BC gets SEC QB transfer … Former Kentucky QB Patrick Towles announced yesterday that he is transferring to Boston College where he will be eligible immediately as a graduate transfer. The 6-5, 325-pound Towles was considered to be a darkhorse candidate to enter the 2016 draft as an underclassmen, but was benched for the final two games of… Read More »
Couple more Shrine game additions … Intrepid GBN college football investigative reporter Larry P reports that UCLA OLB Aaron Wallace and Arizona State SS Jordan Simone have been added to the East-West Shrine all-star game roster. Wallace had previously also accepted an invite to participate in the NFLPA all-star game the week earlier.
Bowl fest set to kick off … The 2015 college post-season gets underway tomorrow with the first of this year’s 394 or so bowl games. Of course, with the exception of the two national semi-final playoffs on New Year’s Eve and national championship game in January, the college bowl schedule isn’t much more than a glorified exhibition slate.… Read More »
Terp DT to enter draft … Maryland DT Quinton Jefferson has announced that he is entering the 2016 draft despite having another year of eligibility. The 6-3, 290-pound Jefferson, who figures to get some later round interest as a possible 5-tech DE for a 3-4 scheme, missed all of the 2014 season with a torn ACL, but bounced… Read More »
Ole Miss TE to stay in school … Mississippi junior TE Evan Engram, who figured to have been one of the first 4-5 players at the position off the board had he opted to turn pro this winter, has announced that he will return to school for his senior season.
Star game coaches announced … Both the East-West Shrine and NFLPA post-season all-star games have announced their head coaches. Charlie Weis and June Jones will coach the East and West in the Shrine game in St. Petersburg, while Mike Holmgren and Mike Martz will return as head coaches in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.
Cincy QB to miss bowl for personal reasons … Cincinnati junior QB Gunner Kiel will not be with the team when they play in the next week’s Hawai’i Bowl while he deals with an undisclosed personal issue. Kiel has been considered to be a potential second-day pick were he to opt the upcoming draft. This past season he… Read More »
Mixed messages from Baylor DT Andrew Billings … There have been some mixed signals from the camp of Baylor junior DT Andrew Billings, a mid-to-late first round prospect for the 2016 draft, as to whether he will be entering the upcoming draft or heading back to school for his senior season. There were media reports yesterday, for example,… Read More »
Shrine game adds third Canadian … One of the neat traditions at the East-West Shrine all-star game is that each of the two teams has a player from a Canadian college. This year, though, the Shrine game will have three Canadians as Manitoba DT David Onyemata has been added to the roster. Onyemata will be joined in St.… Read More »
USC LB to enter draft … Southern California junior LB USC LB Su’a Cravens has confirmed on twitter that he will leave the Trojans this winter and make himself available for the 2016 draft. While nominally listed as LB, the 225-pound Cravens has also played SS in his career at USC and will also likely get some looks… Read More »
Top safety sidelined by wrist surgery … Duke FS Jeremy Cash, one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the 2016 draft, will miss the team’s bowl after he underwent surgery on his right wrist earlier this week. The wrist has actually been an issue for most of this season and Cash apparently decided to undergo the procedure… Read More »
Ducks beat Tide for FCS QB … For the second year in a row it appears that the high-octane Oregon offense will be lead by a senior transfer after Montana State QB Dakota Prukop announced that he will play his final collegiate season with the Ducks. Oregon had always been the expected destination for the dual-threat Prukop who… Read More »
Badger back to return … Wisconsin junior RB Corey Clement has reportedly told team officials that he will be returning to school next year rather than entering the 2016 draft. Clement had been considered to be one of the top 4-5 RBs for the upcoming draft at the start of the season, but played in only three games… Read More »
Top QBs to Shrine hilites star roster news … Intrepid GBN college investigative reporter Larry P reports that the East-West Shrine all-star game announced the addition of 13 new players including star QBs Brandon Doughty of Western Kentucky and Navy’s Keenan Reynolds, although the latter will actually work with the RBs in St. Petersburg. The Shrine game also… Read More »
Hokie CB confirms draft entry … Virginia Tech junior CB Kendall Fuller has confirmed that he will be entering the 2016 draft despite missing most of the past season with a knee injury. Fuller, the last of 4 brothers to play with Hokies, tore the meniscus in his right knee this preseason and tried to play through it,… Read More »
Senior Bowl moves up KO … The Senior Bowl has announced that the kick-off for this year’s game has been moved up to 1:30 local time (2:30 PM ET). In the past, the Senior Bowl has kicked off at 3 PM CT (4 PM ET). This year’s Senior Bowl will be played on January 30th.
Big XII stars headline latest Senior Bowl additions … TCU wide receiver Josh Doctson, a finalist for this year’s Biletnikoff Award given to college football’s top receiver, and Baylor OT Spencer Drango, a finalist for the Outland Trophy awarded to the nation’s top interior lineman, headline a group of 11 players who have accepted invitations to participate in… Read More »
Pot charge adds to Ole Miss DT’s woes … If it wasn’t bad enough that Ole Miss junior DT Robert Nkemdiche was seriously injured when he fell out of a second-floor window at an Atlanta-area hotel last Saturday night, but he has now been charged with pot possession after police reportedly found several marijuana cigarettes in the hotel room… Read More »
Three more added to shrine rosters … GBN investigative college reporter Larry P reports three more players have been added to the East-West Shrine all-star game rosters including TE David Morgan of Texas-San Antonio, DT Cory Johnson of Kentucky and OLB Cory James of Colorado State
Browns’ win brings top pick back in play … Just when one thought that Cleveland was about to wrap up the #1 pick at the 2016 draft, the Browns played one of their best games of the year in the process of knocking off San Francisco 24-3. And with Tennessee getting crunched by the Jets in New York,… Read More »
Draft chase heads into homestretch … It could be a significant day in the race for the top pick at the 2016 draft as the NFL schedule heads into its final month. Cleveland, which sits alone at the bottom of the NFL standings at 2-10 and would have the #1 pick were the draft held this week, plays… Read More »
TCU QB gets star game invite … TCU QB Trevone Boykin, a dual-threat QB who was a leading Heisman candidate until late in the season this year, has reportedly accepted an invitation to play in the NFLPA all-star game next month. Meanwhile, GBN college football guru Pigskin Paul Guillemette reports that he has heard some rumblings that the… Read More »
Irish WR shifting gears on draft decision … Notre Dame junior WR Will Fuller will reportedly consider his draft options after all. Fuller had announced earlier this fall that he would return to school for his senior, but after talking it over with his family at the end of the Irish’s season decided to at least request an… Read More »
Hawkeye WR heads CFL draft top 20 … Iowa WR Tevaun Smith, a big-play receiver who only had 30 catches this fall, but averaged over 18 yards per, is the top prospect overall on the CFL’s preliminary list of prospects for the 2016 draft. Three other players from big-time U.S. teams also made the CFL’s top 5 list… Read More »
Buckeye DT suspended from bowl … After being charged with solicitation earlier this week, Ohio State DT Adolphus Washington, a second day prospect for the 2016 draft, has been suspended from the team’s Fiesta Bowl date with Notre Dame on January 1st. Turns out Washington was also carrying a gun, but did have a carry permit. Washington is… Read More »
