Tuesday, August 14, 2007

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS AND NOTES


Miami senior LB Glenn Cook, a late-round/free agent type prospect for the 2008 draft, likely will miss at least the first month of the regular season, and possibly longer, with an injured foot. The 6-0, 220-pound Cook, who started 11 games last season for Miami and had 36 tackles, may ultimately need surgery....
An MRI has reportedly revealed that star Arkansas WR Marcus Monk has only a bone bruise. After Monk limped off the field late yesterday, there had been concerns that he might have torn ligaments, but the MRI showed no structural damage. Monk, a first-day prospect for the 2007 draft, is still questionable for Arkansas' season opener against Troy on September....
The mother of Arkansas junior RB Darren McFadden, potentially one of the very top prospects for the 2008 draft, said last night in that her son has in fact not yet decided to bypass his senior season and enter the upcoming draft. Mini Muhammed was quoted by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as saying “ I’m not trying to tell anything that hurts my son. I don’t want to be the one that advertises Darren is going to the NFL. ” That was after was quoted by ESPN as saying McFadden had told her that he’d be ‘through’ in December. Muhammed said her son called her after hearing of the report and asked her not to discuss it further. The 6-1, 215-pound McFadden ran for almost 1,700 yards and 14 TDs last fall....
Pittsburgh Derek Kinder, a solid mid-round draft prospect, will miss the season after tearing an ACL in practice yesterday. The 6-0, 205-pound Kinder had 57 catches for 847 receiving yards and six touchdowns last fall....
Back in the spring we put Southern Methodist MLB Reggie Carrington on the list of players to note for the ‘Player to Watch’ series, but when we went to write him up discovered that he had left the team. The 6-1, 240-pound Carrington had been granted an extra year of eligibility after missing the 2004 season with a wrist injury, but after a strong spring opted not to use it....

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