Combine set to kick-off … After a year off in which there was no formal scouting combine because of Covid concerns, we are back on this year. And players will start arriving in Indianapolis tomorrow for what is arguably the most important single week on the pre-draft schedule. Indeed, over the next week a total of 324 players… Read More »
Path to the draft runs thru Indy … Every year we make that statement referring to the fact that the scouting combine in Indianapolis is an indisputably a key element of the pre-draft process. Only this year, we really mean it! Last year, of course, the combine was cancelled because of concerns about Covid. Instead the NFL got… Read More »
Daxton Hill, SAF, Michigan, 6-0, 192, 4.35, JR … Third-year junior with exceptional athletic ability has reportedly run in the low 4.3s with a 43-inch vertical. He’s also a very versatile player who can work as both a nickel safety as well as a straight-up corner in a pinch. He’s also a physical player who is very aggressive… Read More »
USFL draft continues today; former Michigan QB Patterson first pick overall … The fledgling USFL will return this spring with its own version of spring football. And to get there the league is conducting its first player draft literally as we speak. The Michigan Panthers had the first pick in yesterday’s opening round and selected former Michigan QB… Read More »
Tag days underway … The official start of the new football year is still several weeks away, but things are already starting to percolate as today’s is the first day that teams can tag any impending free agents as either franchise or transition players prior to the start of free agency. Players who gets a non-exclusive franchise designation… Read More »
LB profiles added … Inside linebacker tends to be one of those positions that gets overlooked early in the draft. That could change this year, though, with at least a couple of guys at the position – Nakobe Dean of Georgia and Utah’s Devin Lloyd – getting their share of top 10-15 whispers. However, teams that miss out… Read More »
QB carousel starts to roll … So far, its an unconfirmed report, but a local podcaster in Minnesota is reporting that Carolina gave the Vikings a call asking about the availability of QB Kirk Cousins. According to the report, the Vikings said they weren’t interested, although it is believed that they would like Cousins to take a pay… Read More »
Sun Devil QB Daniels to transfer … One of the stories we overlooked a little this week is the fact that rising Arizona State junior QB Jayden Daniels, who figures to be an interesting prospect for the 2023 draft, has confirmed that he has entered the transfer portal. Daniels had originally indicated he would be back with the… Read More »
Profiles added for top WR and rising ER and CB … Note that we have added profiles for three more players to the Prospect Profiles page inching ones for Ohio State WR Chris Olave, Minnesota edge-rusher Boye Mafe and Washington CB Kyler Gordon.
OL prospect profiles added … Note that we have added profiles for three more offensive line prospects for the 2022 draft to the full Prospect Profile file including OTs Bernhard Raimann of Central Michigan and Northern Iowa’s Trevor Penning, along with Texas A&M OG Kenyon Green.
Jordan Davis, DT, Georgia, 6-6, 340, 5.10, SR … Fourth-year senior is a massive interior defender who anchored Georgia’s defense on their run to the 2021 national championship. In fact, he was a consensus All-American who was awarded both the Bednarik (best defensive player) and Outland (best lineman) Trophies for his efforts this fall. He’s a superior run… Read More »
Derek Stingley, CB, LSU, 6-1, 195, 4.35, JR … Third-year junior was the #1 high school recruit in the country and was named an All-American as he started every game in the Tigers’ national championship season as a true freshman in 2019, but hasn’t been as prominent the past two years because of a series of injuries. Still… Read More »
To QB, or not to QB! … That is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to take a QB early or to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune by going best player available. OK, so that’s a little over-dramatic, but the overriding questions surrounding the early part of the 2022 draft continue to be… Read More »
What if they held a college football all-star game and a track meet broke out. That’s kind of what it looked like on Saturday when the edge rushers in this year’s Senior Bowl literally pinned their ears back and raced to the QB. At least what it felt like when the White team had the ball. That’s when… Read More »
As noted in an earlier report, while most of the buzz from Saturday’s Senior game was about the quarterbacks, arguably the real story from the game was the fact that the Orange (National) team pass rushers dominated their White (American) team opponents while the Orange offensive line pretty much did it’s job. No surprise that rising Central Michigan… Read More »
Anyone hoping to get a little more clarity about the somewhat murky QB situation for the 2022 draft at today’s Senior Bowl probably came away a little disappointed as it is unlikely anything changed much after today. In particular, none of the 6 QBs in Mobile really stood out this afternoon. Pitt’s Kenny Pickett, who is generally considered… Read More »
Drake London, WR, Southern California, 6-4.5, 210, 4.50, JR … Third-year junior was arguably the best player in all of college football this past season before missing the final four games because of a fractured ankle. In those 8 games, London had 88 receptions, which still ranked 15th in the country, for over 1,000 yards and 7 scores;… Read More »
The Senior Bowl Game is tomorrow and today is a day of rest for most of us covering the game, whether we like it or not. So as I was searching for Shrine Game stats, unsuccessfully I might add, I was looking at my composite practice notes for the week. As I did so it came to me… Read More »
Shriners to kick-off this evening … The first of this weekend’s double-header of all-star games goes this evening when the East-West Shrine game kicks off later this evening at 8 PM ET in Las Vegas with TV coverage on the NFL Network. And while the Shrine game doesn’t have the star power of the Senior Bowl, which will… Read More »
Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia, 6-0, 225, 4.50, JR … Very athletic 3rd year junior won the Butkus Award as the nation’s top LB in both high school and college this year when he led the Bulldogs’ defense with 72 tackles, including 6 sacks, 5.5 other tackles for loss, 2 picks, 8 pass break-ups and 2 forced fumbles. He’s… Read More »
Not a whole lot surprising at today’s measurement ad weigh-in session at the Senior Bowl in Mobile. In fact, the most anticipated figure of the week never happened. That involved Pitt QB Kenny Pickett’s hand size which has been reported as very small. However, Pickett apparently decided to keep the story alive at least until the combine next… Read More »
QBs on parade at Senior Bowl … Players are gathering in Mobile as we speak for the start of this week’s Senior Bowl activities which get underway tomorrow. The players will be measured and weighed tomorrow, followed by the first practice sessions for both teams, although the first day of practice is usually in shorts. There will be… Read More »
Star week heats up … While the NFL will take a bit of a break next week in anticipation of the Super Bowl on February 13th, the post-season all-star games will be taking center stage with the Senior Bowl scheduled for next Saturday in Mobile, while the East-West Shrine game will be played Thursday night in Las Vegas.… Read More »
Two more picks on lines as final 4 battle for Super Bowl spots … With the two conference championships to be decided later today, we’ll also be able to fill-in a couple of more slots in the opening round selection order for the 2022 draft. Indeed, while the winners of today’s games between Cincinnati and Kansas City for… Read More »
NFLPA star game on tap … The real all-star game action doesn’t start until early next week when the Senior Bowl gets underway in Mobile, but there is a post-season star game on today with the NFLPA Classic scheduled for a 6 PM kick-off at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles. The game will be covered on the… Read More »
