Who’s #1: Hutch or Thibo … That’s going to be the debate for the next little while as DEs Aidan Hutchinson of Michigan and Oregon’s Kayvon Thibodeaux are generally considered to be the top two prospects for the upcoming draft. Right now it appears that Hutchinson has a bit of an edge as we head into the pre-draft… Read More »
Selection order updated … With the NFL’s wild card weekend in the books, picks 19 thru 24 in the opening round selection order for the 2022 draft have been been confirmed. Here’s the updated selection order for the first three rounds. Also note that the write ups for the losing teams in this weekend’s wild card games have… Read More »
Four more draft spots confirmed; one still to to come … With Pittsburgh going down to defeat in Kansas City in the Sunday evening wild card game, we can confirm four more spots in the opening round selection order for the 2022 draft have been settled.. The Steelers will pick 20th after Philadelphia, which will have the 19th… Read More »
Decision day for college underclassmen … The deadline for underclassmen to file paperwork with the NFL in order to be eligible to enter the 2022 draft comes up at 4 PM ET on Monday afternoon. The fact is, though, all the top names have already declared their intentions for this year’s draft, although the number who have declared… Read More »
As the QB turns … We are still over 100 days away from the 2022 draft – and the first round of the playoffs is barely underway – but there already appears to be some chatter out there as it relates to the QB situation around the league. There is an unconfirmed report by Jordan Schultz of Yahoo… Read More »
QB Jones, WR Chase, LB Parsons headline GBN all-rook team … New England QB Mac Jones, Cincinnati WR Ja’Marr Chase and Dallas LB Micah Parsons are the headliners on the GBN All-Rookie team as chosen by Associate Editor Pigskin Paul Guillemette. Jones, in particular, is an interesting choice because he was the 5th of 5 QBs selected in… Read More »
QBs still in demand … The general consensus around the NFL these days is that 2022 is not necessarily going to be a great year to be looking for a potential elite QB at the draft. However, that probably won’t stop teams from at least kicking the tires on the top prospects at the position this year as… Read More »
MRI for star Tide WR dinged in national title game … Everyone has their fingers crossed as star Alabama WR Jameson Williams, a top ten prospect for the upcoming draft who had to be helped off the field after falling awkwardly in the process of hauling in a long pass mid-way thru the 2nd quarter of last night’s… Read More »
Clock ticking even louder for underclassmen … With college football’s national championship in the books juniors and redshirt sophomores thinking of entering the 2022 draft have less than a week to file paperwork with the with the NFL in order to be eligible to be selected. In fact, they have until the end of business in New York… Read More »
Selection order updated … With the regular season in the books, the selection order for the first three rounds of the 2022 draft has been updated. As noted, the first 18 picks in each round are final, while the order for the remaining 14 in each round will be determined by results in the playoffs. Please note, that… Read More »
We have been searching for a word or phrase that bets characterizes the season and what comes to mind is ‘well, that was a waste of time!’ Bad enough that the Giants finished a dispiriting 4-13, but that they really didn’t accomplish any of the season’s ancillary goals for all the losing. Of course, the main goal for… Read More »
#1 ALABAMA (13-1) vs #3 GEORGIA (13-1); 8 PM ET; ESPN; Indianapolis … At least in the world of college football, one can probably think that the universe is indeed evolving as it should as after a full 12-game regular season, the conference championships, and two national semi-finals arguably the two best teams are all that’s left standing… Read More »
Four more juniors enter draft … Four more juniors have indicated that they will be foregoing their remaining college eligibility and entering the 2022 draft including Kentucky WR Wan’Dale Robinson, UCLA TE Greg Dulcich, Maryland safety Nick Cross and Michigan DT Christopher Hinton. Of the four, Robinson, who rates as one of the best kept secrets in college… Read More »
Heels OG off to pros; QB to star game … There were a couple of bits of news out of North Carolina over the past 24 hours. OG Josh Ezeudu, for example, announced that he will be entering the 2022 draft. He’s a 6-4, 325-pound 4th year junior who figures to be a mid-to-late third-day pick. Meanwhile, QB… Read More »
One more junior enters draft, one out … Western Michigan junior QB Kaleb Eleby has become the latest underclassman to declare for the 2022 draft. While Eleby isn’t exactly a household name, even at Western Michigan, he is a decent later round prospect who is currently the 11th rated player at the position on the GBN QB list.… Read More »
Clock ticking for underclassmen … Juniors and redshirt sophomores thinking of entering the 2022 draft have until the end of business in New York on January 17th to file paperwork with the NFL in order to be eligible for this year’s draft. So far, almost 60 underclassmen have in fact indicated in one way or another that they… Read More »
Selection order updated … With Pittsburgh apparently well on the way to a win over Cleveland in the Monday night game, the opening round selection order for the 2022 draft if it were to be held this week has been updated.
Could Orange Bowl dud hurt UM DE’s draft stock?? … That’s the question several correspondents have asked since Georgia’s impressive win over Michigan in last week’s CFP semi-final in which star Wolverines’ DEs Aidan Hutchinson and David Ojabo were pretty much shut down. The simple answer at this point is Who knows! We did speak with a couple… Read More »
Lions also clinch top 1-2 pick … After a loss to Seattle on the far coast, Detroit has clinched one of the first two picks at the 2022 draft. Jacksonville had wrapped up the other 1-2 pick earlier today with a loss in New England. For the record, both close out their regular seasons next week with the… Read More »
Jags clinch one of top 1-2 picks … Jacksonville left nothing to chance this afternoon in New England as they lost 50-10 to the Patriots to clinch at least one of the first two picks at the 2022 draft. In fact, the Jags will clinch the first overall pick if Detroit wins at Seattle in one of this… Read More »
Three more underclassmen enter draft … With most of the college football world focused on tomorrow’s CFP semi-final games, three more underclassmen announced today that they would be entering the upcoming draft including RBs Kevin Harris of South Carolina and Zonovan ‘Bam’ Knight of North Carolina State, along with Oklahoma PK Gabe Brkic. Harris is a 5-10, 225-pound… Read More »
#1 ALABAMA (12-1) vs #4 Cincinnati (13-0); 3:30 PM ET; ESPN; Cotton Bowl; Arlington … One is tempted to call this the 21st century David versus Goliath when defending national champion Alabama faces upstart Cincinnati, the first ever non-Power 5 conference team to make the national playoffs, face off in the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, but at least… Read More »
Happy New Year projection update … I wasn’t originally planning to update my 2022 mock draft until the end of the regular season; however, with the changes to the top of the selection order it was getting old way too fast so I decided to take a shot at a New Year update here.
Thursday bowl previews … After tonight, there’ll be just one more sleep before Friday’s national championship semi-finals. Before, we get there, though, there will be four more bowl games on Thursday, assuming none are cancelled at the last minute. And in keeping with out policy of not previewing any bowl game involving 6-6 teams we shan’t comment on… Read More »
Bowl parade continues Wednesday; will anyone notice??… The bowl build-up towards Friday’s CFP semi-finals continues with 3 more games on Wednesday. There were actually supposed to be a fourth, but the Fenway Bowl between Virginia and Southern Methodist was cancelled because of Covid-related issues. And we simply on principle refuse to review any bowl involving two 6-6 teams,… Read More »
