Updated first-round projection posted … With the NFL regular season now at the 3/4 pole, the GBN projection for the opening round of the 2017 draft has been updated based on the latest intel. And some astute readers will note that some of the picks in this particular projection don’t always necessarily jive with the latest GBN Big… Read More »
Pigskin’s championship week prospects review … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in on which prospects caught his eye in last weekend’s conference championship games and other key college football games.
Cardinal RB confirms draft entry … Turns yesterday’s unconfirmed media reports that Stanford junior RB Christian McCaffrey has decided to enter the 2017 draft were true as the star RB confirmed his decision to pass on his final year of eligibility and enter the upcoming draft where he projects to be a mid-to-late first round pick. McCaffrey led… Read More »
Top 5 safeties … GBN regular guest contributor Steve Callahan ranks the top 5 safeties for the 2017 draft.
NFLPA game announces 4 more players … maybe … The NFLPA Collegiate Bowl college all-star game has announced 4 more players who have accepted invitations to their Carson, California game on January 21st. They include Grambling WR Chad Williams, Illinois State OG Cameron Lee, and OLB Jayon Brown and CB Fabian Moreau from UCLA. However, it should be… Read More »
Spartans’ DT enters draft … Michigan State junior DT Malik McDowell has announced that he will forego his final year of eligibility and enter the 2017 draft. McDowell had been considered to be a potential top 5 pick this year throughout much of the season, although his grade appears to have slipped several spots following a somewhat inconsistent… Read More »
Star game invites … Both the Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine all-star games announced their latest batches of players who have accepted invites to the respective events. Read full story
Ole Miss WR enters draft … Mississippihas announced that junior WR Damore’ea Stringfellow will skip his senior season and enter the 2017 draft. The 6-2, 220-pound Stringfellow caught 46 passes for over 700 yards and 6 TDs this fall. He actually started his college career at Washington, but left the Huskies after one season after pleading guilty to… Read More »
Heisman finalists named … The Heisman trust announced earlier this evening that the 5 finalists for this year’s award are Louisville sophomore QB Lamar Jackson, Michigan LB Jabrill Peppers, Clemson QB DeShaun Watson, and QB Baker Mayfield and WR DeDe Westbrook of Oklahoma. This year’s award will be presented on Saturday.
LSU RB Fournette, 2 others entering draft … LSU junior RB Len Fournette confirmed one of football’s worst-kept secrets when he announced earlier this afternoon that he will indeed be entering the 2017 draft where he is projected to be a top 10-20 pick. Meanwhile, it kind of slipped under the radar but Akron junior WR Jerome Lane… Read More »
49ers-Bears dual for #2 pick hilites Sunday sched … With Cleveland on its bye week, the still winless Browns will hold onto the #1 pick in the proverbial “if the draft were held this week” first-round selection order for the 2017 draft. However, there will be some shuffling of the remainder of the top 5 as San Francisco,… Read More »
NFLPA star game releases more roster additions … The NFLPA college all-star has announced the addition of another ten players to the roster including East Carolina QB Philip Nelson; WRs Robert Davis of Georgia State, Stanford’s Michael Rector, R.J. Shelton of Michigan State, UConn’s Noel Thomas; Jamir Tillman of Navy, and Robert Wheelwright of Wisconsin; UCLA DT Eli… Read More »
Sooners QB to return … Oklahoma junior QB Baker Mayfield announced after the Sooners’ 38-20 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday that gave OU the Big XII conference title, that he will be returning to school for the 2017 season ostensibly to “play for a national championship.” Mayfield is classified as a redshirt junior after the conference voted… Read More »
College football conference championship bonus coverage … In addition to the college football conference championship games previewed by our GBN colleague Pigskin Paul Guillemette yesterday, there are some interesting players to watch in Saturday’s other title games. Read more
Pigskin previews, picks for championship weekend … Championship week in college football continues on Saturday with a number of title games, some of which matter, and some of which don’t. GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette’s highlites some of the top prospects to watch in the games he’ll be watching this weekend.
Friday championship games previewed … Its championship weekend in college football coming up with much on the line several games and less so in others. The action kicks off Friday evening with a couple of games including the critical Pac-12 title game between #4 Washington and #8 Colorado at 9 PM ET on Fox and #17 Western Michigan… Read More »
Bears QB Cutler done for year; forever??? …. Chicago announced earlier this afternoon that QB Jay Cutler will undergo surgery this weekend to repair a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder and will miss the last five games of the year. Cutler will replaced by veteran backup Brian Hoyer when the 2-10 Bears host San Francisco in a… Read More »
Missou DE enters draft … Missouri junior DE Charles Harris announced this afternoon that he will be entering the 2017 draft where he is projected to be an early second-day selection. Harris is in fact the fifth Missouri defensive lineman to leave school early to enter in the past seven years. The 6-3, 255-pound edge rusher led the… Read More »
GBN All-America team announced … With the completion of college football’s regular schedule, the GBN has released its annual All-America team.
‘Horns’ RB declares for draft … No great surprise here, but Texas junior RB D’Onta Foreman has formally announced that he will be leaving school and entering the 2017 draft, after becoming just the second Longhorns’ back to ever rush for over 2,000 yards in a singles season. The 250-pound Foreman, a battering ram with some quickness and… Read More »
UCLA DT in; Iowa LB out of draft … UCLA junior DT Eddie Vanderdoes has announced that he will be entering the 2017 draft despite the fact that he still has a year of college eligib ty left. Vanderdoes was an emerging draft star heading into the 2015 season, but he ended up sitting out almost all of… Read More »
Dismissed Canes LB to enter draft … Former Miami OLB Jermaine Grace, who was dismissed from the Hurricanes football team one week before the start of the season, has decided to enter the 2017 draft, rather than transfer for his final year of eligibility. Grace was dismissed from the Hurricanes along with DE Al-Quadin Muhammad for violating NCAA… Read More »
Buck S Hooker says he’s coming back … maybe … There is a bit of a buzz around the NFL scouting community after star Ohio State redshirt sophomore FS Malik Hooker, a potential late first round pick should he enter the upcoming draft, said that he is ‘100% sure’ of returning to school. The kicker though is that… Read More »
Senior Bowl roster additions announced … The Senior Bowl announced earlier today the names of 18 more players who have been added to the star game’s roster including North Carolina State RB Matt Dayes; WRs Josh Reynolds of Texas A&M and Louisville’s Jamari Staples; TEs Jeremy Sprinkle of Arkansas and Louisville’s Cole Hikutini; OTs Forrest Lamop of Western… Read More »
Shrine; NFLPA star games add players … The East-West Shrine all-star game has announced that 20 more players have accepted invitations to this year’s game including QBs Gunner Kiel of Cincinnati, Illinois’ Wes Lunt and Zach Terrell of Western Michigan; Air Force WR Jalen Robinette; Oklahoma State TE Blake Jarwin; OTs Dan Skipper of Arkansas, Tony Garcia of… Read More »
