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A year ago, Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss sued to get another year of eligibility. After the 2025 season, it appeared that Chambliss could be forced into the 2026 NFL Draft. I surveyed team sources for their grades on Chambliss, and he was projected as high as the second round and as low as the…

The 2027 NFL Draft has a lot of hype about the potential quarterback class, and there are other positions that have emerged as strengths. There could be a deep group of good wide receiver talent, and cornerback has the potential to be a quality class. One of the corners who is helping to make it…

One of the most impressive tapes for any draft prospect in the first half of the college football season came from Clemson cornerback Ashton Hampton versus the Miami Hurricanes. The 6-foot-3, 204-pound Hampton is a huge cornerback, and that automatically raises concerns about the ability to run with speed receivers. Versus Miami, Hampton was going…

Over the past three seasons of college football, Darian Mensah has been a consistent point-producer and has elevated his team at each of the three programs he has played with. This season, Mensah is off to a prolific start with the Miami Hurricanes completing 89 percent of his passes for 1,211 yards with 14 touchdowns…

Especially in the NIL world, with players jumping from one school to another, there are a lot of players who can go from obscurity to having a breakout season in college football. One player who is enjoying a breakout year in the SEC is Tennessee defensive tackle Xavier Gilliam. The former Penn State Nittany Lion…

Every year in the NFL Draft, there are some positions of strength with a depth of talent stretching from the first round into the middle portion of the draft, and there are other positions that lack good starting talent for the early rounds of the draft. In the early going of the 2027 draft cycle,…

Early in the 2027 NFL Draft process, one of the interesting prospects emerging is LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt. Leavitt had a strong 2024 season with Arizona State, leading them into the college football playoff. His 2025 season was cut short by a Lisfranc injury, and Leavitt transferred to play for Lane Kiffin in the 2026…

The 2027 NFL Draft looks like it could be a deep year for quarterback talent. One of the quarterbacks who looks like a potential first-round pick is Notre Dame’s C.J. Carr. Carr took over as the starter in 2025 and had an impressive debut, leading the Fighting Irish to a 10-2 record. Carr completed 67…

Earlier in the summer, we reported how the top three-rated prospects on NFL teams’ preseason watch list were Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith, followed closely by Notre Dame cornerback Leonard Moore and South Carolina defensive end Dylan Stewart. All three achieved super high grades and have a strong early buzz with evaluators. In speaking…