Panthers shuffle scout staff … Carolina has reorganized its scouting department in the wake of former assistant GM Brandon Beane departure to Buffalo. Mark Koncz, the team’s pro scouting director, has been named the director of player personnel and will have responsibilities for both the college and pro divisions. Meanwhile, Jeff Morrow takes over as the Panthers’ director… Read More »
Gator WR dinged for pot possession … Florida junior WR Antonio Gallaway, a top prospect for the 2018 draft, was cited last weekend for possession of marijuana last weekend. A bag containing marijuana was found in Callaway’s after the car in which he was a passenger was pulled over and the officer smelled marijuana. Callaway has a June… Read More »
Ex-Ducks RB returns as Beaver … Interesting story from the far coast as former Oregon RB Thomas Tyner, who retired from football two years ago because of a shoulder injury, has opted return to college football, although it will be at Oregon State this time around. The 5-11, 200-pound Tyner, a speedster who held the state record for… Read More »
Browns sign top pick … Cleveland announced within the past hour that DE Myles Garrett, the first player chosen at the 2017 draft, has agreed to terms with the club on a 4-year rookie contract worth over $30M including a more than $20M signing bonus. The contract also includes the standard fifth-year club option. The signing of Garrett… Read More »
Bills add another rising young exec to front office rebuild … Buffalo continued to rebuild its front office personnel department by hiring Brian Gaine as VP of player personnel. The Bills had originally interviewed Gaine as a a candidate for their vacant GM job that ultimately went to Brandon Beane. Gaine comes over to the Bills from Houston… Read More »
Tech WR Giles transfers to LSU … Former Texas Tech WR Jonathan Giles, one of the top young receivers in college football, has announced that he will transfer to LSU. The 5-11, 185-pound Giles was a Biletnikoff Award finalist last year when he led the Red Raiders with 69 receptions for almost 1,200 yards and 13 TDs. Giles… Read More »
Next year’s draft looks strong at QB, WR and OT … The 2018 draft is still over 11.5 months away and much can happen between now and April of next year, but a preliminary perusal of next year’s draft class suggests that the offensive positions of strengths for next year’s draft will be at quarterback, wide receiver, and… Read More »
Pigskin posts thots on Browns, Raiders’ drafts … As we’ve noted, we here at the GBN aren’t big on ‘draft grades’ per se which doesn’t mean that one can’t have opinions. And that’s what GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has on the drafts of both Cleveland and Oakland in the latest in series of post-2017 draft thots.
Bills add assistant GM … Buffalo has hired Joe Schoen as assistant general manager. Schoen had been director of player personnel with Miami the past three years. Schoen represents the first big hire by new Bills’ General Manager Brandon Beane who cleaned house in the personnel department following the draft.
Colts reshuffle personnel staff … New Indianapolis G.M. Chris Ballard continues to reshape the team’s player personnel department. The Colts’ announced that Ed Dodds has been named VP of player personnel, while Rex Hogan becomes VP of player personnel. At the same time, Morocco Brown was named director of college scouting, Kyle Childress college scouting coordinator, and Brian Decker… Read More »
Browns 4th rounder injured; season in doubt … Cleveland CB Howard Wilson, a 4th round pick at last month’s draft, broke his kneecap during the team’s minicamp on Friday. Wilson will reportedly undergo surgery in the next week or so and could possibly miss the upcoming season.
Ducks’ OT only nesting one year … GBN College Football Investigative Reporter Larry Parker reports he is hearing that star Oregon LT Tyrell Crosby, who would be eligible for a redshirt year as he missed almost all of the past season with a foot injury, only intends to play the 2017 season with the Ducks and fully expects… Read More »
More Pigskin draft thoughts … We don’t believe in draft grades here at the GBN, but we sure think a lot about what transpires every year. And GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has some more thoughts on last month’s draft including several related to what Cleveland dd with their QB situation. Here’s Pigskin’s full text.
Bills hire Beane as new G.M. … As expected, Buffalo has named Brandon Beane as the team’s new general manager. Beane was assistant G.M. with Carolina the past couple of year where he worked with new Bill’s head coach Sean McDermott.
Hogs’ RB Williams retires … Updating yesterday’s report on Arkansas junior RB Rawleigh Williams who was rethinking his football career after he suffered a potential career-altering neck injury during the Hogs’ spring game. After meeting with team doctors and coaches, Williams has decided to retire from the game. The 5-foot-10, 205-pounder previously underwent season-ending neck surgery in 2015,… Read More »
Iowa DE, UCLA LB top picks in CFL draft … Winnipeg chose former Iowa DE Faith Ekatitie with the first pick at last night’s CFL draft of Canadian players. Saskatchewan followed that by taking UCLA LB Cameron Judge with the second pick, while British Columbia took McMaster WR Danny Vandervoort with the third. However, the CFL draft is… Read More »
SC LB cleared in bar fight; ex-Irish QB close to picking next school hilite college football notes … South Carolina LB Skai Moore, along with junior WR Deebo Samuel, have been cleared by local police from any involvement in a bar fight last weekend after reviewing video evidence. Local police determined that while Moore was at the bar,… Read More »
Draft off-season over; everybody back to work … The OFFICIAL NFL draft off-season officially ends at Noon ET today. Its on to 2018!! Hang in there guys!!
Draft off-season officially begins … With the 2017 draft in the books, the OFFICIAL NFL draft off-season has begun!!!
Panthers sign top pick, two others … Carolina became the first team in the NFL to sign their 2017 first round pick as the Panthers have signed RB Christian McCaffrey, the 8th player selected at last weekend’s draft. The Panthers also signed OT Taylor Moton and FB/DE Alex Armah who were takn in the 4th and 6th rounds… Read More »
More proof road to draft runs thru Indy, but could be better … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin paul Guillemette did a quick of the baseline numbers which showed that almost 90% of the players elected at last weekend’s draft were at the scouting combine in Indianapolis in February. However, Pigskin thniks that with a couple of tweaks that… Read More »
Broncos restack personnel department … Denver retooled its personnel department that was made necessary by the departure of Adam Peters, who moved to San Francisco. Tom Heckert, the Broncos’ director of pro personnel the last four seasons was promoted to senior personnel adviser, while A.J. Durso replaces Heckert; Brian Stark takes over as director of college scouting, a… Read More »
LSU DE Key ‘won’t skip season’ but remains in football limbo … LSU junior DE Arden, arguably the top non-QB prospect for the 2108 draft, remains in limbo after leaving the team for what have been described as ‘personal reasons’ in February. Key, though, remains part of the team and recently tweeted that he will not be sitting… Read More »
SC LB accused of assault … South Carolina LB Skai Moore got his return to the program off on the wrong foot when he was one of the two Gamecocks accused of assaulting a man at a local bar earlier this week. Moore had been considered to be a potential mid-round prospect after he led the Gamecocks in… Read More »
Pigskin wraps draft … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has taken a few days to digest what happened last weekend and checks in with some salient observations on the highs and lows of the 2017 draft.
