STAR GAMES 2023 Pigskin’s Prospect Reviews

Time now to move on to the players who stood out in the Shrine Bowl, from their new home in Las Vegas for year two. This was the first year that the Shrine was given full NFL team coaching staffs. That brought the venerable, now grand old man, from the NFL coaching ranks in Bill Belichick into Vegas.… Read More »

STAR GAMES 2023 Senior Bowl top 12 For PIGSKIN

Ok, let’s talk about 12 guys who caught my eye while watching practice and game action last week in Mobile. It doesn’t mean that they will all be in my Top 100 in April. It does not mean that they are the best bets from this game to be selected in the First Round of the Draft. It… Read More »

Post-Star 2023 Games Q&A with PIGSKIN PAUL

Some questions have been piling up from friends & readers who spend quite a lot if time following the January (mostly) ALL-STAR venues of note. So here here we go with some of the most interesting queries to me. How does a prestigious venue like the SHRINE BOWL end up with a 12-3 game, featuring not a single… Read More »

Star Game Notes Senior Bowl Practice Wrap 2023

So before we get to content let’s clear up what is ahead. I will NOT be assembling my usual All-Practice Team from Mobile. Primarily because I was unable to be in Mobile this year, for health reasons. TV coverage is not extensive enough to get a good read on over 100 players, at least IMO. I will compile… Read More »

STAR Games 2023 update Thursday, Feb. 2

With a couple of days to watch snippets of practices, plus keeping one ear to the ground, and gathering some numbers of relevance I feel ready to share some Star Game thoughts as the Shrine & Senior Bowl are upon us. Let me start with one of the most pleasurable of the happenings once practices get under way…… Read More »

Star Games Week Tuesday 01/31/23

So as I sat on my lanai, staring at my laptop and feeling sorry for myself, being in Orlando instead of Mobile, my fingers stumbled upon a recent tweet which mentioned the first Top 50 pre-Draft Prospect rankings from Daniel Jeremiah, alias Move the Sticks. I made a mental note to return to the link to that piece… Read More »

STAR GAMES 2023 Gameday Peak/NFLPA Collegiate Bowl

Today is the game day for the NFLPA Game, which will be played in Pasadena, California at the Rose Bowl. Game time is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time, 3 PM in California. Airing on NFL Network. To most of us Draftniks this game ranks 3rd in importance and player quality behind the Senior Bowl and Shrine Bowl venues.… Read More »

HULA BOWL Star Game 2023

I have finally gotten time in my schedule to watch my entire game tape from the Hula Bowl played last Saturday, January 14th. Following up on game information was a challenge. The Hula Bowl website still says team rosters will be available soon. That’s based on a visit to the site this morning the 22nd. Combine it all… Read More »

PIGSKIN’s 2022 NFL All-Rookie Team

Just a bit of detailed info regarding this list. What started out to be a 22-25 team of players soon ballooned to that which you see below. I soon found that to be an impossible task, due primarily to the fact that this may have been one of the deepest, most talented Rookie classes in many a moon.… Read More »

Pigskin’s NFL MOCK Post Season Edition

Time for an update of my recent MOCK, this version covering Picks 19-27. We are now thru 2 weeks of post-season games and headed for AFC/NFC Championship games this coming weekend.  So that should mean 10 more Picks to get to. But No, because the Dolphins lost their first round pick because of tampering by Owner Stephen Ross.… Read More »

COLLEGE to PRO FOOTBALL Q&A With PIGSKIN

As we head for the end of the NFL regular season, and into heavy duty NFL DRAFT preparation I get e-mails, texts and questions sent to the GBN website, which COLIN kindly passes on to me. So before the mail-pile gets too big I have puled out the most pertinent given the timing, and those that I actually… Read More »

Pigskin’s 2023 New Year’s TOP 25 Draft Prospects

Everything begins anew when we turn calendars to the next year, which then becomes this year. So for many of us it seems best to start fresh with as many things as possible. Therefore, I will now present to you my latest update of players for the Top 25 of 2023 Draft Prospects. I have weeded out those… Read More »

