Irish beat Cavs; lose QB for year … Notre Dame’s promising start to the season got turned on its head earlier this afternoon when sophomore QB Malik Zaire was lost for the year with a fractured ankle in the Irish’s last-minute 34-27 win over Virginia. Zaire was replaced by fellow sophomore DeShone Kizer, who completed 8 of 12… Read More »
Ute QB dodges injury bullet; other college injury notes … Utah got some good news on the injury status on QB Travis Wilson after last night’s in-state derby 24-14 win over Utah State. Wilson spent the second half on the sidelines with his left arm/shoulder in a sling after taking a hard hit on a 38-yard run that… Read More »
WKU RB out for year … Western Kentucky officials have confirmed that star RB Leon Allen, one of the better second-tier backs in the country who was forced to leave last evening’s 41-38 win against Louisiana Tech with a gruesome leg injury, will indeed be season-ending. Because Allen has not yet redshirted and its just the second week… Read More »
Are you really ready for some football!! With the 2015 NFL season set to kick-off later this evening when the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots host arch-conference rivals Pittsburgh at 8:30 PM ET on NBC, the GBN has weighed in with out annual ‘Fearless Forecast‘ of the big winners and losers this coming season, along with… Read More »
Rook roster report: one in; one out … Buffalo has released former Florida State TE Nick O’Leary, a 6th round pick at the 2015 draft, in order to make room on the roster for veteran QB Matt Cassel. Meanwhile, Baltimore has signed former LSU RB Terrance Magee to the 53-man roster. Magee was an undrafted rookie free agent… Read More »
By the numbers: how the ‘8th round of the 2015 draft’ fared … NFL teams continue to tinker with the rosters they will have when the regular season gets underway this weekend, but the early returns suggest that 2015 draft was a pretty good one for players who went undrafted this past spring. Indeed, as of midnight last… Read More »
Jones starts, struggles in Bucks win … For those that missed the story, Cardale Jones did in fact make the start last night when Ohio State opened up defense of its 2014 national championship with a 42-24 win at Virginia Tech last night. Jones, though, didn’t throw the ball all that well as he completed just 9 of… Read More »
Star Pitt RB done for year with MCL … And the hits just keep on coming. The latest promising prospect for the 2016 draft to be lost for the year is Pittsburgh junior RB James Conner who the GBN had rated as the 3rd best prospect at the position for the upcoming draft. Conner, who ran for almost… Read More »
Bucks-Hokies wrap first week of college football … The first week of the college football season wraps up with a really intriguing match-up later this evening with a special Monday nighter between defending national champion Ohio State and Virginia Tech at 8 PM ET on ESPN. Normally, there wouldn’t be a ton of intrigue in any game between… Read More »
UCLA DT out for year … Thank goodness there are only 15 weeks or so left in the college football season as yet another prospect for the 2016 draft is out for the year. The latest to go down is UCLA junior DT Eddie Vanderdoes, another potential second-day prospect for the upcoming draft were he healthy, is done for… Read More »
2015 draft passes test … Back in the spring, the consensus around the NFL was that the 2015 draft, and especially the later rounds, just wasn’t all that strong in comparison to other recent draft years. However, while its hardly a perfect measure, at least based on the number of players selected this past spring who are still… Read More »
Clemson WR out for a while with neck injury … Clemson junior WR Mike Williams suffered what is being described as “a small fracture in the neck area” on Saturday when he collided with the goalpost on a TD reception early in the Tigers’ victory against Wofford. The 6-3, 210-pound Williams, who had over 1,000 receiving yards alst… Read More »
Browns give up on RB West; send him to Titans for late rounder … Cleveland has shipped second-year RB Terrance West to Tennessee for a conditional 7th round pick at the 2016 draft. West was a third-round pick in 2014 and played reasonably well last fall at times as a rookie, but frustrated the Browns’ coaching staff with… Read More »
Irish lose RB for the year … Notre Dame junior RB Tarean Folston, an emerging force who had been considered to be a possible second-day pick for the 2016 draft, will miss the rest of the year after tearing an MCL in the Irish’s convincing win over Texas on Saturday night. Folston underwent an MRI Sunday morning and… Read More »
‘Hawks get late ‘Boys pick for vet RB … Seattle has acquired a conditional 7th round pick at the 2016 draft from Dallas in exchange for reserve RB Christine Micheal. No word yet though on what the conditions are.
Chargers get Vikes pick for vet OT … San Diego has reportedly acquired a 6th round pick at the 2016 draft from minnesota in exchange for OT Jeremiah Sirles.
Scoobie has surgery; hopes to be back in a month … Star Arizona junior LB Scoobie Wright, a potential top 15-20 prospect for the 2016 draft, reportedly underwent a surgical procedure earlier today to clean out the knee he injured in the Wildcats season opener against Texas-San Antonio earlier this week. However, Wright still hopes to be back… Read More »
Pair of college QBs done for the year … BYU QB Taysom Hill suffered a Lisfranc fracture early in the Cougars’ dramatic last-play Hail Mary win at Nebraska and will miss the rest of the year. In fact, its the third time in the last four years that the athletic Hill will have his season ended prematurely. Meanwhile,… Read More »
Pair of trades on cut-down date … As teams made moves to get down to the opening day 53-man roster, there were a couple of minor trades. Kansas City gets a 5th round pick from Seattle in exchange for SS Kelcie McCray, while Baltimore gets a conditional pick from San Francisco for C Nick Easton, an undrafted rookie… Read More »
Turk back on the prowl … Its cut-down day in the NFL as all 32 teams have to be down to the 53-man opening day roster by 4 PM ET later this afternoon. Several teams actually made preliminary moves yesterday, but no team is fully down to the limit as of this morning. And while the 2015 draft… Read More »
Bama-Badgers in game of the week … There are a lot of good games on the opening week of the college football schedule, but no great ones. In fact, there is only one game this weekend featuring two ranked teams and that has #3 Alabama playing #20 Wisconsin in Arlington on Saturday evening. And that’s our college game… Read More »
Everybody kind of got their feet in the opening week of the college football season. And now the heavy lifting starts with a number of key intra-sectional games with none bigger than Oregon at Michigan State. Indeed, both the Ducks and Spartans have post-season playoff aspirations and the loser of Saturday’s game will find itself behind the 8-ball… Read More »
Raiders get Colts #6 for young vet OLB … Oakland has received a 6th round pick at the 2016 draft from Indianapolis for OLB Sio Moore. Moore is a 3-year veteran with considerable upside but is coming off hip surgery which slowed him at camp.
Eagles get conditional pick for vet QB Barkley … Philadelphia has acquired a conditional 7th-round pick from Arizona for veteran QB Matt Barkley. The Eagles will get to keep the pick if Barkley is on the Cardinals roster for six games. And by trading Barkley, it appear that Philadelphia will keep Tim Tebow on the roster as the… Read More »
Pigskin picks/previews the colleges … Each week this fall, GBN Associate Editor and Chief Scout Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be previewing the college games – and prospect – he’ll be watching with an eye toward the 2016 draft. Here’s this week’s edition.
