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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
As the NFL season moves deeper into its most decisive phase, attention naturally turns toward the teams best positioned to compete for a Super Bowl LX appearance. And while futures markets may fluctuate on a weekly basis, the overall picture has become clearer as elite contenders continue to separate themselves through consistency, depth, and execution. For fans who… 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.
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 »
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 »
SEC LB, WR enter draft … A couple of SEC stars announced today that they’ll be foregoing their final year of eligibility and entering the 2026 draft including Missouri LB Josiah Trotter and Aubur WR Eric Singleton. Singleton is a 5-10, 180-pound possession receiver type who had over 150 receptions in his three years in college for close… Read More »
LSU LB Weeks to return to school … LSU junior LB Whit Weeks has confirmed that he will be returning to the program in 2026 after a somewhat disappointing, injury-plagued campaign this past fall. Weeks made some all-America teams as a sophomore in 2024 when he posted 120 tackles, a pick and a couple of forced fumbles, but… Read More »
Ducks fly to CFP semis … There was almost nothing pretty about it, but the Oregon Ducks are off to the CFP semi-finals with a 23-0 win over Texas Tech in what turned out to be an old-time defensive struggle. The Ducks will play the winner of this afternoon’s Rose Bowl between Indiana and Alabama in the Peach… Read More »
Alabama-Indiana Rose Bowl CFP QF draft preview … If QB is one of the key story lines of the Orange Bowl match-up between Oregon and Texas, then the Rose Bowl between #9 Alabama and #1 Indiana doubles as each team is lead by one of this year’s top prospects at the position. In fact, the Hoosiers’ QB Fernando… Read More »
Mississippi-Georgia Sugar Bowl CFP QF draft preview … It will be two SEC teams – Mississippi and #3 Georgia – playing at 8 PM ET in the Sugar Bowl which has long been hosted by the conference. Which at least makes some sense geographically to the often geographically challenged NCAA, you know the organization in which California plays… Read More »
Oregon-Texas Tech Orange Bowl CFP QF draft preview … The CFP quarter-final tripleheader on ESPn kicks off at Noon ET with #5 Oregon facing #4 Texas Tech in the Orange Bowl in Miami. And while the game is the story, one of the major subplots is whether Ducks’ QB Dante Moore (#5, 6-2, 210) ultimately opts to enter… Read More »
Miami-Ohio State CFP quarter-final preview … The CFP quarter-finals get underway New Year’s Eve with #10 Miami facing #2 Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl with kick-off set for 7:30 PM ET on ESPN. And what a way for draft watchers to kick-off the New Year with a game featuring as many as 5 players with top ten… Read More »
Weekly selection order posted … With another week in the books – and just one to go – the selection order for the first-round of the 2026 draft, were it to be held this week, has been updated here.
Top pick on the line in dual in the desert … It will be #1 versus #2 when the NY Giants, who hold the top pick overall in the current selection order fr the opening round of the 2026 draft, face the Raiders, who hold the 2nd pick as of this weekend, in Las Vegas in one of… Read More »
A 2nd Irish OL enters draft … Notre Dame will have a second offensive lineman to replace next fall as junior OG Billy Schrauth has confirmed that he’ll be entering this year’s draft. Schrauth’s announcement comes just a couple of days after former Irish OT Aamil Wagner also announced that he was heading to the pros this winter.… Read More »
Auburn OT spurns draft; heading to portal … In a bit of a surprise, Auburn LT Xavier Chaplin, one of the better prospects at the position, has announced instead that he will be entering the transfer portal when it opens for business on January 2nd. The 6-7, 335-pound Chaplin had been rated as the #7 OT in this… Read More »
Husky WR heads to draft; other college wire notes … Washington junior WR Denzell Boston, one of the top prospects at the position for the upcoming draft, has announced that he will in fact be tuning pro this winter. The rangy (6-3, 210) Boston, who had 62 receptions this past season for almost 9oo yards and 11 scores,… Read More »
Weekly selection order posted … With another week in the books, the selection order for the first-round of the 2026 draft, were it to be held this week, has been updated here.
