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| Yeah.......That's me!  | Draft links from Tusekan Raiders at FFT He lays out some great info links every offseason. All of the following is free info gathered by Tusekan and posted on a free site. I just cut and pasted it. ----------------------------------------------------- The world famous annual collection (and occasional reviews) of the best free NFL draft information on the net. I don't include a site if most of their draft content is premium (e.g. ESPN)...other than the fine product Waldman has available exclusively on this site. The first post has general links and resources. The second has all-star game coverage. The third has Combine and Pro Day/individual workout coverage. The fourth has underclassmen declared. NFL DRAFT LINKS FFToday.com Matt Waldman - Rookie Scouting Portfolio (Pay - sample) Tony Nowak - 2008 RB class: preview Tony Nowak - 2008 RB class: season update Pre-Combine RB Update coming this month! Draft websites NFL.com Draft Central Draft information on the NFL’s official website. The Combine updates and Pro Day tracking by Gil Brandt are one of the best annual features. Lots of analysis and usually profiles, although they aren't ready yet (dead link). NFL Draftguys Premier ff draftniks Cecil Lammey and Sigmund Bloom began a site last year. The layout/navigation is a work in progress, but the content is fantastic. NFL Draft Scout - while the best content on this site is pay, there is enough free for me to list here, including a frequently-updated player news wire and rankings (profiles are pay). NFL Draft Countdown For one-stop shopping of NFL draft information, Scott Wright has one of the better independent free draft websites. Nice layout, easy navigation, solid ranking, decent profiles, and Scott produces one of the better mocks every year. Also has a good blog. Sports Illustrated Draft Central - currently dead link SI.com has been the best in class of the big box brands, and continues to be free. Their rankings are typically excellent. However, they don't get their stuff up until late...and it isn't up yet. Hopefully the prospect videos will return too (currently dead link). Look for Tony Pauline stories (click here), he is one of the best guys out there covering NFL prospects and the draft. - Photo Gallery - Top 12 RBs - UCF RB Kevin Smith feature - Banks first mock TFY Draft - Tony Pauline's new site Yahoo! NFL Draft Home (still 2007 info) John Murphy's contributions and video clips highlighted an improved big box offerings last year, but they haven't updated it yet. John left his own indy website (NextLevel Scouting) and stream-of-consciousness method for a regular Yahoo! column as their primary NFL draft writer, replacing Charles Robinson. Here are Murphy's archives for some good reads. John is plugged in and brings unique and interesting tidbits you don't find anywhere else. - Rankings and prospect profiles (still 2007 rankings) Draft Daddy First turned on to this site for their undrafted free agent coverage, but they have all kinds of solid draft content. By far the best feature is their blog, the best one out there for a constant stream of draft info. Football's Future One of the more improved sites the last couple of years. Originally known for their mock draft links, they also have comprehensive and original profiles and team needs analysis. Also added a decent blog (although the blog hasn't been updated yet for 2008). - Rankings and prospect profiles New Era Scouting A new addition this year, Bloomn turned me on to this site and I was an instant fan. Solid rankings, in-depth profiles with original content (still growing) and some other good stuff. It appears they just started some reconstruction 1/20/08, so a lot of stuff is stripped away right now. Watch for them to return soon in full. Dallas News NFL Draft Home - featuring Rick Gosselin, one of the most respected newspaper draftniks. Link is still mostly last year's stories, his focus should change to draft after the playoffs. - Gosselin rankings (still 2007 rankings) - Gosselin