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 »
Sun Devil RB enters draft … Pretty much as expected, Arizona State junior RB Eno Benjamin has announced that he will be foregoing his final year of college eligibility and entering the 2020 draft where he currently projects to be an early third-day pick. The 5-10, 200-pound Benjamin, rated the 6th best overall prospect at the position in… Read More »
USU QB Love indeed heads to draft … With rumors swirling that he might transfer to a big-time national program for his final year of eligibility, Utah State junior QB Jordan Love (see our report earlier this evening) has confirmed through the school that he will in fact be entering the 2020 NFL draft where he currently projects… Read More »
Utah adds grad transfer QB; USU may lose one … Utah has confirmed that Jake Bentley is transferring to the program from South Carolina for his final year of eligibility next fall. As a grad transfer, Bentley will be eligible immediately; Bentley, who started 33 career games with the Gamecocks, but missed what would have been his senior… Read More »
BC RB Dillon; two other enter draft … Three more juniors have announced that they will be entering the 2020 draft including star Boston College RB A.J. Dillon, who also indicated he won’t play in the Eagles bowl game early next month. The 5-11, 250-pound Dillon had almost 4,400 career rushing yards including just under 1,700 in 2019.… 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.
UK’s ‘Mr Versatility’ enters draft … Kentucky junior WR Lynn Bowden announced that he will be foregoing his final year of eligibility and entering the 2020 draft where he figures to be, if not one of the most, THE most versatile prospect on the board. The 6-1, 200-pound Bowden was the Wildcats leading receiver last fall (with 67)… Read More »
Bengals’ streak over; hang onto top pick … Cincinnati’s modest one-game winning streak came to an end this afternoon when the Bengals lost in Cleveland. That drops the Bengals record to 1-12 and means they will hang onto the #1 pick overall in the opening round selection order for the 2020 draft were it to be held this… Read More »
LSU earns #1 CFP seed; get Sooners; Ohio State and Clemson in the other … The 4-team CFP playoff match-ups have just been announced and it will be LSU against Oklahoma in one, while Ohio State and defending national champs Clemson in the other. LSU, leapfrogged Ohio State for the #1 seed after defeating Georgia in yesterday’s SEC… Read More »
UGA, OU, Baylor battle for ‘final’ CFP playoff spot … Don’t want to ruin anybody’s day, but folks settling in for an afternoon/evening of college conference championship games should be aware that Ohio State, LSU and Clemson are almost certainly going to be in this year’s 4-team CFP playoff bracket even if they lose their respective title games… Read More »
Two corners, top TE enter draft … Three more juniors indicated today that they will be entering the 2020 draft including CBs C.J. Henderson of Florida and Mississippi State’s Cameron Dantzler, along with Washington TE Hunter Bryant. All three are projected to be early second day prospects at the upcoming draft.
