Canes on to CFP finals; Ducks-Hoosiers on deck … Miami clinched a ticket to this year’s CFP national championship game with a dramatic 31-27 win over Mississippi in a really scintillating game that came down to the last play. Miami only took the lead for good with barely 24 seconds on the clock when sometimes maligned QB Carson… Read More »
WRs hilite latest Senior Bowl adds … The Senior Bowl, which for the record gets underway in just over two weeks, announced another batch of prospects who have committed to this month’s game in Mobile including a quartet of WRs: KC Concepcion of Texas A&M; Southern Cal’s Ja’Kobi Lane, Eric Singleton of Auburn, and Jordan Hudson of SMU.… Read More »
CFP Semis hours away … For those that have been out of the universe, the CFL semi-finals get underway in just a few hours with Miami playing Mississippi in the Fiesta Bowl at 7:30 PM ET later this evening. The winner of tonight’s game will meet the winner of tomorrow’s Peach Bowl in Atlanta between Indiana and Oregon… Read More »
Buckeye S Downs enters draft … Ohio State FS Caleb Downs has confirmed that he will be foregoing his final year of eligibility and entering the 2026 draft. Downs, in fact, is considered to be one of the very best players in this year’s draft with top 2-3 physical tools, but he could slip down slightly as safety… Read More »
Tide QB Simpson enters draft … The first major QB domino for 2026 just fell as Alabama’s Ty Simpson announced that he will be foregoing his final year of eligibility and entering the upcoming draft. The big question re Simpson now is where does he fit in the 2026 draft class? Simpson was considered a rising star in… Read More »
AA Bama OT; pair of Aggies enter draft … With now less than 10 days until the deadline for underclassmen to apply for early admission to the 2026 draft, three top SEC prospects have announced their intention to forego their final year of eligibility and tur pro this winter. They are all-America Alabama OT Kadyn Proctor, along with… Read More »
Buckeyes Tate enters draft; NFL still waits on Downs, Reese … Ohio State junior WR Carnell Tate has confirmed that he will in fact be entering the 2026 draft where he has top 10-15 potential. Meanwhile, the NFL is still waiting to hear from Buckeyes’ stars Caleb Downs and Arvell Reese, both of whom are top 5 candidates.
Pair of UGA juniors enter draft … A couple more Georgia juniors have announced that they will be foregoing their remaining eligibility and entering the draft in LB CJ Allen and WR Zachariah Branch. Both are considered to be early second day candidates but with the potential to slide up into the latter part of the opening round.
January mock posted … With the regular schedule in the books and at least the first 18 picks in the selection order for the 2026 draft now set, we have updated the GBN projection for the upcoming first round. Again, please note that our goal is not to try and predict which particular player a particular team will… Read More »
LSU QB off to Senior Bowl … The Senior Bowl announced a major get earlier today when it was disclosed that LSU QB Garett Nussmeier had accepted an invitation to participate in this year’s game later this month in Mobile. Nussmeier was considered to be one of the top prospects at the position earlier this year, but struggled… Read More »
FCS championship on tap tonight … For anyone suffering from Monday Night football withdrawal, there willing fact be a game this evening as Illinois State is facing Montana State in the FCS championship game at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN. Players to watch include Montana State DT Paul Brott (#41, 6-3, 300) and WR Daniel Sobkowski (#2, 6-2,… Read More »
Clock ticking for underclassmen … College underclassmen planing on entering the 2026 NFL now have just 10 days to make their decision with the deadline looming on January 14th. and needless to say, the players the NFL is most interested in hearing from are the QBs as none of whom are generally considered to be the top 4… Read More »
Selection order posted … With the regular season in the books the selection order for the first-round of the 2026 draft has been updated here. The first 18 picks for the non-playoffs are final, barring any future trades, while the other 14 picks for the playoff teams will be decided as the playoffs evolve.
Raiders, Jets to pick 1-2 as top of board set … With the exception of tonight’s AFC North title showdown between Baltimore and Pittsburgh, the regular schedule is done and the order for the top picks at this year’s draft have been pretty much. As noted earlier, Las Vegas clinched the top pick overall when the NY Giants… Read More »
Raiders clinch top pick with Giants win … Las Vegas backed into the #1 pick overall at the 2026 draft when the NY Giants knocked off Dallas 34-17 in an early game today for their 4th win of the season. Had the Giants lost to the Cowboys, they would have ended up with the top pick if the… Read More »
FCS combine getting underway … In conjunction with the FCS national championship game in Nashville on Monday evening, the NFL is holding a mini-combine over the next couple of days involving some of the top NFL draft prospects from outside the FBS ranks. Each NFL team was asked to provide a list of 10-15 FCS players they’d like… Read More »
UGA DT declares for draft … Georgia junior DT Christian Miller became the first underclassmen from the 4 losing CFP quarter-finalists to announce that he will be foregoing his remaining eligibility and entering the 2026 draft where he projects to either a late-first or early second round prospect. In an unrelated college move, Drew Mestemaker, who led all… Read More »
Raiders’ Smith to sit out Sunday … The path to the first pick at the 2026 draft got a little murkier today when Las Vegas confirmed that starting QB Geno Smith will not play Sunday when the Raiders wrap up their regular schedule against Kansas City. And while the ‘tanking’ finger will be pointed at the Raiders, who… Read More »
One TE enters draft; another transfers … We had kind of been expecting to maybe hear from at least a few of the underclassmen from the 4 CFP quarter final losing teams considering tossing their names into the 2026 draft, especially because those losing teams include Ohio State. Alabama and Georgia which are 1-2-3 in terms of having… Read More »
College football transfer portal opens … It is moving day of sorts in college football as the transfer portal opens today. Players wishing to transfer have until January 16th to make their move, but that’s it as the spring portal will not be available this year. We will track at least the major moves that could have a… Read More »
Changing of the guard in college football … For the first time since the 4-team college football playoff was introduced in 2014 at least one of Alabama, Georgia and Ohio State will not be in the field. Mississippi delivered the coup de grace last night when they rallied from a 9-point half time deficit to eliminate Georgia 39-34… Read More »
SEC LB, WR enter draft … A couple of SEC stars announced today that they’ll be foregoing their final year of eligibility and entering the 2026 draft including Missouri LB Josiah Trotter and Aubur WR Eric Singleton. Singleton is a 5-10, 180-pound possession receiver type who had over 150 receptions in his three years in college for close… Read More »
Tide QB hurt in Rose Bowl loss to Hoosiers … Updating an earlier story on Indiana’s rather shocking 38-3 dismantling of Alabama in the Rose Bowl earlier this evening, Tide QB Ty Simpson actually suffered a fractured rib on that hard hit at the end of the first half that for all intents and purposes forced him from… Read More »
LSU LB Weeks to return to school … LSU junior LB Whit Weeks has confirmed that he will be returning to the program in 2026 after a somewhat disappointing, injury-plagued campaign this past fall. Weeks made some all-America teams as a sophomore in 2024 when he posted 120 tackles, a pick and a couple of forced fumbles, but… Read More »
Rangy FSU WR to stick with program … Its been a very Happy New Year at Florida State today as the Seminoles received word from star WR Duce Robinson that he would be returning to the program for his senior season next fall. The rangy 6-6, 225-pound Robinson is built more like a TE but has big-play potential… Read More »
