Dolphin trades shake up draft … Goodness! You step out for a couple of hours to run some errands and make a medical appointment and all hell breaks loose! Well, the Miami Dolphins broke loose concluding two major deals at the top of the 2021 draft selection. First, the Dolphins sent the 3rd overall pick to San Francisco… Read More »
UGA WR Pickens out with ACL … Georgia junior WR George Pickens, who figured to be one of the top 2-3 WRs at the 2022 draft is out indefinitely after tearing an ACL at spring practice earlier this week. He will require surgery and given the usual rehab period for that type of injury could miss most if… Read More »
BYU, Michigan wrap pro day week … Another busy week on the pro day circuit wraps up tomorrow with a half dozen or so campus workouts including those at BYU and Michigan. Of course, QB Zack Wilson, potentially one of the first two players off the board, will be the featured guy at the BYU workout; so much… Read More »
Ole Miss WR Moore rips pro day … Somebody must have juiced the water today as there were some really outstanding pro day performances across the country. We already reported on the Penn State numbers but Mississippi WR Elijah Moore was just as good at the Rebels on-campus workout. Moore wasn’t all that big at just 5-9.5 and… Read More »
Parsons, Oweh fast at PSU pro day … Unfortunately, today’s Penn State pro day is not being covered by the NFL Network, but it is live on the Big Ten Network. And there are some pretty impressive numbers in the early going. LB Micah Parsons, for example, made a top ten statement with what is being described as… Read More »
Another busy day on pro day circuit … Thursday is shaping up as one of the busier days on this year’s pro day schedule with as many as ten teams holding on-campus workouts on the day. The feature event will be at Penn State where LB Micah Parsons, DE Jayson Oweh and Shaka Toney and TE Pat Freiermuth… Read More »
Gil Brandt updates top 100 … For those that haven’t seen it yet, long-time NFL draft guru Gil Brandt of NFL.com has updated his latest top 100 list of prospects for the 2021 draft. No real surprises at the top of Brandt’s board, although BYU QB Zach Wilson only sits 5th behind the usual top 5 suspects: Clemson… Read More »
CB Horn aces ‘other’ SC pro day … Early reports indicate that South Carolina CB Jaycee Horn, generally considered to be the #3 CB in the 2021 draft class behind Patrick Surtain and Caleb Farley, had a very good workout at the Gamecocks’ pro day earlier today. Horn measured in with the kind of length NFL teams look… Read More »
Trojans run times a little on the slow side … Its been kind of disappointing day so far for OG Alijah Vera-Tucker at the USC pro day. He was actually a little taller than expected at 6-4.5, 308, but his arms at just a tad over 32-inches are very very short for an OL at any position. And… Read More »
SC, SC hilite pro day sked … Another day, another pro day! Actually its a bunch of pro days with on campus workouts today at both SC schools, Southern California and South Carolina, along with Michigan State among others. The NFL Network will have live coverage of the Southern Cal workout where the featured prospects include G/T Alijah… Read More »
Eagles sign vet QB Flacco … In yet one more subtle hint that Philadelphia, which has the 6th pick overall in next month’s draft, likely won’t be taking a QB with their #1 pick, the Eagles have reportedly signed veteran Joe Flacco to a 1-year deal. Flacco backed up Sam Darnold in New York last year. Flacco is… Read More »
Tide QB Jones throwing session okay … Alabama QB Mac Jones went through a scripted 40-pass throwing session to wrap up the Tide’s pro day. We leave it to analysts with a higher pay grade to make the final judgement, the initial impression was that Jones’ performance was ‘okay’ but maybe not much more. Jones did show off… Read More »
Couple more notes from Tide pro day … Can’t confirm whether he ran or not, but Alabama DT Christian Barmore certainly passed the eye test at the Tide pro day today. Barmore, a late-first early second round type prospect by most accounts, measured in at an impressive 6-4, 310 with long 34.5-inch arms and big 10-inch hands. Meanwhile,… Read More »
Tide CB Surtain appears to pass pro day test … While several top Alabama prospects are sitting out the Tide’s pro day today, one who is not is CB Patrick Surtain. And by all accounts, Surtain, who is generally considered to be one of the top 1-2 corners in this year’s draft field, had a strong day. He… Read More »
Boiler WR Moore blitzes pro day workout … Purdue WR Rondale Moore reportedly had a terrific day at the Boilermakers’ workout. Moore reportedly had a 42.5-inch vertical and an unofficial 40 clocking of 4.29 seconds, although he wasn’t all that big when he measured in at just 5-7 but a stoutish 180 pounds. Moore exploded on the scene… Read More »
WRs Smith, Waddle, others to sit out Tide pro day … The Alabama pro day is underway as we speak on the NFL Network; however, several of the Tide’s top prospects will not be working out including WRs Devonta Smith and Jaylen Waddle, RB Najee Harris, LB Dylan Moses, and C Landon Dickerson, reportedly because of some health… Read More »
Tide stars warming up for pro day … From the moment the pro day schedule was confirmed the date that just about every team red-circled was March 23rd when national champion Alabama would be on the field for their workout. Indeed, expect about as big a crowd as possible tomorrow when the Tide prospects do their thing. And… Read More »
Monday pro day reports … Took a little longer than we planned, but we have managed to post pro day reports from today’s workouts at Missouri (LB Nick Bolton did good); Florida State (DT Marvin Wilson not so much); Iowa; Colorado and Colorado State.
Top CB prospect Farley to have back surgery … Teams looking to add a CB early at the 2021 draft were thrown something of a curveball when it was announced that Caleb Farley of Virginia Tech, a legit potential top ten candidate for the upcoming draft, will not be taking part in the Hokies’ pro day workout this… Read More »
‘Select’ fans, players to be allowed to attend draft … The NFL just its released its formal plans for the 2021 draft in Cleveland which gets underway in just 38 days. Unlike last year, when the event was almost entirely virtual, a select number of fans and top prospects will be allowed to attend. Each team will be… Read More »
FA signings could impact top ten picks … There have been a lot of free agent signings around the NFL since the new football year kicked off earlier this week, although until this weekend none appeared likely to have much impact on the early picks at the 2021 draft which is now just 39 days away. That may… Read More »
Saints to lose that pick for covid violations next year; Raiders don’t … Pro Football Talk is reporting at this hour that according to the NFL New Orleans will in fact be forfeiting a draft pick for violating the league’s covid policy but not until the 2022 draft. The Saints will lose their 6th round pick next year… Read More »
Saints, Raiders get picks back … It was reported last year that both New Orleans and Las Vegas had been forced to forfeit 2021 draft picks because of covid-related violations. However, when the NFL released the full selection order for next month’s draft those picks were still on the board. The Saints had reportedly lost a 7th-rounder for… Read More »
Bad back slows top S prospect pro day … All 32 NFL teams were in the Dallas area yesterday for the TCU on-campus workout. And almost all of them were there to see Horned Frogs’ FS Trevon Moehrig, the consensus top safety in this year’s draft class. Unfortunately, Moehrig may not have been completely healthy as he reportedly… Read More »
Texans trade for vet Bengals’ QB … Houston acquired QB Ryan Finley from Cincinnati earlier today. In exchange, the teams swapped late round picks with Cincinnati getting the 202nd pick overall in the 6th round, while Houston slides back to the 233rd pick in the 7th round. The Bengals were actually in the process of releasing Finley before… Read More »
