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Jan 25, 2021
This year will certainly present new challenges to scouts everywhere. The NFL will be shaping up and preparing for a draft season with COVID-19 cutting into a lot of standard protocol.
In an offseason in which almost everything has to go right for the New England Patriots, facing more adversity through the whole player evaluation process will certainly require even more attention to detail than before. It will also place more emphasis on events like the 2021 Reese s Senior Bowl.
With other events like the NFL Combine bring cancelled, and the logistics of pro days also likely being tricky to organize, the Senior Bowl will be one of the fewer opportunities this year for coaches and scouts to get their eyes on players and see them in-person.
-LB Monty Rice
Each will be on the South Team during the game this Saturday, led by Carolina Panthers head coach Matt Rhule and his staff. Rhule coached against Georgia last season in the Sugar Bowl when he was the head coach of the Baylor Bears.
Jim Nagy, executive director of the Senior Bowl, had some interesting things to say about this group of Bulldogs throughout the week. He said that he expected tight end Tre McKitty to be the breakout player of the week.
This experience will prove crucial to almost every player on the above list. Scouts have very specific things that they want these players to do, and much of their draft stock will hinge on this week.
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Opting out of college football bowl games has become a trend over the last few years and when you combine that with a pandemic, you’ll see it more than ever. We scoured the internet to find the latest information on which players have opted out of their bowl game for whatever reason as well as injury updates on players who are banged up and might be unable to go.
The Cincinnati Bearcats will get a chance to prove themselves against some pretty good competition when they play the Georgia Bulldogs in the Peach Bowl to kick off the college football action on New Year’s Day. This game is much more important for Cincinnati than it is for Georgia, and that is reflected by the players deciding to opt out of the bowl game.
Arik Gilbert Officially Enters the NCAA Transfer Portal
Arik Gilbert has officially entered the NCAA Transfer Portal and is now able to be recruited by respective programs like Georgia and Alabama.
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Jan 2, 2021
The 6-foot-5, 253-pound tight end was recruited by every power-5 team that needed a tight end, but he liked what head coach Ed Orgeron was doing with his program, so he decided LSU was the best fit.
Now, after a tumultuous (3-5) season by the Tigers, there is word that Gilbert is homesick in Baton Rouge and wants to play somewhere closer to his family, according to a report from 247sports and