Star Clemson WR Ross to miss season; career in doubt … Clemson has confirmed that rising junior WR Justyn Ross will miss the entire upcoming season and could be forced to retire from the game. Ross had been considered to be a potential top 10 prospect for the 2021 draft, but will have surgery this Friday for what… Read More »
UNT WR Bussey headed to Hawai’i … Former North Texas WR Rico Bussey announced this weekend that he is transferring to Hawai’i where he will be eligible immediately this season as a grad transfer. The 6-2, 195-pound Bussey had a breakout year in 2018 when he had 68 receptions for over 1,000 yards and 12 TDs and was… Read More »
UGA gets another QB … Despite losing QB Jake Fromm to the NFL at the 2020 draft, Georgia is in good shape at the position for the upcoming season with the arrival Jamie Newman, a grad transfer from Wake Forest earlier this year. And the Bulldogs should be able to cover off another couple of years with the… Read More »
Star Clemson WR Ross to have surgery … Clemson has confirmed that rising junior WR Justyn Ross, a potential top 10 prospect for the 2021 draft, will have surgery for an undisclosed problem next month. Ross was limited during the Tigers’ spring practice with what were described as “lingering stinger symptoms.” There is also no word on how… Read More »
Pats first to sign full 2020 draft class … New England became the first team to sign their full complement of players selected at the 2020 draft when the Patriots reached a contract agreement with FS Kyle Dugger, the 37th player selected overall this past April. Dugger, from DIII Lenoir-Rhyne, was the first player taken by the Patriots… Read More »
‘Skins rookie recovered from Covid … Washington rookie WR Antonio Gandy-Golden is reportedly the first player selected at last month’s draft to have tested positive for COVID-19. Gandy-Golden, who was selected in the 4th round this past April, reportedly self-quarantined and is now fully recovered. Interesting that Gandy-Golden played collegiately at Liberty which made some headlines earlier this… Read More »
Colts sign three picks … The pace of signing 2020 draft picks remains slow around the NFL, but Indianapolis apparently didn’t get the memo. The Colts were able to come to terms with three more picks signed on Friday bringing their total of signed picks to 7. The three players the Colts signed this weekend include former Wisconsin… Read More »
AFC West draft review … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has been reviewing the 2020 drafts of each NFL division and today he looks at the the AFC West.
NFC West draft review … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has been reviewing the 2020 drafts of each NFL division and today he looks at the the NFC West.
Dolphins sign Tua … Any concerns in Miami over the signability of former Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa, whom the Dolphins selected with the 5th pick overall at the 2020 draft, were erased yesterday when he agreed to a fully guaranteed 4-year contract worth over $30M, including a $19.6M signing bonus. Tagovailoa, in fact, is just the 2nd player… Read More »
AFC North draft review … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has been reviewing the 2020 drafts of each NFL division and today he looks at the the AFC North.
Panthers Brown 1st #1 pick to sign … Carolina became the first team to sign a first-round pick from the 2020 draft when the Panthers came to terms with DT Derrick Brown on a fully guaranteed 4-year deal worth $23.6M. Brown, the former Auburn star, was the 7th overall selection in this year’s opening round. Elsewhere, Baltimore signed… Read More »
Schedule day in the NFL … With the rest of the country, slowing starting to reopen, the NFL will release a tentative schedule for the 2020 season this evening. The schedule release gets underway at 8 PM ET and will be covered live by the NFL Network and ESPN. The schedule is expected to September 10th, which would… Read More »
NFC North draft review … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has been reviewing the 2020 drafts of each NFL division and today he looks at the the NFC North.
First two picks sign; rate still way behind … It took longer than usual, but the first picks from the 2020 draft have finally signed. Baltimore signed DT Broderick Washington, a 5th round selection at last month’s draft, while New England has reportedly come to terms with former Michigan OLB Josh Uche, the Patriots second-rounder this year. However,… Read More »
AFC South draft review … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has been reviewing the 2020 drafts of each NFL division and today he looks at the the AFC South.
NFC South draft review … No division has undergone more dramatic change this off-season that the NFL South with the arrival of Brady, Gronk, and Gurley. Now GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has reviewed the 2020 drafts of the NFC South to see if any of that momentum carried through the draft.
Dolphins get late Falcons pick for DE Harris … Miami continues to acquire picks for the 2021 draft. The latest has the Dolphins acquiring a 7th round pick next year from Atlanta for DE Charles Harris. Harris was Miami’s first-round pick in 2017, but he totaled just 3.5 sacks in his three year stint with the Dolphins. With… Read More »
Lions take ECU LB #1 in CFL draft … British Columbia swung a deal with Calgary for the first pick overall at the 2020 CFL draft an used the selection to take former East Carolina LB Jordan Williams. Williams is an interesting player in the sense that he actually graduated in 2017 and has not played since. However,… Read More »
Go east young man … or something like that. GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has reviewed the 2020 drafts of both the AFC East and NFC East.
Draft lite up north … The CFL holds its annual draft of Canadian players tomorrow evening. The CFL draft starts at 8 PM and will be covered by TSN in Canada. The picks are also available in real time on the CFL draft tracker. Calgary has the #1 pick overall which the Stampeders acquired from Ottawa in exchange… Read More »
Cowboys, Pats, Pack look to lead 2021 comp picks … Compensatory picks for the 2021 draft, of course, won’t be formally announced for many months, however, with most of the top free agents already signed the folks that know how these things work can make a pretty good guess as to which teams will be getting what extra… Read More »
Redskins, Lions sign top UDFAs … It seems somewhat apropos that Washington and Detroit, which had the 2nd and 3rd picks respectively in each round of last weekend’s draft, also ended up signing the top two undrafted free agents on the GBN’s original Big Board. The Redskins, for example, signed former LSU TE Thaddeus Moss, while the Lions… Read More »
Just 366 days to go … until the 2021 draft, aka the ‘Trevor Lawrence Lottery.’ The NFL announced earlier today that next year’s draft will be held April 29-May 1 in Cleveland. hang in there guys!!
Some sobering second observations on a good Giants draft … Over the past day or so we have received a lot of emails from Giants’ fans and friends, almost all of which were very positive. As they should have been as the Giants did have a very good draft this past weekend. That comes, however, with the ‘buyer… Read More »
