Rising SEC DE Rhodes to return to school … As part of his introductory press conference earlier today, new Arkansas head coach Ryan Silverfield confirmed that star Hogs’ DE Quincy Rhodes, who had started to generate some real first-round buzz for this year’s draft, would return to school for his final year of eligibility in 2026. The 6-6,… Read More »
SEC day in latest Senior Bowl signings … The Senior Bowl has announced a half dozen more players who have accepted invitations to participate in this year’s even in Mobile at the end of January including 5 from the SEC. They are Arkansas QB Taylen Green, Florida OT Austin Barber, DE Keyron Crawford and 340-pound OG Jeremiah Wright… Read More »
Who to watch in college football’s conference championship games … Its conference championship weekend in college football and here’s who we’ll be watching with an eye to the 2026 draft in the 4 power conference games.
As the QB turns: college edition … As we have noted, with the regular college season in the books, we can expect to start hearing from prospects with eligibility remaining if their respective teams are not in the 12-team CFP playoff field. South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers, who is still considered to be one of the prime potential… Read More »
More Senior Bowl signings … The Senior Bowl has announced a number of new players who have accepted invitations to participate in this year’s even in Mobile at the end of January including Missouri DE Zion Young, Arkansas RB Mike Washington, SMU WR Romello Brinson, TCU TE DJ Rogers, Kansas State C Sam Hecht, Georgia Tech OG Keylen… Read More »
Weekly selection order posted … With another week in the books, the selection order for the first-round of the 2026 draft, were it to be held this week, has been updated here.
Senior Bowl releases first star game acceptances … If its December then a young football players not involved in the CFP playoffs’ fancy turns to the post-season all-star games. In fact, the Senior Bowl game will be played a month today in Mobile. And with the college regular season now in the books, the Senior Bowl has started… Read More »
Titans lose again hang onto top pick for another week … Today’s early games are now in the books, but the only thing we can say for sure at this hour is that Tennessee will hold onto the #1 pick in this week’s selection order for the 2026 draft for yet another week after the Titans lost at… Read More »
Kiffin to LSU … In college football’s worst kept secret this weekend, Lane Kiffin has announced that he has indeed agreed to coach LSU going forward. Kiffin claimed that he asked for permission to remain at Mississippi until the Rebels season was done as Ole Miss is still very much in the CFP playoff picture, but was turned… Read More »
1 versus 2 highlites College conference championship games … Rivalry in college football is done and now its on to the conference championship games next weekend. And it will be #1 versus #2 in the Big 10 where top-ranked Ohio State, which finally beat Michigan yesterday, facing upstart #2 Indiana in the conference title game next Saturday in… Read More »
Who to watch in college football on Thanksgiving Saturday … As we noted yesterday, Saturday’s college football fare is a little more appealing than Friday’s with a number of huge games on the docket including THE game between #1 Ohio State and Michigan, alog with Alabama at Auburn and LSU at Oklahoma in the SEC and Miami at… Read More »
Who to watch in college football on Thanksgiving Friday … Of course, the Thanksgiving football world will be focused on the NFL today with three games scheduled. That focus, though, shifts to the colleges tomorrow and Saturday with a full slate of annual rivalry games many with conference and national implications. Indeed, heading into the final weekend of… Read More »
Weekly selection order posted … With another week in the books, the selection order for the first-round of the 2026 draft were it to be held this week has been updated here.
PSU QB Allar commits to draft … Penn State QB Drew Allar has confirmed that he will in fact be entering the 2026 draft. Allar hasn’t played for several weeks since suffering a season-ending broken ankle earlier this fall and there had been an expectation that he might explore his options of appealing for an extra year of… Read More »
Top 9 picks set for week … With the late afternoon games now in the books, we can say that as a result of their loss to Atlanta, New Orleans will move up to the #3 pick slot behind Tennessee and the NY Giants in this week’s opening selection order, followed by the NY Jets, Las Vegas, Cleveland,… Read More »
Titans, Giants to stay 1-2 on weekly board … There won’t be any change at the very top of the 2026 selection as both Tennessee and the NY Giants who came into the week sitting in the 1-2 spots lost early games this afternoon, although put on pretty gutty efforts. The Titans, for example, battled Seattle hard at… Read More »
Shuffling in the works for top of selection order … There will almost by definition be some shuffling at the top of this week’s selection order for the opening round of the 2026 draft as there are a couple of games involving teams both of whom are currently sitting on early selections. Cleveland, which is currently 3rd in… Read More »
OT Casey part of Boise senior day; to enter draft … Boise State has confirmed that rising OT Kage Casey, one of the top prospects at the position, will participate in the Broncos’ senior day activities later today and will enter the upcoming draft despite having another year of eligibility available. In fact, we’ll be watching other senior… Read More »
SMU QB Van Dyke to seek extra year … Much-travelled SMU QB Tyler Van Dyke has confirmed that he will appeal to the NCAA for an additional year of eligibility which would be his 7th. Van Dyke was once a highly promising prospect at Miami after a breakout redshirt freshman year in 2021, but two somewhat pedestrian seasons… Read More »
Who to watch in college football this weekend … Its an odd week on the college football docket without much in the way of must-see games, even though it is the second-to-last week on the regular schedule. It is, for example, ‘cupcake week’ in the SEC as several of the big-name national contenders in the conference play, well,… Read More »
Injury Updates for OSU WR Tate and UM RB Haynes … There are a couple of injury situations we are following. Ohio State, for example, is being coy with the status of star WR Carnell Tate for this weekend’s game with Rutgers. Tate, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the 2026 draft, has missed… Read More »
Browns looking at QB early in 2026 … One of the big questions heading to the 2026 draft, especially in Cleveland, was whether would stick with their young QBs Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders next year or use one, if not both, of the their 2026 first round picks to address the position this coming April. According to… Read More »
ASU QB Leavitt not looking at portal … yet … Arizona State QB Sam Leavitt, or least his brother and agent, is denying that the star Sun Devil is already actively shopping his services for the 2026 season, at least not yet. Leavitt, a redshirt sophomore with two years of college eligibility remaining, has been sidelined the better… Read More »
Weekly selection order posted … With another week in the books, the selection order for the first-round of the 2026 draft were it to be held this week has been updated here.
As the QB turns, NFL edition: Jets bench Fields, Sanders plays … A couple of QB developments in the NFL with draft implications. On the one hand, the NY Jets confirmed this morning that Justin Fields has bee benched ad will be replaced by veteran Tyrod Taylor. That likely signals the end of the Fields-era in New York… Read More »
