Buckeye DT latest to enter draft … Ohio State junior DT Kayden McDonald became the 4th Buckeyes’ underclassman to commit to entering the 2026 draft thereby bypassing his remaining year of eligibility. The 6-3, 325-pound McDonald, who had 65 tackles (which is a lot for a DT) including 3 sacks and a couple of forced fumbles, is currently… Read More »
NCAA denies Ole Miss QB Chambliss appeal … The NCAA has reportedly denied the appeal of Mississippi QB Trinidad Chambliss‘ for a 6th year of eligibility. Chambliss claimed that one of the redshirt years he took at FCS Ferris State was actually for a medical condition and that he it should not count against his 4-year eligibility window.… Read More »
Top UM RB prospect to portal … Michigan junior RB Justice Haynes, who had been considered one of the top 2-3 prospects at the position for the 2026 draft, has opted to stay in college for the upcoming season, but will transfer. Haynes was having an All-American type year with the Wolverines this past season as he was… Read More »
Future college transfer notes … Despite the fact that the deadline for underclassmen thinking of entering the 2026 draft to apply to the NFL for early entry is now less than a week away, that column of the college football transfer wire has been relatively quiet the past couple of days. However, there have been a number of… Read More »
‘Phins closing in on new GM … According to multiple media reports at this hour, Miami is finalizing a deal to bring Green Bay VP of player personnel Jon-Eric Sullivan in as the team’s new general manager. Sullivan has been with the Packers since 2003 where he moved up the personnel department ranks to his current position in… Read More »
Canes on to CFP finals; Ducks-Hoosiers on deck … Miami clinched a ticket to this year’s CFP national championship game with a dramatic 31-27 win over Mississippi in a really scintillating game that came down to the last play. Miami only took the lead for good with barely 24 seconds on the clock when sometimes maligned QB Carson… Read More »
WRs hilite latest Senior Bowl adds … The Senior Bowl, which for the record gets underway in just over two weeks, announced another batch of prospects who have committed to this month’s game in Mobile including a quartet of WRs: KC Concepcion of Texas A&M; Southern Cal’s Ja’Kobi Lane, Eric Singleton of Auburn, and Jordan Hudson of SMU.… Read More »
CFP Semis hours away … For those that have been out of the universe, the CFL semi-finals get underway in just a few hours with Miami playing Mississippi in the Fiesta Bowl at 7:30 PM ET later this evening. The winner of tonight’s game will meet the winner of tomorrow’s Peach Bowl in Atlanta between Indiana and Oregon… Read More »
Buckeye S Downs enters draft … Ohio State FS Caleb Downs has confirmed that he will be foregoing his final year of eligibility and entering the 2026 draft. Downs, in fact, is considered to be one of the very best players in this year’s draft with top 2-3 physical tools, but he could slip down slightly as safety… Read More »
Tide QB Simpson enters draft … The first major QB domino for 2026 just fell as Alabama’s Ty Simpson announced that he will be foregoing his final year of eligibility and entering the upcoming draft. The big question re Simpson now is where does he fit in the 2026 draft class? Simpson was considered a rising star in… Read More »
AA Bama OT; pair of Aggies enter draft … With now less than 10 days until the deadline for underclassmen to apply for early admission to the 2026 draft, three top SEC prospects have announced their intention to forego their final year of eligibility and tur pro this winter. They are all-America Alabama OT Kadyn Proctor, along with… Read More »
Buckeyes Tate enters draft; NFL still waits on Downs, Reese … Ohio State junior WR Carnell Tate has confirmed that he will in fact be entering the 2026 draft where he has top 10-15 potential. Meanwhile, the NFL is still waiting to hear from Buckeyes’ stars Caleb Downs and Arvell Reese, both of whom are top 5 candidates.
Pair of UGA juniors enter draft … A couple more Georgia juniors have announced that they will be foregoing their remaining eligibility and entering the draft in LB CJ Allen and WR Zachariah Branch. Both are considered to be early second day candidates but with the potential to slide up into the latter part of the opening round.
January mock posted … With the regular schedule in the books and at least the first 18 picks in the selection order for the 2026 draft now set, we have updated the GBN projection for the upcoming first round. Again, please note that our goal is not to try and predict which particular player a particular team will… Read More »
LSU QB off to Senior Bowl … The Senior Bowl announced a major get earlier today when it was disclosed that LSU QB Garett Nussmeier had accepted an invitation to participate in this year’s game later this month in Mobile. Nussmeier was considered to be one of the top prospects at the position earlier this year, but struggled… Read More »
FCS championship on tap tonight … For anyone suffering from Monday Night football withdrawal, there willing fact be a game this evening as Illinois State is facing Montana State in the FCS championship game at 7:30 PM ET on ESPN. Players to watch include Montana State DT Paul Brott (#41, 6-3, 300) and WR Daniel Sobkowski (#2, 6-2,… Read More »
Clock ticking for underclassmen … College underclassmen planing on entering the 2026 NFL now have just 10 days to make their decision with the deadline looming on January 14th. and needless to say, the players the NFL is most interested in hearing from are the QBs as none of whom are generally considered to be the top 4… Read More »
Selection order posted … With the regular season in the books the selection order for the first-round of the 2026 draft has been updated here. The first 18 picks for the non-playoffs are final, barring any future trades, while the other 14 picks for the playoff teams will be decided as the playoffs evolve.
Raiders, Jets to pick 1-2 as top of board set … With the exception of tonight’s AFC North title showdown between Baltimore and Pittsburgh, the regular schedule is done and the order for the top picks at this year’s draft have been pretty much. As noted earlier, Las Vegas clinched the top pick overall when the NY Giants… Read More »
Raiders clinch top pick with Giants win … Las Vegas backed into the #1 pick overall at the 2026 draft when the NY Giants knocked off Dallas 34-17 in an early game today for their 4th win of the season. Had the Giants lost to the Cowboys, they would have ended up with the top pick if the… Read More »
FCS combine getting underway … In conjunction with the FCS national championship game in Nashville on Monday evening, the NFL is holding a mini-combine over the next couple of days involving some of the top NFL draft prospects from outside the FBS ranks. Each NFL team was asked to provide a list of 10-15 FCS players they’d like… Read More »
UGA DT declares for draft … Georgia junior DT Christian Miller became the first underclassmen from the 4 losing CFP quarter-finalists to announce that he will be foregoing his remaining eligibility and entering the 2026 draft where he projects to either a late-first or early second round prospect. In an unrelated college move, Drew Mestemaker, who led all… Read More »
Raiders’ Smith to sit out Sunday … The path to the first pick at the 2026 draft got a little murkier today when Las Vegas confirmed that starting QB Geno Smith will not play Sunday when the Raiders wrap up their regular schedule against Kansas City. And while the ‘tanking’ finger will be pointed at the Raiders, who… Read More »
One TE enters draft; another transfers … We had kind of been expecting to maybe hear from at least a few of the underclassmen from the 4 CFP quarter final losing teams considering tossing their names into the 2026 draft, especially because those losing teams include Ohio State. Alabama and Georgia which are 1-2-3 in terms of having… Read More »
College football transfer portal opens … It is moving day of sorts in college football as the transfer portal opens today. Players wishing to transfer have until January 16th to make their move, but that’s it as the spring portal will not be available this year. We will track at least the major moves that could have a… Read More »
