2009 NFL Draft

He also ran for 646 yards and nine touchdowns on 100 carries. He was a four-star football recruit as an athlete. Michael Crabtree was redshirted his freshman season of 2006 due to a transcript glitch and a position change from QB to WR. During the game ...  

I remember watching the 2009 NFL Draft with my father. After every Bengal selection up to and through the sixth round, I told him that the Bengals had made a great pick. Three seasons later and that particular draft does not look near as good as it did back then. NFLDraftScout's Senior Analyst Dane Brugler revisited the 2009 draft and gave the Bengals a grade that many college students would be afraid to show to their mother...  

FBS conference commissioners, Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick and other college football officials Thursday agreed to eliminate eight-team and 16-team playoff proposals to determine the sport's future national champions, but settled on very little else.  

Kirk Cousins was surprised to be drafted by the Washington Redskins after the team had picked quarterback Robert Griffin III with the No. 2 overall pick. But Cousins said Monday that he's competing with RG3, not against the Heisman Trophy winner.  

The forensic pathologist who first identified chronic brain damage as a factor in the deaths of some NFL players flew to San Diego on Thursday to participate in the autopsy of Junior Seau, two sources with knowledge of the case told ESPN.com.  

Rutgers wide receiver Mohamed Sanu was the victim of a draft day prank which led him to believe he was being taken in the first round by the Cincinnati Bengals. As it turns out, the Bengals did select Sanu -- in the third round Friday night.  

Dane Brugler recently applied this theory at CBSSports.com and revisited the 2009 NFL draft and gave each team a re-grade based on how the hits and misses. The Detroit Lions' 10-man draft class that year featured No. 1 overall pick Matthew ...  

The family of Junior Seau is reconsidering its decision to allow researchers to study his brain for signs of damage caused by concussions suffered during his 20-year NFL career, Chargers team chaplain Shawn Mitchell said Saturday.  

tight end Cornelius Ingram was drafted in the fifth round, but again tore his ACL in training camp and was cut the next season – no career statistics in the NFL JURY STILL OUT: Although he was a seventh round pick, linebacker Moise Fokou has started 22 ...  

New York Jets star cornerback Darrelle Revis, who made headlines in March when he called Bill Belichick a "jerk" in an ESPN interview, explained his comments Thursday -- and possibly inflamed the situation even more.  

Much of his success is undoubtedly due to a Giants offense that has blossomed over the past several seasons thanks to Manning, the emergence of fellow wide receiver Victor Cruz and the steadying presence of offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride.  

The Saints and quarterback Drew Brees are not any closer to a contract extension and have made little progress on a long-term deal, a person familiar with the negotiations told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.  

Kansas City StarNFL Draft Psy-Ops Kick Into Full GearWall Street Journal (blog)Before an inexplicably large television audience and scored to the dulcet analytical tones of Chris Berman and Mel Kiper Jr., the Indianapolis Colts will take Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck with the first pick of the NFL Draft on Thursday.Robert Griffin III soaking up the draft week experienceWashington Post (blog)Robert Griffin III Talks NFL Draft And Why He's...  

ESPNDraft drama starts at No. 3ESPN1 overall pick in the 2012 draft by officially announcing Tuesday that Andrew Luck would be their choice. With Robert Griffin III slated to be selected second by the Redskins, the real mystery starts with the Vikings. Will they stay at No.Many options for Vikings, but pick at No. 3 seems most likelyCBSSports.com (blog)Dan Bilicki's NFL Mock DraftLondon Free Press2012 NFL draft: The intrigue begins with the...  

Last month, we decided to take a look back at the Eagles 2009 draft class and came to the conclusion that the two top picks were so good that the class overall has to be graded out well. Yesterday, CBS sports did the same.  

Former NFL defensive end Johnny Jolly has been given 10 years of "shock" probation by a judge, just six months after he was sentenced to prison for violating terms of his probation for a drug conviction.  

The 2012 NFL Draft concluded over a week ago and we got to see the instant analysis in the form of grades and who teams should have taken. We saw who were reaches and who were steals, but really no one knows any of ...  

Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer and athletic director Gene Smith acknowledged having committed secondary NCAA violations in recent months, according to a report in The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer.  

Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany says BCS officials are narrowing the field of possible changes to college football's postseason and the Rose Bowl is not standing in the way of progress.  

Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany says a model being considered for a four-team college football playoff would give preference to conference champions ranked in the top-six nationally.  

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says he expects evidence in the New Orleans Saints bounties case would be made public after all the player appeals and grievances have been heard.  

Although Junior Seau was never listed on an NFL injury report as having had a concussion, those close to him say he admitted to having experienced multiple head injuries.  

Rutgers wide receiver Mohamed Sanu was the victim of a draft day prank which led him to believe he was being taken in the first round by the Cincinnati Bengals.  

The NFL suspended four players for their roles in the New Orleans Saints' bounty system, including linebacker Jonathan Vilma for the entire 2012 season.  

The rape conviction of once-promising California prep football star Brian Banks has been vacated following his accuser's recantation.  

Former NFL great Junior Seau, who played most of his career at linebacker for the San Diego Chargers, has died. He was 43.  

Minnesota, you are unofficially on the clock with the No. 3 overall pick in Thursday's first round of the NFL draft.  

Fresh off a mega contract, Calvin "Megatron" Johnson landed the coveted cover of "Madden NFL 13."