What Caught My Eye Year-End Edition 2022

This coming NFL off-season is already building momentum to be a carousel of action with personnel changes from front offices to team rosters, mainly because there is a lot of significant “stuff “that is going on, but none more intriguing than some QB shuffling in the making. So let’s ride! This makes me think about the deep dive… Read More »

STAR-GAMES Chatter 2.0

After detailing primarily some of the comings around the Senior Bowl last week, it is time to pay some attention to the goings on at the SHRINE BOWL. The game will be played on Thursday night, Feb. 2 in Las Vegas as part of the NFL Pro Bowl festivities. The Shrine will be hosting the only actual game… Read More »

Star-Games Chatter

I was going to write up some Bowl Game projections… and then I took a good look at the initial group of games. Pretty pathetic contests in general, especially when you consider that many of the top players, who are Draft eligible, are going to skip their teams’ games to prepare for the NFL Draft process. That process… Read More »

PIGSKIN’s Top 25 2023 NFL Draft Prospects (Plus ?)

The regular college football season has concluded, with Bowl Games just around the corner. College players are already declaring their intent to enter the Draft, or stay in school. Many of those opting to return for another college season are also entering the Transfer Portal. And the acceptance lists for the major Star games are filling in nicely.… Read More »

STAR Game reports 2023

We are less than 2 months away from Senior Bowl Week in Mobile. Right now the hot topic item for the Mobile game is the Player Acceptances that are rolling in. As of this article composition the count of players accepting invites for the game is just over 70. I expect we will see a rash of acceptances… Read More »

What Caught My Eye Week 13 College Football 2022

And so another college football season winds up its regular season. One door closes, another opens. Now we move on to Conference Championship games, followed by Bowling For Dollars. THE GAME, as they call it in the Big Ten, was indeed the big game with MICHIGAN winning its 2nd straight showdown with Ohio State. Plenty of action, and… Read More »

What Caught My Eye 2022 Week 12

As we head into the final full weekend of the 2022 College Football schedule I can’t help but wonder what upsets we might encounter between now and Sunday. The Final Four teams had a rough time prevailing last weekend. Both Michigan and TCU had to settle for final seconds field goals in their games. Georgia was never in… Read More »

THANKSGIVING SPECIAL Pigskin’s Top 25

We are headed down the home stretch of the 2022 College Football regular season. So here we go again, with my Top 25 prospects +1. WILL ANDERSON     OB/E      Alabama C.J. STROUD           QB         Ohio State BRYCE YOUNG       QB         Alabama… Read More »

What Caught My Eye Week 11 2022

One of the items that has truly caught my eye is an event that transitions from the Fall Football season to NFL Draft season. And the kick-start event that signifies the annual transition is the beginning of invitations and acceptances by college football players to the annual Jan/Feb All-Star games. The prime events around which this all centers… Read More »

PIGSKIN’s College Rankings 2022 1.0

I feel like I lost control of another piece of my life once again last week. Not to bother you with trivial life issues but since the end of Summer I have found myself battling weather, household mold issues, pet medical issues, personal health issues and god only knows what else. And the worst part of it all… Read More »

PIGSKIN’s Mid-Season 2023 NFL MOCK DRAFT Round 1

I believe that way back in Summer when NFL Training Camps opened I promised that I would do a monthly Mock Draft this season. Well here we are entering November and past the trade deadline. Might be about time I kicked in with my Mock. Let’s go!  LIONS       WILL ANDERSON    ER/OB    Alabama  … Read More »

What Caught My Eye 2022 Week 9.0

I was pretty sure that Ohio State would take care of a Win at Penn State, so I spent a lot of viewing time watching the Buckeyes’ giant OT tandem of PARIS JOHNSON (6’6/315)  & DAWAND JONES (6’8/360). They are both being pegged as potential First Round Picks for the 2023 NFL Draft. This is the second season… Read More »

PIGSKIN’s Top 25 NFL Draft Prospects 4.0

Some things remain the same, while others change. After another couple of weeks watching games are my revised Top 25 player list. To my knowledge, all the players on this list are Draft eligible for the 2023 Draft. However, it is important to note that this is not a college All-American list. And of course a budding star… Read More »