Browns stay at #1; 49ers to #2 … There was a lot to cheer about in Cleveland this weekend where the Indians will try and win their first World Series since 1948. Unfortunately, the Browns weren’t part of the celebration as they lost 31-17 across the state in Cincinnati to drop to 0-7. That leaves the Browns as… Read More »
Tide wins; lose star SS … Alabama stayed unbeaten and on track to a second straight BCS championship with a hard-fought 33-14 win over Texas A&M earlier this afternoon, but it came with a cost as SS Eddie Jackson, a second-day prospect for the 2017 draft, fractured a leg and will miss the rest of the season.
Terps’ CB done for year … Maryland has confirmed that veteran CB Will Likely, one of the more underrated players at the position for the 2017 draft, will miss the rest of the year after tearing an ACL in the team’s game with Minnesota last week. At just 5-7, 175, Likely wasn’t the biggest guy out there, but… Read More »
#1 vs #1 hilites weekend college football sked … NFL scouts have had Saturday’s game between #1 Alabama and #6 Texas A&M circled since the schedule came out with the potential of having the consensus top prospect overall for the 2017 draft in Texas A&M junior DE Myles Garrett going up against the consensus #1 OT in this… Read More »
#1 vs #1 hilites weekend college football sked … NFL scouts have had Saturday’s Texas A&M-Alabama game circled since the schedule came out with the possibility of having the consensus top prospect overall for the 2017 draft – Aggies’ junior DE Myles Garrett – going up against the consensus #1 OT in this year’s draft class: Tide junior… Read More »
Heels’ LB done for year … North Carolina OG Caleb Peterson, a second-tier type prospect for the 2017 draft, will reportedly miss the rest of the year with a back injury. The 6-5, 300-pound Peterson, who started 42 games for the Tar Heels will will undergo surgery later today. Because he has already redshirted, it is unlikely that… Read More »
Updated mock posted … The GBN projection for this year’s opening round has been updated, based on the current draft order and the first GBN Big Board of the 2017 draft year. However, while the odds are we won’t get more than 1-2 dead-on this early in the draft process, we hope to give some kind of an… Read More »
Bonus coverage … There are a couple of potentially intriguing games on the college football schedule this evening for those who aren’t baseball fans and are not enamored with the NFL’s Thursday night match-up as Miami (4-2) plays at Virginia Tech (4-2) at 7 PM ET on ESPN in what amounts to a virtual elimination game for both… Read More »
Gator DE could miss rest of year … There are fears at Florida that senior DE Bryan Cox, who the GBN has rated as the #8 prospect at the position for the 2017 draft, will miss the rest of the year after suffering a freak injury to his thumb during warmups for last week’s game with Missouri.
GBN Big Board posted … A little later than we originally had hoped, but the GBN Big Board is up ranking the top 100 prospects or so for the 2017 draft which is, as we speak, just 190 days away! Hang in there guys!
Vols RB injured; likely out a month … Tennessee junior RB/KR Alvin Kamara will miss the next 2-4 weeks after suffering an LCL sprain as well as an undisclosed meniscus injury that may need arthroscopic surgery after he took a late hit out of bounds on a punt return in the Alabama game Saturday. Kamara, a nifty change-of-pace… Read More »
Packers get vet Chiefs’ RB Davis in trade … Updated: Green Bay has acquired RB Knile Davis from Kansas City in a trade. The Chiefs will reportedly receive a conditional late-round pick for Davis, who was KC’s third round selection in 2013.
College injury updates … Florida OLB Jarrad Davis, who we have rated as the #3 guy at the position for the 2017 draft, is out indefinitely after suffering what is being described as a badly sprained ankle in the Gators’ win over Missouri on the weekend. Meanwhile, Oklahoma junior RB Samaje Perine, one of the top prospects at… Read More »
#2 pick at stake in Monday nighter … NFL execs have been literally pulling their hair out so far this season trying to explain the continuing drop in TV ratings for prime time games. Interest in the election, major league baseball’s pennant races and the growth of alternate entertainment venues have all been identified as possible causes. What… Read More »
Vols LB done for year … There has still been no official confirmation from team sources, but it appears that Tennessee OLB Jalen Reeves-Maybin has undergone surgery to repair an ailing shoulder. In fact, it was the second surgery for Reeves-Maybin on the shoulder this year and the third overall. There also isn’t any word on the projected… Read More »
So how are all those trades working out?? … That will be part of the question later today when Cleveland plays at Tennessee in a 1 PM ET game on CBS. This will be the second time this season that the Browns play one of the teams they worked blockbuster deals with at the 2016 draft. The Browns… Read More »
Safety first: defensive back ratings posted … The initial GBN rankings for the safety class for the 2017 draft have been posted.
Pigskin’s weekly prospects review goes two-fer… With his house now firmly attached to terra firma once again, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in one which prospects caught his eye over the past couple of weekends of college football.
College injury updates … There are a number of draft-related injuries of note in college football. Florida State senior SS Nate Andrews, a four-year starter who was once considered a top pro prospect, but who has battled assorted injuries throughout his career, is out for the rest of this year after undergoing surgery to repair a torn pectoral… Read More »
Corner rankings posted … Slowly working away on the initial 2017 rankings with what is looking like a pretty good potential CB class the latest to be previewed.
Early line of top 10 picks for 2017 … With the NFL regular season now officially past the quarter pole, it is starting to become a little clearer as to which teams are in contention for early picks at the 2017 draft. Needless to say if the draft were held this week, Cleveland, the leagues only remaining winless… Read More »
Pigskin’s college football Top 15 … Hard to believe, but the college football season is pretty much at the half way point; and while we are still a week or so away from the release of the initial BCS rankings which will ultimately determine the 4 teams in the national playoffs. GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette, having… Read More »
Top all-purpose back dinged; could miss time … Stanford RB Christian McCaffrey, arguably the best all-purpose back in the country is being listed as questionable for the Cardinal’s game with Notre Dame this coming weekend because of an undisclosed leg injury suffered in the team’s stunning 42-16 loss to suddenly resurgent Washington State this past weekend. Stanford officials… Read More »
Week 5 games with draft implications … The fifth full Sunday on the NFL regular season schedule kicks off in just a few hours with several games with implications for the early selection order for the 2017 draft. In fact, this weekend’s NFL schedule includes several games between 1-3 teams including Chicago at Indianapolis and Tennessee at Miami;… Read More »
Top prospect back in uniform … For the record, Texas A&M junior DE Myles Garrett, the consensus top prospect overall for the 2017 draft, is playing – and already has a key sack that led to an early A&M TD – in today’s game against Tennessee. Garrett had been hobbled by an ankle issue the past couple of… Read More »
