Star game sched gets underway … The key part of the post-season college all-star game schedule gets underway this week with both the East-West Shrine and NFLPA games set to start practices on Monday. The Shrine week goes in St. Petersburg with the game scheduled for Saturday the 21st at 3 PM ET on the NFL Network. Meanwhile,… Read More »
Clock ticking for underclassmen … The deadline for underclassmen to file paperwork with the NFL in order to be eligible for the 2017 draft comes up at 4 PM ET on Monday afternoon. In fact, the large majority of players expected to enter this year’s draft have already indicated in one way or another that they will be… Read More »
Picks 25-28 set after weekend semi-finals … As a result of this weekend’s conference semi-final games, slots #25 thru #28 in the opening round selection order for the 2017 draft have been settled. Houston, which lost to New England Saturday evening, will pick 25th in each round, while Seattle will pick 26th, Kansas City 27th and Dallas 28th.… Read More »
Baylor WR latest to enter draft … With the clock ticking toward tomorrow’s deadline for underclassmen to apply to the 2017 draft, Baylor redshirt sophomore WR Ishmael Zamora has become the latest player to opt to forego their remaining college eligibility to enter the upcoming draft. Zamora isn’t all that highly rated at this point – he’s more… Read More »
Vandy LB; LSU WR declare for draft … Vanderbilt LB Zach Cunningham will reportedly announce later this afternoon that he will be entering the 2017 draft where he is projected to be a top 10-15 prospect. Meanwhile, LSU WR Malachi Dupre announced yesterday that he will also be entering the draft; Dupre is considered to be a late… Read More »
East-West Shrine chatter … We are just days away from the start of the major all-star game season with the East-West Shrine game and NFLPA star games set to get underway after the weekend. As usual, our Pigskin Paul Guillemette will motor down the road to St. Petersburg and will be filing reports all next week from the… Read More »
Tide trio add names to draft list … Pretty much as expected, three Alabama juniors jointly announced earlier this afternoon that they would be entering the 2017 draft including redshirt sophomore CB Marlon Humphrey, All-America LT Cam Robinson and WR Adarius Steward. Humphrey and Robinson are both considered to be first-round locks for the upcoming draft; indeed, Humphrey… Read More »
‘Noles WR enters draft … Florida State junior WR Travis Rudolph has announced he will be entering the 2017 draft. The 6-0, 190-pound Rudolph, who led the Seminoles with 56 receptions this past season, is considered to be a mid-round prospect for the upcoming draft. Underclassmen have until the end of business on Monday to have filed paperwork… Read More »
GBN mock tweaked … The GBN projection for the 2017 draft has been updated and extended to include the first three rounds.
Big Huskies’ DT opts to stick with school … Washington redshirt sophomore DT Vita Vea has announced that he will be returning to school for the 2017 season rather than enter the upcoming draft where he figured to be a top 50 pick.
One more WR in draft; one out … Clemson lost a 4th junior to the NFL today when WR Artavis Scott announced that he would be entering the 2017 draft. Scott joins QB DeShaun Watson, RB Wayne Gallman and WR Mike Williams as having entered this year’s draft from the new national champs. Scott is considered to be… Read More »
Three more enter draft … Clemson junior WR Mike Williams became the third of the Tigers’ ‘triplets’ to confirm that he will be entering the 2017 draft where he is projected to be a top 10-15 pick. Earlier this week, QB DeShaun Watson and RB Wayne Gallman had both also indicated that the dramatic national championship win over… Read More »
Senior Bowl, Shrine star games add players … The Senior Bowl has announced the addition of 12 more players for this month’s game including Mississippi State OT Justin Senior; DEs Ike Rochell of Notre Dame and Derek Rivers of FCS Youngstown State; DTs Chris Wormley of Michigan, and USC’s Stevie Tu’ikolovatu; ILBs Ben Boulware of national champion Clemson,… Read More »
Michigan’s Peppers to spice up draft … Michigan redshirt OLB/SS Jabrill Peppers finally confirmed earlier this afternoon that he will be entering the 2017 draft where he is projected to be a top 5-10 prospect. Peppers had denied reports last week that he had signed with an agent and would be headed to the draft, but that was… Read More »
2nd Clemson Tiger enters draft … Clemson junior RB Wayne Gallman became the second former Tigers’ star to announce he would be entering the 2017 draft earlier today when he indicated he would forego his final year of eligibility and turn pro this winter. Gallman, a second day prospect for the upcoming draft, joins star Clemson junior QB… Read More »
Clemson QB Watson enters draft after NC win … Talk about going out on top! In the aftermath of last night’s dramatic 35-31 national championship upset win over Alabama in which he threw for over 400 yards and 4 scores including the game-winner with 0:01 left on the clock, Clemson junior QB DeShaun Watson announced he will be… Read More »
Badgers’ LT enters draft … Wisconsin All-America junior LT Ryan Ramczyk has announced that he will skip his final year of eligibility and enter the 2017 draft where he is projected to be a first round pick. Ramczyk transferred to Wisconsin from DIII Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 2014 and after sitting out the 2015 campaign started all 14 games… Read More »
Homecoming day for college underclassmen … The NFL heard from 4 more juniors today as regards their intentions for the 2017 draft and all four said they will be returning to school for their senior seasons. The four are Boston College DE Harold Landry, who led the NCAA in sacks this past season, Virginia Tech CB Brandon Facyson,… Read More »
Tide-Tigers CFP title game preview … It seemed like the preliminaries went on and on and on and on and on some more, but we have finally reached the apex of the college football season with Alabama and Clemson set to kick-off the CFP national championship game in Tampa at 8 PM ET. And it will be something… Read More »
Another Buck star enters draft … Ohio State junior All-America WR/RB Curtis Samuel has announced his intention to enter the 2017 draft. The only real question for pro scouts is exactly what position he plays. The 5-10, 200-pound Samuel is nominally a WR and he lead the Buckeyes this season with 74 receptions including 7 scores, but he… Read More »
Pigskin bowl reviews … Kick-off for tonight’s national championship game between Alabama and Clemson is now just over 10 hours away – we’ll be back shortly with a preview of the draft eligible players in THE big game. And while its hard to remember that there was a 40-sdomething bowl game build-up to tonight’s championship game, our Pigskin… Read More »
Ga Southern OLB opts for draft … Georgia Southern OLB Ukeme Eligwe has reportedly decided to enter the 2017 draft rather than use the extra year of eligibility he had been granted by the NCAA. Eligwe was actually a highly-regarded recruit who originally signed with Florida State, but left after three years, which included a redshirt season as… Read More »
Top QB prospect enters draft … North Carolina junior QB Mitch Trubisky quietly announced via twitter late last night that he will indeed be entering the 2017 draft. Trubisky is the consensus #1 prospect at the position this year, although pro scouts remain divided as to whether any QB this year warrants a top 5-10 grade. Stay tuned.
Two more draft slots decided Saturday; two more today … A couple more draft position in the selection order for the 2017 draft were decided as a result of yesterday’s first set of wild-card games in which Houston knocked off Oakland and Seattle defeated Detroit. As a result, Detroit will have the 21st pick overall, while Oakland, which… Read More »
Two more receivers enter draft … No surprise here as Southern California junior WR JuJu Smith-Schuster has announced his intention to enter the 2017 draft. Smith-Schuster has long been considered to be one of the top 2-3 WR prospects for the upcoming draft, although he has his detractors as he doesn’t always run the crispest routes and has… Read More »
