NFL DRAFT 2009

Missouri red shirt sophomore WR Jeremy Maclin will announce his pro intentions at a press conference at noon ET on Friday......

Two more juniors to the list of early entrants to the NFL draft as Florida State DE Everette Brown and Maryland WR Darrius Heyward-Bey have both announced they will forego their final year of college eligibility and enter the 2009 draft......

Georgia junior QB Matthew Stafford and red shirt sophomore RB Knowshon Moreno have announced they will be entering the upcoming draft. Stafford is projected to be a top 5-10 pick this coming April, while Moreno isn't likely to last much beyond the 20th pick overall. One of the interesting subplots to the story is that one of the people Stafford has consulted with through the process is Kansas City scout Mike Hagen, who is a friend of the family. The Chiefs have the third pick in this year‘s draft and could have more than a passing interest in addressing their QB situation at this year‘s draft.....

Bengals, Jags staffs to coach Senior Bowl… Coaching staffs from Cincinnati and Jacksonville will coach the two teams at the Senior Bowl later this month. The Senior Bowl coaches traditionally have represented the two teams with the highest picks with a stable coaching situation. Cincinnati has the 6th pick at the 2009 draft, while Jacksonville will select 8th.....

South Carolina junior TE Jared Cook has announced that he will forego his final year of eligibility and enter the April draft. The 6-5, 240-pound Cook reportedly was rated as a potential second round pick by the NFL’s special draft advisory committee. Cook, though, has reportedly run under 4.40 seconds in the 40 while at South Carolina and if he can get anywhere near that at next month’s his stock could soar. Meanwhile, Rice sophomore TE James Casey, who once played seven positions in the same game, announced earlier this week that he’ll be entering the 2009 draft. The 6-4, 235-pound Casey, who played four years of minor league baseball before enrolling at Rice and is already 24, caught 111 passes for over 1,300 yards in 2008 and could get a look at the next level as a TE, H-back and even sometime WR.....