DRAFT NEWS

The strongest position group in Mobile this week, top to bottom, are the EDGE Rushers where the majority of the best EDGEs available for April's draft are in attendance this week and several of these prospects look like potential first round picks.

The Senior Bowl participants are overwhelmingly the best declared juniors and seniors available for the NFL Draft - the majority of the top 100 prospects in the NFL Draft play in the Senior Bowl. Many, but rarely all, first round draft picks play in the Senior Bowl. This is especially true regarding the best QBs who historically opt-out of participating. The majority of these prospects in Mobile should earn an invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, February 2

The East-West Shrine Bowl participants are primarily mid-round prospects that should get drafted between the third and sixth rounds of next April's draft. Prospects who excel during practices and in the East-West Shrine Bowl can earn an invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, February 26-March 1. There are several quality NFL prospects scheduled to participate. Let's take a look at the position groups and participants scheduled this week in Frisco, Texas.

American Bowl participants are primarily lower level NFL prospects who grade out as late round draft prospects and high level undrafted free agents (UDFA). Prospects who excel during practices and in the American Bowl can earn an invitation to the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, February 26-March 1. There are several quality NFL prospects scheduled to participate. Let's take a look at the position groups and participants scheduled this week in Lakeland, Florida.

The college football season concludes Monday night when the Hurricanes battle the Hoosiers for the national title. Miami is seeking their first national championship in a quarter century while Indiana seeks their first national championship in school history. This game features several potential first-round picks including Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza and OT Carter Smith as well as Miami OT Francis Mauigoa, EDGEs Rueben Bain and Akheem Mesidor, and CB Keionte Scott.

The 2026 NFL Draft QB class looked like it could have been special at the beginning of the 2025 college football season but the reality of the class is there are few potential starting QBs in this draft and only one that could project to being a franchise QB - Indiana's Fernando Mendoza. Another ten or so prospects look like potential developmental starting QBs. The remaining QBs figure to fight for a roster, or more likely, a practice squad spot next fall.

The Big Board 100 is a direct reflection of the strengths and weaknesses of the 2026 NFL Draft class. WR is the most represented position on this Big Board with 14 prospects listed, which indicates the wide array of talent available at the WR position. The best talent of this draft is along the offensive and defensive lines where 38 of the 100 prospects listed are either OTs, IOL (OG and OC), EDGEs, or IDL.

The first college All-Star Game of the postseason, Hula Bowl participants are primarily lower level NFL prospects who grade out as late round draft prospects and high level undrafted free agents (UDFA). Prospects who excel during practices and in the Hula Bowl can earn an invitation to the East-West Shrine Bowl on 1/27 or the Senior Bowl on 1/31 where the best draft-eligible prospects earn invitations.

Only four teams remain alive in the hunt for the national title and several future NFL stars will undoubtedly be featured performers in the drama to come. Let’s take a look at some of the best draft-eligible prospects for the 2026 NFL Draft that will be playing in the national semifinals at the Fiesta and Peach Bowl games on January 8th and 9th, respectively.

Happy New Year! Eight teams remain alive in the hunt for the national title and several future NFL stars will undoubtably be featured performers in the drama to come. Let’s take a look at some of the best draft-eligible prospects for the 2026 NFL Draft that will be playing in the Rose and Sugar Bowl games.

Happy New Year! Eight teams remain alive in the hunt for the national title and several future NFL stars will undoubtedly be featured performers in the drama to come. Let’s take a look at some of the best draft-eligible prospects for the 2026 NFL Draft that will be playing in the Cotton and Orange Bowl games.

The Alabama - Oklahoma and Miami - Texas A&M games in the first round of the playoffs last weekend featured fantastic head-to-head match-ups on the edges with likely first-round draft picks this coming April facing off in some intriguing one-on-one battles.

The Senior Bowl participants are overwhelmingly the best declared juniors and seniors available for the NFL Draft. Most, but rarely all, first round draft picks played in the Senior Bowl with the notable exception of the best QBs who typically opt-out of participating.

The latest SNS mock draft values the positions of depth that NFL teams prioritize. Namely, OT and EDGE are two of the deepest positions in the 2026 NFL Draft - 13 of the 32 picks in this mock draft are either OTs or EDGEs. On the other hand, only six of the 32 first round picks are from "skill" positions of QB, RB, and WR. When the 2025 season began, the QB class was viewed as potentially deep and talented. But the reality of the situation was much starker...

The playoffs have arrived! Eight teams take to the field this weekend trying to earn berths to the quarterfinals and a New Year’s Day (or Eve) game. The games this weekend feature several potential first round prospects including QBs Ty Simpson / Alabama (SNS #2 QB), Dante Moore / Oregon (SNS #3 QB), and Carson Beck / Miami, Fl (SNS #5 QB), RB Kewan Lacy / Ole Miss (SNS #3 RB), WRs Germie Bernard / Alabama (SNS #5 WR) and KC Concepcion / Texas A&M (SNS #10 WR)...

Draft-worthy upperclassmen have been sitting out the bowl games for years, fearing an injury suffered in a meaningless bowl game could derail their professional career. This thought process also applies to any player who intends to enter the transfer portal - why risk a bowl game injury and not being able to cash in on a lucrative NIL offer from another school to play in a pointless game? If only the Fighting Irish had declined a bowl bid, it could be written off as Notre Dam

Welcome to SNS’ first annual edition of the SNS All-American Team and Player of the Year (P.O.Y) Awards. Although many of the names will be similar to other All-American teams, the reasoning for the SNS All-American team is markedly different. The SNS All-American team and P.O.Y Awards are only given to draft-eligible prospects that are high level NFL draft prospects. In other words, fantastic college players, are not included in the All-American team because they are margina

The penultimate edition of the college football playoff selection show just dropped on Tuesday night and it is clear that the selection committee is not committed to placing an ACC team in the playoff field. Tuesday's rankings listed two place holders for the 11 and 12 seeds - Conference Champ #4 and Conference Champ #5, respectively. If Virginia wins Saturday night, the Cavaliers are securely in the field as the likely 11-seed and will open up with a road game the weekend of

As December dawns in the world of college football, conference championship games have arrived and the college football playoff field is just about to be finalized. There are several potential first-round draft picks playing this weekend including QBs Fernando Mendoza / Indiana (SNS #1 QB), Ty Simpson / Alabama (SNS #2 QB), RB LJ Martin / BYU (SNS #6 RB), WRs Carnell Tate / Ohio State (SNS #2 WR), Germie Bernard / Alabama (SNS #5 WR), Caleb Douglas / Texas Tech (SNS #8 WR)...

The 2026 NFL Draft is only beginning to take shape as the regular season wraps up and prospects begin to declare for the draft. Over the next couple of weeks, prospects will start declaring for the draft, accepting post-season all-star bowl game invitations, and accepting invitations to the NFL Scouting Combine. So, any mock drafts conducted at this point are pure conjecture that serve as a useful measuring stick to see where NFL teams measure up to one another.