Irish LB to undergo surgery … News reports out of Notre Dame are confirming that junior OLB Jaylon Smith did in fact tear an ACL in the Irish’s loss to Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl last week and will undergo surgery on Thursday. Smith also tore an MCL in the injury. Smith had been considered to be… Read More »
Shrine game adds 4 … Intrepid GBN college football investigative reporter Larry P reports that more more players have been added to the East-West Shrine all-star roster including Penn State DT Anthony Zettel of Penn State, ILB Antonio Longino of Arizona State, and strong safeties Andrew Williamson of Vanderbilt and Michigan State’s R.J. Williamson.
Ninth Buckeye early draft entry … Ohio State junior FS Vonn Bell announced earlier this evening that he will be making himself available in the 2016 draft. Bell is projected to be a second-day pick who should be one of the first 3-4 safeties off the board this coming April. Bell is also the 9th Ohio State underclassmen… Read More »
Three more juniors enter draft … The latest underclassmen to indicate that they will be entering the 2016 draft include California WR Kenny Lawlor, Mississippi State DT Chris Jones and Clemson OLB Travis Blanks. All three are juniors. Lawlor and Jones are both projected to be second-day picks, while Blanks is more a free-agent type; the 6-0, 210-pound… Read More »
Noles’ CB; Bucks’ WR enter draft … Florida State junior CB Jalen Ramsey and Ohio State junior WR Mike Thomas are the latest underclassmen to have announced that they will be entering the 2016 draft. Ramsey is a top 5 prospect for the upcomig draft, while Thomas, the 8th Ohio State underclassman to have announced they will be… Read More »
Beaver C/G enters draft … Oregon State junior OG Isaac Seumalo has reportedly filed the necessary paperwork with the NFL and will be available in the 2016 draft. The 6-4, 300-pound Seumalo missed the entire 2014 season with a foot injury, but started all 12 games for the Beavers last year at OG, but also started games at… Read More »
LSU TE stabbed in bar fight … LSU senior TE Dillon Gordon is currently listed in stable condition with primarily facial wounds after he was stabbed several times in an incident overnight at a bar near campus. While technically a senior, LSU is seeking an extra season of eligibility for Gordon, a three-year starter who missed nine game and… Read More »
Vandy OLB enters draft … Vanderbilt OLB Stephen Weatherly is the latest underclassman the officially announce that they will be entering the 2016 draft. While Weatherly isn’t exactly a household name, he’s an intriguing later-round prospect as a 3-4 edge-rushing OLB prospect; at 6-4, 250, he has excellent size, pretty good athleticism, and a nice motor, although scouts… Read More »
Thorpe winner to return to school … Iowa junior CB Desmond King, the winner of the 2015 Jim Thorpe Award, given annually to the top defensive back in college football, has confirmed through family sources that will pass on the chance to enter the upcoming draft and instead will return to school for his senior season next fall.
Dolphins get new G.M. … Earlier today, Miami introduced long-time personnel staffer Chris Grier as the team’s new general manager. Grier takes over from Dennis Hickey who ‘parted ways’ with the club yesterday. Grier, Grier, who has been the Dolphins’ director of college scouting for the past nine years, will report to VP of Football Operations Mike Tannenbaum.
Star Ole Miss OT heads another group of four early draft entrants … Mississippi junior LT Laremy Tunsil, a serious cndidate to be the first player selected at the 2016 draft, ended whatever suspense there was about his football future when he announced late this afternoon that he would indeed be entering the upcoming draft. Also making their… Read More »
Thinking out loud … With the 2015 regular season in the books, the non-playoff teams around the NFL are already positioning themselves for making changes for the upcoming season. And GBN Associate Editor Pigksin Paul Guillemette has some thoughts based on what flashed, or crawled across his TV screen this past weekend, as we head to the post-season… Read More »
Four more enter draft … A quartet of underclassmen announced this afternoon that they will be entering the 2016 draft including a couple of top 10-15 SEC prospects as well as a couple of promising redshirt sophomores. Mississippi junior WR Laquon Treadwell and Florida junior CB Vernon Hargreaves, both of whom are expected to be selected within the… Read More »
Titans fire G.M. … Tennessee, which will have the #1 pick at the 2016 draft, has fired G.M. Ruston Webster.
Irish CB enters draft … Notre Dame junior CB Keivarae Russell has become the 4th Irish player to announce his intentions to enter the 2016 draft where he is projected to be a second-day pick. Russell joins OT Ronnie Stanley, RB C.J. Prosise and WR Will Fuller as having decided to turn pro this winter.
Hog duo enters draft … Arkansas juniors Hunter Henry and Denver Kirkland will forego their final seasons of college eligibility and enter the 2016 draft where both could be the first players off the board at their respective positions. Henry won the 2015 John Mackey Award as the top TE in the country this fall after he caught… Read More »
First round selection order set … With the NFL regular schedule now complete the first round selection order – at least for the non-playoff teams has been set as follows: selection order for the first round of the 2016 draft. The selection order for the remaining playoff teams will determined based on post-season results. Note that New England… Read More »
Clock ticking for underclassmen … The deadline for underclassmen to file paperwork with the NFL in order to be eligible for the 2016 draft is two weeks today. So far, by our unofficial count the number of underclassmen to have declared in one way or another for the upcoming is approaching 60. However, a bunch of big-name prospects… Read More »
Mountaineer CB enters draft … West Virginia junior CB Daryl Worley announced earlier this evening that he will forego his senior season and enter the 2016 draft. At 6-1, 200, Worley has good size and ball skills as he led the Big XX with 6 picks and 18 total pass breakups in 2015 when he was named the… Read More »
Chargers claim 3rd pick, Dallas to go 4th … With their loss to Denver in one of today’s late games, San Diego has claimed the 3rd pick overall at the 2016 behind Tennessee and Cleveland which will have the first and second picks respectively. Meanwhile, Dallas will pick 4th, with Jacksonville at #5, Baltimore at #6, San Francisco… Read More »
Browns axe G.M.; coach to follow … According to a report by Mary Kay Cabot in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Browns have fired G.M. Ry Farmer and will do the same with Mike Pettine early this evening. The Browns finished the season with a 3-13 record and will have the second pick overall at the 2016 draft.
Irish WR, Buckeye SS enter draft … Notre Dame junior WR Will Fuller has reversed course and has decided to enter the 2016 draft after all. Fuller had announced earlier this fall, Fuller had indicated that he planned to return to school, however, he did leave the door open and obviously opted to go through in the end.… Read More »
Titans, Browns get top two picks … Losses to Indianapolis and Pittsburgh in the their final regular season games mean that Tennessee and Cleveland will have the first and second picks respectively when the 2016 draft kicks off in just 114 days. The rest of the top picks in this year’s draft won’t be decided though until after… Read More »
Dolphins, G.M. ‘part ways’ … The end of the NFL regular schedule usually brings ‘Black Monday’ in which teams quickly move on from losing coaches and front-office personnel. Miami got a jump on the process when it was announced yesterday that the team and G.M. Dennis Hickey had agreed to ‘part ways.’ Hickey had barely been in the… Read More »
Latest Gronk to enter draft … Kansas State junior FB Glenn Gronkowski, the youngest of the football-playing Gronkowski brothers, told several sources last night that he plans to forgo his final year of college and declare for the 2016 draft. The 6-2, 245-pound Gronkowski is primarily a blocking back, although he has decent hands; he is considered to… Read More »
