DRAFT NEWS

This month's Big Board 100 features a deep and talented group of potential 2027 NFL Draft prospects that is loaded with elite college players with the size, athleticism, and production to project as NFL stars. The WR class, in particular, could be special. The term "generational talent" is too often thrown around in draft circles, but in the case of Jeremiah Smith, it seems to be almost an understatement.

The first Big Board 100 for the 2027 NFL Draft kicks off this first Sunday of the NFL season. Next spring's draft is potentially one of the most stacked with elite prospects at the premium positions of QB, WR, OT, EDGE, and CB - 61 of the Top 100 prospects on the Big Board 100 come from these positions!

The top of the prospective 2027 OT class offers as many as a half dozen potential first-round draft picks, most of whom look like long-term NFL starting OLTs. There is good overall depth potentially in this draft with quality depth available throughout next spring's draft.

Now that college athletes can be legally paid - and paid extraordinarily well - the expectations have also risen to the point where a preseason favorite for the national title, a team that was one possession away from playing Ohio State for the title last season, stumbled to a 3-3 start, lost a potential first-round pick QB to a season-ending knee injury, and fired their head coach. Penn State will be paying ex-coach James Franklin $49 million to go away, a lot of money for a