College football semi-finals preview … Unfortunately, we’ve had some technical difficulties overnight and couldn’t get our preview of today’s CFL playoff semi-finals posted earlier. However, they should be too terrific games with plenty of top prospects for the 2020 draft in both the Peach and Fiesta Bowls later today. Here’s a quick preview of who we’ll be watching… Read More »
Bowl sched heats up with CFP playoffs loomimg … Just a couple of more sleep before Saturday’s ‘real’ post-season begins with the two national CFP playoff games. However, there is a full slate of 5 games on tap on Friday with at least a couple with some interesting draft prospects. Unfortunately, folks may have to go deep into… Read More »
Four more enter draft … Another quartet of juniors have entered the 2020 draft including Washington QB Jacob Eason. Eason is the 5th ranked QB on the GBN positional ranking and the 38th overall on the GBN Big Board after throwing for 3,100 yards and 23 scores in 2019 when he had a 64% completion figure. Meanwhile, Appalachian… Read More »
Pair of Mountain West enter draft … Two more juniors have announced in the past day or so that they will be entering the 2020 draft including Boise State OT Ezra Cleveland and San Diego State C Keith Ismael. Both are considered to be mid-round prospects for the upcoming draft. Cleveland, at 6-6, 310, is rated the #16… Read More »
Weekly draft order update posted … With just one week to go in the regular season, the proverbial ‘if the draft were held this week’ selection order for the opening round of the 2020 draft has been updated with the results from this week’s games in the books.
Bengals on the clock; updated … They had to do a little extra work, but Cincinnati finally clinched the #1 pick overall at the 2020 draft as a result of 38-35 overtime loss to Miami in one of today’s early games. The Bengals actually scored two TDs followed by a couple of 2-point conversions in the games final… Read More »
Could be decision day for draft order … We could very well know a lot more of what the final early selection order for the 2020 draft will look like by the end of the today’s early games as the teams currently sitting on the the top 4 picks play each other with Cincinnati traveling to Miami and… Read More »
Pigkins post-season prospects review … While we wait for next weekend’s ‘real’ college football playoff games, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has been reviewing some regular season game tapes and weighs in with some thoughts in a post-season edition of his ‘who caught my eye in college football this week’ column.
Two more juniors enter draft … A couple more juniors have announced in the past day or so that they will be entering the 2020 draft including Stanford TE Colby Parkinson and Auburn DT Nick Coe. Parkinson is the more intriguing of the two after the 6-7, 240-pounder posted 48 receptions this past season for almost 600 yards.… Read More »
Bowling for dollars, NOT; day two … For those not totally enamored with the three NFL games on Saturday, there is also a full half dozen bowl games on the schedule. Its hard to make the case, though, that any of Saturday’s bowl games are even close to falling in the ‘must-see’ category, although the Las Vegas Bowl… Read More »
Bowling for no dollars … The annual college football bowl fest kicks off on Friday with a couple of preliminary games between 7-5 teams that in reality nobody’s mother would even care which side won. Fortunately, though, there are several prospects for the 2020 draft worth a look in today’s games. That will be particularly the case Friday… Read More »
Tide LB commits to Senior Bowl … There has been no official announcement from the player or school, but Alabama junior LB Terrell Lewis has accepted an invitation to play in next month’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, meaning that he’s entering the draft. Meanwhile, fellow Tide junior CB Trevon Diggs is not practicing with the team in preparation… Read More »
Cardinal QB, WVU OG to transfer … In a bit of a surprise, Stanford junior QB K.J. Costello has entered college football’s transfer portal and will likely be playing elsewhere next fall. The 6-5, 225-pound Costello was actually expected to enter the 2020 draft after a breakout year in 2018, but played in just 5 games this past… Read More »
USU QB Love cited for pot usage … Not the best timing as Utah State junior QB Jordan Love, who announced earlier this month that he would be foregoing his final year of eligibility and entering the 2020 draft where he figures to be a second-day prospect, was one of several members of the football team who were… Read More »
Both UGA OTs, La Tech CB enter draft … Three more juniors announced they were entering the 2020 draft including Georgia OTs Andrew Thomas and Isaiah Wilson. LT Thomas is a top 10 prospect for the upcoming draft, while the 6-7, 340-pound RT Wilson is an early third-day prospect who is currently the 12th rated OT on the… Read More »
Weekly draft order update posted … The proverbial ‘if the draft were held this week’ selection order for the opening round of the 2020 draft has been updated with the results from this week’s games in the books. Interesting to note that Miami has actually edged ahead of Washington for the 3rd pick overall as a result of… Read More »
Cardinal OT Little to stay in school; two others enter draft … A couple more players announced earlier today that they would be entering the 2020 draft. However, that wasn’t the big draft news of the day. That came from the west coast where rising Stanford junior LT Walker Little announced that he will be returning to school… Read More »
Bengals magic number down to 1 … Cincinnati took a huge step toward securing the #1 pick overall at the 2020 draft this afternoon. The Bengals hung in early against New England, but ultimately went down to the Patriots to drop to 1-13 on the year. Meanwhile, the Giants, who came into the week sitting on the second… Read More »
OSU DE Young walks back stay in school comment … As we kind of thought when we first heard it, Ohio State junior DE Chase Young has clarified his comment earlier this weekend when he indicated that he planned to return to school for his senior season. Young, expected to be either the first or second player selected… Read More »
Utah DB; two other enter draft … Three more juniors have announced that they will be entering the 2020 draft including Utah CB Jaylon Johnson, Florida State RB Cam Akers and Miami WR Jeff Thomas. Johnson, a mid-second day prospect, is currently at #64 on the GBN Big Board. Meanwhile, Akers, an early third day prospect who ran… Read More »
Chase for Chase: ‘not so fast!’ says Chase … We’ll actually believe it when we see it, but earlier this evening star Ohio State junior DE Chase Young muddled the build-up to the 2020 draft, where he is projected to be one of the first two players selected, when he responded to a reporter asking whether he planned… Read More »
Hogs’ SS Curl enters draft … Arkansas junior SS Kamren Curl is the latest underclassmen to have announced that he will be entering the 2020 draft. Curl is a versatile 6-2, 200-pounder who started 33 games for the Hogs in his career including 11 this fall in which he had 76 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 picks and forced… Read More »
Buckeyes’ LB Hilliard gets 6th year … It kind of slipped under the radar earlier this month, but Ohio State LB Justin Hilliard has confirmed that he has been granted a 6th year of eligibility by the NCAA. It wasn’t that Hilliard was injured, but in his 5 years in Columbus, he has had nothing but bad luck… Read More »
Two more SEC juniors enter draft … A couple more juniors announced earlier today that they would be entering the 2020 draft including Texas A&M DT Justin Madubuike and Mississippi State RB Kylin Hill. Madubuike is a disruptive 6-3, 305-pounder who rang up 5.5 sacks and 6 other tackles for loss this fall; he is currently listed as… Read More »
Pick Browns got in deal for RB Johnson escalates … Thanks to sharp-eyed reader Dave W. for noting that the conditional 4th round pick Cleveland acquired when they traded RB Duke Johnson to Houston will escalate to a 3rd rounder. As per the original agreement, the pick would escalate to a 3rd rounder if Johnson played in 10… Read More »
