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 »
OSU OL Jordan enters draft … Ohio State junior OG Michael Jordan, a second-day prospect, has announced that he will be entering the upcoming draft.
Two Aggies enter draft; four others out … A couple of Texas A&M juniors announced earlier this evening that they will be entering the 2019 draft with RB Trayveon Williams and C Erik McCoy both throwing their hats into the draft ring. The 5-9, 200-pound Williams has some second round potential after running for 1,760 yards and 18… Read More »
Three juniors enter draft; two more staying put … Three more underclassmen have announced they are entering the 2019 draft including Miami DE Joe Jackson, Penn State RB Miles Sanders and Auburn WR Darius Slayton. All three are juniors with Jackson rated as a second rounder and Sanders a rising late second day prospect. Meanwhile, Slayton could also… Read More »
Top Big 10 LB, others return to school … Lost a bit in yesterday’s rush of underclassmen to the NFL was the fact that at least three young players also announced they would be returning to school including rising Northwestern redshirt sophomore MLB Paddy Fisher, who would have been among the first 2-3 players at the position off… Read More »
Passel of juniors enter draft … As expected, with the major bowls now in the books, there was a rush of announcements of underclassmen opting to enter the upcoming draft today including four players from Penn State. The Nittany Lions entering the draft include C/G Connor McGovern, G/T Ryan Bates, DE Shareef Miller, and DT Kevin Givens. Others… Read More »
UDub S Rapp; Michigan TE Gentry enter draft … Two more juniors have announced today that they will be entering the upcoming draft including Washington SS Taylor Rapp and Michigan TE Zach Gentry. Rapp, in particular, has at least some late first round potential, while Gentry is an intriguing prospect who really wasn’t expected to turn pro this… Read More »
Clock ticking on underclassmen … Underclassmen who need to apply to the NFL in order to be eligible for the 2019 draft have until the end of business on January 14th to get their paperwork into the league office. That’s less than two weeks away. In fact, more than 70 juniors and redshirt sophomores have already indicated in… Read More »
OU G/T Ford; UCF DT Hill enter draft … Two more juniors have announced plans to enter the 2019 draft this evening including 340-pound Oklahoma G/T Cody Ford and Central Florida NT Trysten Hill. Ford made several all-conference teams as a RT this fall, but at 6-3 likely projects inside at the next level. Meanwhile, Hill is a… Read More »
App State CB Duck enters draft … Appalachian State junior CB Clifton Duck is the latest underclassman to have indicated that they will be entering the 2019 draft. Duck isn’t exactly a household name in the football world, but he could be something of a sleeper this coming April. Duck isn’t all that big at 5-9, 170, but… Read More »
Badgers OT Edwards enters draft … Wisconsin junior RT David Edwards has announced via twitter that he will be foregoing his final year of college eligibility to enter the 2019 draft. Edwards had a breakout year in 2017, but hurt his back in pre-season this year and was never 100%; indeed, he didn’t play the final three games.… Read More »
Three more underclassmen enter draft … A trio of underclassmen announced today that they will entering the 2019 draft including TEs Jace Sternberger of Texas A&M and Stanford’s Kaden Smith; Sternberger is a junior, while Smith is a redshirt sophomore. They will be joined in the upcoming draft class by North Carolina State junior WR Jakobi Meyers. Smith… Read More »
New Year’s Day Bowls prospect preview … With the exception of next week’s national championship game between Alabama and Clemson, the college football bowl season wraps up on Tuesday with a full slate of 5 games. While they are all technically meaningless games designed to make everybody the players some cash, figure than Georgia, Ohio State and Central… Read More »
Four more juniors enter draft … Four more juniors indicated earlier today that they will be foregoing their final year of college eligibility and entering the 2019 draft. The quartet includes Duke QB Daniel Jones and Florida DE/OLB Jachai Polite, both of who are considered to be first round prospects for the upcoming draft. Jones will be joined… Read More »
49ers, Raiders to coach Senior Bowl sides … San Francisco and Oakland, the highest two teams in the draft order with intact coaching staffs, have reportedly agreed to coach the two teams at the Senior Bowl. The 49ers will pick second overall in the upcoming draft, while the Raiders will pick 4th. Arizona, which will pick first overall… Read More »
Coach firings begin; draft guru in as Raiders GM … Updated: The ink is barely dry on the 2018 NFL regular season, but already five head coaches have been fired after their teams final games. Already formally fired are Todd Bowles by the NY Jets, Vance Joseph by Denver, Adam Gase by Miami and Marvin Lewis after 16… Read More »
That’s a wrap … With the final regular season game in the books, the selection order for the opening round of the 2019 draft has been updated. Please note, that this is still unofficial; we’ll confirm when the NFL releases its official order. The big question is picks 9-10 with Buffalo and Denver; we had to go all… Read More »
Canes lose coach to retirement; top RB to draft … The Miami program is reeling this evening with the sudden announcement by head coach Mark Richt that he was retiring from football. Less than an hour later, junior RB Travis Homer announced that he will also be leaving school, but to enter the 2019 NFL draft where he… Read More »
Bowl fest continues … For those with no real lives, there are a half dozen bowl games on Monday to help wile away New Year’s Eve, several of which feature top QB prospects for the 2019 draft. GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette previews the players to watch in tomorrow’s Military Bowl match-up between Cincinnati and Virginia Tech,… Read More »
Cards wrap up top pick … Who gets the #1 pick overall at the 2019 draft went right down to the wire, but despite a game try, Arizona gets the honors after the Cardinals lost to Seattle on a last-play FG in one of today’s late afternoon games.Meanwhile, San Francisco wrapped up the second pick with a loss… Read More »
SEC OT in draft; ACC CB out … In the wake of Florida’s win over Michigan in the Peach Bowl yesterday, the Gators’ rising junior OT Jawaan Taylor announced that he will be entering the 2019 draft where he projects to be early second-day prospect. In fact, the 6-5, 330-pound Taylor could even get some late first round… Read More »
College football world evolves as it should! … When the college football season started back in September Alabama and Clemson were everybody’s top two ranked teams. And after a full season of action and what passes for college football playoffs, it will be #1 Alabama versus #2 Clemson in this year’s CFP national championship game. Alabama raced to… Read More »
Two more CBs; one ILB enter draft … Three more juniors have announced they will be foregoing their final year of college eligibility and entering the 2019 draft including CBs Joejuan Williams of Vanderbilt and Jamel Dean of Auburn along with Texas-San Antonio MLB Josiah Tauaefa. Williams, at 6-2, 210, and Dean, at 6-1, 210, are both long… Read More »
Underclass total hits 60 with draft entry Fresno defensive due; Boise RB … Three juniors from the Mountain West conference have become the latest underclassmen to enter the 2019 draft. The three turning pro this winter included Boise State RB Alex Mattison along with Fresno State MLB Jeff Allison and SS Mike Bell. Mattison is a 5-11, 220… Read More »
