Two more top college QBs to transfer … The QB carousel in college football continues to spin with news today that two more prominent college QBs will be transferring including Kedon Slovis of Southern Cal and Auburn’s Bo Nix. Slovis was actually being talked about as a potential mid-first round pick this coming April, but struggled early on… Read More »
Bombers win second straight CFL Grey Cup … They had to put in a little extra time, but the Winnipeg Blue Bombers made it two Grey Cups in a row with a dramatic 33-25 overtime win over the hometown Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the 108th edition of the CFL’s championship game this evening. Hamilton had actually tied the game… Read More »
Vet college QB Brewer moving to Liberty … Much-traveled veteran college QB Charlie Brewer is reportedly on the move again as there are reports that is he transferring to Liberty for the 2022 season, presumably to replace Malik Willis who is off to the 2022 draft. Brewer played for Baylor for 4 years from 2017 to 2020, but… Read More »
Top 4 picks remain unchanged; Giants up to #5 … There will be no changes to the top 4 picks in the weekly selection order for the opening round of the 2022 at the end of this weekend’s action as Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville, and the NY Jets, who held those spots heading into the weeks, all lost today.… Read More »
Orange PK latest to opt to stay in school … Syracuse PK Andre Szmyt, a former Lou Groza Award, has indicated that he will be taking advantage of the NCAA’s extra year of eligibility because of Covid and will return to school in the fall for what will be his 6th season with the program. Szmyt won the… Read More »
Tide QB Young wins Heisman … To no one’s great surprise Alabama sophomore QB Bryce Young was named this year’s winner of the Heisman Trophy. Young, who won’t be draft eligible until 2023, beat out Michigan DE Aidan Hutchinson and QBs Kenny Pickett of Pitt and Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud for the award, the second in a row… Read More »
Draft pick race into home stretch … There are at least a couple of games on this weekend’s schedule that are going to have a major on the early selection order for the 2022 draft. Houston, which currently holds the 3rd pick overall were the draft held this week, will be hosting 4-8 Seattle, which is currently sitting… Read More »
Ti-Cats host Bombers in CFL Grey Cup … It will the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 108 edition of the Canadian league’s Grey Cup game Sunday evening in Hamilton. Kick-off is set for 6 PM ET with coverage on TSN in Canada and ESPN2 in the U.S. In fact, it will be the second… Read More »
‘Other’ SC DE off the Senior Bowl … This year’s senior Bowl got even a little more interesting earlier today with the announcement South Carolina DE Kingsley ‘JJ’ Enagbare has accepted an invitation to participate in next month’s event. Enagbare is currently rated the 43rd overall prospect for the upcoming draft on the GBN Big Board. And the… Read More »
Underrated SEC CB enters draft … Mississippi State junior CB Martin Emerson has confirmed that he will be foregoing his remaining eligibility and entering the 2022 draft. The 6-2, 200-pound Emerson, who is currently rated the 87th top player for the upcoming draft on the GBN Big Board, is something of an underrated prospect as other SEC teams… Read More »
Texans to start rook QB for stretch run … The Houston Texans, who are still very much in the running to come away with the #1 pick overall at the 2022 draft, announced earlier today that rookie Davis Mills will start the rest of the season. Mills replaces veteran Tyrod Taylor who has been ineffective since returning from… Read More »
PSU QB to return for 6th year …This is the time of year when the news is filled with reports of college players opting to leave school early and enter the upcoming draft. Penn State QB Sean Clifford, though, is going the other way as he has confirmed that he will take advantage of the NCAA’s special covid… Read More »
Iowa RB Goodson to enter draft … Iowa junior RB Tyler Goodson has become the latest underclassman to announce that they’ll be foregoing their remaining eligibility and entering the 2022 draft. The 5-10, 200-pound Goodson ran for over 1,100 yards and 6 scores while chipping in 31 receptions this past season; he’s considered to be a 3rd day… Read More »
Pitt QB Pickett charging off the Senior Bowl … This year’s senior Bowl just got a little more interesting with the announcement late last night that Pitt All-America QB Kenny Pickett has accepted an invitation to participate. Pickett is generally considered to be one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position an he’ll be looking to elevate… Read More »
Irish S Hamilton, RB Williams leave for draft … No big surprise as Notre Dame S Kyle Hamilton, a top 5 prospect, has confirmed that he will be entering this year’s draft as will Irish RB Kyren Williams, an early third-day type prospect who ran for over 1,100 yards in each of the past couple of seasons. Both… Read More »
Two more added to Senior Bowl … The Senior Bowl has announced the addition of a couple more players to this year’s roster including Ohio State DE Tyreke Smith and Oklahoma LB Brian Asamoah. Asamoah is actually technically a junior who declared for the 2022 draft earlier this week, but is a 4th year player who has graduated… Read More »
Tide CB Jobe to miss playoffs with toe injury … Alabama has confirmed that starting CB Josh Jobe underwent surgery on his toe earlier this week and will not be available for the CFP playoffs. Alabama is scheduled to play Cinciinati on December 31st with the winner to meet the winner of the Georgia-Michigan semi-final on January 10th… Read More »
Two top juniors enter draft … A couple of the most intriguing prospects for the 2022 draft announced earlier today that they will in fact be foregoing their remaining eligibility and entering the upcoming draft. The two include Southern California WR Drake London and Florida State DE Jermaine Johnson, both of whom have top 10-15 potential for the… Read More »
Sooners’ MLB Asamoah to enter draft … Oklahoma redshirt junior MLB Brian Asamoah has announced that he will forego his final year of eligibility and enter the 2022 draft. Asamoah also indicated that he won’t play in the Sooners’ Alamo bowl game against Oregon on December 29th. Asamoah, in fact, is the 3rd OU defensive starter to enter… Read More »
Another half dozen added to Senior Bowl … The Senior Bowl has announced adding 6 more players to this year’s roster including the first two accepted invites from Alabama. The Tide will be represented in Mobile at least by RB Brian Robinson and DT Phidarian Mathis, although more are likely to be added to the roster as the… Read More »
Hogs’ star WR to enter draft … Arkansas star WR Treylon Burks announced via twitter earlier today that he will be foregoing his final year of college eligibility and entering the 2021 draft where he currently projects to be a top 10-20 prospect; he’s currently #19 on the GBN Big Board. The 6-3, 225-pound Burks, who was also… Read More »
GBN All-America team posted … Anyone who follows the GBN has got to have figured by now that everyone here on the staff loves college football along with the NFL. Indeed, we’d be religiously watching the college game even if we weren’t scouting players. So we just have a whole lot of fun with it when we get… Read More »
DE Thibodeaux, ER Bonitto enter draft … No big surprises here Oregon DE Kayvon Thibodeaux and Oklahoma OLB Nik Bonitto, two of the top edge rushers in college football, have announced their intention to skip their final year of eligibility and enter the 2022 draft. Both will also skip their team’s bowl and start prepping for the draft… Read More »
Selection order updated … With another week in the book, the current opening round selection order for the 2022 draft has been updated were it to be held this week.
Pigskin Paul’s pre-bowl college top 25 … With the college season on to the bowls, GBN associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has weighed in with his pre-bowl ranking of the top 25 teams in the country.
