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.
Titans, Steelers get picks in deadline deals … Tennessee has reportedly acquired a pair of draft picks from Atlanta in exchange for veteran OG Andre Levitre. The Titans will get the Falcons’ 6th round pick in 2016 and a conditional future selection. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh gets a conditional 7th rounder this year from the Giants for P Brad Wing.… Read More »
Another top DE to sit out opener … Baylor has suspended star DE Shawn Oakman, a potential top 10-15 prospect for the 2016 draft, from the team’s season opener later this evening against old SWC rival SMU. The 6-8, 275-pound Oakman who had 11 sacks last fall, was suspended for one of those violation of team rules things.… Read More »
Still more Week III pre-season wraps … The third week of the NFL pre-season schedule is generally considered to be the most important week of the pre-season as most teams use is as a dress rehearsal for their season openers now just over a week or so away. And that’s one of the things GBN Associate Editor Pigskin… Read More »
Texans pick from Bears for TE updated … The 6th round pick that Houston reportedly acquired from Chicago in exchange for TE Khari Lee earlier this week has been confirmed as a 2017 selection; it was originally reported as a pick in 2016. Still not a bad return on a 2014 undrafted rookie free agent who did not… Read More »
OSU QB Jones feeeling better; still in hunt to start … Updating yesterday’s report on Ohio State junior QB Cardale Jones, who was taken to the hospital earlier in the week with severe head pain. According to school officials Jones is fine and is expected to play when the Buckeyes open defense of their national championship against Virginia… Read More »
Are you ready for some football (that matters)? While the NFL dawdles away another perfectly good early fall weekend with yet another round of essentially meaningless pre-season exhibition games this week, college football gets underway in earnest gets underway later tonight with a slew of games, perhaps the most interesting of which has #2 Texas Christian playing at… Read More »
While the NFL dawdles away another perfectly good early fall weekend with yet another round of essentially meaningless pre-season exhibition games, college football gets underway in earnest gets underway later tonight with a slew of games, perhaps the most interesting of which has #2 Texas Christian playing at Minnesota on ESPN at 9 PM ET. If nothing else… Read More »
Former star Big XII KR finds home in DII … Former star Oklahoma State WR/RB/KR Tyreek Hill has transferred to DII West Alabama where he will be eligible immediately. Hill, who had 3 returns for TDs last fall including a 92-yard punt return in the Cowboys’ dramatic win over Oklahoma, was named an all-conference special teamer after transferring… Read More »
Saints get really future pick from Pats for WR … New Orleans has acquired a conditional future pick from New England in exchange for WR/KR Jalen Saunders. However, the pick is being reported as only for the 2018 draft.
Cuts posted … It took awhile, but all the cuts from today’s 75-man roster limit have been posted. And so far, the 2015 draft class has fared reasonably well; indeed, only one draft pick – Tampa Bay 7th round FB Joey Iosefa – was released this weekend, although a baker’s dozen have been placed on either injured reserve,… Read More »
DE class previewed … With the start of the upcoming college football season now just days away we continue our series of positional previews for the 2016 draft by looking at the defensive ends today, which looks like it could be one of the dominant positions in the early going at the upcoming draft. Also note our initial… Read More »
Back at the beginning of the series, we described the 2016 QB class as “interesting, intriguing and challenging!” In many ways the same could be said about this year’s DE group. On the one hand, DE could very well end up being the best and likely deepest position of any group at the upcoming draft. At the same… Read More »
Seahawks get future Panthers’ pick for WR … Seattle has acquired an undisclosed pick from Carolina for WR Kevin Norwood, a 4th round pick in 2014, who did not play much last fall because of a foot injury.
Bad news for junior RBs … A couple of quality junior RBs with the potential to impact the early going at the 2016 draft. Kareem Hunt of Toledo was suspended for the first two games of the 2015 season for an unspecified violation of team rules. The 5-10, 215-pound Hunt Hunt, who led the Mid-American Conference last fall… Read More »
Broncs IR early pick TE … Denver got closer to meeting tomorrow’s 75-man roster by placing TE Jeff Heuerman, a 3rd round pick at the 2015 draft on injured reserve. Heuerman tore an ACL earlier this year at the team’s post-draft minicamp.
Jags-Steelers, Broncs-Texans make pre-roster date deals … There have been a couple of trades on this morning’s transaction wire as Jacksonville sent veteran PK Josh Scobee, the team’s all-time leading scorer, to Pittsburgh for what is being reported as a late-round draft pick. With the Steelers, Scobee will replace Shawn Suisam who tore an ACL earlier this month.… Read More »
Bucs cut late rounder … Tampa Bay released FB Joey Isoefa, a 7th round pick at the 2015 draft, among moves the team made to get down to this week’s 75-man roster limit. All teams have to be down to that limit by 4 PM ET on Tuesday.
Jags IR top pick … Jacksonville became the first team to officially get down to Tuesday’s 75-man roster limit. included in the Jaguars’ first set of roster moves was DE Dante Fowler, the 3rd player selected overall at the 2015 draft who was placed on inured reserve with a knee injury suffered earlier this summer.
The Turk is on the prowl … The NFL’s first major cut-down deadline is looming as all teams must be down to 75 players by 4 PM ET on Tuesday following the completion of the third full week of pre-season games which got underway last evening. In fact, one can expect the cuts to begin to be announced… Read More »
Trends come and trends go in football, but one of the game’s constants is that it sure helps to be strong in the trenches, especially on the outside at RT. As such, big offensive linemen who can move are always in demand when draft say rolls around. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that the offensive line – and… Read More »
Pack RB; Vols WR pinched for early games … North Carolina State RB Shad Thornton and Tennessee WR/KR Pig Howard, both of whom are considered to be second-tier prospects for the 2016 draft, will miss early games this fall for internal disciplinary issues. Thornton, UNC’s leading rusher last season, will not play in the Wolfpack’s first two games… Read More »
Injured Hog RB likely headed for draft … Arkansas RB Jonathan Williams, who is expected to miss the entire regular season this fall after undergoing surgery to repair a foot issue that occurred during a scrimmage earlier this month, has told local reporters that if his rehab goes as expected, he’ll enter the 2016 draft rather than return… Read More »
Irish DE waiver appeal denied; must sit or transfer … Notre Dame has announced that the NCAA has denied DE Ishaq Williams’ request to be allowed to play this season, his final year of eligibility. Williams was suspended all last year because of academic irregularities and had re-enrolled in school earlier this summer, but was not granted a… Read More »
Lions get real future pick from Pats for OT/TE … Detroit has shipped OT Michael Williams to New England for what is being reported as a 7th round pick in 2017. The Lions chose Williams as a TE in the seventh round of the 2013 draft, but moved him to offensive line last spring.
