CMU CB Crawford enters draft … Central Michigan junior CB Xavier Crawford is the latest underclassman to indicate they will be entering the 2019 draft. Crawford made the announcement on twitter earlier this evening. While not necessarily an elite prospect going forward, Crawford is likely going to get some interest from NFL teams this winter. He’s got decent… Read More »
‘Noles ER Burns enters draft … Florida State junior DE Brian Burns has become the third underclassman in the past few hours to announce that he will be entering the 2019 draft where he is considered to be a mid-to-late first round prospect after posting 10 sacks this past season.
NC State WR Harmon enters draft … North Carolina junior WR Kelvin Harmon is the latest underclassmen to announce that they will be forgoing their final year of eligibility and entering the 2019 NFL draft. Harmon also indicated that he will not play in NC State’s Gator Bowl date against Texas A&M. The 6-2, 220-pound Harmon, who caught… Read More »
Okie State RB Hill to enter draft … Oklahoma State junior RB Justice Hill has confirmed that he will be skipping his senior year of eligibility to enter the 2019 draft. Hill also indicated that he will not play in the Liberty Bowl where the Cowboys are scheduled to play Missouri. At barely 5-10, 190, Hill isn’t all… Read More »
LSU’s Greedy CB enters draft … LSU redshirt sophomore CB Greedy Williams has announced that he will be entering the 2019 draft where he is projected to be a top 5-10 selection.
Looks like draft could run thru bay area … There is still a month to go in the NFL’s regular schedule, but it is looking more and more like the bay area will be draft central this coming April as San Francisco and Oakland, the league’s two remaining two-win teams, will be holding the 1st and 2nd picks… Read More »
College playoff teams to be announced … The 4 teams to play in the next month’s college football playoffs will be announced on ESPN at Noon ET later this morning, but once again there are going to be a lot of unhappy people around the country. And with good reason. For those that don’t watch college football, Alabama… Read More »
No automatic wins at top of selection order … Hard to believe, but the NFL regular schedule hits the three-quarter pole this weekend with all teams playing their 12th game of the campaign. And for the second week in a row there is a better than even chance that there may not be any changes in the current… Read More »
Sooners hold serve; win Big XII but lose star WR Brown … Oklahoma rallied from an early deficit to defeat long-time rival Texas 39-27 in this afternoon’s Big XII Conference championship game. Having done their part, the Sooners will now sit back and watch the other conference finals to see if they did enough to make the 4-team… Read More »
List of declared underclassmen grows to double digits with three new names … The list of underclassmen who have declared in one way or another has grown to ten with news today that junior TEs Noah Fant of Iowa and Utah State’s Dax Raymond, along with Central Michigan junior CB Sean Bunting will be turning pro this winter.… Read More »
Who to watch in Saturday’s conference championship games … Conference championship weekend in college football actually gets underway later this evening with the PAC-12 and MAC title games. However, the real action begins tomorrow when the other power 5 conferences have their championship games including when #1 Alabama faces #4 Georgia for the SEC title which, for all… Read More »
Pigskins weekly prospects review … While we wait for the start of the conference championship games which get underway later this evening, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has weighed in with his weekly column on the players that caught his eye in the final week of regular college football action last weekend.
Big uglies hilite latest Senior Bowl acceptance list … The Senior Bowl announced the names of 20 more players who have agreed to participate in this year’s game including Kansas State C/T Dalton Risner, OG Dru Samia and OT ben Powers of Oklahoma, and OGs Beau Benzschawel and Michael Deiter of Wisconsin. Washington State Gardner Minshew, who may… Read More »
Who to watch in Friday’s conference championship games … Its championship weekend in college football weekend and it all starts with a couple of games on Friday evening. The MAC championship game kicks off at 7 PM ET on ESPN2 when Buffalo plays Northern Illinois in Detroit. And while its the MAC, both the Bulls and Huskies have… Read More »
Second round of Shrine acceptances confirmed … According to GBN Investigative College Football Analyst Larry Parker, the East-West Shrine All-star game has confirmed a second set of 19 players who have accepted invitations to this year’s game. Included in this batch of Shrine acceptances are QBs Taylor Cornelius of Oklahoma State, Ole Miss’ Jordan Ta’amu and David Bough… Read More »
Emerging SDSU LT off roster … Potentially interesting situation at San Diego State where emerging redshirt sophomore LT Tyler Roemer has been removed from the roster after being suspended the past couple of games for an unspecified violation of team rules. According to team officials, the 6-6, 315-pound Roemer, a freshman All-American last fall who had started 23… Read More »
Top QB prospect dinged; said to be okay … Oregon junior QB Justin Herbert, the consensus top prospect at the position for the 2019 draft, is still undergoing tests on his throwing shoulder after being knocked out of Friday’s Civil War win over intra-state rival Oregon State. Herbert fell awkwardly on his right shoulder after being sacked late… Read More »
OU QB Murray to stick with baseball plan … for now … Oklahoma junior QB Kyler Murray, one of the 2-3 leading candidates for this year’s Heisman Trophy, confirmed during a Big XII conference championship presser that he still plans to follow through on his plan to move onto baseball at the end of the season. However, Murray… Read More »
First round selection updated … With the Monday nighter in the books, the selection order for the opening round of the 2019 draft has been updated.
Gator DB enters draft … Florida junior safety Chauncey Gardner-Johnson has announced via twitter that will be entering the 2019 draft. Gardner-Johnson, who is currently third on the team with a career-high 66 tackles, including nine for loss, along with two picks, is an interesting second-day prospect who came to Florida as a corner, but quickly found a… Read More »
Jags bench QB Bortles; QB becomes option with top pick … The Blake Bortles era in Jacksonville may have come to an end as he has been benched by the Jags in favor of veteran journeyman Cody Kessler for their game with Indianapolis this coming weekend. Its kind of a shocking development for the Jaguars who appeared to… Read More »
QB Finley, DE Allen head list of 9 new Senior Bowl acceptances … North Carolina State QB Ryan Finley and Boston College DE Zach Allen head the list of 9 new players the Senior Bowl has announced have accepted invitations to this year’s game in Mobile on January 26th. Finley is currently the 6th rated QB on the… Read More »
ASU WR Harry enters draft … Arizona State junior WR N’Keal Harry announced earlier today that he will forego his final year of eligibility and enter the 2019 draft. The 6-4, 220-pound Harry is projected to be a late first round pick this spring after hauling in 73 receptions for just over 1,000 yards and 9 TDs this… Read More »
Michigan DE Gary to enter draft … No big surprise here as Michigan defensive lineman Rashan Gary has reportedly announced that he will be entering the 2019 draft where he projected to be a top 5-10 prospect. The 6-4, 280-pound Gary, who has the kind of athleticism to blow up the combine, posted 44 tackles, including 3.5 sacks and… Read More »
FOX out; ABC in for 2019 draft coverage … The NFL’s experiment with prime time draft coverage will have a different set of characters this coming spring as the league has confirmed that ABC will replace FOX in providing network coverage of the event. Cable coverage by ESPN and the NFL Network will be unchanged and while ABC… Read More »
