QBs go 1-2 in post-season mock … With the college football now in the books it seemed like as a time as any to take another shot at projecting the opening round of the 2023 draft, which is now just 117 days away. As noted in the post releasing the GBN’s latest Big Board earlier this week, its… Read More »
More players sticking with school … The list of players choosing to return to school continues to grow with another half dozen announcing in the past 24 hours or so that they will be back in college next fall including North Carolina CB Tony Grimes and Stanford C Drake Nugent, a pair of juniors with second-day potential, along… Read More »
Senior Bowl corners market on Byron Youngs! … The Senior Bowl has announced that Alabama DE/DT Byron Young has accepted an invitation to this year’s game. That will make it two Byron Youngs in Mobile as the Tennessee DE/ER of the same name had earlier accepted his invitation.
Who’s #1? Updated GBN Big Board posted … With the college football season now in the books, save for the bowls, the GBN Big Board for the 2023 draft has been updated and expanded. A couple of things stood out. On the one hand, even though what appears to be an inordinate number of players are opting to… Read More »
Aggie RB Achane enters draft … Texas A&M RB Devon Achane, a 3rd year junior, has confirmed that he will be entering the 2023 draft where he figures to be one of the first 2-3 backs off the board after Bijan Robinson of Texas. Achane isn’t all that big at just 5-9, 185, but he has world class… Read More »
Have arm will travel! QB Daniels on the move again … We now know what the T in J.T. Daniels refers to; its for travelling or maybe transferring. Whatever, the much-travelled Daniels, who played at West Virginia last year after stops at Southern Cal and Georgia is on the move again as he has put his name back… Read More »
Titans fire GM Robinson … In something of a shocking move, Tennessee has relieved G.M. Jon Robinson of his duties. Robinson will be replaced in the interim by Ryan Cowden, the club’s vice president of player personnel, who will oversee player personnel for the rest of the season. The move comes just two days after the Titans suffered… Read More »
Hogs LB latest to enter draft … Arkansas junior LB Drew Sanders has confirmed that he will be foregoing his remaining college eligibility and entering the 2023 draft where he projects to be a mid-first round prospect. In fact, the 6-5, 240-pound Sanders, who transferred to from Alabama last winter, is a really intriguing prospect, in part, because… Read More »
Cav WR to enter draft … Virginia junior WR Dontayvion Wicks has announced that he will be entering the 2023 draft where he figures to be one of the more interesting second-tier receivers. Wicks has good size at 6-2, 210 and had a phenomenal year in 2021 when he set a school record single season receiving yardage record… Read More »
Two more juniors to return to school … Along with LSU junior WR Kayshon Boutte, who announced late yesterday that he will be returning to school next fall rather than entering the 2023 draft, two other 3rd year players including Oregon LB Justin Flowe and South Carolina TE Jaheim Bell have also made that decision. Both had been… Read More »
Four top OL added to Senior Bowl roster … Teams looking to add some quality to their interior offensive lines at the 2023 draft could be just a little excited this morning with the announcement by the Senior Bowl that 4 of the top C/G prospects for this year’s have draft have committed to this year’s game. That… Read More »
Updated selection order posted … With another week in the book, the first-round selection order for the 2023 draft were it to be held this week has been updated.
Star CFL QB making NFL rounds … ESPN’s Adam Schefter is reporting that star CFL QB Nathan Rourke is meeting with at least three NFL teams this week. Rourke actually visited with Las Vegas last Friday, was in Jacksonville today, and will meet with Denver tomorrow. Rourke was a very productive passer at Ohio, but was not drafted;… Read More »
LSU WR Boutte to stay in school … In a bit of a surprising move that actually makes a lot of sense, LSU junior WR Kayshon Boutte has announced that he is passing on the chance to enter the 2023 draft and instead will return to school. While he is still considered to be a late first-round prospect,… Read More »
Another Baker’s half-dozen plus added to Senior Bowl roster … The Senior Bowl has announced that 7 more players have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Fresno State QB Jake Haener, Houston WR Nathaniel Dell, Alabama OG Emil Ekiyor, Oklahoma State DT Tyler Lacy, Boise State safety J.L. Skinner along with a pair from Clemson in DE… Read More »
Tide OG Cohen to stick with school; transfer … In something of a surprise Alabama OG Javion Cohen, a 3rd year junior with 25 starts under his belt who was projected to be one of the prospects at the position at the upcoming draft, has announced that he will be staying in school, but transferring.
Trio of juniors enter draft … Three more juniors announced today that they will be foregoing their remaining college eligibility and will be entering the upcoming draft including Florida DT Gervon Dexter and CBs Jaylon Jones of Texas A&M and Maryland’s Deonte Banks. Jones and Dexter are third year juniors while Banks was a 4th year player this… Read More »
AR, JSN enter draft; others staying … Florida 3rd-Year Sophomore QB Anthony Richardson, maybe the most polarizing prospect in the 2023 draft field, has confirmed that he will be entering the upcoming draft. Same for Ohio State junior WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba. As well, neither will play in their team’s upcoming bowl. That’s especially disappointing for Smith-Njigba, who came… Read More »
One top QB prospect returning; another leaning … The once very deep QB class for the 2023 draft keeps thinning out. And it just got a little thinner with word that Washington’s Michael Penix, one of the top passers in the country this past season and a rising prospect for the upcoming draft, will take advantage of the… Read More »
Rising Duck corner enters draft … Oregon CB Christian Gonzalez, a 3rd year junior, has confirmed that he will be foregoing his remaining eligibility to enter the 2023 draft where he figures to be one of the first 4-5 corners off the board this coming April. Gonzalez will also reportedly skip the Ducks bowl appearance later this month.
Update: Top four picks remain unchanged for week … With the completion of this afternoon’s late games, we can now add that in addition to the fact that it will again be Houston, Chicago and Seattle with Denver’s pick with the first three picks respectively in the proverbial ‘if the draft were held this week’ selection order for… Read More »
Frogs, Bucks make CFP; Tide, Vols out … The 4-team CFP playoff teams have been announced and it will be TCU and Ohio State joining top-ranked Georgia and #2 Michigan in the national semi-finals. Ohio State will face Georgia in the Peach Bowl, while TCU will meet Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl. both games will be played New… Read More »
Watson homecoming; Bears-Pack reunion hilite draft sched … NFL teams normally don’t like distraction, but maybe a little distraction is what Houston needs as the 1-9-1 Texans, who will have the #1 pick overall at the 2023 draft if nothing much changes between now and the end of the season, are essentially two games clear of everyone else… Read More »
Top CB enters draft; another QB to stick with school … No big surprise here, but South Carolina junior CB Cam Smith, a potential top 15-20 pick, has announced that he foregoing his remaining eligibility and will enter the upcoming draft. The 6-1, 190-pound Smith is currently listed as the #2 CB on the GBN positional ranking and… Read More »
Two more added to Senior Bowl roster … The Senior Bowl has announced that 2 more players have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Nebraska WR Trey Palmer and Oregon DE/LB D.J. Johnson, both of whom are intriguing second-tier types coming off breakout years. The 6-1, 190-pound Palmer, for example, had 71 receptions fo over 1,000 yards… Read More »
