Buckeye head coach on paid leave … Just days before teams across the country hit the field for the start of fall training camp, the college football world was turned upside down earlier today when perennial national title contender Ohio State announced that head coach Urban Meyer had been placed on paid administrative leave by the school which… Read More »
Hawkeye S heads to FCS … Iowa has announced that starting FS Brandon Snyder has transferred to FCS South Dakota State where he will be eligible immediately for his senior season. A former walk-on, the 6-1, 215-pound Snyder emerged as a mid-to-late round prospect as a redshirt sophomore in 2016, but played in only one game last fall… Read More »
Star Vols’ OT Smith cleared to play this fall … Emerging Tennessee sophomore G/T Trey Smith, who if healthy has top 5 draft potential in 2020 or beyond, has been cleared to play this fall after being diagnosed with blood clots in his lungs last February. However, whether Smith ever gets to the NFL is still somewhat problematic… Read More »
Supp draft RB seriously injured in weekend shooting … Former Grand Valley State star RB Marty Carter, who was available in this summer’s supplemental draft, was left in critical condition after being shot at a gas station in his hometown of East Chicago on Saturday. Carter, GVSU’s all-time leading rusher, entered the supplemental draft when he was declared… Read More »
Jets sign #3 pick Darnold; one rook holdout left … Earlier today, the New York Jets signed former USC QB Sam Darnold to a 4-year deal worth $30M with a 5th year club option. The deal came early enough in the day that Darnold, the 3rd player selected at the 2018 draft, was able to make the Jets’… Read More »
CFL QB Manziel sits again with new team … Fans hoping to see former Cleveland QB Johnny Manziel make his CFL debut with Montreal in last night’s game with Edmonton came away disappointed as the former Heisman Trophy winner sat again with his new team. Manziel had been traded from Hamilton, where he didn’t play at all through… Read More »
Giants rook CB Beal could be lost for year … There are unconfirmed reports that Giants rookie CB Sam Beal, whom the team selected with a 3rd round pick at this month’s supplemental draft, could be out for the year after he re-aggravated a pre-existing shoulder injury at a practice session earlier this week. Beal is believed to… Read More »
Then there were three … The number of unsigned picks selected at the 2018 draft is now done o just three after a couple of more rookie draftees signed within the past 24 hours. Just hours after signing QB Baker Mayfield, the #1 pock overall this year, for example, Cleveland also came to terms with former Ohio State… Read More »
Browns bag Baker; sign top pick overall … Cleveland has reportedly signed former Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield, the #1 pick overall at the 2018 draft just in time to avoid a holdout. Mayfield signed a 4-year rookie contract worth almost $33 million guaranteed with a 5th year club option. The Browns report for training camp later this morning… Read More »
More picks signed … With literally just days to go until all NFL camps are underway, three more 2018 draft picks came to terms in the past 24 hours. here have been 3 more draft signings. San Francisco signed former Notre Dame OT Mike McGlinchey, the 9th player selected overall this year, while Minnesota signed CB Mike Hughes who… Read More »
Giants, Pats sign first-round picks … A couple more first-round picks from the 2018 draft signed over the weekend as the Giants came to terms with RB Saquon Barkley, the second player selected overall, while New England agreed to a rookie deal with RB Sony Michel. The Giants also signed former Miami DT R.J. McIntoch, their 5th round… Read More »
Johnny Football on the move … Former Texas A&M and Cleveland Johnny Manziel has been traded from Hamilton to Montreal of the CFL. Manziel comes to the league’s last place team along with veteran OT Tony Washington and OG Landon Rice in exchange for DE Jamaal Westerman, WR Chris Williams and first-round picks in 2020 and 2022. Manziel… Read More »
Jax signs top pick … With NFL training camps set to open over the course of the next week, Jacksonville has reportedly come to terms with former Florida DT Taven Bryan, their first round pick at the 2018 draft. With Bryan signed, that leaves 13 unsigned players from the 2018 draft, 10 of which are 1st rounders.
Senior Bowl dominates star game draft days … If its late July and the temp is over 100 degrees a young football player’s fancy turns to the post-season all-star games. Well not really, but the all-star games will be getting underway in just 6 months and in fact the major all-star games are already putting together their early… Read More »
Pigskin thinking out loud … With the start of NFL training camps literally just days away, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in with some thoughts on where we are at football wise as of Mid-July.
Jets sign undrafted supp DB … The day after this year’s summer supplemental draft the New York Jets signed former Mississippi State safety Brandon Bryant, one of the three players who were not selected yesterday.
Giants, Skins add supp draft CBs … While we were out, two NFC East teams added to their secondaries in today’s supplemental draft when the Giants selected former Western Michigan CB Sam Beal in the third round, while Washington grabbed former Virginia Tech CB Adonis Alexander in the 6th. Both the Giants and Redskins will forfeit those respective… Read More »
Tide OLB tears ACL; likely out for year … Emerging Alabama junior OLB Terrell Lewis, a potential early pick in 2019, tore an ACL during summer workouts last week and likely will miss the upcoming season. Lewis has since undergone surgery which was deemed ‘successful’, however, there is no current timetable for his return to the field. Its… Read More »
Supp draft on tap … Wednesday will be draft day lite as the league will hold its annual summer supplemental draft beginning at 1 PM ET. Prior to the actual draft, there will be a weighted lottery to determine the selection order. Teams with the worst W-L records from 2017 will have better odds of getting a higher… Read More »
Falcons sign top pick … Atlanta has signed former Alabama WR Calvin Ridley to a standard 4-year contract with a club option for a 5th. Ridley was the 26th player selected this past April. With the signing of Ridley, a total of 15 2018 draft picks remain unsigned including 11 taken in the opening round.
UM QB Patterson signs baseball deal … Interesting story out of Michigan where junior QB Shea Patterson, who is considered to be one of the top prospects at the position for the 2019 draft, has reportedly signed with MLB’s Texas Rangers. Patterson hasn’t played baseball since his junior year in high school, but was still drafted by the… Read More »
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Beaver LB works out; DII RB enters supp draft … Oregon State LB Bright Ugwoebu held his pro day workout yesterday ahead of next month’s supplemental draft and unfortunately for the former Beaver things did not go particularly well. For starters, only 6 NFL teams – Chicago, Green Bay, New England, New Orleans, Seattle and San Francisco –… Read More »
Big crowd for WMU CB Beal pro day; solid workout … Nobody actually keeps track of these things, but former Western Michigan CB Sam Beal attracted one of the biggest crowds ever to a supplemental draft pro day earlier today. Indeed, all 32 NFL teams had a rep at WMU today with some teams sending more than one… Read More »
WMU CB Beal pro day today … Western Michigan CB Sam Beal, arguably the top prospect available for next month’s supplemental draft, will hold his pre-draft pro day workout later today at the school. This year’s supp draft is scheduled for July 11.
