Race for top pick back on as Panthers nip Falcons … All of a sudden, the race to see who gets the #1 pick overall at the 2024, is back on after Carolina notched its second win of the campaign by upsetting Atlanta 9-7 on a walk-off FG. Chicago, which owns the Panthers’ pick thanks to a 2023… Read More »
Home cooking to impact top of selection order … Interesting that for the first time in quite some time there are no games this weekend between teams with early picks in the current first-round selection order for the 2024 draft. In fact, the closest thing this week was on Thursday night when #6 Las Vegas hosted the LA… Read More »
CFL ROY thinking about entering NFL draft … There is an interesting story out of the Canadian league where 2023 Rookie of the Year Qwan’Tez Stiggers, a CB with the Toronto Argonauts, is reportedly contemplating putting his name into the upcoming NFL draft. Stiggers signed with DII Lane College out of high school, but he never played there… Read More »
UGA LB to portal, out of draft; other college moves … Georgia LB Jumon Dumas-Johnson, who had been considered to be one of the better prospects at the position for the 2024 draft, instead has announced that he will be putting his name into the transfer portal. Dumon-Johnson was a consensus All-American in 2022 and entered the current… Read More »
Bowl season set to kick off … Yes, Virginia, there are still bowl games. Lots of ’em in fact, although nobody knows why. They never did matter all that much, at least the non-New Year’s Day big games, and now they matter even less with the evolution of the CFP playoffs. This year’s bowls get underway with 6… Read More »
Bolts fire GM, head coach in wake of blowout loss … An ugly week for the LA Chargers got a little uglier this morning as the team has fired both G.M. Tom Telesco and head coach Brandon Staley following last night’s embarrassing 63-21 loss to Las Vegas on national TV. The loss to the Raiders also pushed the… Read More »
One RB in; one out of draft; other college moves … A couple of top-ranked 3rd year RBs made their 2024 choices known today. Notre Dame All-American Audric Estime, for example, has confirmed that he will be foregoing his remaining eligibility and entering the upcoming draft after he exploded for over 1,300 yards and 18 TDs on the… Read More »
3rd year players: Who’s in, who’s out … As noted in an earlier report today, Notre Dame OT John Alt became the latest top 3rd year prospect to put his name earlier this afternoon. Of course, underclassmen not already automatically eligible for the 2024 draft have until January 15th to file paperwork with the NFL office in order… Read More »
Irish OT Alt enters draft … Notre Dame OT John Alt, a potential top 10 prospect, has confirmed that he will be foregoing his remaining eligibility and entering the 2024 draft. At the same time, the Irish added a potentially useful transfer as former Duke DE R.J. Oben, who had been included on the GBN Big Board ranking… Read More »
Sooner LB to return; ‘Cane QB to Badgers … Oklahoma LB Danny Stutsman confirmed yesterday that he will be returning to the Sooners next fall; Stutsman had been considered to be an early 3rd day prospect for this year’s draft. At the same time, former Miami QB Tyler Van Dyke, one of the seemingly small army of top… Read More »
Big board, positional rankings updated … Due to several unforseen technical glitches it took a little longer than originally planned, but the GBN Big Board ranking the top 200+ prospects for the 2024 draft has been updated as have the positional rankings per the drop-down menu above. Again, the goal here from our perspective is not to present… Read More »
Aggie LB enters draft; Duke QB to Irish … Texas A&M LB Edgerrin Cooper, a 4th year player who had a breakout season in 2023 with 8 sacks has announced he will be foregoing his remaining eligibility and entering the upcoming draft where he figures to get at least some early-to-mid second day interest. Meanwhile, Notre Dame did… Read More »
Pair of Ducks fly off to draft … A couple of 3rd year Oregon Ducks have announced they’ll be entering the upcoming draft including rising C Jackson Powers-Johnson, who has a chance to be the first player at the position off the board this coming April, and scatback Bucky Irving, who isn’t all that pick, but he is… Read More »
Selection order updated … With a very wild and woolly week in the books, the first-round selection order for next April’s draft has been updated.
QB2 enters draft; other college notes … North Carolina QB Drake Maye, the consensus #2 prospect at the position behind USC’s Caleb Williams, has confirmed that he will in fact be entering the 2024 draft; Maye will also be skipping the Tar Heels bowl game later this month. At the same time, a couple of other veteran prospects… Read More »
Top pick musings … A couple of thoughts related to the top pick overall at the 2024 draft. First, we haven’t really highlighted it, but Chicago is very close to wrapping up the top pick with still a month to go in the regular schedule. The Bears, of course, own Carolina’s pick courtesy of the 2023 draft trade… Read More »
Another Top 100 posted … We are in the late stages of updating our positional rankings and Big Board and hope to have them finalized early next week. In the meantime, long-time NFL draft analyst Frank Coyle over at Draft Insiders Digest has just released his latest ranking of the top 100 prospects for the upcoming draft. What… Read More »
Top 3 picks unchanged; everything else on hold … With this week’s games in the books, save for tonight’s potentially epic battle between Philadelphia and the Cowboys in Dallas for what the NFC East lead, as well as tomorrow’s Monday night double-header, we can confirm that the top three picks in this week’s opening round selection order for… Read More »
Lite Sunday at top of ’24 selection order … There likely won’t be a whole lot of change to the top of this week’s selection order for the 2024 draft, at least for this week as a result of today’s schedule as literally half of the teams currently sitting on top 8 picks aren’t scheduled today. Arizona and… Read More »
LSU QB Daniels wins Heisman … Pretty much as expected, LSU QB Jayden Daniels was awarded this year’s Heisman Trophy at the annual ceremony in New York. Daniels edged out Washington QB Michael Penix for the award, with Oregon QB Bo Nix a little farther behind at #3 in the voting and Ohio State WR Marvin Harrison 4th.… Read More »
OU QB Gabriel moves to another OU … The first domino among big-time transferring QBs fell today when Dillon Gabriel confirmed that he has transferred from Oklahoma to Oregon where he will replace Bo Nix, one of 4 Heisman finalists, who is off to the NFL next fall. With all the great seasons turned by college QBs this… Read More »
Clemson LB Carter to return to school … In a bit of a surprise, 3rd year Clemson LB Barrett Carter, one of the top 4-5 prospects at the position, has announced that he has unfinished business with the program and will return to school for the 2024 season. Carter’s fellow Clemson LB Jeremiah Trotter, as well as rising… Read More »
QB Daniels, WR Harrison headline GBN All-America team … Its award season in college football and we thought we’d get in on the fun posting our annual All America team headed by LSU QB Jayden Daniels and Ohio State WR Marvin Harrison. Of course, both are among the four finalists for this year’s Heisman Trophy – along with… Read More »
Draft race goes prime time Thursday nite … Its probably not what the NFL schedule makers were hoping for when they drew New England to play Pittsburgh in this week’s mid-week prime time game, but game has as much relevance for the early selection order at the 2024 draft than it does for any late-season push for playoff… Read More »
FSU WR Wilson confirms draft entry … Florida State WR Johnny Wilson, a 4th year junior, has confirmed that he will pass on his final season of college eligibility and enter the 2024 draft where he figures to be an early 2nd day selection. Wilson will also be skipping the Seminoles’ bowl game, but has accepted an invitation… Read More »
