Latest Senior Bowl additions … The Senior Bowl has continued to release the names of players who have accepted invitations to this year’s game. In fact the number is now up to 55. Included among the players announced are several that we are really looking forward to seeing including RBs Abram Smith of Baylor and Rachaad White of… Read More »
NFLPA, Hula Bowl star games announce coaches … Both the NFLPA’s Collegiate Bowl all-star game and the Hula Bowl announced their head coaches for this year’s game, in both cases well-known former NFL names. The NFLPA game, for example, will have Jeff Fisher and Marvin Lewis as its head coaches, while the Hula Bowl will have Brian Billick… Read More »
Bucks, Ducks under gun with college football winding down … It really is down to crunch time in college football and for those that don’t follow the sport all that closely as there are essentially 4 teams across the country that pretty much can control their own destinies as far as the national championship playoffs are concerned by… Read More »
Clemson WR Ross now out for year; to enter draft … Clemson has now confirmed that WR Justyn Ross will undergo surgery for a stress fracture in his foot that will end his regular season. The injury is not believed to be serious and Ross reportedly could conceivably play in a bowl game, but that is unlikely. The… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly prospects review … As he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting a weekly review of prospects who caught his eye in the previous weekend’s college football action. Here’s Paul’s column covering last weekend’s slate of games.
Senior Bowl announces first accepted invites … With the 2021 college football season starting to wind down, the Senior Bowl has released the names of the first batch of players to have accepted invitations to this year’s game scheduled for February 5th in Mobile. In fact, the early list actually includes 33 players, most of whom would be… Read More »
Rich DE class getting richer … There are still 164 days to go until the 2022 draft, so there is still plenty of sorting out to be done before the picks actually start coming off the board. And while much of the attention has been on the ups and downs of the QB class, the group that has… Read More »
Winless Lions could be without QB next few games … While Detroit head coach Dan Campbell strongly reiterated earlier today that Jared Goff will remain the winless Lions starter at QB, circumstances may force his hand. In particular, Goff reportedly has an oblique injury that could sideline his for awhile, although the Lions won’t know for sure until… Read More »
Heels’ QB Howell coy on draft plans … There have been mixed signals from the North Carolina program about whether QB Sam Howell is headed to the 2022 draft. While technically a junior, Howell will be participating in the team’s Senior Day ceremony this weekend, which usually indicates a player is leaving; however, has been quoted as saying… Read More »
Clemson WR Ross could be done for year … Clemson WR Justyn Ross has been ruled out of the Tigers’ home finale against Wake Forest this weekend because of a foot injury that will require surgery that could conceivably end his season, although it is still possible he could return at some time this fall. At least it… Read More »
Selection order updated … With the 49ers surprisingly blowing out the Rams in tonight’s Monday night game to wrap up another week’s action in the NFL, the current opening round selection order for the 2022 draft has been updated were it to be held this week.
Auburn PK done for year … In addition to losing QB Bo Nix for the year, Auburn will be without PK Anders Carlson for the remainder of the campaign after he suffered a torn ACL in the Tigers’ loss to Mississippi State over the weekend. Carlson is currently rated as the 5th best PK for the 2022 draft… Read More »
Star ‘Horns RB Robinson out year … Could things get any worse at Texas. Literally just hours after the Longhorns suffered one of the most embarrassing upsets in school history, a home loss to Kansas, which just never beats anybody ever, the program announced that All-American sophomore RB Bijan Robinson will miss the rest of the season with… Read More »
Auburn QB Nix to miss season finales … Auburn QB Bo Nix will reportedly miss the final two games of the regular season with an ankle injury that will require surgery. No word on whether Nix will also miss the Tigers’ bowl game next month. What Nix, who is considered to be a mid-to-late round prospect for the… Read More »
Lions hang tough; still lose and hang onto top pick … The Detroit Lions, the NFL’s last remaining winless team, didn’t lose today, but they didn’t either as they battled to a 16-16 OT tie in rainy Pittsburgh. As a result, the Lions record goes to 0-8-1 and means that they will hold onto the top pick in… Read More »
Lions catch a break; Big Ben out Sunday … Detroit, the NFL’s last remaining winless team, hasn’t had many breaks through the first half of the campaign, but they may have caught one this weekend ahead of tomorrow’s game in Pittsburgh with news that Steelers’ QB Ben Roethlisberger will not be in uniform after he was placed on… Read More »
Giants report: Mid-season grades; Part deux: the defense … With the Giants on their bye week we posted our positional grades for the offensive side of the ball earlier in the week and had hoped to get to the defense a little sooner than we did. But we did finally get the defensive grades posted to complete the… Read More »
Dolphins stunner has Eagles pick slipping … I doubt anybody around the NFL was expecting much of a game last night when Baltimore played at Miami in last night’s Thursday prime time game. There was just no way that the sad-sack Dolphins would be able to hang with the Ravens who were looking to extend their lead in… Read More »
Weekly prospects preview … It is down to crunch time in college football and for those that don’t follow the sport all that closely there are essentially just 7 teams across the country that control their own destinies as far as the national championship playoffs are concerned. They include Georgia and Alabama from the SEC, Ohio State and… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly prospects review … As he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting a weekly review of prospects who caught his eye in the previous weekend’s college football action. Here’s Paul’s column covering last weekend’s slate of games.
Rising UGA LB now charged with rape … Georgia OLB Adam Anderson, a potential mid-to-late first round prospect for the 2022 draft, has now been formally charged with rape and is awaiting bail hearing. Anderson was suspended indefinitely by the team after he was accused of raping a woman a couple of weekends ago. Through his lawyer Anderson… Read More »
Mid-season mock fest concludes with the great Grumpy projection … Our annual blizzard of mid-season mock drafts concludes today with GBN Editor Colin Lindsay’s stab at predicting the opening round of the 2022 draft which is now just 168 days away. And the great Grumpy one guarantees (in writing if you want) that he may very well have… Read More »
Thursday night college game with draft implications … If watching Miami battle for Philadelphia’s draft position isn’t your thing, there’s a really intriguing college game on Thursday’s schedule (7:30 PM ET; ESPN) with North Carolina playing at #21 Pittsburgh in a game in which both teams have QBs with first-round potential for the upcoming draft in Sam Howell… Read More »
Thursday night game with draft implications … NFL execs were probably expecting a more attractive match-up when they scheduled Baltimore to play at Miami in this week’s Thursday night prime time game (8:20 OM ET; FOX; NFL Network). The Ravens certainly have held up their part of the bargain; they’re 6-2 and lead the very competitive AFC North… Read More »
Mid-season mock fest continues; Pigskin Paul up … After GBN Chief Scout Larry Parker posted his mid-season 2022 draft opening round projection yesterday, its Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette’s turn today right here. We have made the case before that there is no such thing really as ‘just one’ mock draft. Nobody in the business – not Mel… Read More »
