Top LB enters draft; WR stays put … One more underclassmen has declared for the draft with the announcement that Kentucky junior ILB Jamin Davis has confirmed that he will be foregoing his remaining eligibility and entering the 2021 draft. While not necessarily a household name, Davis is a quality prospect who is currently rated as the #3… Read More »
Two more enter draft; one stays … A couple more juniors have confirmed entering the draft including Notre Dame TE Tommy Tremble and Florida PK Evan McPherson. Tremble is arguably the best blocking TE in college football, while McPherson is arguably the top kicking prospect in this year’s draft class. On the other hand, dual-threat Cincinnati QB Desmond… Read More »
One Jordan in; one out of draft … A couple of recent announcements of note by juniors thinking of entering the draft. On the one hand, 6-6, 330-pound Georgia junior DT Jordan Davis, a late first, early second round prospect who had been the highest rated player at the position on the GBN positional ranking, has somewhat surprising… Read More »
Tide WR Waddle practices ahead of CFP title game … Just what Ohio State wanted to hear as the Buckeyes prepare to face Alabama in Monday night’s national championship game in Miami. Alabama confirmed today that star junior WR Jaylen Waddle, who has not played since the 5th week in the schedule after he fractured an ankle, has… Read More »
Two more top juniors enter draft … A couple of more Top 100 juniors announced in the past 24 hours or so that they will be entering the draft including Georgia CB Tyson Campbell and Clemson LT Jackson Carman. Campbell is currently rated as the 50th overall prospect on the GBN Big Board, while Carman comes in a… Read More »
Lawrence declares!!! … No big surprise here as Clemson junior QB Trevor Lawrence has announced that in fact he will be entering the 2021 draft where he is expected to be the first player selected. Lawrence had been a little coy about his future plans during the past season when he hinted that he hadn’t decided what he… Read More »
UGA QB Daniels to return; four others enter draft … The 2021 draft QB class just a little thinner with word today that Georgia redshirt sophomore QB J.T. Daniels will return to school next fall. At the same time, though, a number of other underclassmen have announced they will be turning pro this winter including Notre Dame LB… Read More »
Updated mock posted … With the 2021 regular season in the books, we have updated our first-round projection for the upcoming draft. Again, the point of the exercise here is not necessarily to try predict which individual player particular teams will draft on April 28th. What we are trying to is figure out as best we can given… Read More »
Clock ticking on college prospects … College players thinking of entering the 2021 draft – or not – have just two weeks until the January 18th deadline to apply for the 2021 draft if they need to. Among announcements over the past day or so, Texas QB Sam Ehlinger has confirmed that he will be entering the draft.… Read More »
Jags, Jets fired coaches … Both Jacksonville and the NY Jets, who will have the first and second picks overall respectively at the 2021 draft, have fired their coaches. Jacksonville released Doug Marrone after a one-win season, while the Jets moved on from Adam Gase after a two-win campaign. No word on replacements for either, although the Jaguars… Read More »
Selection order updated … With the regular schedule now in the books, here is the full updated 1st round selection order for the 2021 draft. Of course, the picks are only set for the non-playoffs teams 1 through 18. The remaining picks will be determined by results from the playoffs.
‘Phins clinch 3rd pick; Falcs 4th … We knew, of course. heading into the weekend that Jacksonville and the NY Jets had already wrapped up the 1st and 2nd picks overall respectively in the opening round selection order for the 2021 draft. In fact, nothing more was settled in today’s early games, but Miami, with Houston’s pick, just… Read More »
TCU FS, SC WR; two others enter draft … A couple of more underclassmen announced earlier today that they would be entering the upcoming draft including rising TCU FS Trevon Moehrig and Southern Cal WR Amon-Ra St. Brown. Both are juniors with second round potential for the upcoming draft. Currently, St. Brown is rated as the 50th top… Read More »
Rising UGA OLB Ojulari, two others enter draft … Fresh off a dominating performance in Georgia’s dramatic Peach Bowl win over previous;y unbeaten Cincinnati in which he had 3 sacks and 2 forced fumbles, Bulldawgs’ redshirt sophomore OLB Azeez Ojulari has announced that he will be foregoing his remaining college eligibility and entering the 2021 draft where he… Read More »
BYU QB Wilson; three others enter draft … Star BYU junior QB Zack Wilson announced this afternoon that would in fact be entering the 2021 draft where he could conceivably go as high as the second pick overall. Also announcing in the past 24 hours were Stanford QB Davis Mills, as well as CBs Tre Norwood of Oklahoma… Read More »
Three more enter draft … Three more underclassmen have confirmed that they will be entering the upcoming draft including Purdue WR RonDale Moore, Oklahoma C Creed Humphrey and BYU WR Dax Milne. Moore and Humphrey are considered to be among the top prospects at their respective positions and figure to be either late first or early second round… Read More »
‘Now you tell me …’ After last night’s disappointing 55-20 Cotton Bowl loss to Oklahoma, Florida head coach Dan Mullen said that in the end the Gators maybe shouldn’t have played at all because their lineup was so depleted by opt outs for either covid, injury or draft-related reasons. Unfortunately, the warning came a little late for Gators’… Read More »
Prospects galore in CFP semis … Just a couple of more sleeps before Friday’s national college semi-finals which feature two terrific match-ups between #1 Alabama and #4 Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl at 4:20 PM ET, followed by #2 Clemson against #3 Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl at 8 PM ET. Both games are on ESPN.… Read More »
Four more enter draft; two return … Underclassmen continue to make known their intentions for 2021 with four more declaring for the draft, while a couple of talented DBs indicated they would be returning to school next fall. Headlining the list of new draft entries is rising Iowa DT Daviyon Nixon, an Outland Trophy finalist who is currently… Read More »
Canes’ QB King injured in bowl … Truth is we have been kind of boycotting the bowls this year. We have no problem with the CFP playoff games later this week, but we just feel it is simply indefensible for so-called institutions of higher learning to have their students play in totally meaningless games in the middle of… Read More »
Two more juniors enter draft … A couple more juniors have announced they’ll be entering the 2021 draft including dynamic Buffalo RB Jaret Patterson and Stanford C Drew Dalman. Patterson led all college backs with an average of almost 180 rushing yards per game this season, which prorated over a 12-game schedule works out to over 2,100 yards;… Read More »
Two more enter draft; one returns … A couple of more juniors announced earlier today that they will be entering the 2021 draft including Florida CB Marco Wilson and Illinois OG Kendrick Green. Both are early to mid third day prospects with Wilson 25th on the GBN positional ranking, while the 310-pound Green is 8th among the OGs.… Read More »
QBs Herbert, Burrow, DE Young headline GBN all-rook team … With the NFL’s regular season winding down, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has named our all-rookie team including QBs Justin Herbert of the LA Chargers and Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow, along with Washington DE Chase Young. Burrow and Young, of course, were the first two players selected at… Read More »
Selection order updated … With just one week to go in the regular schedule, here is the full updated 1st round selection order were the 2021 draft held this week. Also please note that the strength of schedule figures used are for every team’s full 16 game schedule, not just the games played to date.
Four more players enter draft; two return … The flow of underclassmen to this year’s draft continues despite the holidays with four more announcing in the past 24 hours that they were foregoing their remaining eligibility and turning pro this winter. The latest players to announce include Southern California G/T Alijah Vera-Tucker, Stanford WR Simi Fehoko, Duke OLB… Read More »
