Tuesday Morning Pigskin – 12/17/2025

Tuesday Morning Pigskin is a little late this week, so let’s get right to it.

TUESDAY MORNING PIGSKIN

CFB IS A WRAP

The D1 regular football season is over. The ARMY/NAVY classic is over with a thrilling one-point Win for Navy by a score of 17-16. It is now onto the Bowling for Dollars season as well as the Championship season for the Top 12 teams. 

It also marks the beginning of the All-Star Game series, headed by the East/West Shrine Game and Senior Bowl at the end of January. Then comes the Scouting Combine as we roll toward the NFL Draft. I have good news and bad news for you.  Most of the Bowl Games will look more like Spring Practice scrimmages as many of the junior & senior players will head to Performance Camps instead of playing the meaningless Bowl venues, which pretty much means all games not leading up to the Championship games.

As a start to that time of the football year, I decided to compose my present Top 50 Prospect list. Please keep in mind that some players mentioned herein will choose to stay in school rather than declare for the Draft. Notices of who’s heading to the Draft are already rolling in, as well as those staying in school. Just today, it is being reported that ARCH MANNING is returning to Texas for the 2026 college season. Smart move, ARCH. Even tho ARCH improved significantly over the course of the 2025 season, he can still use another collegiate year to climb higher in the QB group rankings for the 2027 Draft. I am also assuming here that TY SIMPSON at Alabama will make a similar decision. They may both make as much money in college as they would as NFL Rookies. 

PIGSKIN’s Top 50 2026 NFL Draft prospects

1. ARVELL REESE    LB      Ohio State
2.  DANTE’ MOORE     QB     Oregon
3. CALEB DOWNS       S         Ohio State
4. JEREMYAH    LOVE     RB    Notre Dame
5. KELDRIC FAULK       DE/ER    Auburn
6. RUEBEN BAIN           DE          Miami (F)
7. FERNANDO MENDOZA    QB     Indiana
8. JORDYN TYSON      WR      Arizona State
9. MONSOOR DELANE    CB    LSU
10. KAYDEN McDONALD      DT     Ohio State
11. CARNELL TATE         WR        Ohio State
12. SPENCER FANO      OT       Utah
13. FRANCIS MAUIGOA    OT      Miami (F)
14. MAKAI LEMON      WR       Southern Cal
15. PETER WOODS    DT    Clemson
16. KENYON SADIQ       TE     Oregon
17. MATAYO UIGALAELEI    OB/ER     Oregon
18. LaNORRIS SELLERS    QB      South Carolina
19. DENZEL BOSTON     WR      Washington 
20. KADYN PROCTOR      OT      Alabama
21. VEGA  IOANE          IOL         Penn State
22. JERMOD McCOY +       CB         Tennessee
23. DAVID BAILEY          DE/ER        Texas Tech
24. AVIEON TERRELL      CB      Clemson
25. CALEB LOMU         OT.       Utah
26. K.C. CONCEPCION     WR/RS     Texas A&M
27. R MASON THOMAS       ER/OB     Oklahoma
28. BRANDON CISSE        CB     South Carolina 
29. A’MAURI  WASHINGTON      DT     Oregon
30. C.J. ALLEN         LB       Georgia
31. AKHEEM MESIDOR     DE/ER      Miami (F)
32. CHRIS BELL       WR    Louisville
33. EMMANUEL McNEIL-WARREN     S     Toledo
34. DOMINIQUE ORANGE      NT     Iowa State
35. L.J. MARTIN      RB      BYU
36. ZION YOUNG      ER/DE     Missouri
37. JAYDEN MAIAVA        QB      Southern Cal
38.  MICHAEL TRIGG     TE       Baylor
39. LEE HUNTER       DT      Texas Tech
40. T.J. PARKER       DE/ER      Clemson
41. TREVOR GOSBY      OT      Texas
42. CHRIS JOHNSON      CB     San Diego State
43. DANI-DENNIS-SUTTON     DE/ER      Penn State
44. DILLON THIENEMAN        S      Oregon  
45. SONNY STYLES        LB       Ohio State
46. KAYTON ALLEN     RB       Penn State
47. KAGE CASEY       OT       Boise State
48. COLTON HOOD    CB      Tennessee
49. ANTHONY HILL      LB     Texas
50. CALEB BANKS       DT       Florida

SENIOR BOWL

If you are wondering where to find the list of player acceptances, you can find them at the Senior Bowl website. As of Tuesday at Noon, the following players from the Top 50 list above have been invited and accepted invites to the game:

33, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 46, 50. 

Cheers y’all.