Senior Bowl announces another set of players … The Senior Bowl has announced another group of 17 players who have accepted invitations to this year’s game including RB Jamaal Williams of BYU; Florida State FB Freddie Stevenson; WRs Zay Jones of East Carolina, Trent Taylor of Louisiana Tech and Oklahoma’s Dede Westbrook; Mississippi TE Evan Engram; Temple OT… Read More »
LSU LB; Butkus finalist out for year with knee … LSU LB Kendell Beckwith, one of five finalists for this year’s Butkus Award to annually to the best linebacker in the nation, will not play Thursday when LSU hosts Texas A&M and could miss the Tigers’ eventful bowl game, because of an undisclsoed knee injury suffered in the… Read More »
Duke QB gets 6th year … Duke QB Thomas Sirk has been granted a 6th year of eligibility by the NCAA after he sat out the 2016 season with a torn Achilles tendon. Sirk underwent a season-ending surgery back in September. Sirk had also missed the entire 2013 season with an earlier Achilles injury.
Couple more Senior Bowl invites confirmed … According to reports, both Louisiana Tech WR Trent Taylor and Tulane DT Tanzel Smart have received and accepted invitations to attend this year’s Senior Bowl in Mobile on January 28th. The Senior Bowl staff is expected to announce another round of formal invitations, likely including Taylor and Smart, later this week.
More Senior Bowl invites … According to sources, four so far unannounced players have been invited to this year’s Senior Bowl including BYU RB Jamaal Williams , Western Kentucky G/T Forrest Lamp, LSU ILB Duke Riley and UConn safety Obi Melifonwu. Williams and Lamp have reportedly accepted their invitations and plan to be in Mobile in late January… Read More »
Pigskin posts top 25 … With just just over three weeks to go until find out which teams actually make the CFP 4-team playoff, GBN Associate Editor and all-around college football guru Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in with his views on how the top teams should be ranked in his latest Top 25.
Top Pick 6 unchanged … There are still games to be played this week, but it appears that there won’t be any changes in the weekly first-round selection order for the 2017 draft. Cleveland inched ever closer to the top pick overall at this year’s draft after losing 24-9 at home to Pittsburgh to fall to 0-11; needless… Read More »
Report: Browns looking at UNC QB with top pick … According to a report this a.m. by Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports, Cleveland is very interested in North Carolina QB Mitch Trubisky. According to the report: “Trubisky has not received as much press as higher-profile quarterbacks, but the junior and first-year starter is one of the better… Read More »
RB Fournette in, but barely; DT McDowell out as colleges kick-off … A couple of draft related injury notes from this afternoon’s early college games. LSU RB Len Fournette is in uniform against in the Tigers’ make-up game with Florida, but isn’t playing much; indeed, Fournette had just one carry in the opening quarter with sophomore Derrius Guice… Read More »
Ole Miss QB in picture with grass … Mississippi QB Chad Kelly, one of the top-rated QB prospects for the 2017 draft, was reportedly in a photo with what appears to be marijuana which circulated on social media on Thursday night. Kelly underwent surgery earlier this week ater he suffered a season-ending torn ACL last weekend. In fact,… Read More »
Report: LSU RB Fournette ankle could be chronic … According to a report in SEC Country, the ankle injury that LSU junior RB Len Fournette has been hampered by for much of the season could be a chronic problem that will need constant maintenance and possibly even surgery in the future. Fournette, a potential top 5-10 pick at the… Read More »
Selection order updated after Thursday niter … The first round selection order for the opening round of the 2017 draft were it to be held this week has been updated following Carolina’s win over New Orleans in the NFL’s Thursday night game.
Major upset brewing in college football … Louisville appears to be on the verge of being blown out of contention for the college football playoff as the 5th ranked Cardinals are down 31-0 late in the first half in their game at Houston. Louisville was just on the edge of the 4-team playoff this week and were almost… Read More »
Patience: 0-10 Browns watchword … As the losses mount and the season of futility continues in Cleveland, Jenny Vrentas on MMQB has an interesting report on the Browns rebuilding plan for those that haven’t seen it. And in a year in which the Chicago Cubs won their first World Series in over 100 years and 5000-1 underdog Leicester… Read More »
Outland Trophy finalists named … There is an interesting group of finalists announced for this year’s Outland Trophy which is awarded annually to the top lineman in college football. This year’s group of 5 finalists includes Alabama junior OT Cam Robinson, Ohio State C/G Pat Elflein, LSU C Ethan Pocic, Washington State junior OT Cody O’Connell and Texas… Read More »
First-round mock updated … Just because we can, the GBN first-round projection for the 2017 draft has been updated.
Suspension stayed; WSU NT back in uniform … Washington State NT Robert Barber has been re-instated to the program after his suspension was stayed. Barber was suspended from school following a university investigation into his alleged role in a fight over the summer that left one student unconscious and another hospitalized with a fractured jaw. Barber is now… Read More »
GBN Big Board tweaked … The GBN Big Board ranking the top 100-plus prospects overall has been updated based on the latest intel.
Another Ducks’ WR in the news as Allen gives up football for track … Oregon junior WR Devon Allen has decided to give up football and pursue a professional track career after he finished fifth in the men’s 110-meter hurdles at this year’s Summer Olympics in Rio. Allen did return to the Ducks after the games, but suffered… Read More »
More off-field issues for Ducks WR … Oregon junior WR Darren Carrington, who is generally expected to forego his remaining year of collegiate eligibility and make himself available for the 2017 draft, will have another off-field issue to explain to NFL personnel people, after he was accused of pushing another student off a curb on Halloween weekend, resulting… Read More »
It is kind of an awkward time for underclassmen thinking of entering the 2017 NFL draft. On the one hand, most of the top guys have to have pretty much decided that they will be turning pro this winter, but with their teams still involved in the fight for bowl positions, they don’t want to be a distraction… Read More »
Rams to start top pick … Better late than never is the story in Los Angeles where the Rams reportedly will start rookie QB Jared Goff, the first player selected overall at the 2016 draft, this weekend when they Miami on Sunday. It will be the first game action this season for Goff, who has been the team’s… Read More »
Sooners’ DT leaves program; will prepare for draft … Oklahoma junior DT Charles Walker, one of the top prospects at the position for the 2017 draft, has decided to leave the program with two games still to play on the regular to begin to prepare for the draft. Part of Walker’s motivation is the fact that he hasn’t… Read More »
Husky LB done for year … Updating the story from the weekend on Washington junior LB Azeem Victor, a rising star at the position who was carted off the field with his leg in an inflatable splint in the 2nd quarter of the Huskies’ key Pac-12 game with Southern Cal on Saturday: it has now been confirmed that… Read More »
Senior Bowl announces first dozen … The Senior Bowl has released the names of the first twelve seniors from around the nation have accepted invitations to the 2017 game. Th initial list includes QBs Seth Russell of Baylor and California’s Davis Webb, along with WRs Cooper Kupp of Eastern Washington, the NCAA’s all-time leading receiver in yardage and touchdowns,… Read More »
