season.… Read More »
Sparty LT to return – sometime – and other college notes … For what its worth Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio told local reporters that the Spartans have no new season-ending injuries to report. The implication is that the Spartans’ standout junior LT Jack Conklin, who left Saturday’s game with a knee injury, will play again sometime… Read More »
No hibernating for winless Bears; deal another vet to Pats … The housecleaning continues in Chicago where the 0-3 Bears have reportedly acquired a 6th round pick from New England for LB Jon Bostic. Earlier today, the Bears had shipped DE Jared Allen to Carolina for what is being reported as yet another 6th round selection at the… Read More »
Scooby back on shelf … Arizona junior LB Scooby Wright’s return to action was short-lived as he will reportedly miss the next 3-4 weeks with a sprained foot suffered in the Wildcats’ disappointing 56-30 loss to UCLA on Saturday. There were actually fears that wright might have broken hos foot, but an MRI revealed it was just a… Read More »
Bears get conditional pick for vet DE … The consensus around the NFL is that the 0-3 Chicago Bears are the odds-on favorite to end up with the #1 pick at the 2016 draft and the Bears appear to be in full rebuild mode after trading 3-year-old veteran DE Jared Allen to Carolina for what is being reported… Read More »
Initial GBN Top 25 college ranking posted … Anyone who follows college football knows that there is a hugely subjective and often arbitrary nature to the weekly rankings. For the most part, teams that are highly ranked heading in to the season remain there until they lose etc. etc. So GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has set… Read More »
Sparty LT dinged; other college notes … The most significant development in college football yesterday, at least in terms of the 2016 draft, is the fact that star Michigan State junior LT jack Conklin, a potential top 20-25 prospect, was forced to leave the Spartans win over Central Michigan with an apparent knee injury. MSU officials have yet… Read More »
Pigskin’s preview of ‘Who to watch in college football this weekend’ … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in with a preview of the prospects he’ll be watching in college football this weekend with his picks and previews of some of college footballs big games on Saturday.
Cincy QB Kiel hospitalized after head shot last night … Still waiting for a further update on the status of Cincinnati junior QB Gunner Kiel, #7 on the GBN ranking of the top prospects at the position for the 2016 draft, who was taken to hospital for observation after taking a shot to the head in the Bearcats’… Read More »
Surgery for Badger RB; season could be in doubt … Wisconsin had been hoping to get star junior RB Corey Clement, who has been sidelined with what has been described as a groin injury since the opening week of the schedule, back for the start of their Big Ten schedule next week. Now the the Badgers are simply… Read More »
Star UCLA LB done for year … And the hits just keep on coming. UCLA junior LB Myles Jack, a top 10 prospect for the upcoming draft, will miss the rest of the season after tearing an MCL at practice yesterday. Jack underwent surgery Tuesday evening.
College football notes … Lots going on in college football this day that could impact the 2016 draft including the latest on the injury status of Auburn sophomore DE Carl Lawson, as well as the Rutgers’ soap opera scene involving WR Leonte Carroo. More
