To QB or not to QB: Bears mum; Falcons not so much … It is always interesting at this time of year to see if the GMs of team’s with early draft picks give away any hints as to what their team might be thinking about in their end-of-season pressers. Of course, the general rule is that that… Read More »
Buckeyes’ WR Harrison enters draft; so does UM LB … The suspense had been building for weeks, but Ohio State All-American WR Marvin Harrison finally announced that he would, in fact, be entering the 2024 draft where he projects to be the first non-QB selected as high as 4th overall. Meanwhile, Big Ten rival Michigan, fresh off their… Read More »
Texas QB Ewers to return … To no one’s great surprise, Texas QB Quinn Ewers has confirmed that he’ll be returning to the Longhorns next fall.
LSU DT enters draft; OSU WR stays put … LSU DT Maason Smith has confirmed that he will be entering the 2024 draft despite a down year this fall. Smith had been considered to be a top 10 type prospect earlier in his career but he missed the entire 2022 season with a torn ACL and while he… Read More »
Another GOAT on the way out … Literally barely 24 hours after Alabama head coach Nick Saban, who won more collegiate national championships than any other coach in history, retired, word out of New England is that the Patriots and head coach Bill Belichek, who won more Super Bowls than any coach in NFL history, will be parting… Read More »
Buckeye OG to return to school … Ohio State OG Donovan Jackson, one of the top prospects in the country at the position, has announced that he will be back at school next fall.
Post-season mock posted … With the college football playoffs now nicely in the books and the NFL headed to its post-season it seemed like a good time to post an updated projection for the upcoming draft. And just to see what it looked like we added projections for the 2nd and 3rd rounds. Again, we remind readers that… Read More »
Tide coach Saban retiring … In a major surprise that is sure to shake up the college football world, Alabama’s Nick Saban has just announced that he is retiring after a 34-year coaching career that included stints at Toledo, LSU, Michigan State as well as Alabama; he also had a two-year stopover in the NFL as Miami’s head… Read More »
Senior bowl underclassmen update … Just a quick update on today’s earlier report regarding the early list of underclassmen who have been accepted into this year’s draft. Which of those underclassmen has been invited to the Senior Bowl will be announced on the ‘Moving the Sticks’ show with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks on the NFL Network later… Read More »
One in draft; one out … With now less that 6 days to go until the deadline for underclassmen to apply to the NFL for early entry to the 2024 draft, Texas WR Adonai Mitchell has announced that he will entering the draft where he projects to be an early second day candidate. On the other hand, Alabama… Read More »
NFL releases early list of draft-eligible juniors … The NFL has released a list of 34 players who have already been granted special eligibility for the 2024 draft. Because the NFL now allows draft-eligible underclassmen to participate one of the post-season all-star games, 3rd year players were actually given a ‘soft’ deadline of January 5th to permit those… Read More »
Clock ticking on remaining undeclared underclassmen … There is now less than a week until the deadline for underclassmen to file paperwork with the NFL if the want to be eligible for this year’s draft. The applications must be in the league office by 4 PM ET on January 15th. In fact, most prominent 3rd year players have… Read More »
Selection order updated with unofficial 2nd and 3rd rounds … Note that with the regular season now in the books, the selection order for next April’s draft has been updated to include the 2nd and 3rd rounds. Please note though that the latter two rounds are still unofficial and that there are at least a couple of picks… Read More »
Two coaches, one GM fired already … Its barely 9 AM the day after the regular season ended and already two NFL head coaches have been fired along with one GM. The GM is Scott Fitterer of Carolina who orchestrated what has so far turned out to be the near-disastrous trade up at the 2023 draft for QB… Read More »
Huskies to battle Wolverines for national CFP title … The final national championship game of the 4-team playoff era goes Monday evening in Houston with a little bit of a different flavor as for the first time in 8 years there won’t be a team from the SEC. Instead it’ll be the Big Ten versus the soon-to-be Big… Read More »
WashComs to pick 2nd; Patriots 3rd … Washington will have the 2nd pick overall at the 2024 draft with New England to pick 3rd. The two teams each have 4 wins, along with Arizona, but the Patriots SOS is .003 higher than Washington’s. Meanwhile, Arizona will pick 4th, followed by the LA Chargers at #5, the NY Giants… Read More »
Pats loss clinches 2-3 pick … With today’s early games winding down, the one thing we can confirm is that after losing to the Jets in a snowstorm, New England will have either the 2nd or 3rd picks overall at the 2024 draft. The Patriots will in fact clinch the #2 pick if Washington upsets Dallas in a… Read More »
LSU WR Nabers declares … To no one’s great surprise, LSU WR Malik Nabers, the leading receiver in college football in 2023, has announced that he will be entering the 2024 draft where he is currently rated as a potential top 10 pick. This past season, Nabers posted 89 receptions for almost 1,600 yards and 14 TDs.
Home cooking to help settle early draft order … With just weekend’s to go in the NFL regular schedule, the #1 pick at the 2024 draft has already been settled – Chicago will have the first pick with Carolina’s #1 selection – the rest of the top 10 is still to be decided. And as luck would have… Read More »
‘Horns TE Sanders enters draft … Texas TE J’Tavion Sanders has become the latest 3rd year player to enter the 2024 draft. Sanders is generally considered to be the #2 prospect at the position behind Georgia’s Brock Bowers; he’s also considered to be an early second round candidate, although it certainly would be no surprise if he was… Read More »
FCS title game Sunday … While needless to say THE big game in college football is Monday night’s CFP championship game between Michigan and Washington; however, its not the only college football title game this weekend as the defending champion and top-ranked South Dakota State Jackrabbits (14-0) take on the Montana Grizzlies (13-1) for the FCS championship at… Read More »
College wire update … Just a couple or three notes on draft-related player moves that we need to catch up on. BYU OT Kingsley Saumataia, a solid second-day prospect for the upcoming draft, did in fact declare last month. On the other hand, a couple of 3rd year receivers will be back at school next fall; USC’s Dorian… Read More »
UGA gets one back too … Georgia got a solid veteran back this afternoon with word that rugged NT Nazir Stackhouse would be back with the Bulldogs next fall.
Pair of Buckeyes return … Ohio State got a little more good news today as two veteran defensive players announced that they would be returning to school next fall including DE Jack Sawyer and S Lathan Ransom. The Buckeyes, though, are still waiting for word from a number of other top juniors including WR Marvin Harrison, the consensus… Read More »
Another star game to note … Just a quick addendum to the yesterday’s story about this year’s all-star game lineup. In fact, there is another game we needed to track down some of the details on. Its the Tropical Bowl which will be played this year in Daytona Beach on January 20th. Again, no roster has yet been… Read More »