archive - Dallas Morning News college football blog Great Blue North Draft Report Best feature of Canuck Colin Lindsey’s site is the running news updates on the main page. Another nice feature is the frequently updated Junior Scoreboard, tracking the status of underclassmen. Pro Football Weekly NFL Draft Home Nolan Nawrocki and this site grew on me for the first time last year since the Joel Buschbaum days. Free content is a little more robust. NOTE: also prospect talk in the College Notes and College Football Extras sections. Rivals.com NFL Draft home - some great free articles and all-star coverage. Frank Coyle, who I'm not the biggest fan of, is the main contributor to the rankings, though. ScoutNFLExperts.com - part of Scout.com network. In-depth stuff and profiles are not free, but rankings and enough good articles are. Pro Draft Guide - new addition this year doesn't have much content, but youtube gallery of prospect videos, which is nice direct links on prospects name to youtube. NFL Draft Watch - good all-star coverage hR mock draft links - Nice compilation of mocks, bills themselves as the largest such resource on the net. Consensus Draft Services NFLfans.com (formerly The Draft Exchange) Quirky site whose brutally crowded layout is a sensory overload. Look on the left for prospect rankings and profiles. Forums seem to find some unique and hard-to-find information, especially during the Combine and workouts. Fantasy Football Toolbox Draft Index Busy site with a lot of adds and occasional pop-ups, but a lot of content, especially mock drafts from their writers and around the net. Rankings with a lot of profiles, but some lacking content and/or out-of-date. Fox Sports Draft Central - currently a dead link New entry last year didn't have much news for a big box, but their partnership with CFN.scout.com linked in some good stuff, like Pete Fiutak's articles. KFFL Draft Central WalterFootball.com - decent new edition, not too in-depth, but solid rankings and quick bios for 2008 and 2009. The Z Report - Houston Chronicle blog - new Chronicle draft/ff blog writer Lance Zierlein has sporadic, Texan-focused coverage. NFL Draft Bible - new addition this year with brutal navigation (whatever article you click on appears in the center window...don't keep waiting for the page to change or a new window to open) and unspectacular content, but John Murphy from Yahoo! appears affiliated. If he will be providing any exclusive content, it becomes worth visiting for that. AOL Fanhouse NFL prospect blog entries - AOL blogs filed under 'NFL prospects' keyword AOL Fanhouse NFL Draft blog entries - AOL blogs filed under 'NFL draft' keyword NFL Draft Dog - still a puppy, new addition this year. Rookiepedia - the wikipedia model applied to draft. Very interesting concept, but needs more work to be good material. About.com NFL Draft home - hit or miss quality, as you know if used about.com to ever find any kind of info Rob's Scouting I’m usually not a big fan of his rankings and the site is a little rough, but Rob McCartney is one of the original internet draftniks, does his own scouting, and writes his own in-depth profiles. If nothing else, he deserves recognition for that. Content continues to decrease each year, including no updates on the blog he started last year. NFL Draft Forecast - meh, turned into a blog this year and now best feature from 2007, video highlights links of various top prospects, is gone. Pass. The NFL Draft Site - new blog last year that focused on small schools, not as active so far this year. Draftboard Insider - pretty sparse, some video on top prospects in thier profiles theHogs.net Draft Section Washington fan site isn't Redskin-centric with their draft information, but has little other than a news wire and promise of Combine coverage. Sportsnutz.com - mediocre rankings and content. "Team Needs" section was once good, but they haven't done it since 2006. Football.com and Draft Stock Two D.J. Boyer vehicles which mean mediocre quality and sporadic updates. Allen Trieu appears no longer involved with football.com, so