QBs 1-2 at 2019 draft: could it happen??? … It was barely a week ago that the thinking around the NFL was that this was a weak draft year for QBs without any true elite prospects at the position such that any team looking to upgrade at the position would probably be better off waiting for the 2020… Read More »
Two Tide stars return; OU OT Evans entering draft … It has been a good week for Alabama which got thumped in Monday night’s national championship game. However, the Tide got some pretty good news with the announcements that star DT Raekwon Davis and CB Trevon Diggs will both return for their seasons next fall. Davis in particular… Read More »
Third Clemson junior enters draft … NT Dexter Lawrence became the third Clemson junior to announce that they will be entering the 2019 draft. Lawrence had been considered to be a late first round prospect for the upcoming draft, but will ahve some explaining to do after missing the college playoffs, including the national championship game, after he… Read More »
Clemson juniors Mullen, Lamar declare … The first of several Clemson underclassmen expected to enter the upcoming draft have spoken with both CB Trayvon Mullen and ILB Tre Lamar declareing their intentions to pass on their final year of eligibility and turn pro this winter. Mullen has early second day potential for the upcoming draft, while Lamar is… Read More »
Will Haskins draft entry shake up top of draft??? … The NFL is still waiting for confirmation whether a small army of Alabama and Clemson underclassmen will be entering the 2019 draft, but for the most part the field is pretty much set for the upcoming draft year. And the big emerging question right now is just how… Read More »
Bucs sign Arians as head coach; compensate Cards with pick swap … Tampa Bay reportedly came to terms with former Arizona head coach Bruce Arians to be the new Buccaneers head coach. Arians had retired as Arizona’s head coach after the 2017 season for health reasons with one year left on his contract, along with a team-held option… Read More »
Cards hire college guru Kingsbury as new head coach … Interesting development in Arizona where the Cardinals have reportedly hired Kliff Kingsbury as the team’s new head coach replacing Steve Wilks who was fired last week. Kingsbury himself was fired this off-season by Texas Tech and had been hired as offensive co-ordinator at Southern California. In fact, Kingsbury… Read More »
‘Horns’ WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey enters draft … Rising Texas junior WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey announced earlier today that he will be forgoing his senior season and declaring for the 2019 draft. And Humphrey figures to an interesting prospect. Indeed, he’s a full-sized 6-4, 225 – in fact we be interested in seeing Big’Jordan – with projected 4.50 speed which… Read More »
ISU WR Butler enters draft … In all the excitement of last night’s national championship game our post noting that Iowa State WR Hakeem Butler, a rising junior, had announced that he will be entering the 2019 draft. At 6-5, 225, Butler is a huge receiver with big-play ability who averaged almost 22 yards per catch this fall… Read More »
Clemson dethrones Alabama; NFL waits on Tide, Tigers underclassmen … The national championship rubber match between Alabama and Clemson turned into a bit of a dud, but not in the way most people expected as the underdog Tigers routed the defending national champions 44-16. And with the national championship now in the books, NFL personnel people will now… Read More »
Iowa DE Nelson enters draft; others stay … Iowa junior DE Anthony Nelson has become the latest underclassmen to announce that they will be entering the 2019 draft. Nelson has imposing size at 6-6, 270 with decent strength and agility. He’s also a solid all-around end who had 45 tackles last fall including 9.5 sacks and 4 other… Read More »
Missou RB Crockett enters draft … Missouri junior RB Damarea Crockett has announced that he will be entering the 2019 draft. The 5-10, 225-pound Crockett looked all the part of an emerging prospect as a true frosh in 2016 when he ran for over 1,000 yards as he averaged almost 7 yards per carry, but he struggled the… Read More »
Buckeyes’ QB Haskins enters draft … Ohio State redshirt sophomore QB Dwayne Haskins has formally announced that he will indeed be entering the 2019 draft where he is currently the consensus #1 prospect at the position. However, while Haskins is the clear top QB prospect for the upcoming draft at this time, there is less of a consensus… Read More »
Hog CB in draft; Boiler LB out … One more player to be added to the list of underclassmen declaring for the 2019 draft as Arkansas junior CB Ryan Pulley has announced that he will be foregoing his final year of college eligibility and entering the upcoming draft. The 5-11, 195-pound Pulley had a breakout year in 2016… Read More »
Top CB, RB prospects enter draft; UGA safety staying put … Two more top underclassmen announced their intention to enter the upcoming draft earlier today with confirmations from Washington redshirt sophomore CB Byron Murphy and Iowa State junior RB David Montgomery will be foregoing their remaining college eligibility and declaring for the 2019 draft. Murphy is considered to… Read More »
Tide, Tigers to battle – again – for college title … For the third time in four years it will be Alabama versus Clemson for college football’s national title when the two hook up Monday in Santa Clara with kick-off set for 8 PM ET on ESPN. And while the series is getting a little old, the fact… Read More »
Pigskin’s prospects review: the latter bowls … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has been over the tapes and worked the data from the second week of the college football bowls and submits this report on which players caught his eye with regard to the 2019 draft.
Four more draft slots settled … As a result of that amazing finish in Chicago where Bears PK Cody Parkey’s potential game winning FG against Philadelphia dinged off an upright, then bounced off the crossbar and out to give the Eagles a dramatic wild-card win, four more positions in the opening round selection order of the 2019 draft… Read More »
Irish, UCF WRs enter draft … A couple more junior wide receivers announced late this afternoon that they would be entering the 2019 draft including Miles Boykin of Notre Dame and Central Florida’s Dredrick Snelson. Boykin is a big (6-3, 230) receiver who is just starting to scratch the surface after catching 54 passes for just over 800… Read More »
Auburn DT Brown to return to school … No question that the defensive line will be the strength of the early going at the 2019 draft, however, the DL class took a bit of a hit with news that star Auburn junior DT Derrick Brown, who was considered a potential top ten pick, has decided to stay in… Read More »
UB QB; BC CB enter draft … With the clocking ticking on underclassmen thinking about entering the 2019 draft, two more juniors have announced they will be turning pro this winter including Buffalo QB Tyree Jackson and Boston College CB Hamp Cheevers, both of whom are certain to draw plenty of interest from NFL teams. Jackson, for example,… Read More »
Senior Bowl adds Duke’s Jones; 8 others to complete roster … The Senior Bowl announced earlier today that Duke QB Daniel Jones, a fourth-year junior already with his degree in hand, has accepted an invitation to this year’s Senior Bowl where he will be the eighth and final quarterback on the roster for this year’s game. Jones, who… Read More »
Two more enter draft; half dozen stay home … Two more promising juniors entered the 2019 draft earlier today including Iowa SS Amani Hooker and Washington State RB James ‘Boobie’ Williams. The 5-11, 210-pound Hooker was a first team all conference player this fall when he was also named the Big Ten’s DB of the year; a hybrid… Read More »
Thinking outside the Big Blue Box: Some thoughts on where to from here for the Giants … Over the course of the past couple of weeks with another disappointing Giants season we have received a ton of questions asking in some fashion ‘what now’ for the team. Rather than try and answer them all individually, we have chrystalized… Read More »
Underclass announcements hit century mark with latest batch of entrants … Another batch of underclassmen announced today that they would be passing on the final year(s) of eligibility and entering the 2019 draft. Heading the list of the additions to the 2019 draft are a quartet of Georgia juniors including WRs Riley Ridley and Mecole Hardman, TE Isaac… Read More »
