Pair of QBs, Duke safety opt to return for 2021 … A pair of pretty well-known college QBs have indicated that they will be taking advantage of the NCAA’s “free season waiver” and will return for the 2021 season including Charlie Brewer of Baylor and McKenzie Milton of Central Florida. Both, though, will transfer and play elsewhere next… Read More »
Senior Bowl confirms another 3 accepted invites … The Senior Bowl has announced that three more players have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Clemson WR Amari Rodgers and safeties Richard LeCounte of Georgia and the somewhat oddly named Divine Deablo of Virginia Tech. That brings to well over 90 the number of players who have committed… Read More »
Cowboys loss completes week; top of draft order unchanged … Another extended week on the NFL schedule wrapped up this evening with Baltimore getting back on track with a win over Dallas. And, as a result of the loss, the Cowboys will again have the 4th pick overall for at least another week in the opening round selection… Read More »
Two more juniors announce draft entry … A couple of more juniors have announced that they will forego their remaining eligibility and enter the 2021 draft including Louisville WR Tutu Atwell and South Carolina ILB Ernest Jones. Atwell is considered to be a late second day type prospect, while Jones is a mid-round 3rd day candidate.
ECU WR Proehl enters draft; Mizzou duo may not be far behind … East Carolina junior WR Blake Proehl has confirmed that he has opted out for the remainder of the season and will be declaring for the 2021 draft. The 6-0, 190-pound Proehl, who figures to be a 3rd day or free agent candidate this coming spring,… Read More »
Weekly selection order updated … There is still one more game to be played this week when Baltimore and Pittsburgh play on Wednesday, but for now here is the updated opening round selection order for the 2021 draft were it to be held this week.
Update to Ravens-Steelers pushed back another day … The on-again, off-again game between division-rivals Baltimore and Pittsburgh has been moved again and is now scheduled for Wednesday afternoon with kick-off at 3:40 PM ET. The game was originally scheduled to be played last Thursday as the night-cap to the NFL’s Thanksgiving Day triple-header, but it was first postponed… Read More »
NFL announces Xmas sked updates … The NFL revealed this morning the three games that will be played on Saturday, December 26th. Tampa Bay will be in Detroit to start that day with a 1 PM ET kick-off, followed by San Francisco at Arizona at 4:30 PM and Miami in Las Vegas at 8:15 PM ET. There is… Read More »
QB Darnold to start for Jets this weekend … Barring a late setback, the NY Jets are expected to have Sam Darnold back at QB when they play Miami on Sunday. The Jets, of course, are the NFL’s last remaining winless team and are on track to end up with the #1 pick at the 2021 draft. Darnold… Read More »
Star Gophers WR Bateman opts out again … Minnesota WR Rashod Bateman, who was one of the first players to opt out of the 2020 season back in the summer when the option was first made available, but then opted back in when the Big Ten got going, has formally opted out again and will begin preparations for… Read More »
And then there were two: Ravens-Steelers Turkey Day game pushed back … Because of covid concerns, tomorrow night’s game between Baltimore and Pittsburgh has been rescheduled for Sunday afternoon. There are as many as 7 Baltimore players that would have been unavailable to play tomorrow because of covid tests. That leaves Houston playing at Detroit in the early… Read More »
Jets, Jags inch closer to top picks … Interesting afternoon in the NFL this PM with the NY Jets and Jacksonville both moving closer to a top 1-2 pick at the 2021 draft, while just about everybody else moved on, sort of. The Jets led early, then rallied late in Los Angeles against the Chargers, but in the… Read More »
Clicker QB fest in college football Saturday … Interesting situation in college football tomorrow afternoon when all of the top QB prospects for the 2021 draft will be on the menu. In fact, three of the top 4 guys will be playing opposite each other in nationally televised games getting underway at Noon ET tomorrow afternoon. Clemson’s Trevor… Read More »
Hula Bowl staying put … The Hula Bowl has confirmed that the 2020-21 version of the all-star game is still on as scheduled for January 31st in Hawai’i. That comes as both the East-West Shrine and NFLPA star games have been cancelled, while the Senior Bowl is still a go for that same week. And while the Senior… Read More »
Draft QB notes … The NY Jets, the NFL’s last remaining winless team who would have the #1 pick overall were the 2021 draft held this week, have confirmed that nominal starting QB Sam Darnold will miss at least one more game due to the sprained throwing shoulder that has already cost him four games this season. Veteran… Read More »
Senior Bowl adds rising Gator QB Trask; 13 others … The Senior Bowl announced its biggest ‘get’ of the year in its roster recruiting process with word that rising Florida QB Kyle Trask plans to be in Mobile for this year’s game at the end of January. Trask, who is having a sensational senior campaign, is starting to… Read More »
Heart condition forces PSU RB Brown to retire from football; other college notes … Penn State has confirmed that emerging junior RB Journey Brown has been told he’ll no longer be able to play football because of a medical condition that was discovered during covid testing. Brown has a condition known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a disease in which… Read More »
Four more Senior Bowl additions … The Senior Bowl has confirmed that four more players have accepted invitations to this year’s game including Mississippi OG Royce Newman, Central Florida CB Aaron Robinson, Virginia TE Tony Poljan and Alabama-Birmingham WR Austin Watkins.
Star FSU DT Wilson out for year … Florida State has confirmed that star DT Marvin Wilson will miss the rest of the year after undergoing surgery for an undisclosed leg injury suffered in last weekend’s game with Pitt. While Wilson did undergo surgery, the word out of the program is that the injury isn’t all that serious… Read More »
Rich QB class gets richer … With Trevor Lawrence and Justin Fields at the very top of the board, and rising FCS star Trey Lance not that far behind, 2021 was always going to be one of those ‘year-of-the-QB’ drafts. However, the buzz around the NFL scouting community is that two other QBs – Zach Wilson of BYU… Read More »
College football notes … If things weren’t bad enough already for Michigan, which is an uncharacteristic 1-2 in the early going of the Big Ten schedule, the Wolverines have confirmed that junior DE Aidan Hutchinson, an early second round prospect for the upcoming draft, will miss the rest of the season with a leg fracture that will require… Read More »
Multiple games on weekend sched with major draft implications … When was the last time that a game involving New England and the NY Jets had draft implications for both teams? Anyone? Whenever, it happens on Monday night when the Jets, the NFL’s last remaining winless team, hosts the 2-5 Patriots who would have the 10th pick overall.… Read More »
College football updates … Mississippi State has confirmed the worst kept secret in college football that RB Kylin Hill has in fact officially opted out and has declared for the draft. The 5-10, 210-pound Hill, who ran for over 1,300 yards last season, is one of the top 5 or so backs available in the upcoming draft. At… Read More »
UGA S LeCounte injured in post-game traffic accident … Star Georgia FS Richard LeCounte, one of the top prospects at the position for the 2021 draft, was injured in a multi-car traffic accident after the team returned to Athens from their game at Kentucky on Saturday evening. LeCounte was reportedly driving a motorcycle and was hit by at… Read More »
Shrine game cancelled … It kind of slipped under the radar a couple of days ago, but the East-West Shrine Classic, the oldest continous pre-draft all-star game has been cancelled for 2021 because of Covid concerns. This year’s Shrine game had been scheduled for January 23rd in St. Petersburg. As far as we can tell, the other major… Read More »