that doesn't help. CBS Draft Home - not really much of a draft home, just a Top 100 prospect list they soure from NFLDraftScout.com. They also have a list of declared underclassmen and you can obviously find some articles in their NFL news, but the coverage is embarassing for a big box. Houstonprofootball.com NFL Draft War Room - no 2008 content yet Draft news ProSportsDaily.com NFL Draft News Google news on NFL Draft Profootballtalk.com Rumor Mill - infamous rumor mill has been known to break stories before the mainstream media. This is all NFL news, but I've found interesting draft stuff on here too. COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS College Football News.com I'm rather disappointed collegefootballnews.com mergered with scout.com (now cfn.scout.com). The content is more or less the same, the best college football website on the net. However, the layout suffers from merging with the crowded scout.com format, as well as their pop-ups. Although almost all the content remains free, scout.com is fee-driven, so we could be losing another great free site soon. Look for articles by Pete Fiutak who covers draft stuff there. College Sports TV (CSTV) USA Today conference reports TSN D-IA Coverage TSN D-IAA Coverage College Sporting News (CSN) Top D-IAA football website. The former I-AA.org merged with them. D2football.com One of the top websites covering NCAA Division II football reviews some dark horses. Pro hopefuls is their preseason review of top DII NFL prospects. RESOURCES DraftHistory.com NFL.com Draft History CBSSportsline.com Draft History Wikipedia entry for NFL Draft Official NCAA football statistics (all divisions) 2008 traded draft picks (courtesy of Draft Insiders' Digest) 2008 free agents (courtesy of The Red Zone) 2008 free agents (courtesy of Football's Future) Official site of NFL Combine THR Mock Draft scores (2007 ranking, obviously) Mock Draft Muncher -basically a macro that sorts results of a number of mock drafts, explained in FAQ. NOTE - not updated for 2008 yet. 2007 NFL Draft Links thread 2006 NFL Draft Links thread Dead links in 2008 (FYI to research later) MSNBC 2007 Draft HQ - didn't see one for 2008, stupid catalog process for MSNBC (story numbers instead of naming links) NFL Draft Showcase - currently dead, says 2008 coming soone, but I think Allen Trieu moved to writing on college football for Michigan on Scout.com On The Clock (OTC) Draft - this guy was around for a couple years, disappeared this year NFL Draft Dirt - we barely knew ya Draft Database - tried to replace draftbook.com, now it needs to be replaced -------------------- ALL-STAR GAMES Murphy (Yahoo!) - All-star stock watch NFL Draft Watch - All-Star Bowls Senior Bowl Saturday, 1/26/08 4pm EST - NFL Network Official website Recap ESPN - Recap TSN box score Game stats and play-by-play TSN Preview Rosters NFL Network coverage schedule mlive.com Game Blog - updates and discussion during the game for those w/o NFL Network NYT article Google news search on "Senior Bowl" NFL.com coverage NFL Draft Countdown Senior Bowl HQ AL.com coverage and Mobile Register (AL) stories PFW coverage Rival.com Senior Bowl coverage GBN Report practice reports Houston Texans - Senior Bowl standouts Houston Texans - RBs in Mobile NFLdraftguys Early week notes Glenn Dorsey v. Sedrick Ellis Wednesday *Podcast *Practice report Tuesday *Podcast *Practice report Monday *Podcast *South practice report *North practice report Weigh-In *Report *Excel s/s Pauline Pauline (SI) - Final practice risers/sliders Final practice analysis - North Final practice analysis - South Team interests update Team interests Wednesday *North risers/sliders (SI) *South risers/sliders (SI) *South practice (TFY) *North practice (TFY) *Buzz (TFY) Tuesday *North risers/sliders (SI) *South riser/sliders (SI) *North practice (TFY) Monday *Buzz (TFY) *North practice (TFY) ESPN (free) Notes through Wednesday practice Marcus Smith profile - UNM WR Heath Benedict profile - OT is only DII player at game Owen Schmitt profile - WVU FB Colt Brennan profile - Hawaii's record-breaking QB