Category Archives: News

Pigskin’s weekly prospects review … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemete has posted this week’s edition of his weekly college football prospects review report. Here is the full report.

Falcons would hold first pick if draft held this week … We have had several requests whether we’ll be posting the current selection order for the 2021 draft were it held this week. And the simple answer is ‘No!’ its just a little too early. Give it at least a couple more weeks. However, we can report that… Read More »

UGA QB Daniels cleared to play; Duck S Holland opts out … With SEC contender Auburn coming to town this coming weekend, Georgia got some good news when QB J.T. Daniels was finally cleared to play, although Dawgs head coach Kirby Smart says he still has to win the job in practice this week. Daniels had all the… Read More »

Panthers, Lions win to get off schneid; Bengals, Eagles tie; 6 remain winless … Interesting day so far in the NFL where two teams – Detroit and Carolina – got their first wins of the season, while Cincinnati and Philadelphia, both of whom were 0-2 coming into their game, battled to a 23-23 tie. At the same time,… Read More »

Falcons top pick on Covid IR … Atlanta has placed CB A.J. Terrell, the team’s first round pick at the 2020 draft, on the NFL’s COVID-19 reserve list.  this season. The Falcons did not indicate whether Terrell, whom they took with the 16th overall pick this past April, has tested positive or was just in contact with someone… Read More »

Blue Devil CB Gilbert sidelined again … Duke CB Mark Gilbert is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery earlier this week to remove a loose bone fragment in his right foot. Gilbert had been a rising prospect earlier in his career, but missed the better part of two years with a hip injury.

Boiler WR Moore opts back in; LSU DT Shelvin not … Star Purdue WR/KR Rondale Moore, one of the most electric players in college football and a first round prospect for 2021, has reportedly decided to play after all this fall. Moore had opted out of the season when the Big Ten postponed its season to the spring,… Read More »

PAC-12 back in business … There likely won’t be a formal announcement for several days, but the PAC-12 reportedly has decided to return to college football beginning on November 6th. The conference will play a 7-game schedule with a championship game scheduled for December 18th, again the day before the CFP teams are announced.

Jags go after second win in Thursday niter … Interesting game with some draft implications later this evening on the NFL Network’s Thursday nighter when Jacksonville hosts Miami in a rare Battle of Florida. Kick-off is at 8:20 PM ET. A win by the Jaguars would push them to 2-1 and put the notion of ‘Tanking for Trevor’… Read More »

Defensive positional rankings posted … The initial GBN positional rankings for the defensive prospects for the 2021 draft have been posted here: DEs; DTs; ILBs; OLBs; CBs; and safeties. And because kickers are people too, here are our early rankings for the specialists: punters; PKs; and long-snappers.

Initial offensive positional rankings posted … A little later than usual, but the GBN scout staff has completed our initial positional rankings for the offensive prospects for the 2021 draft. Here are the QBs, RBs, FBs, WRs, TEs, OTs, OGs, and Cs.

Initial Pigskin college weekly review … So far this year, the pickings have been pretty slim when it comes to finding prime draft prospects on the weekly college football TV schedule given the impact of the pandemic. Fortunately, with the SEC schedule starting in earnest this week, the fare should start to improve. In the meantime, though, GBN… Read More »

‘Outcry’ protagonist gets MAC scholarship … Nice story from college football which right now can use all the positive news it can get. Eastern Michigan has signed Greg Kelley, the subject of the award-winning documentary ‘Outcry’ to a full scholarship. Kelley was a star high school player from the Austin area with hopes of getting a shot in… Read More »

Huskers at Bucks to KO B1G schedule … The Big Ten has just released its tentative 2020 schedule which is slated to get underway October 24th. Highlighting that first Big Ten weekend will have Nebraska playing in an interdivisional game at Ohio State. In many ways, though, the conference’s schedule really gets going the following week when the… Read More »

PAC-12 to meet Friday; return a real possibility … The conference presidents of the PAC-12 will reportedly meet tomorrow to discuss a possible return to the college football wars this fall. Like the Big Ten, the PAC-12 is considering playing an 8-game conference schedule starting on October 24th. It doesn’t leave much wiggle room if there are postponements… Read More »

#1 vs #1 in Thursday niter … Interesting match-up in tonight’s Thursday night game as two of the three QBs selected with the first pick overall in the last three drafts go head-to-head when Cleveland hosts Cincinnati, with KO set for 8:20 PM ET on the NFL Network. For Joe Burrow, whom the Bengals selected with the first… Read More »

B1G to return late October; schedule to come … It took a little longer than expected but the Big Ten conference presidents have indeed voted to restart their season on the weekend of October 24th. The conference had shut down all fall sports until the spring, but had faced growing pressure from players, coaches, parents and fans to… Read More »

Top prospect Lawrence appears to declare for draft … Clemson junior QB Trevor Lawrence, the consensus favorite to be the first player selected at the 2021 draft, appeared to indicate that this will definitely be his final year in college during a pre-game interview yesterday on ESPN’s College Game Day. Lawrence, who still hasn’t officially declared, was quoted… Read More »

B1G conference prezs talking football return … Literally as we speak Big Ten university presidents are talking about playing football this fall after all. The conference opted to postpone its season to the spring earlier this summer, but has faced tremendous pressure from players, parents, coaches, and fans – not to mention boosters – to get back in… Read More »

Titans top pick in DUI accident … Tennessee rookie OT Isaiah Wilson, the Titans’ first round pick at the 2020 draft, was arrested last evening for DUI after he lost control of his vehicle and struck a concrete wall. Its not the first off-field incident for Wilson, whom the Titans selected with the 29th pick overall this past April… Read More »

Bonus coverage … Its sort of the first full week on the college football schedule with at least the ACC sort of getting underway. And while so many of the top prospects for the 2021 draft have opted out for the season, one who has not not is Wake Forest DE Carlos Basham (#9, 6-5, 285), a full-sized… Read More »