Senior Bowl announces first players … Reese’s Senior Bowl has announced via twitter the first 10 players that have accepted invitations to this year’s game. Players that will be in Mobile in late January include three from Vanderbilt: RB Ke’Shawn Vaughn, WR Kalija Lipscomb and TE Jared Pinkney, along with South Carolina State OT Alex Taylor, Louisiana-Lafayette OG… Read More »
Pigskin’s Updated college football rankings … The initial college football playoff poll is being released literally as we speak, but our Pigskin Paul Guillemette got a jump on the official rankings by posting an updated version of his Top 15 college teams. Pigskin’s current top four includes LSU, Ohio State, Alabama and Clemson in that order. Of course,… Read More »
Weekly draft order posted … With the Monday night game in the books, here is the full, updated selection order for the opening round of the 2020 draft were it to be held today. Again, please note that the respective strength of schedule numbers are for all 16 opponents of each team, not just those to date.
Hawaii QB says he’ll be staying in school … Hawaii junior QB Cole McDonald, one of the most productive passers in college football, suggested last week that he has no plan — at least at this point — of leaving school and entering the 2020 draft. “I intend to stay in school and come back next year” McDonald… Read More »
LSU LB Divinity no longer with team … The timing probably couldn’t be any worse with the #1 ranked Tigers headed to Alabama this week for their mammoth duel with #2 Alabama, but LSU has confirmed that OLB Michael Divinity, the team’s top sacker, is no longer on the team for what are described as ‘personal reasons’. The… Read More »
Dolphins win! Bengals clear #1 for the week … Miami’s dreams of a winless season came to crashing halt earlier today when the Dolphins knocked off the New York Jets 26-18 to break their current goose egg. With the Dolphins officially off the schneid, Cincinnati is now the only remaining winless team in the NFL and will have… Read More »
Star Okie State WR Wallace tears ACL; out for year … Oklahoma State has confirmed that star junior WR Tylan Wallace, a leading prospect for the 2020 draft, tore an ACL during a non-contact drill at practice yesterday and will miss the rest of the season. Wallace is expected to undergo surgery sometime within the next couple of… Read More »
Who to watch in college football this weekend … The big game in college football this weekend is in Jacksonville where 6th ranked Florida and #8 Georgia will duke it out for what in essence will be the SEC East division title. Here is a quick preview of the players we’ll be watching in that game as well… Read More »
ISU ER Bailey expected to return to school in 2020 … One player who was somewhat surprisingly on the list of players the Hula Bowl reportedly has invited to the latest renewal of that all-star game (see below) is Iowa State ER JaQuan Bailey, who has not played since the third week of the season, because of a… Read More »
Hula Bowl star game set to return … After a 12-year hiatus, the Hula Bowl all-star game will be making a comeback in late January. The renewal of the Hula Bowl is scheduled for Sunday, January 26th in Honolulu with KO planned for 10:30 PM ET. The game will be televised by the CBS Sports Network. Former NFL… Read More »
Spartan LB Bachie suspended for PED violation … Michigan State ILB Joe Bachie, one of the top inside LB prospects for the upcoming draft, has been ruled ineligible by the Big Ten after testing positive for a supplement considered a performance-enhancing drug. The school is planning to appeal the decision. Bachie is a three-year starter for the Spartans… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly prospects review … Every week, GBN Associate Editor/Scouting Director Pigskin Paul Guillemette posts his observations from the past weekend’s college football highlights focusing on players that stood out with an eye toward the 2020 draft. Here is this week’s post.
Who’s #1; outlook on top pick shifting … For those that haven’t heard already, there is a growing buzz around the NFL that it is no longer a lock that a QB will be the consensus top prospect overall for the 2020 draft when all is said and done. It has been pretty much accepted common wisdom for… Read More »
Tua returns to practice; LSU S not as Tide, Tigers head to game of the year … Second-ranked Alabama has confirmed that star junior QB Tua Tagovailoa returned to practice today as the Tide prepares for next weekend’s monumental showdown against top-ranked LSU. Tagovailoa, who is generally considered to be the top prospect at the position, if not… Read More »
Lewis, Jackson to coach NFLPA star game … The NFLPA Collegiate Bowl all-star game has announced that former NFL head coaches Marvin Lewis and Hue Jackson will will be the head coaches for the ninth annual edition of their game which is scheduled for January 18th at the Rose Bowl. Lewis coached Cincinnati for 16 years after making… Read More »
Winless Bengals bench QB Dalton; look to move on at position … When Cincinnati gets the second half of its regular season underway in two weeks, the winless Bengals will have a new face at QB. Rookie Ryan Finley, a 4th round pick this past April, will start ahead of long-time incumbent Andy Dalton who was unceremoniously benched… Read More »
Trade deadline comes and goes with barely a whimper … All those rumors about multiple big name players being moved today before the NFL trading deadline came pretty much to naught. Indeed, there was only one minor deal today which was really not much more than a salary cap dump. The LA Rams sent veteran CB Aqib Talib,… Read More »
Weekly draft order posted … Miami threw a little scare into their fans when the underdog Dolphins took a 14-0 lead in Pittsburgh and appeared to have the Steelers on the ropes. Alas, it was not to be as the Dolphins never scored again and ended up on the short end of the score for a 7th straight… Read More »
Irish OG Kraemer out 4-6 weeks … Updating the report from earlier this week noting that Notre Dame JR OG Tommy Kraemer, one of the top prospects at the position for the 2020 draft, had to be helped off the field in Saturday night’s loss at Michigan with what appeared to be a knee injury. There was good… Read More »
Browns send LB Avery to Eagles for future pick … Another minor trade to report as Cleveland has announced that they have sent DE/LB Genard Avery to Philadelphia in exchange for an undisclosed pick in 2021.
Rising TCU OT Niang done for year … TCU OT Lucas Niang, a rising prospect for the 2020 draft, will miss the rest of the season because of the lingering effects of a hip injury. The 6-6, 320-pound Niang, who is the #5 OT on the GBN positional rankings and the #37 prospect overall on the GBN Big… Read More »
Jets, Giants swap DE, picks … The two New York teams have completed their first trade in over 35 years, as the Jets have sent 5T DE Leonard Williams across the stadium to the Giants in exchange for a 3rd round pick in 2020, along with a fifth-round pick in 2021 that could escalate to a 4th rounder… Read More »
‘Phins trade RB Drake to Cards … Updating that earlier report that Miami had agreed in principle to trade RB Kenyon Drake to an unidentified team, it is now being reported that the Dolphins have in fact sent Drake to Arizona for what is being described as a conditional 6th round-round pick that could ultimately escalate to a… Read More »
Big names on block as trade deadline looms … We will soon see whether anything actually comes of it, but with the NFL trade deadline looming for tomorrow, there are rumors out there that a lot of big name players are at least being talked about. Some of those that are reportedly available include Tennessee QB Marcus Mariota,… Read More »
Trade deadline looming … It could be a very interesting week around the NFL with the trade deadline coming up at the end of business on Tuesday. In the past the trade deadline has tended to come and go rather quietly, but there are whispers around the league about a number of veteran players who could be moved.… Read More »