Article on nine players from USC in game East-West Shrine Game Saturday, 1/19/07 7pm EST - ESPN2 Official website Rosters Rivals.com Game Summary (AP) TSN Game Summary TSN Box Score SF Chronicle Niner Insider blog - first half notes SF Chronicle Niner Insider blog - second half notes Scout.com - Standouts from game TSN Preview Rival.com - Shrine Game Home (w/practice video) NFLdraftguys.com - Day 3 Practice Notes PODCAST - NFLdraftguys.com - Day 3 NFLdraftguys.com - Day 2 Practice Notes PODCAST - NFLdraftguys.com - Day 2 NFLdraftguys.com - Day 1 Practice Notes PODCAST - NFLdraftguys.com - Day 1 The Z Report (Houston Chronicle blog) - Practice Notes: Day 3 The Z Report (Houston Chronicle blog) - Practice Notes: Day 1 The Z Report (Houston Chronicle blog) - player discussion Yahoo! - RB discussion Houson Texans - Shrine Game standouts ESPN search on "Shrine Game" Hula Bowl Saturday, 1/12/07 8:00pm EST - Versus Aina (East) v. Kai (West) Official website Rosters Hula Bowl Game Summary (AP) Honolulu Star-Bulletin Game Summary Honolulu Advertiser Game Summary TSN Game Summary TSN Box Score NFLdraftguys - Post-Game Notes prodraftguide.net - Post-Game Notes TSN Preview Cactus Bowl - DII Friday, 1/11/07 8:00pm EST - Fox Sports Southwest East v. West Official website Box Score NFL COMBINE Official Site of NFL Combine: Home | NFLCombine.net Official invite list - NOW AVAILABLE Complete Coverage - most not updated or with last year's info NFL.com NFL Draft Countdown PFW theHogs.net Google news on "NFL Combine" Previews Updates Results Reviews PRO DAYS NFL.com Pro Day schedule - currently dead link Last edited by Remote Controller; 02-18-2008 at 08:39 PM. |
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| Yeah.......That's me! | UNDERCLASSMEN Dealine for underclassmen to apply - January 15th (then 72 hours to withdraw) Draft early entries (53 - juniors, unless otherwise indicated) - alphabetically by position QB (1) - Xavier Lee, FSU RB (8) - Jamaal Charles, Texas; Felix Jones, Arkansas; Darren McFadden, Arkansas; Rashard Mendenhall, Illinois; Ray Rice, Rutgers; Steve Slaton, WVU; Kevin Smith, UCF; Jonathan Stewart, Oregon WR (13) - Adrian Arrington, Michigan; Earl Bennett, Vanderbilt; Davone Bess, Hawaii; Ryan Grice-Mullen, Hawaii; James Hardy, Indiana; DeSean Jackson, California; Malcolm Kelly, Oklahoma; Selwyn Lymon, Purdue; Mario Manningham, Michigan; Sean Penix, Arkansas; Darius Reynaud, WVU; Taj Smith, Syracuse; Devin Thomas, Michigan State; Mario Urrutia, Louisville TE (2) - Martellus Bennett, Texas A&M; Jermichael Finley, Texas** OL (6) - Branden Albert, Virginia; L.J. Anderson, UCF; Ryan Clady, Boise State; Anthony Collins, Kansas; Franklin Dunbar, Middle Tennessee; Chilo Rachal, Southern California; DL (8) - Calais Campbell, Miami; Johnny Dingle, WVU; Jeremy Geathers, UNLV; Vernon Gholston, Ohio State; Letroy Guion, Florida State; Derrick Harvey, Florida; Phillip Merling, Clemson; Pat Sims, Auburn LB (5) - Geno Hayes, FSU; Erin Henderson, Maryland; Josh Johnson, Marshall; Curtis Lofton, Oklahoma; Jerod Mayo, Tennessee; DB (10) - Demario Bobo, Mississippi State; Brandon Flowers, VTech; Jack Ikegwuonu, Wisconsin; Justin King, PSU; DaJuan Morgan, North Carolina State; Lamar Myles, Louisville (LB); Kenny Phillips, Miami; Orlando Scandrick, Boise State; Reggie Smith, Oklahoma; Aqib Talib, KU ** - Sophomore DII Carson-Newman WR James Banks (formerly of Tennessee) has also indicated he is entering the draft, but is not included on the official list released by NFL.com. NFL.com List CFN Review of Early Entries Rivals.com - Review of impact of all players leaving Rivals.com - Five Programs Help or Hurt by Underclassmen Decisions ESPN - RB James Davis changes mind after declaring, will return to Clemson Sporting News - More on Davis changing his mind ESPN - Asked to move to TE, FSU QB Xaiver Lee declares Ex-Vol WR James Banks to leave Carson-Newman Early RB Branden Ore changes mind after declaring, will return to VaTech More on Ore and VaTech CB Victor "Macho" Harris returning |
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