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 »
Multiple players opting back in … No big surprise here, but with the Big Ten and PAC-12 apparently back for some football this fall, a number of players who had opted out of playing have changed their minds and will play. That includes a number of prominent Big Ten prospects including star CB Shaun Wade and OG Wyatt… 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 »
Still waiting word on fate of B1G, OSU CB latest to opt out … There is still no official word this morning as to whether the Big Ten football season will in fact be moved back into the late fall. Conference presidents met yesterday to discuss the possibility of starting up their season as early as mid-October, but… 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 »
Top OSU OG Davis opts out … Another one bites the dust, or at least opts out! Ohio State junior OG Wyatt Davis has become the latest top prospect for the 2021 draft to indicate they will not be playing this season and instead will start prepping for the 2021 draft. The 6-4, 315-pound Davis is considered to… Read More »
Cardinal OT Little; three others opt out, enter draft … Four more college players, including star Stanford OT Walker Little, have announced they are opting out of the current season and will enter the 2021 draft. Walker was expected to be a top pick at this year’s draft, but ended up missing all but one game last fall… Read More »
QBs Lawrence, Fields 1-2 in GBN pre-season projection … No big surprise here as QBs Trevor Lawrence of Clemson and Ohio State’s Justin Fields are the first two players off the board in the GBN’s pre-season first round projection for the 2021 draft. Here.
Star B1G TE; Duck CB opting out, entering draft … A couple of more college players have indicating that they will be opting out of the upcoming season and entering the 2021 draft including star Penn State TE Pat Freiermuth, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the upcoming draft. Freiermuth will be joined in… Read More »
Initial Big Board posted … As part of our pre-season preview with the NFL’s regular schedule set to kick-off Thursday evening, here’s the initial GBN Big Board ranking of the top 100 prospects for the 2021 draft. Of course, a lot is likely to change between now and April, especially given the rather chaotic circumstances college football finds… Read More »
GBN Fearless Forecast posted … Its that time of the year again. With the NFL actually set to kick off the regular schedule this weekend, here are our annual predictions and picks for the upcoming season. Here
Cut-down day tough on undrafted rookies … One of the concerns around the NFL this odd off-season was that because of the limited training camps, it was going to be relatively difficult for later round draft picks, as well as undrafted signees, to make a final roster. Turns out that that was not the case for this year’s… Read More »
Final QB domino falls; ‘Phins name vet Fitzpatrick starter … No big surprise here, but Miami has named veteran Ryan Fiztpatrick as the team’s starter over rookie Tua Tagovailoa, the 5th player selected at the 2020 draft. In fact, just about everybody has now settled on a starter at least to open the season which kicks off later… Read More »
Top OT Sewell, Cal CB Bynum opt out, declare … The number of top prospects for the 2021 draft opting not to play this year continues to grow as both Oregon OT Penei Sewell and California CB Camryn Bynum announced today that are opting out of the current season to begin preparing for next April’s draft. Sewell, in… Read More »
Roster process marches on … With cut-down day now in the books, players who were released prior to yesterday’s deadline can be claimed off waivers until Noon ET today. Then starting at 1 PM ET, teams can begin to sign their practice squads which this year have been increased to 16 players up from 12. New this year… Read More »
