Shrine game report: defensive line … Good thing that NFL teams put a whole lot more stock in all-star game practices that they do in the actual game, because Saturday’s East-West Shrine game in St. Petersburg was kind of a dismal event that ended in a 10-3 win for the West. It was also ‘dismal’ in the sense… Read More »
Good thing that NFL teams put a whole lot more stock in all-star game practices that they do in the actual game, because Saturday’s East-West Shrine game in St. Petersburg was kind of a dismal event that ended in a 10-3 win for the West. It was also ‘dismal’ in the sense that there were very few individual… Read More »
Pack to pick 29th; Pitt 30th … As a result of losses in today’s conference championship games, Green Bay will have the 29th pick overall in the opening round of the 2017 draft selection order, while Pittsburgh will have the 30th pick. Meanwhile, the final two selections, the 31st and 32nd will go Atlanta and New England, the… Read More »
Colts fire G.M. … Indianapolis has fired general manager Ryan Grigson. Grigson had been in the job for five years and was under contract for three more years as is head coach Chuck Pagano. The move immediately set off speculation that former Colts’ HOF QB Peyton Manning could be the Colts’ target going forward, although Manning denied any… Read More »
Final underclassmen list released … The NFL released the list of underclassmen eligible for the 2017 earlier this evening with a total of 103 juniors and redshirt sophs who have been granted entry to this year’s draft. This final tally includes 8 players who have eligibility remaining, but have already graduated. This year’s tally of 103 early entrants… Read More »
Pigskin picks Shrine all-star team … Today is an off-day for the East-West Shrine squads so our Pigskin Paul Guillemette, who has been on the ground all week in St. Petersburg, took the opportunity to pick his all-star team from the Shrine practices. And a little more from Pigskin on the Shrine week as he guests on Cheeseheadtv.com,… Read More »
Top edge rusher facing shoulder surgery … According to an unconfirmed report, UCLA OLB Takkarist McKinley, one of the hottest prospects in the 2017 draft field, is considering shoulder surgery to repair a torn right labrum that has bothered him the past couple of seasons. However, if McKinley is to have the surgery it likely won’t be until… Read More »
Underclassman withdrawal window closes with no takers … Juniors and redshirt sophomores who applied to the NFL for inclusion in the 2017 draft before last Monday’s deadline had until late yesterday afternoon to withdraw their applications if they had not signed with an agent or received any improper benefits. As of this morning it does not appear any… Read More »
GBN Big Board retweaked … This is an interesting time in the draft process. With the college football season done and the underclassmen now on board for the 2017 draft, draft boards around the league are slowly starting to take shape and there are some changes from the consensus board of even just a few weeks ago. One… Read More »
Defections hit Senior Bowl final roster … The Senior Bowl announced their final rosters for next week’s game in Mobile late yesterday and unfortunately three of the higher ranked players who NFL people really wanted to see have apparently dropped out of the game. WRs Corey Davis of Western Michigan and Oklahoma’s DeDe Westbrook and UCLA edge-rusher Takkarist… Read More »
Day Three Shrine report … The players at this year’s East-West Shrine all-star game went through their second day of of full pad practices yesterday in St. Petersburg and our Pigskin Paul Guillemette files this report on who made their case today and maybe who still needs some work. Today is more of a walk-through practice for the… Read More »
Top QB prospect for 2018 has shoulder surgery … Washington has confirmed that star redshirt sophomore QB Jake Browning, one of the leading prospects at the position for the 2018 draft, has had surgery on his throwing shoulder. The exact nature of the injury has not been disclosed, but the recovery time is expected to be about six… Read More »
Clemson QB Watson passes on Senior Bowl invite … Clemson QB DeShaun Watson has confirmed that he will not participate in next week’s Senior Bowl in Mobile. While he is a junior, Watson would have been eligible for the Senior Bowl because he is a 4th year player who has already graduated. Watson cited the grind of the… Read More »
Shrine weigh-in report … For some reason, and unlike next week’s Senior Bowl, Monday’s weigh-in session at the East-West Shrine game currently underway in St. Petersburg is not open to the media. Of course, the numbers always eventually leak out – here courtesy of the Sporting News is this year’s data – but there really doesn’t seem to… Read More »
Irish RB enters draft … There has been no official announcement per se, but word out of Notre Dame is that junior RB Tarean Folston has applied to the NFL for entry to the 2017 draft. The 5-9, 215-pound Folston is coming of a disappointing injury when he battled injuries and finished with less than 400 rushing yards;… Read More »
Day two Shrine report … They hit the field for the first of two days of full pad practices at the East-West Shrine game in St. Petersburg and our Pigskin Paul Guillemette files this report on who made their case today and maybe who still needs some work..
McNeese DT added to underclass list … McNeese State junior DT Isaiah Golden, a former Texas A&M transfer, has applied to the NFL for entry to the 2017 draft according to team sources. The 6-2, 325-pound Golden is a run-stuffing NT had a big year in 2015 and made several pre-season FCS All-America teams this year, but barely… Read More »
Dispatches from St. Pete; day 1 … The real action doesn’t really get started until tomorrow, but GBN Associate Editor is already up with his analysis of what happened at the first day of East-West Shrine all-star game practices in St. Petersburg.
Bakers 1/2 dozen added to Senior Bowl … The Senior Bowl announced the addition of 7 more players today including three from this month’s national championship game between Clemson and Alabama. DT Carlos Watkins and WR Artavis Scott from Clemson will be in Mbile next week, along with star Alabama TE O.J. Howard, arguably the top-rated prospect at… Read More »
USC CB Jackson enters draft … With the deadline for underclassmen to apply to the NFL for eligibility to the 2017 draft, Southern California redshirt sophomore CB Adoree Jackson has announced that he will be entering this year’s draft. Jackson, a late first round prospect, was the only legitimate opening round prospect who had yet to be heard… Read More »
Irish get another top OL back … Notre Dame redshirt sophomore OG Quenton Nelson, who would have been one of the top prospects at the position had he entered the 2017 draft, has announced that he will be returning to school. The Irish’s star LT Mike McGlinchey indicated at the end of the season that he would also… Read More »
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 »
