Bucks head Pigskin’s ‘way too early’ top15 for 2022 … With the 2021 college season now very much in the rear view mirror, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has taken his crystal ball and assessed the top returning rosters in the country and put together a very early top 15 power ranking for next year’s college season.… Read More »
Who’s #1: Hutch or Thibo … That’s going to be the debate for the next little while as DEs Aidan Hutchinson of Michigan and Oregon’s Kayvon Thibodeaux are generally considered to be the top two prospects for the upcoming draft. Right now it appears that Hutchinson has a bit of an edge as we head into the pre-draft… Read More »
Selection order updated … With the NFL’s wild card weekend in the books, picks 19 thru 24 in the opening round selection order for the 2022 draft have been been confirmed. Here’s the updated selection order for the first three rounds. Also note that the write ups for the losing teams in this weekend’s wild card games have… Read More »
OSU RT Jones returning to school … Just to confirm, Ohio State RT Dawand Jones announced earlier today that he would not be entering the 2022 draft and will be back with the Buckeyes next fall.
Raiders fire G.M. Mayock … Former lead draft analyst for the NFL Network and now former Las Vegas G.M. Mike Mayock just found out why life in TV may be better than in the actual league. TV guys almost never get fired cause nobody cares whether you get it wrong. Mayock, though, was just released by the Raiders… Read More »
Star Tide LB last man to declare … The deadline for underclassmen to file paperwork with the NFL in order to be eligible for the 2022 and the only name added to the list at the deadline was Alabama ILB Christian Harris. Harris is considered to be at least a late first round prospect. As noted earlier, underclassmen… Read More »
UGA LB Smith to return … With the deadline for underclassmen to file paperwork in order to be eligible for the 2022 just over a coupe of hours away, there have been no new announcements of players planning to enter this year’s draft. However, Georgia junior LB Nolan Smith did confirm that he will be back with the… Read More »
Four more draft spots confirmed; one still to to come … With Pittsburgh going down to defeat in Kansas City in the Sunday evening wild card game, we can confirm four more spots in the opening round selection order for the 2022 draft have been settled.. The Steelers will pick 20th after Philadelphia, which will have the 19th… Read More »
Decision day for college underclassmen … The deadline for underclassmen to file paperwork with the NFL in order to be eligible to enter the 2022 draft comes up at 4 PM ET on Monday afternoon. The fact is, though, all the top names have already declared their intentions for this year’s draft, although the number who have declared… Read More »
Eagles clinch 19th pick … With their loss in Tampa Bay in today’s early game, we can confirm that Philadelphia’s own pick at the 2022 draft will be the 19th. That will actually be the Eagles’ third pick, assuming no trades, in the opening round as they also have the 15th and 16th picks acquired from Miami and… Read More »
Today’s games to decide more picks … No picks in the selection order for the 2022 draft were decided as the result of yesterday’s two playoff games. However, we could see as many as 5 more picks determined by the three games today starting with Philadelphia playing at the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the… Read More »
As the QB turns … We are still over 100 days away from the 2022 draft – and the first round of the playoffs is barely underway – but there already appears to be some chatter out there as it relates to the QB situation around the league. There is an unconfirmed report by Jordan Schultz of Yahoo… Read More »
Bama CB enters draft … Another Alabama junior has confirmed that they will be entering the upcoming draft. The latest to declare is CB Jalyn Armour-Davis, a mid-to-late second-day pick who is currently rated as the 80th best overall prospect for the upcoming draft on the GBN Big Board.
Tide S Battle to return … Alabama got one back last night when junior safety Jordan Battle announced that he would be returning for his senior season. Battle had been considered to be a mid-to-late second day prospect for the 2022 draft.
UGA WR in draft; OSU DE out … Georgia junior WR George Pickens became the 4th underclassman from the national champion Bulldogs to announce for the 2022 today. Pickens looked like an emerging top 15 prospect during a breakout season in 2020, but barely played this past season after tearing an ACL in spring practice. Pickens did return… Read More »
Dawgs D loses 3 to NFL; Tide one … Georgia’s national championship defense will be without at least three key underclassmen next fall as star ILB Nakobe Dean, DE Trayvon Walker and FS Lewis Cine all announced today that they will be entering this year’s draft. Dean is currently the consensus top LB in this year’s draft class… Read More »
UGA RB White, Bama WR Bolden enter draft; Tide LB To’oTo’o staying … Georgia junior RB Zamir White has become the latest underclassman to announce that they will be entering the 2022 draft. The 5-11, 215-pound White, who led the national champions in rushing with almost 900 yards, is a third day prospect who is the #8 back… Read More »
Iowa C Linderbaum enters draft … Iowa C Tyler Linderbaum, the top prospect at the position for the 2022 draft, announced this morning that he will be turning pro this winter. Linderbaum isn’t all that big at a listed 6-3 and less than 300 pounds, but is an excellent athlete who some scouts believe is the best center… Read More »
QB Jones, WR Chase, LB Parsons headline GBN all-rook team … New England QB Mac Jones, Cincinnati WR Ja’Marr Chase and Dallas LB Micah Parsons are the headliners on the GBN All-Rookie team as chosen by Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette. Jones, in particular, is an interesting choice because he was the 5th of 5 QBs selected in… Read More »
Texans fire coach Culley … Houston has fired head coach David Culley after just one year on the job. The sense around the league is that Culley actually did a pretty good job with the Texans, guiding them to 4 wins – the same as last year – all the while dealing with the DeShaun Watson embroglio and… Read More »
Tide OT Neal, WR Williams enter draft … Alabama junior OT Evan Neal and WR Jameson Williams both announced today that they would be entering the 2022 draft. Neal is generally considered to be one of the top 3 prospects for this year’s draft along with DEs Aidan Hutchinson of Michigan and Oregon’s Kayvon Thibodeaux. And while most… Read More »
Three-round projection posted … With the NFL regular season in the books and the selection order, at least for the non-playoff teams, confirmed we have posted an initial 3-round projection for this year’s draft, which for the record, is now just 106 days away. and again, the point of the exercise is not to try and predict which… Read More »
UK OT enters draft … The OT class for the 2022 draft just got bigger, both literally and figuratively, when 6-7, 330-pound Kentucky junior OT Dare Rosenthal announced that he’ll be turning pro this winter. Rosenthal was originally a blue-chip recruit at LSU, before transferring to Kentucky this year. He’s generally considered to be an early 3rd day… Read More »
‘Cane OT Nelson opts to return … Miami junior OT Zion Nelson, a late 2nd day prospect for the upcoming draft, has announced that he will instead return to school for his senior season.
Star Tide WR did tear ACL … Alabama junior WR Jameson Williams got the worst possible news today when an MRI confirmed that he did indeed suffer a torn ACL during last night’s national championship game loss to Georgia. Williams, who had been considered to be a top 10 candidate for the upcoming draft, fell awkwardly after catching… Read More »
