Wake passing duo guys to watch in bowl double dip … There are a couple of bowl games set for Friday for those who need a little something to get warmed up for Saturday’s NFL schedule and/or just need to get warmed up if they are in the path of the bad weather including Houston (7-5) against Louisiana… Read More »
Pitt DT enters draft; LSU QB stays home in college football roundup … Pittsburgh junior DT Calijah Kancey, one of the most disruptive interior defensive linemen in college football this past season, has confirmed that he will be entering the 2023 draft. Kancey is a 4th year junior who was a consensus All-American this fall after leading all… Read More »
Larry Parker, GBN staffer … It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Larry Parker, our Chief scout the past few years. Larry joined the GBN 4-5 years ago and his encyclopedic knowledge of college football and remarkable attention to detail quickly became essential elements of our operation. Larry has been sick for a while… Read More »
Merry Xmas mock … As we do around this time every year, here is our annual pre-Christmas 3-round projection for the first two days of the 2023 draft. And, as we always like to point out when posting a mock, the real value of a projection is not that we are going to tell readers which particular player… Read More »
Staying in school … A quartet of players who many thought would be entering the upcoming draft have indicated that they will be returning to school instead next year. Heading the list is Nebraska QB Casey Thompson who is going to take advantage of the NCAA’s offer of a free year of eligibility and will return to the… Read More »
Special provision to restore Army DE draft status … It appeared last week that a bill set to pass in the U.S. Senate would end the special provision that allowed for academy graduates to defer their military commitments if they were playing pro sports. And that would have drastically altered the chances that current star Army DE Andre… Read More »
Selection order updated … With another week in the books, the selection order for the opening round of the 2023 draft were it to be held this week has been updated.
Husky DEs to return to school … Interesting decision out on the west coast where Washington DEs Bralen Trice and Zion Tupuola both announced that they will be back with the Huskies next fall.
Bonus coverage: blue field prospect watch … Usually the only reason to watch the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl is to marvel at the blue field in Boise. This year, though, pro scouts will actually be watching the action when Eastern Michigan (8-4) plays San Jose State (7-4) at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon on ESPN as both teams have some… Read More »
More college coming and goings … A couple more junior RBs announced today that they will be entering the 2023 draft including Pittsburgh All-American Israel Abanikanda and FCS star Ronnie Brown of Shepherd. Abanikanda is a 3rd year junior who ran for over 1,400 yards and 20 scores this year, while Brown averaged 9 yards per carry and… Read More »
Star ‘Horns’ RB to enter draft … No real surprise at all as star Texas RB Bijan Robinson announced this morning that he will in fact be entering the 2023 draft where he is projected to be a top ten pick after running for almost 1,600 yards this past season.
One QB in draft, one out and other college comings and goings … No big surprise here as TCU QB Max Duggan has announced that he’ll be entering the 2023 draft despite having another year of college eligibility remaining. No surprise, too, that Duggan ain’t going anywhere before the Frogs New Year’s Date with Michigan in the Fiesta… Read More »
Broncos win pushes Bears to #2 pick … In a battle of back-up QBs, Denver defeated Arizona for its fourth win of the year in a late afternoon game. As a result, Chicago will move up into the #2 spot in this week’s selection for the 2023 draft were it to be held this week, while Seattle, which… Read More »
Texans close again; still inch closer to securing top pick … For the second week in a row, Houston gave one of the NFL’s best team all it could handle, but for the second week in row came up just short. Last week, the Texans took Dallas down to the wire; this week they took Kansas City into… Read More »
#1 Texans, #3 Bears in tough this weekend … Houston, which would have the top pick overall were the 2023 draft held this week, will be home tomorrow, but still has every opportunity to move closer to locking up the #1 pick as they host Kansas City in an early game. Same story for Chicago, which would have… Read More »
SU back; Pitt DB enter draft … A couple of more underclassmen have announced this weekend that they will be entering the 2023 draft including Syracuse RB Sean Tucker, one of the most productive backs in the country over the past couple of seasons, along with Pittsburgh safety Brandon Hill. Both are juniors with Tucker a 3rd year… Read More »
Half dozen bowls on Saturday sched … For those that don’t want to burn themselves for Sunday’s NFL slate of games watching the three pro games on TV on Saturday, there are a full half dozen college bowls also tomorrow. Unfortunately, as is now the custom, most of the best prospects in the non-CFP playoff games opt not… Read More »
Pigskin’s all-star game chatter … GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs this day with some thoughts on the evolving post-season all-star lineups and who some of the players he’ll be watching in Mobile and elsewhere early next year.
Two juniors in draft; two out … Northwestern OT Peter Skoronski has become the latest underclassman to confirm that they will be entering the 2023 draft. Skoronski is a 3rd year junior who is considered to be one of the top 2-3 offensive line prospects for the upcoming draft. He is currently #17 on the GBN Big Board.… Read More »
Two to enter draft; two others to Senior Bowl … A couple more juniors indicated in the past 24 hours that they will be entering the upcoming draft including Syracuse CB Garrett Williams and Cincinnati WR Tyler Scott. SU’s Williams is particularly interesting to pro scouts; he was one of the better cover corners in the country last… Read More »
Bowl season kicks off with twofer … The preliminary bowl season gets underway on Friday with a doubleheader including the Bahamas Bowl (11;30 AM ET; ESPN), which is played in the Bahamas, and the Duluth Trading Cure Bowl (3 PM ET; ESPN), which fortunately isn’t played in Duluth, but in Orlando. And while in most years the very… Read More »
Cards GM on personal leave; QB done for year … Hard to imagine a team having a worse day than Arizona had to today. First, the team announced that G.M. Steve Keim will be taking an indefinite leave of absence from the team because of an undisclosed health situation. In his absence the G.M. duties will be shared… Read More »
Update updated: Fifth junior enter draft fray … And then there were 5! True juniors entering the 2023 draft as Tennessee WR Jalin Hyatt, this year’s Biletnikoff winner and a consensus 1st team All-American, has announced that he will be entering this year’s draft where he is another player projected to be a late first or early second… Read More »
More Senior Bowl additions … Over the past day or so the Senior Bowl has announced that a half dozen more players have committed to this year’s game including Ohio State DE Zach Harrison, Clemson DT Tyler Davis, CBs Rejzohn Wright of Oregon State and South Carolina’s Darius Rush, Florida OT Richard Gouraige, and Oklahoma FB/TE Brayden Willis.… Read More »
Coach Mike Leach passes away at 61 … Once again real life interjected itself into the college world with news overnight that Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach passed away from complications of a heart condition. He was 61. Leach also had tenures as head coach at Texas Tech and Washington State. He was a polarizing figure at… Read More »
