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College football notes … Ouch! There a bunch of injuries around the country that could have an impact on the 2017 draft. Read more

X-Dawg LB to enter the draft … Former Georgia LB Tim Kimbrough announced via twitter that he plans to enter the 2017 draft. Kimbrough, a reshirt junior who technically will not have to apply to the NFL for early entry to the draft as he has already been out of high school for 4 years, started 7 games… Read More »

Div-leading Falcons extend G.M.  … Atlanta has reportedly signed G.M. Tom Dimitroff to a three-year contract extension that runs through the 2019 season. Dimitroff has been the Falcons’ G.M. since 2008.

So who is #4 … The college football playoff committee raised some hackles last week when they included once-beaten Texas A&M over unbeaten Pac-12 leader Washington in the top 4 in their initial playoff rankings. And the committee got a bit of a black eye for the troubles – heck the Aggies weren’t even the best one-loss team… Read More »

Top 40 for 2018 posted … For those thinking of doing a little strategic drafting this coming April – that is, passing on a player of need this year because there are expected to be much better prospects at the position the following year – GBN Investigative College Reporter Larry Parker has put together a list of the… Read More »

Ole Miss QB Kelly out for year with torn ACL … In a bit of a late stunner this evening, Mississippi has confirmed that QB Chad kelly, arguably the top senior prospect at the position for the 2017 draft, will miss the rest of the year after suffering what is being described as a ‘serious’ knee injury in… Read More »

Browns, 49ers 1-2 in weekly draft order; top 5 set for week  … There was no upset in Cleveland today where the Browns took an early 3-0 lead on Dallas, but it was all downhill from there. Final score was 35-10 Dallas which dropped the Browns to 0-9 and will leave them sitting on the #1 pick overall… Read More »

Winless Browns in tough on Sunday sked … Cleveland’s path to the top pick at the 2017 draft gets a little ‘easier’ later today when the Browns, the NFL’s only remaining winless team hosts 6-1 Dallas in one of this afternoon’s early games. Barring a major upset over the NFC leading Cowboys, Cleveland looks set to hold onto… Read More »

Top QB dinged … Clemson junior QB Deshaun Watson, a potential top 5-10 prospect for the 2017 draft, was forced to leave today’s win over Syracuse with a bruised throwing shoulder suffered when he fell awkwardly late in the opening half. Watson did not play in the second half, but the injury is not believed to be serious… Read More »

Top prospect still dogged by ankle … Texas A&M junior DE Myles Garrett, the consensus top prospect overall for the 2017 draft, has been limited in today’s game with Mississippi State because of that nagging ankle injury that has slowed him over the past month. Garrett is only playing on third downs in today’s game and has limited… Read More »

Bonus coverage … Hands up everyone who had Colorado leading the Pac-12’s southern division heading into November. No one! Didn’t think so, but in fact the long downtrodden Buffaloes are 6-2 overall and 4-1 in conference play with a chance to improve on that record later this evening when they host struggling UCLA (3-5) on Fox Sports 1… Read More »

Miracles can happen … Congratulations to the Chicago Cubs and all their fans, including long-time GBN friend (and radio show host) Eric Lamb, for winning their first World Series in 108 years. One hundred and eight years!! So hang in there fans of the Cardinals, who won their only NFL championship 69 years ago way back in 1947… Read More »

Draft tells in the wind … It its November the draft season is starting to warm up. In fact, the 2017 draft is now ‘just’ 176 days away for those who count stuff like that. Stuff is starting to happen though. Yesterday, for example,we had the first real reports of an underclassman pondering his early entry dilemma. Then… Read More »

Will he or won’t he controversy for Coug QB Falk … Speaking of young Pac-12 QBs and their future draft possibilities, there has been a little back-and-forth controversy surrounding the status of Washington State junior QB Luke Falk. Earlier this week, there were published reports via Bleacher Report, citing unnamed sources, that Falk had already decided to leave… Read More »

Long-term concerns about UCLA QB … School officials have yet to confirm, but all indications are that UCLA sophomore QB Josh Rosen will not play again this fall because of the lingering effect of some nerve issues in his throwing shoulder. Rosen had been expected to be one of the leading contenders to be the #1 pick at… Read More »

Bonus MACoverage … MAC conference games over the month of November are regularly played mid-week to give the conference some national exposure on ESPN. And both the conference and ESPN lucked out the way schedule works out as the series kicks off later this evening when #17 ranked Western Michigan, one of just 5 remaining unbeaten teams in… Read More »

Lions get Bucs’ CB for future pick … In the only trade announced so far today with just a few minutes to go before the NFL trade deadline, Detroit has acquired CB Johnthan Banks from Tampa Bay for a conditional 7th round pick in 2018.

Initial college playoff rankings to be announced … The first set of rankings for college football’s four team playoff will be announced on ESPN at 7 PM ET later this evening. And while the initial rankings will be released with much fanfare, one could actually see more drama watching paint dry as unbeaten Alabama, Michigan, Clemson and Washington… Read More »

Packers cut RB Davis; nix trade … Less than 2 weeks after they acquired him from Kansas City for a conditional draft pick, Green Bay has released RB Knile Davis. The conditional part of the deal was that Davis had to be on the Packers’ 53-man roster for at least three games, but he only lasted two meaning… Read More »

NFL trade deadline looming … The NFL trading period officially comes to an end at 4 PM ET later this afternoon. And while historically there have been few deals at the deadline there is at least some buzz this year with a number of veterans believed to at least be available. At the same time, there are a… Read More »

Ups and downs from Michigan derby … NFL types are still buzzing about the performance of Michigan redshirt sophomore LB/S Jabrill Peppers in the #2 ranked Wolverines road win over intrastate rivals Michigan State on Saturday. What was most remarkable about Peppers’ day was the incredible versatility as he ultimately played as many as 10 different positions over… Read More »

More details on Browns-Pats trade for LB Collins … Several astute readers pointed out that Cleveland could not have offered to send a 4th round pick to New England in return for OLB Jamie Collins as was reported earlier this afternoon because the Browns had already included that pick as part of the 2016 draft trade in that… Read More »

Under the radar in plain site! … On this Hallowe’en Eve, regular guest poster Steve Callahan eases everyone into tonight’s monumental NFC North divisional battle between Chicago and Minnesota with some thoughts what he considers to be some of the more undervalued prospects for the 2017 draft in the power 5 conferences.

Vols RB Hurd out at UT … Tennessee head coach Butch Jones has confirmed that junior Jalen Hurd is in the process of transferring to another program at the end of the year. Initial reports suggested that Hurd would finish out the year with the Volunteers, but it appears as if he gone already as he no longer… Read More »

Pats trade LB Collins to Browns for comp pick … In something of a surprise, New England has traded veteran OLB Jamie Collins to Cleveland for what is being described as a compensatory third-round pick at the 2017 draft. In the past, compensatory picks could not be traded, however, next year’s draft is the first in which they… Read More »