Wake QB Newman to transfer; Ducks possible landing spot … It wasn’t all that long ago during this past season when there were whispers that Wake Forest junior QB Jamie Newman was one of THE players to watch for the 2020 draft. Newman confirmed today that he won’t be back at Wake next fall, but it won’t be… Read More »
Dorsey out as Browns’ G.M. … What is the old saying: the more things change the more they stay the same! Seems to be the case in Cleveland where the Browns will be starting over all over again with news that John Dorsey is out as general manager. Dorsey was told earlier today during a meeting with Browns’… Read More »
Selection order extended to three rounds … For the record, with the 2019 regular season now in the books, we now know – at least unofficially – the selection order for the first three rounds of the 2020 draft, at least for the non-playoff teams. For the playoff teams, the selection order will be determined by their post-season… Read More »
Tide LB Moses to stay in school … Prior to the season, Alabama junior MLB Dylan Moses was considered to be a fringe first-round prospect for the 2020 draft, however, he ended up missing the entire season after tearing an ACL late in fall camp. And rather than taking a chance on his status at the upcoming draft,… Read More »
Dolphins get pick upgrade … Miami got a little bit of good draft news as the season ended as the NFL confirmed that the conditional 6th round pick the Dolphins received from Arizona in exchange for RB Kenyon Drake has been upgraded to a 5th because Drake met the productivity goals set out in the original deal. The… Read More »
Tide’s Saban says only one Bama player top 15 prospect … Interesting story from this week’s Citrus Bowl where Alabama head coach Nick Saban said he has received draft grades from most NFL teams on the program’s draft-eligible underclassmen and that only junior QB Tua Tagovailoa received a grade higher than top 15 pick. In indicating that his… Read More »
Buckeye RB Dobbins enters draft … No big surprise here as Ohio State junior RB J.K. Dobbins has confirmed that he will be foregoing his final year of eligibility and entering the 2020 draft. The 5-10, 215-pound Dobbins, who ran for over 2,000 yards and 21 TDs this past fall, is currently the #4 back on the GBN… Read More »
JR 67s take first ever tournament … The Ottawa JR 67s Minor Bantam team, including GBN Editor Grumpy Lindsay’s eldest grandson, won their first ever out-of-town hockey tournament earlier today with a 4-2 upset of the host Toronto Marlboros in the final of Holiday Classic in Toronto. The 67s lost their opening game in the round robin, but… Read More »
OU WR Lamb, two others enter draft; two others stay … Big-play Oklahoma junior WR CeeDee Lamb, the Sooners’ best prospect for the upcoming draft, has confirmed that he will in fact be entering the 2020 draft where he is projected to be a top 5-10 prospect after catching 62 passes for over 1,300 yards and 14 scores… Read More »
Axe out on Black Monday … That didn’t take long as a number of teams have already made moves in the wake of the conclusion of the 2019 regular season. As expected, Washington has fired team president Bruce Allen after the Redskins finished the season at 3-13 and with the 2nd overall pick at the 2020 draft. There… Read More »
First-round selection order posted … With the 2019 regular schedule in the books, the selection order for the opening round of next April’s draft has been updated. Note that the first 20 picks are what they are, barring trades, whereas the final 12 selections are still to be determined based on playoff results.
Bengals on the clock; Redskins clinch second pick, Lions #3 … With this afternoon’s late games all but decided, the early picks at the 2020 draft have been pretty much decided. Despite winning their season finale over Cleveland, Cincinnati will have the 1st pick in this year’s draft, followed by Washington at #2, Detroit at #3, the Giants… Read More »
Tigers v Tigers for national college title … It will be the Tigers versus the Tigers on January 13th when defending champion Clemson plays LSU for college football’s national title in New Orleans. Clemson got their the hard way by overcoming an early 16-0 deficit to defeat Ohio State 29-23 in about as good a college football game… Read More »
Three Canes; two others latest to enter draft … Five more juniors have indicated over the past or so that they will be foregoing their final year of college eligibility and entering the 2020 NFL draft. Included in this group are three Miami players: RB DeeJay Dallas, CB Trajan Bandy and DE Jonathan Garvin. They will join junior… Read More »
Pigskins prospects review; early bowls edition … While we wait for today’s two CFP playoff bowls to kick off, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in some observations on who stood out and who didn’t in some of the earlier bowls.
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 »
