Underclassmen goings and comings … After a day of rumors that he would be entering the upcoming draft, Louisiana Tech junior WR and KR Carlos Henderson confirmed via his Instagram account that he was indeed going to forego his senior season and enter the 2017 draft where he will add some depth to an otherwise somewhat mediocre receiving… Read More »
Current first-round selection order posted … With just one week to go in the 2017 regular schedule, the selection order for the opening round of the 2017 draft, if the draft were to be held this week, has been updated.
Tuesday bowl preview … With the NFL done for the week, the college bowl schedule gets very busy with four games on Tuesday. And some of them actually have teams with like, you know, winning records! There will also be plenty of prospects for the 2017 draft playing their final game with their college game. Here’s a quick… Read More »
UVA S Blanding to return to school … Virginia junior FS Quin Blanding has announced that he is returning to school for his senior season rather than enter the 2017 draft.
Boise RB McNichols headed to draft; WSU Coug QB Falk likely not … Boise State junior RB Jeremy McNichols gave himself a birthday present earlire today when he announced that he will be entering the 2017 draft. The 5-9, 210-pound McNichols who has already run for almost 1,700 yards and 27 TDs this season, could start to get… Read More »
Boxing Day bowl preview … Trust us, there won’t be anybody skipping out of the Boxing Day sale line-ups to queue up for one of today’s college bowls. Indeed, Monday’s line-up of three games give the bowl a bad game. How bad? The combined record of the 6 teams in today’s game is actually under .500 at 17-19.… Read More »
Browns win; still #1 … Cleveland avoided the ignominy of an 0-16 season by defeating San Diego 20-17 earlier this afternoon for their first victory of the season. And the Browns couldn’t lose for winning as they will hang onto the #1 pick in the 2017 draft selection order heading into the final week of the schedule as… Read More »
Who caught Pigskin’s eye in the early bowls … We are now nicely into what has been a reasonably interesting bowl season including some impressive individual performances. And with the first week of bowl action in the books, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in on several players who caught his eye this past week.
Wyoming RB enters draft … Wyoming junior RB Brian Hill has confirmed that he is forgoing his final year of college eligibility to enter the 2017 draft according to a report from the Sporting News. The 6-0, 220-pound Hill fourth in the nation in rushing this fall with almost 1,900 yards rushing and 22 touchdowns and is considered… Read More »
Husker S to miss bowl … Nebraska S Nate Gerry, a 3rd team All-American this season and the #17 rated player at the position in the GBN positional rankings, will miss the Huskers’ date with Tennessee in the Music City Bowl because of academic issues. While he’ll miss the team’s bowl, Gerry has accepted an invite to play… Read More »
Bonus bowl coverage … The bowl fest continues Saturday with Hawai’i (6-7) essentially hosting Middle Tennessee State (8-4) in the Hawai’i Bowl which kicks off at 8 PM ET on ESPN. On first blush this game looks like one of those throwaway bowl games whose only purpose, other than perhaps to give the sub-.500 hosts a bowl to… Read More »
UNC RB to return … North Carolina junior RB Elijah Hood will not play in the Sun Bowl on December 30 when the Tar Heels face Stanford because of an undisclosed injury, but has announced that he will return to school for his senior season next fall. Ironically, Stanford will also be without its star junior RB in… Read More »
Tripleheader on Friday bowl sked … The bowl schedule continues today with a tripleheader of games on ESPN with Eastern Michigan playing Old dominion in the Bahamas at 1 PM ET, followed by Navy ‘hosting’ Louisiana Tech in the Armed Forces Bowl at 4:30 PM ET and Troy against Ohio in the Dollar General Bowl at 7 PM.… Read More »
Bowl watch continues with Potato Bowl … The daily parade of bowl games continues later today with the Potato Bowl – well the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl to be exact – with Idaho (8-4) essentially hosting Colorado State (7-5) on Boise State’s blue field with kickoff set for 7 PM ET on ESPN. Unfortunately, there aren’t a whole… Read More »
Injury conundrum for Badgers’ LT Ramcyzk … Wisconsin junior LT Ryan Ramczyk has walked back a report earlier this week that he would definitely be undergoing hip surgery soon after the Badgers’ complete their season against Western Michigan in the Cotton Bowl. Ramcyzk, a potential late first or early second round prospect for the upcoming draft, has a… Read More »
Ducks’ RB Freeman to return for senior year … In something of a surprise, Oregon junior RB Royce Freeman will reportedly return to school for his senior season next fall. Freeman had been considered to be one of the top 4-5 runners likely to be available in the 2017 draft, but he’s coming off an injury-plagued year in… Read More »
Bonus bowl coverage … The bowl parade continues later this evening when the Poinsetta Bowl kicks off at 9 PM ET on ESPN in San Diego in a game between former Mountain West rivals BYU and Wyoming. And while neither team is exactly loaded with 2017 draft prospects, this game does feature two of the more interesting backs… Read More »
Giants 4th rounder deflated for ‘walkie-talkie gate’! … The Giants 4th round pick at the 2017 draft could drop up to 12 spots in the fourth round for a violation of the NFL’s game operations policy. To wit, head coach Ben McAdoo used a walkie-talkie to communicate with QB Eli Manning for 5 plays during the Giants’ 10-7… Read More »
Baylor RB Linwood 3rd RB to skip bowl … Baylor RB Shock Linwood has become the 3rd RB to decide to skip his team’s bowl to avoid injury and begin preparations for the 2017 draft. Linwood, a senior with over 4,000 career rushing yards, joins LSU’s Len Fournette and Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey in opting not to play in… Read More »
LSU LB Beckwith has torn ACL … LSU MLB Kendell Beckwith, one of the top prospects at the position for the 2017 draft, suffered a torn ACL in the Tigers game with Florida in November. Needless to say, Beckwith will not play in the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Eve; he will also miss the Senior Bowl at… Read More »
Bonus bowl coverage … The bowl cavalcade continues later this evening when Memphis (8-4) plays Western Kentucky (10-3) in the Boca Raton Bowl with KO set for 7 PM ET on ESPN. While no one is likely ever to confuse it with a football factory, Western Kentucky, the two-time CUSA champions, is something of an emerging mid-major power.… Read More »
Bonus bowl coverage … Speaking of glorified bowl exhibitions, the bowl season continues this afternoon with Central Michigan (6-6) playing Tulsa (9-3) in the Miami Beach Bowl (2:30 PM ET; ESPN) in a game that struggles to even merit the term glorified. That said, there are a couple of players worth watching in this game including one of… Read More »
Stanford’s McCaffrey to skip bowl … In a move that could become a regular feature of the college football non-playoff post-season, Stanford junior RB Christian McCaffrey has decided not to play when the Cardinal meets North Carolina in the Sun Bowl on December 30th. McCaffrey, in fact, is the second top RB prospect to decide to skip the… Read More »
No changes to top pick 6 … With all six of the teams holding the first half dozen selections in the 2017 draft selection order heading into the week having lost this week, there won’t be any changes at the top of opening round for another week. That means Cleveland will have the first pick for yet another… Read More »
Nice 2017 draft overview from vet beat reporter… For those that haven’t seen it yet, Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, arguably the best NFL beat writer out there when it comes to draft analysis, has a really nice overview of where we stand with the 2017 draft to help ease everyone into today’s games.
