Tech LB gets extra year of eligibility … Georgia Tech announced late last week that OLB David Curry has been granted an extra year of eligibility by the NCAA. In effect, Curry will be a junior this fall with two years of eligibility remaining as a result of not playing in two of his first four seasons with… Read More »
QB Francois; RB Feaster find new college homes … A couple of reasonably interesting transfers were announced this week in college football. Former Florida State QB Deondre Francois has finally found a new home at D1AA Hampton, where he will be eligible immediately. Francois had originally considered transferring to Florida Atlantic, but that move fell through late last… Read More »
If its August, can football be far behind??? … Fact is that we’ve never been able to get our heads fully around football in July, but with the changing of the calendar we are pretty much on our way. Indeed, training camps are now in full swing around the NFL; in fact, Denver and Atlanta are battling in… Read More »
And then there were none … The final three unsigned players select at the 2019 draft came to terms earlier today as San Francisco signed DE Nick Bosa and WR Deebo Samuel, while the New York Jets inked DT Quinnen Williams. Bosa was the second player selected at last April’s draft, while Samuel was a second round pick.… Read More »
Senior Bowl announces scout staff … The Senior Bowl is literally 6 months away as we speak and earlier today game officials released the names of its scouting staff for the upcoming season. Included in this year’s scouting department are the game’s first former NFL player, Mike Young, and its first female scout in Kathleen Wood. Young, who… Read More »
Pigskin reviews Seahawks draft … As he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting reviews of some of the key individual team drafts from this past April. Today, he looks at the draft of the Seattle Seahawks.
Panthers sign ER Burns; just 3 picks left unsigned … Earlier today, Carolina came to terms with OLB Brian Burns, one of just four remaining unsigned 2019 draft picks. The Panthers selected Burns, the former Florida State edge rusher, with the 16th pick in this year’s opening round. With the signing of Burns, there are now only only… Read More »
Giants sign QB Jones; just 4 picks left unsigned … Overnight, the New York Giants signed former Duke QB Daniel Jones, their top pick at the 2019 draft. Jones was the somewhat surprising 6th player selected overall this past April. The signing sets up a potentially interesting competition at QB during training camp for the Giants with Jones… Read More »
Pigskin reviews Panthers draft … As he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting reviews of some of the key individual team drafts from this past April. Today, he looks at the draft of the Carolina Panthers.
Two more picks signed … Two more 2019 draft picks have signed with the Giants signing 3rd round DE Oshane Ximines, while Minnesota has signed 7th round LS Austin Cutting, the former Air Force player who will be allowed to serve his military commitment concurrently as a recruiter, while playing in the NFL immediately. As a result, there… Read More »
Bucs sign LB White; number of unsigned #1s down to 4 … Tampa Bay has signed former LSU LB Devin White, the 5th player selected at the 2019 draft. As a result, there are now only only 7 players from the 2019 draft that remain unsigned. Of those, 4 were first round picks this year including DE Nick… Read More »
Ravens list top pick; sign 3rd rounder … Baltimore placed four rookies, including WR Marquise Brown, the team’s opening round pick at the 2019 draft, on the non-football injury list. Joining Brown on the NFI list included DE Jaylon Ferguson and DT Daylon Mack, the Ravens’ 3rd and 5th round picks respectively, along with undrafted rookie free agent… Read More »
Pigskin reviews Rams draft … As he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting reviews of some of the key individual team drafts from this past April. Today, he looks at the draft of Super Bowl finalists the Los Angeles Rams.
Broncos sign QB Lock; number of unsigned picks now in single digits … For the second day in a row, Denver has signed one of their second round picks from the 2019. Indeed, after coming to terms with former Kansas State OT Dalton Risner yesterday, the Broncos signed former Missouri QB Drew Lock earlier today. As a result,… Read More »
Red Raider DB Parker suspended for year; career done … Texas Tech has confirmed that senior CB Justus Parker lost his appeal of a one-year NCAA suspension and will not be eligible to play this fall. As this was his final year of eligibility, Parker has few options left other than to sit the season or perhaps try… Read More »
Broncos sign 2nd round OT Risner; unsigned picks down to 10 … Denver reportedly came to terms with former Kansas State OT Dalton Risner, the first of 2 Broncos 2nd round selections at the 2019 draft. That leaves just 10 unsigned players selected in this year’s draft including QB Drew Lock, the Broncos other 2nd round selection.
Outrageous!!! … Sometimes you just have to call a dog a dog! And that’s what we are seeing as the NFL keeps talking about the possibility of expanding the regular season schedule to 17 or 18 games as part of the new CBA. In this day and age when the cumulative, degenerative effect of playing a high-collision sport… Read More »
More Pigskin team draft reviews … As he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting reviews of the key individual team drafts over the course of the summer. And with that summer – at least the non-football part – quickly coming to an end, Pigskin has posted a combined report with comments on… Read More »
College football notes … Hard to believe but college football programs will be opening their doors for the beginning of fall training camps in just over a couple of weeks. Couple of stories we have been following the past few days. At Oklahoma, redshirt sophomore RB Kennedy Brooks has reportedly been cleared to resume playing with the Sooners… Read More »
Pigskin reviews Dolphins, Patriots drafts … As he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting reviews of some of the key individual team drafts including a couple of AFC East teams today in the Miami Dolpins and the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots.
Raiders sign 3rd #1 pick; number of unsigned picks down to 11 … In all the excitement over today’s supplemental draft, we neglected to mention that Oakland has come to terms with former Alabama RB Josh Jacobs, the third of the Raiders first-round picks this past April. Jacobs was selected with the 24th pick this year. We also… Read More »
Supp draft updates … A couple of updates from today’s NFL supplemental draft. On the one hand, reading between the lines of several media reports, it appears that Arizona will forfeit its own pick as compensation for taking former Washington State SS Jalen Thompson with a 5th round selection earlier today. The Cardinals have a second 5th round… Read More »
Cards take WSU S Thompson in supp draft … Arizona has reportedly selected former Washington State SS Jalen Thompson in today’s supplemental draft. The Cardinals are believed to have used a 5th round pick to take Thompson, a late entrant in the supplemental draft after the NCAA stripped him of his eligibility for testing positive for a banned… Read More »
WSU SS Thompson works out prior to supp draft … Washington State junior SS Jalen Thompson, the most attractive prospect available in this week’s NFL supplemental draft, worked out in front of personnel people from 26 teams earlier today in what has been described as a solid, albeit unspectacular session. Thompson measured in at just over 5-10 and… Read More »
Pigskin punks Cowboys draft … As he does every year, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette will be posting reviews of some of the key individual team drafts over the course of the next few weeks. And what better way to wrap up the holiday weekend with a review of the Dallas Cowboys, the self-proclaimed ‘Murica’s team!’
