Cowboy QB Allen to play in bowl … Maybe the biggest question during the first week of the college bowl season has been whether Wyoming junior QB Josh Allen would be in uniform when the Cowboys played Central Michigan in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on the blue turf at Boise State on Friday afternoon. We now have… Read More »
Gator PK enters draft; Big Ten QB stays put … Florida junior PK Eddie Pineiro has announced via twitter that he will be entering the 2018 draft where he is expected to be one of the first kickers selected. The GBN currently has him rated as the #2 PK behind Auburn’s Daniel Carlson with the potential to be… Read More »
Emerging Terp WR Moore enters draft … Maryland junior WR D.J. Moore announced earlier today that he will be entering the 2018 draft. The 5-11, 215-pound Moore, a rising prospect who led the Big Ten with 80 receptions for over 1,000 yards this past season, is considered to be a second-day candidate for the upcoming draft; for the… Read More »
Hokie WR out for bowl … Virginia Tech WR Cam Phillips, the school’s all-time leading receiver, will not play in the Hokies’ bowl game after undergoing surgery to repair a sports hernia. Phillips, a late round prospect for the upcoming draft, had 71 catches for almost 1.000 yards this fall.What isn’t clear is whether he will be good… Read More »
Wednesday bowl watch … Today’s bowl trivia question is: where is Wednesday’s Frisco Bowl actually being played? And maybe nobody should care given that the game is between a 7-5 American Athletic team and a 6-6 CUSA group; however, these are not normal times and this game has a potential top ten prospect as well as a couple… Read More »
Selection order updated … With just two weeks to go in the NFL regular schedule, the first-round selection order for the 2018 draft were it to be held this week, has been updated.
Bowl sched resumes … After a couple of days off, the college football schedule resumes Tuesday evening when resurgent Florida Atlantic plays host to Akron in the Boca Raton Bowl in of all places Boca Raton. Give folks a chance to see what all the fuss is at FAU where enigmatic Lane Kiffen took over a bedraggled program… Read More »
Senior Bowl adds another baker’s dozen … The Senior bowl announced the names of 13 more players who have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Southern Miss RB Ito Smith; WRs D.J. Chark of LSU and Miami’s Braxton Berrios; Penn State TE Mike Gesicki; Michigan C/T Mason Cole; Ohio State DE Tyquan Lewis; Georgia ER David Bellamy;… Read More »
MTSU WR enters draft; ‘Neers WR stays home … Middle Tennessee junior WR Richie James announced earlier today that he will forego his final year of eligibility and enter the 2018 draft. James is somewhat undersized at barely 5-9, 180, but he has explosive speed and quickness. James also played in just 5 games this year because of… Read More »
East-West Shrine roster additions … The East-West all-star game announced the addition of 28 more players who have accepted invitations to play in the Shrine game on January 20th in St. Petersburg. Heading the list on new Shrine game participants are QBs Riley Ferguson of Memphis and South Florida’s Quinton Flowers and All-America Washington State OG Cody O’Connell.… Read More »
Browns close in on top pick … Cleveland’s magic number to clinch the #1 pick at the 2018 draft is down to one after the Browns fell 27-10 at home to Baltimore to drop to 0-14. Bottom line is that if the Browns lose either of their two remaining games – both on the road at Chicago and… Read More »
Pitt OT enters draft … Pittsburgh junior OT Brian O’Neill has announced that he will be foregoing his final year of eligibility and entering the 2018 draft. O’Neill is the 3rd Pitt junior to declare for the upcoming draft, joining wide receiver Quadree Henderson and safety Jordan Whitehead. O’Neill is an interesting prospect who is currently considered to… Read More »
Bowling for dollars; Part One … It seems like the college football season just ended – it actually did just end – but the bowl season is alraedy upon with a spate of preliminary games scheduled for tomorrow. And while they are just the preliminaries, there will still be a number of really interesting prospects on the field… Read More »
One RB in; one out … Oregon has announced that senior RB Royce Freeman will not play in Saturday’s Las Vegas Bowl matchup against Boise State as a precaution against injury. Instead, he plans to begin preparation for the 2018 draft where he is considered to be a second-day prospect. Freeman, who ran for over 1,400 yards this… Read More »
‘Neers win one; lose one … West Virginia won’t have to break in a new QB next fall as junior Will Grier has announced that he will be returning for his senior season next fall. At the same time, the Mountaineers will have to make do in the Heart of Dallas Bowl on December 26th against Utah without… Read More »
Thursday nighter draft implications … The NFL probably doesn’t want to hear it, but the only implications for this week’s Thursday night game in which Indianapolis hosts Denver relate to the draft. Indeed, were the draft held this week, the 3-10 Colts would have the third pick, while the 4-9 Broncos would pick 5th. A win for Indianapolis… Read More »
Injured Badger LB Cichy to enter draft … Wisconsin LB Jack Cichy announced earlier today that he will be entering the 2018 draft rather than apply for a 6th year of eligibility. Cichy did not play at all this year after tearing an ACL in fall practice; he also missed the latter half of the 2016 season with… Read More »
Latest Senior Bowl roster additions announced … The Senior Bowl has announced the addition of 16 more players who have accepted invitations to participate in this year’s game in Mobile. The latest group includes Oklahoma State WR James Washington, UTEP OG Will Hernandez, Western Michigan OT Chuk Okorafor, Arkansas C Frank Ragnow, Ohio State DE Jalyn Holmes, Florida… Read More »
Updated first round selection order posted … With another week in the book, the opening round selection order for the 2018 draft were it to be held this week has been updated.
Three more juniors enter draft; other college notes … A trio of juniors have reportedly confirmed in one way or another over the past few days that they will be entering the draft. They are Florida DT Taven Bryan, Pitt S/CB Jordan Whitehead and Maryland CB J.C. Jackson. Bryan is the highest rated of the three; he’s a… Read More »
Colts move up to 3rd pick; 49ers to 4th … As a result of San Francisco’s win over Houston earlier this afternoon, Indianapolis has moved up into the 3rd slot in the weekly selection order for the opening round of the 2018 draft. Meanwhile, the 49ers will slip down to the 4th pick, while Denver will hold the… Read More »
Browns magic # down to 2 for top pick … Cleveland came oh so close to getting off the schneid earlier this afternoon, but when the dust had settled the Browns lost in OT to Green Bay – after the Packers tied the game with less than 20 seconds on the clock in regulation – to drop to… Read More »
To QB or not to QB … We will still have to wait until April 26th to find out for sure, but the it appears that the chances that Cleveland stays with its first pick at the 2018 draft and selects a QB. At their press conference late last week introducing new G.M. John Dorsey, Browns’ owner Jimmy… Read More »
Shrine game announces roster additions … Late last week, the East-West Shrine all-star game announced the names of a second batch of players who have accepted invitations to this year’s game in St. Petersburg. That brings the number of players who have accepted invitations to the Shrine game to 66. Heading the list of players who have accepted… Read More »
Who caught Pigskin’s eye in college football’s championship weekend … A little later than usual, here are the players that caught GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette eye in college football’s conference championship weekend last week with an eye toward the 2018 draft.
