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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 readingWith no first-rounder, who might Panthers target in Round 2?
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The big question at the Carolina Panthers’ pre-draft press conference a year ago was whether they would select Alabama quarterback Bryce Young or Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud with the No. 1 overall pick. Although they didn’t reveal it that day, it was Young, who had always been the choice in the minds […]
Continue readingRaiders 2024 NFL draft preview: Which direction will Las Vegas go?
HENDERSON, Nev. — Maxx Crosby was a fourth-round draft choice of the Raiders in 2019, when the franchise called Oakland home and when he was a clean-shaven baby face with dyed-blonde hair. Crosby was selected No. 106 overall out of mid-major Eastern Michigan and has those digits tattooed in red ink and underlined on the […]
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 […]
Continue readingEx-rugby star Rees-Zammit to hold visits with Broncos, Chiefs
Rees-Zammit stunned rugby fans when he announced in January that he was leaving the sport to pursue a dream of playing in the NFL. On Friday, Rees-Zammit posted a 4.43 in his 40-yard dash at the NFL’s International Player Pathway (IPP) pro day. He also achieved a 9ft 7in broad jump and 29-inch vertical jump. […]
Continue readingNFL combine 2024 schedule: Draft workouts, how to watch
The NFL combine starts on Tuesday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, with more than 300 prospects in the 2024 NFL draft participating in front of coaches, scouts and front office executives. Each prospect will interview with teams, go through medical evaluations and participate in on-field workouts, among other activities. The defensive linemen and linebackers […]
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 readingPhil Mafah’s record day lifts Clemson to wild Gator Bowl win
More Teams. More Games. Phil Mafah scores the short touchdown to put Clemson on top in the Gator Bowl. (0:27) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Clemson finished the Gator Bowl on Friday just like it did the season: with a flourish. Phil Mafah ran for four touchdowns, including a 3-yarder with 17 seconds to play, and the […]
Continue readingRanking the 10 best college football defenses ahead of the 2023 season
The spring has been spent breaking down which offenses (quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers) will define the upcoming college football season, so it’s now time to look at what ultimately wins championships: the defenses. The Georgia Bulldogs broke their 41-year title drought, then followed it up by becoming the first back-to-back champion in a […]
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