DRAFT NEWS

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