NFL Prospects Rumors & News

Bleacher Report "Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Kyler Murray is reportedly leaning toward entering the 2019 NFL draft and playing football next season rather than immediately pursuing a baseball career with the Oakland Athletics, who selected him with the ninth overall pick in the 2018 MLB draft. On..." January 09

CBS Sports "Dwayne Haskins declared for the draft this week and by doing so pretty much guaranteed he'll be the first quarterback selected in the 2019 NFL Draft. The Ohio State standout finished his final season in Columbus with 50 touchdowns and just 8 interceptions, and even if Justin..." January 08

Sportsnaut "The San Francisco 49ers own the No. 2 overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft, and now that Dwayne Haskins has declared they are in the best possible spot. We recently discussed the best options for San Francisco at No. 2 overall and concluded the best possible outcome would be a..." January 07

San Francisco Gate "Thanks to a final-seconds field goal by a former Bay Area football fixture, the San Francisco 49ers will not have the first pick in the 2019 NFL draft. Had ex-Raider Sebastian Janikowski missed the game-winning kick — and had Arizona beat the Seahawks in overtime Sunday —..." January 02

Revenge Of The Birds "For the Arizona Cardinals the 2018 NFL season couldn’t end sooner. It ended in the best possible way when you are a 3-13 team. The Arizona Cardinals will pick first in the 2019 NFL Draft. Well, they have the first pick in the 2019 NFL Draft,..." December 31

New York Post "Pat Shurmur will be watching one collegiate quarterback very closely this week, but not as a potential replacement next season for Eli Manning. Kyle Shurmur, the son of the Giants’ head coach, will play his final college game Thursday night in Houston, where his Vanderbilt team..." December 28

Larry Brown Sports "Justin Herbert’s decision to return to remain in school for his senior season means the 2020 quarterback class is even more loaded with talent, and some believe the Oregon star could be the best of the best. While Herbert doesn’t get nearly as much attention as..." December 27

New York Daily News "The Giants still have some time to decide whether Eli Manning will lead them into next season and beyond, which, yes, has been an ongoing conversation outside and within Big Blue headquarters. The two top quarterback draft prospects don’t have as much..." December 23

Bleacher Report "The major question looming as the NFL season winds down and the run to the NFL draft nears is whether Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert will declare for 2019. The answer is: None of my sources have heard anything. This week, I asked a handful of people at Oregon and in the..." December 14

NFL.com "Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray now has a Heisman Trophy on his resume, a somewhat surprising highlight to one of the most star-studded seasons in college football. And according to his baseball agent, college is where his football career will end. Scott Boras, who negotiated..." December 09

ESPN "West Virginia quarterback Will Grier will not participate in the Camping World Bowl against Syracuse as he begins preparing for the 2019 NFL draft. Grier announced his decision Saturday, thanking WVU coaches, teammates and fans for their support. He had 3,864 passing yards and 37..." December 08

Sportsnaut "Kyler Murray made waves on Friday during interviews prior to Saturday’s Heisman Trophy presentation when he said he wanted to play in the NFL and MLB if possible. A player who has exploded on the national stage this year, Murray has the kind of talent NFL scouts drool over...." December 08

TMZ "Will he stay or will he go??? Dwyane Haskins says he ain't sure ... but did he just drop a massive clue?? Maybe ... 'cause the Ohio State QB -- who's out in NYC prepping for Saturday's Heisman Trophy ceremony -- told Adam Glyn ... "I'm pretty close..." December 08

NBC Sports Bay Area "The Raiders and 49ers had similar 2017 seasons. They were so alike, in fact, that it took a coin toss to decide NFL draft order. It was more of a production than Kyle Shanahan and Jon Gruden would’ve liked, broadcast live on NFL Network during the combine. Rod Woodson was in..." November 28

Saturday Tradition "Two of the best quarterbacks in the B1G might be playing the final games of their college football careers. On Friday, Matt Miller of Bleacher Report hinted that Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson and Ohio State’s Dwayne Haskins are expected to declare for the 2019 NFL Draft..." November 17

Pro Football Talk "Jon Gruden doesn’t have a lot to show for his first year back in Oakland, as the Raiders have the worst record in the NFL. But he says there’s a lot to show for over the next two years. On a conference call with Arizona media before the Raiders’ upcoming game against..." November 16

NBC Sports Bay Area "Well, the Raiders did their job. They stunk yet again Sunday, ensuring they didn’t lose the No. 1 overall pick in next year’s NFL draft. The 49ers did them a solid Monday night, allowing the New York Giants to hit two wins and keep the Silver and Black in..." November 14

New York Post "The race to the draft is officially on as Giants brass, including general manager Dave Gettleman, was in attendance Saturday in Salt Lake City to watch Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert play Utah. Herbert, a top prospect who has not yet decided whether he will declare for the draft,..." November 11

SI "Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert has sat atop plenty of 2019 mock drafts during an impressive junior season with the Ducks, but NFL teams may have to wait to make Herbert their next franchise quarterback.  Herbert is "far more likely" to return to Oregon for his senior..." October 21

9 News "Fresh off garnering his best rookie class in years, Broncos general manager John Elway is rolling up his sleeves and going to work on the 2019 draft. Elway and director of player personnel Matt Russell will be attending the Oregon-Washington game today at Autzen Stadium in Eugene,..." October 13

Los Angeles Times "Before Chris Borland decided to walk away from the NFL in 2015, he spent a season learning about the long-term risks of the sport, reading books and talking to neuroscientists. Nobody mentioned Parkinson’s disease. A single article, he said, referred to amyotrophic lateral..." August 08

SI "All but one of the 256 players selected in the 2018 NFL Draft were signed, sealed and delivered to training camp prior to the calendar turning to August. The lone player on the outside looking in is the Bears’ Roquan Smith, who is holding onto a slippery pole of hope for a modicum of..." August 07

Sportsnaut "Joey Bosa made quite a splash as a rookie in 2016, earning Defensive Rookie of the Year honors despite missing four games due to a holdout over his contract. With that in mind, what he said about his younger brother, Nick Bosa, should have NFL teams drooling over the pass rusher’s..." August 06

Pro Football Talk "As the NFL works annually (and sometimes coherently) to try to make the game safer, many of the basics of football have to change. And with an eye on the league’s new helmet rules, new Lions coach Matt Patricia has even come up with a new twist on the Oklahoma..." July 31