Three more top picks sign … Three more 2020 1st rounders signed today including Tampa Bay OT Tristan Wirfs, the 13th player selected this past April, Minnesota WR Justin Jefferson, the 22nd overall selection, and Baltimore ILB Patrick Queen, the 28th overall selection. That brings the total to 20 opening round selections that have signed contracts.
TCU gets Husker transfer WR … Former Nebraska WR J.D. Spielman, the son of Minnesota G.M. Rick Spielman, has announced that he has transferred to Texas Christian. Spielman isn’t technically eligible for a grad transfer, but he has reportedly received a special waiver from the NCAA and will be able to play immediately. Spielman is only 5-9, 180,… Read More »
Four more #1s signed; half plus in the books … With NFL training camps set to open literally within hours, the pace of rookie signings has continued to accelerate. Late today, another four more teams announced that they had signed their 2020 first round selections including Arizona which came to terms with former Clemson LB Isaiah Simmons, the… Read More »
Pigskin Paul’s NFL teams to watch … We are either getting closer to the start of the 2020 NFL season – or we’re not – so for now we are kind of working on the premise that there will be a season of some sort. With that in mind, as he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin… Read More »
League agrees to no pre-season games … With NFL training camps scheduled to open this week, negotiations between the league and players’ association continue as the two sides try to hammer out the parameters for this season. The NFL has reportedly agreed that there will be no pre-season games this year. The league had originally hoped to still… Read More »
Vols DT gets boot from Rocky Top … Tennessee has dismissed DT Emmit Gooden after he was arrested for an altercation in which he hit his girlfriend in the head with a glass jar candle causing lacerations on her left eyebrow and the corner of her left eye that required sutures. Gooden missed the entire 2019 season with… Read More »
Jags sign first of two top picks … Jacksonville came to terms yesterday with one of their two first round picks from the 2020 draft. The Jags signed former Florida CB C.J. Henderson , the 9th overall selection in this year’s opening round, to a 4-year contract worth $20.5M that is fully guaranteed with no offsetting language. The… Read More »
NFL tells teams camp opening a go … The NFL sent out a memo to all 32 teams earlier today informing them that despite ongoing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, training camps will open as scheduled. According to the current schedule, rookies are to report on July 21st – for the record that’s Tuesday – with QBs and… Read More »
Cavs land top TE transfer prospect … Following up on yesterday’s reporting that Central Michigan TE Tony Poljan was going to transfer, he announced earlier today that he is going to be attending Virginia for his senior season. The 6-7, 260-pound Poljan, who stared his CMU career as a QB before finally switching to TE full-time last year… Read More »
Top TE prospect to transfer … Emerging Central Michigan TE Tony Poljan has entered college football’s transfer portal and will play his final season of eligibility at another school. The 6-7, 260-pound Poljan is considered to be one of the top prospects at the position for the 2021 draft with second day potential. Poljan came to CMU as… Read More »
MEAC 3rd conference to postpone fall season … The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference has become the 3rd league to suspend all fall sports, including football, indefinitely because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The MEAC reportedly hasn’t ruled out playing football and other sports in the spring and will continue to discuss the options. The MEAC is the third conference… Read More »
Lions sign #3 pick … Detroit has announced that former Ohio State CB Jeff Okudah, the 3rd player selected at the 2020 draft, has come to terms. Contract details were not announced, but it is believed Okudah signed a standard four-year deal, with a fifth-year club option. With Okudah signed, the Lions have signed eight of the nine… Read More »
Patriot League also out for fall … A second Division 1 college football conference has formally announced that all sports, including football, have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this month, the Ivy League had announced the same decision. Like the Ivies, the conference left open the possibility of playing the season at a later point.… Read More »
QB Daniels eligible at UGA; cue QB controversy … Former Southern California QB J.T. Daniels announced today that he has been granted immediate eligibility by the NCAA, turning up the heat a notch on Georgia’s quarterback competition. Daniels, a former starter at USC who transferred to UGA this summer, announced via social media that the NCAA approved his… Read More »
And the times they are a changin’: Redskins are no more … After years of adamantly refusing to even consider the idea, Washington announced this morning that the team will no longer be called the Redskins. In a formal statement, the team said owner Dan Snyder and head coach Ron Rivera are “working closely” to develop a new… Read More »
And there there were two: PAC-12 joins Big Ten playing only league sched … The Big Ten let the world know that the 2020 college football season was in real jeopardy when the conference announced that they’d be playing only in-conference games this fall. The PAC-12 then became the second league to go that route last night, announcing… Read More »
Big Ten shifts schedule; fall college football very much on the bubble … It appears that the upcoming college football season is teetering right now. Yesterday, for example, the Ivy League announced that all fall sports were being put off until at least 2021. Of course, the Ivies are an FCS league where academics are far more important… Read More »
Green Wave RB injured again … Tulane RB Corey Dauphine thought he’d caught a huge break when the NCAA somewhat surprisingly awarded him a 6th season of eligibility earlier this year, but it was not to be. Dauphine will miss the upcoming year after incurring a season-ending torn achilles injury that appears to have ended his college career.… Read More »
Browns sign top pick … Cleveland has signed former Alabama OT Jedrick Wills, the 10th overall selection at the 2020 draft. Wills becomes just the 7th player selected in this year’s opening round to sign.
No supp draft this year … The NFL reportedly informed all teams earlier today that there will not be a supplemental draft this summer. There had been some talk that there could be an increase in the number of players entering the supplemental draft because of uncertainty about the status of the upcoming college football season, but that… Read More »
Pack signs top picks … Green Bay has signed its top two picks from the 2020 draft including QB Jordan Love, the 26th player selected at this year’s draft, along with second round RB A.J. Dillon. Interestingly, Love signed a fully guaranteed 4-year contract for $12.4M. It’s the first time a pick selected later than the 25th pick… Read More »
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Niners sign 2nd #1 pick … After just signing DT Javon Kinlaw, the team’s first of two opening round picks at the 2020 draft, San Francisco has also come to terms with former Arizona State WR Brandon Aiyuk, the 25th overall selection at this year’s draft. For the record, Aiyuk is just the 5th player chosen in this… Read More »
Pats lose pick; sign QB Newton … It was a good news, bad news day for New England. On the one hand, the Patriots have reportedly come to terms on a one-year deal with former Carolina QB Cam Newton who was released by the Panthers earlier this off-season. With the Patriots, Newton will have a chance to compete… Read More »
Mississippi to drop rebel flag; good news for in-state football programs … What is the old Chinese expression: May you live in interesting times. That appears to be us these days. It appears, for example, that after almost 160 years the American Civil War may be coming to an end. The latest clue: the state of Mississippi, the… Read More »
