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NFL Draft Day Predictor 2024: Forecasting Round 1, QB picks
Let’s predict the 2024 NFL draft, probabilistically. That’s the job of ESPN’s Draft Day Predictor, our publicly available tool that uses expert mock drafts, Scouts Inc. grades and team needs to forecast pick probabilities for prospects in the upcoming draft. In other words, we can get a look at the range of selection outcomes for […]
Continue reading2024 NFL draft: Jeff Legwold ranks the top 100 prospects
Yet, five days before the draft kicks off, the mock drafts, rumor mill and desperation level at the position has brought the potential — again — for history. If five quarterbacks are selected among the top 12 picks this year, it will be just the second time since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 (1999 was […]
Continue reading2024 NFL draft rankings: Scouts Inc.’s full board, grades
The 2024 NFL draft is approaching, with the first round slated for April 25 in Detroit. Rounds 2 and 3 will take place on April 26, and Rounds 4 through 7 are April 27. Who are the best prospects in the class? Scouts Inc. powers ESPN’s DraftCast rankings, and their board — assembled through draft […]
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Alabama hires Nick Sheridan as OC, JaMarcus Shephard as co-OC
More Teams. More Games. New Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer joins “The Pat McAfee Show” to discuss why he left Washington for the Crimson Tide. (1:40) TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer has hired Nick Sheridan as offensive coordinator and JaMarcus Shephard as co-offensive coordinator. DeBoer announced the hirings on Tuesday. Sheridan replaces Ryan Grubb, […]
Continue readingDolphins need better third receiving option
The Dolphins led the league in yards per game in 2023, on the strength of quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and receiver Tyreek Hill. But their passing game floundered down the stretch, in which they failed to crack 250 passing yards in six of their final eight games, including the playoffs. In part, Miami’s drop-off from the […]
Continue readingFormer Washington receiver Germie Bernard commits to Alabama
More Teams. More Games. Pete Thamel joins “SportsCenter” to report on Kalen DeBoer’s potential move to Alabama to replace legendary coach Nick Saban. (2:09) Former Washington wide receiver/kick returner Germie Bernard has committed to Alabama, he announced on social media Sunday. Bernard, who entered the transfer portal Monday, follows former Washington coach Kalen DeBoer to […]
Continue readingWashington receiver Ja’Lynn Polk to enter NFL draft
Washington star wide receiver Ja’Lynn Polk is leaving school to declare the NFL draft, he told ESPN on Tuesday. Polk played an outsized role in the country’s No. 2 passing attack, catching 69 passes for 1,159 yards. “For me, it really was a tough decision leaving my brothers, just knowing the opportunities of being able […]
Continue reading2024 Way-Too-Early college football Top 25
More Teams. More Games. Now that the college football season is over, ESPN names its way-too-early top 25 for the 2024 season. (1:56) The curtain fell on the four-team College Football Playoff in Houston on Monday night, and it more than delivered in its last season with two nail-biting semifinals that weren’t decided until the […]
Continue readingRome Odunze and the prolific receiving corps behind Washington’s offense
NEW ORLEANS — At this time a year ago, Washington receiver Rome Odunze‘s immediate future was unclear. After an incredible junior season in which he was named an All-American and was part of one of the best receiving corps in college football, the polished Las Vegas native would have been justified in calling his time […]
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