Saints, Browns, Giants and Pats get top ESPN 2025 draft grades … For those that didn’t see it last week, ESPN ran a piece last week grading the productivity and potential of every team’s 2025 draft with New Orleans, Cleveland, New England and the NY Giants getting the highest grades.
First coaching dominos fall as Giants, Falcons get their man; Pack extend theirs … For those that have been out of the universe, the NY Giants and Atlanta were the first teams to sign new coaches this off-season with New York finalizing a 5-year deal with John Harbaugh yesterday, while the Falcons came to terms with Kevin Stefanski.… Read More »
UM Safety gets 6th year … Michigan S Rod Moore has been granted a 6th year of eligibility. Moore was a rising star early in his career after being named all-conference in both 2022 and 2023, but has barely played since because of a serious knee injury.
LB Carter out of draft; QB Mensah to portal … We have a couple of deadlines coming up over the next 24 hours or so. On the one hand, the 3-day window of opportunity for underclassmen who applied to the NFL for early entry to the 2026 draft to withdraw their names ends on Saturday and at least… Read More »
OB QB Mateer, LB Lewis to return … We kind of figured when there was no word on his entering the draft when the underclassman declaration deadline passed earlier this week, but Oklahoma has finally confirmed that star QB John Mateer will in fact be back with the Sooners next fall. He’ll be joined in the programs lineup… Read More »
Buckeyes lose star LB to pros; keep two OL … Ohio State MLB Sonny Styles has announced that he’ll be joining former teammate Arvell Reese in the 206 draft. Both are considered to be first-round prospects. The Buckeyes did get some good news though as both C Carson Hinzman and OT Austin Siereveld will be back with the… Read More »
Ducks’ Moore to return to school … Oregon QB Dante Moore has just announced that he will be returning to the program in 2026. Possibly just got tired of wearing a green uniform!!
Ducks’ S enters draft; still crickets from QB … With just a few hours until the deadline for underclassmen to apply for early admission to the 2026 draft, Oregon junior safety Dillon Thieneman, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position, has told ESPN that he is in fact entering the draft. The NFL, though, is still… Read More »
OL adds hilite latest Senior Bowl commits … The Senior Bowl has announced the addition of a dozen or so new commits this week including a number of prominent offensive line prospects including Iowa OT Gennings Dunker; OGs Emmanul Pregnon of Oregon, Jalen Farmer of Kentucky and Boston College’s Logan Taylor; and Alabama AA C Parkers Brailsford. Other… Read More »
Draft deadline day for underclassmen … Underclassmen planning on entering the 2026 draft have until 4 PM ET later today to file paperwork with the NFL in order to be eligible to be selected this year. In fact, just about all the usual suspects have declared in one way or another with QBs Dante Moore of Oregon and… Read More »
QB Simpson files draft paprework; TEs Sadiq, Klare enter draft … Thee are multiple reports at this hour that Alabama QB Ty Simpson has in fact filed the paperwork with the NFL to be included in the 2026 draft. Simpson had announced that he would be entering the draft, but with rumors swirling of several lucrative NIL offers… Read More »
Reports have Simpson still leaning to draft … With just over 24 hours for underclassmen to file paperwork in order to be eligible for the 2026 draft, there is still no definitive word on whether former Alabama QB Ty Simpson will follow thru on an earlier announcement that he will be entering the draft or opt to accept… Read More »
UGA OT Freeling to draft; QB Leavitt to LSU; Tide S Bullard stays put … The clock continues to tick for underclassmen thinking of entering the 2026 draft with the deadline to apply for early entry coming up tomorrow. One of the bigger remaining questions got answered the morning when rising Georgia junior OT Monroe Freeling announced that… Read More »
First 3 rounds selection order set (almost); Jets, Phins lead premium pick chase … With the NFL’s regular season in the books, along with the wild card playoff round, the selection order for the first three rounds of the 2026 draft is now coming into focus with the initial 24 picks in each of the first three rounds… Read More »
Is Tide QB Simpson rethinking draft commit? … Now former Alabama QB Ty Simpson announced that he would be bypassing his final year of eligibility to enter the 2026 draft. However, that has not stopped a number of prominent programs from throwing some big NIL numbers at Simpson to see if they can possibly change his mind. In… Read More »
Top LT Goosby returning to Horns … Texas QB Arch Manning will be able to sleep a little better this winter knowing that star LT Trevor Goosby will be back with the program next fall. Goosby had been a rising star in the 2026 draft class with more than one analyst speculating that the 6-7, 315-pounder with prototype… Read More »
Another Duck coming home to roost … Speaking of the Oregon Ducks, another top prospect from the program has confirmed that he will be back next year as rising junior DT A’Mauri Washington has announced that he will be bypassing the 2026 draft and returning for his senior season. Washington had been considered to be one of the… Read More »
Ducks get one of top portal QBs … There is an interesting development at Oregon which just got a transfer commitment from former Nebraska QB Dominic Raiola, one of the better young passers in the league. The Ducks – not to mention the NFL – are waiting for word from incumbent Oregon QB Dante Moore on his plans… Read More »
Browns to pick 24th … All that can be confirmed after today’s tripleheader of wild card games is that Cleveland will have the 24th pick overall in the opening round of the 2026 draft with Jacksonville’s first rounder. As noted earlier, Carolina ad Dallas, with Green Bay’s pick, will have the 19th and 20th picks respectively as a… Read More »
Trio of Duck stars to return; 4 to declare … With the clock ticking on underclassmen thinking of entering this year’s draft who have until the end of business on Tuesday to file the appropriate paperwork with the NFL league office, Oregon DE Matayo Uigalelei, OLB Teitum Tuioti and C Iapani Lalloulu have all confirmed that they will… Read More »
Packers collapse in Chicago locks up another pick … My goodness! Another wild finish in the widlcard battle between divison-rivals Green Bay and Chicago last night as the Bears rallied from 18 points down in the 2nd half post to post a dramatic 31-27 win over the Packers. With the loss the Packers will get the 20th pick… Read More »
Panthers to pick 19th … Carolina threw a scare into the LA Rams in their first-round playoff game earlier this afternoon when the Panthers took a 4-point lead with just over 2 minutes to play following a blocked punt. But Rams QB Matt Stafford was able to lead a go-ahead TD march that culminated in a go-ahead score… Read More »
Half dozen draft slots to be decided as playoffs kick off … With the 6 wild card playoff games this weekend, 6 more spots in the selection order for the opening round of the 2026 draft – numbers 19 thru 24 – will go to the losers of this week’s games. Spots 25-28 will then go to the… Read More »
College football comings and goings … It kind of flew under the radar last weekend, but Clemson OT Blake Miller, who had been considered to be a solid second-tier prospect for the upcoming draft, announced that he was returning to the Tigers for the 2026 season. Same for former Auburn WR Eric Singleton who had announced that he… Read More »
Hoosiers advance to CFP final … It will be Indiana versus Miami in the CFP national championship game on January 19th in the Hurricanes home stadium. The Hoosiers advanced to the final with a crushing win over Oregon that was never really close. Meanwhile, the big question for Oregon is does QB Dante Moore opt to enter the… Read More »
