BC QB enters transfer portal … Boston College QB Phil Jurkovec has reportedly opted to enter the transfer portal, a pretty clear indication that he’ll be back in college somewhere next fall rather than enter this year’s draft. Jurkovec, who has decent size, arm talent and mobility, has been considered to be one of several possible mid-round picks… Read More »
Who to watch on college conference championship weekend … As noted in an earlier report, college football’s championship weekend has something of an odd feel to it this year. No question that two of the Power 5 title games – Southern Cal and Utah in the Pac-12 game Friday evening and the TCU-Kansas State in the Big XII… Read More »
Another Baker’s half-dozen added to Senior Bowl roster … The Senior Bowl has announced that 7 more players have accepted invitations to this year’s game including 3 from Oklahoma: RB Eric Gray, OT Wanya Morris and DT Jalen Redmond. The others accepting invitations to Mobile include Purdue WR Charlie Jones, DEs Ali Gaye of LSU and Missouri’s Isaiah… Read More »
College football comings and goings … With the college football regular season now in the books, we can expect a spate of announcements about various player’s plans for their immediate football futures. It is certainly no surprise, for example, that Kentucky QB Will Levis, a top ten candidate for the upcoming draft, will not take advantage of the… Read More »
Michigan takes two hits … Literally just hours before they are scheduled to played Purdue in the Big Ten conference championship game, Michigan got two doses of bad news. On the one hand, star RB Blake Corum will reportedly undergo surgery to repair a knee issue and obviously won’t be playing this weekend. There is no word, though,… Read More »
Positional rankings updated … With the college football regular season, we have tweaked and updated the various positional rankings for the 2023 draft as per the drop down menu at the top of the page. Again, these rankings are based as mush as we can on what we are hearing from around the NFL as to how teams… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly college prospects review … As he does every week – even on major holidays – GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in with his observations from last weekend’s big college games with an eye toward the 2023 draft. Of course, this will be Paul’s final report of the regular college schedule, but fear not, he’ll… Read More »
PSU CB Porter to enter draft; skip bowl … Penn State junior CB Joey Porter has become the first prominent college player to announce that he’ll be skipping his team’s bowl in order to begin preparations for the 2023 draft. The 6-2, 200-pound Porter, who has two years of college eligibility left, is considered to be one of… Read More »
USC QB Williams heads GBN All-America team … With the college football regular season in the books, the GBN senior staff put their heads together and came with up our annual All-America team as well as our nods to who we fell should win this year’s major awards. And the big winner was Southern California 2nd-year sophomore Caleb… Read More »
Baker’s dozen added to Senior Bowl roster … Over the past few days the Senior Bowl has announced that 13 more players have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Cincinnati WR Tre Tucker; TEs Dalton Kincaid of Utah and Cincinnati’s Josh Whyle; OGs Nick Broeker of Mississippi, Jarrett Patterson of Notre Dame and Utah’s Braeden Daniels; DEs… Read More »
Selection order updated … With another week in the books, the opening round selection order for the 2023 draft were it to be held this week has been updated.
Top OL prospect to stick with school … In a little bit of a surprising move, rising Penn State OT Olu Fashanu, who has recently emerged as a legit top 10 candidate for the 2023 draft, has announced that he intends to return to school next fall. The 6-6. 310-pound Fashanu, a redshirt sophomore who still hasn’t turned… Read More »
B10 coach reset … We have said – somewhat in jest, but somewhat in truth too – that the Big Ten, which actually has 14 teams, should really be called the Big Three – Ohio State, Michigan and Penn State – and a bunch of other teams. Indeed, in the past five years not including the odd 2020… Read More »
Browns finally activate QB Watson … Cleveland has finally been able to activate QB Deshaun Watson, whom they acquired in that trade with Houston last winter. Watson, of course, hasn’t been able to play since because of that mess of a personal situation in which more than 20 female masseuses accused him of sexual misconduct. Ironically, Watson’s first… Read More »
Texans still #1; top 4 picks for week set, sort of … With just the prime time evening games to go on this weekend’s NFL schedule, the first four picks in this week’s selection order for the first round of the 2023 draft are set. Houston edged even closer to wrapping up the top pick overall with a… Read More »
College conference title games set … With their regular schedule now in the books, college football moves onto the conference championship games next weekend. It gets started when Southern Cal plays Utah in Las Vegas on at 8 PM ET on FOX on Friday night for the Pac-12 championship. Then on Saturday, TCU meets Kansas State in the… Read More »
Stunners shakeup playoff landscape in college football … There were a couple of really almost shocking results in the early games today with major implications for the CFP playoff. Michigan stunned Ohio State 45-23 right in Columbus to really put a dagger in the Buckeyes’ national championship hopes. Ohio State can still get an invite to the 4-team… Read More »
Saturday morning college notes … We are just over two and a half hours away from kicking off the big Big Ten game between Michigan and Ohio State in Columbus and just to update yesterday’s preview of who to watch, it appears that both of injured RBs Blake Corum of the Wolverines and the Buckeyes’ Miyan Williams will… Read More »
OSU-UM; Irish-USC wrap college football regular season … The college football season – at least the regular season – wraps up Saturday with a full slate of traditional rivalry games highlighted by THE Big Ten match-up between #2 Ohio State and #3 Michigan in Columbus, as well as the annual inter-conference battle between Notre Dame and #6 Southern… Read More »
Bonus coverage: Gator QB, ‘Noles DE to watch … Again, as we have noted more than once the one game to watch on this weekend’s college football schedule comes up tomorrow when #2 Ohio State hosts #3 Michigan for the Big Ten East spot in the conference championship game next weekend. In fact, today’s slate of games is… Read More »
Pigskin’s weekly college prospects review … As he does every week – even on major holidays – GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette weighs in with his observations from last weekend’s big college games with an eye toward the 2023 draft.
Egg Bowl kicks off college rivalry fest … College football’s big game this weekend doesn’t come up until early Saturday afternoon when #3 Michigan plays at #2 Ohio State for the Big Ten East spot in the conference championship game next week. Michigan-Ohio State, though, is just one of a bunch of traditional rivalry games that actually get… Read More »
Rams’ QB Stafford out this week; maybe longer … Just when the defending Super Bowl champion LA Rams thought that their miserable season couldn’t get any worse comes word that QB Matt Stafford is back in concussion protocol with a neck issue and will not play this weekend when the 3-7 Rams play Kansas City. In fact, there… Read More »
More players added to Senior Bowl roster … The Senior Bowl has announced over the past couple of days the addition of 8 more players who have accepted invitations to this year’s game. The latest batch of acceptances includes several players that pro teams are eager to see in Mobile including Utah TE Dalton Kincaid, BYU OT Blake… Read More »
Pigskin top 25 updated … As he does every year at this time to help celebrate the season, GBN Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette has posted an updated version of his top 25 prospects for the 2023 draft. And it wouldn’t be a Pigskin Top 25 without a few surprises. Read more
