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Standout junior tight end Kyle Rudolph and wide receiver Michael Floyd have asked to be evaluated by the NFL Draft Advisory Board, according to an ESPN report.

Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly acknowledged the report the report. “We are heavily recruiting them,” Kelly said. “We are recruiting them for Notre Dame.”

Rudolph who missed most of the season with a torn hamstring injury, is viewed as a round one/round two-type prospect.

Floyd, who saw his production drop off with the departure of Jimmy Clausen this season, is currently ranked as the No. 4 wide receiver prospect in the country, according to the NFL Draft Bible, which includes eligible underclassmen.

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Hawkeye leading wide receiver Derrell Johnson-Koulianos has likely jeopardized his chance at a NFL career.

The 23-year-old, who was arrested Tuesday on seven drug-related charges and suspended from the Iowa football team. He was released on bail, but faces up to 7 years if found guilty.

Johnson-Koulianos was keeping a drug house at his home several blocks from campus, as well as possession of cocaine and marijuana after police said he tested positive for both.

He was considered a mid-round prospect but DJK has numerous legal matters ahead of him in his immediate future and has zero chance of being drafted or even receiving a workout as an undrafted free agent at this point.

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It was a case of status quo this weekend in the NFC, as eight of the conference’s nine playoff contenders won. Among those battling for a post-season berth only Tampa Bay suffered a defeat, to Atlanta, and it was not a surprising loss. The AFC cannot say the same: Indianapolis lost at home to Dallas and San Diego lost for the second time this season to the Oakland Raiders. The pair of high-profile losses left Jacksonville and Kansas City in charge of their respective divisions. That cannot be too surprising since those teams have been lurking for months, but most of us thought it was just a matter of time before the…fancier teams assumed control.

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After Panthers coach Dave Wannstedt resigned on Tuesday, a CBS website reported that Jonathan Baldwin would declare for the 2011 NFL draft.

But in a statement issued Wednesday, Baldwin rescinded his remarks:

“Yesterday, I received a text message from a reporter at a time when I was very emotional,” Baldwin said in a statement distributed by the school’s sports media department. “Because of everything that happened, I wasn’t using the best judgment and am very sorry about the things that were printed. I love my teammates and coaches at Pitt. I have not made a final decision on the NFL Draft. My only focus is on my commitment to my team and preparing to win our bowl game next month.”

Where there’s smoke there’s fire. We fully expect Baldwin, the No. 3 ranked draft-eligible wide receiver according to the

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After a rumor circulated around the internet that Jacquizz Rodgers would declare for the 2011 NFL Draft, the Oregon State running back has done his best spin job to deny the story.

“People don’t know what they’re talking about,” Rodgers told the Portland Tribune Tuesday.

OSU coach Mike Riley — who spoke Tuesday with Rodgers and his uncle, Rodney Williams — said the plan all along has been for Quizz to submit his name to the NFL committee that evaluates the draft status of underclassmen, according to the Portland Tribune.

“Quizz is nowhere near making a decision,” Riley said. “When he gathers the necessary information, what he does will be a personal decision. We will support it either way.”

The 5’7, 190-pound speedster is projected to play mostly wide receiver at the next level (Think Dexter McCluster). He currently projects to be

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Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon has one game left in his sophomore season, but a decision about whether to enter the NFL draft will need to be made before January’s deadline.

“I haven’t thought about it at all,” Blackmon was quoted in the Daily Oklahoman. “That’s something I haven’t looked forward to. Right now, I’m just focused on this Alamo Bowl.”

Blackmon leads the nation with 151.4 yards per game after 102 receptions for 1,665 yards and 18 touchdowns in 11 games. Because he redshirted his freshman year, he can enter the draft early as former teammate Dez Bryant did last year.

He currently ranks as the No. 5 wide receiver overall on the NFL Draft Bible Big Board, which includes eligible underclassmen.

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The Rotary Club of Houston announced today that Nick Fairley, a junior defensive tackle from Auburn University, is the winner of the 2010 Rotary Lombardi Award, presented annually since 1970 to the nation’s top college football lineman (offense or defense). In addition to outstanding ability and performance, the award recognizes the player who best exemplifies the discipline of the late coach, Vince Lombardi.

Fairley led Auburn, nation’s number one team, with a school-record 21 tackles for loss on the Tiger’s road to the BCS national championship game on January 10 against Oregon. He ranks second in the SEC with 10.5 quarterback sacks and has 55 tackles this season, including 31 solo stops. He recovered two fumbles, forced one fumble, intercepted a pass and recorded 21 quarterback hurries.

The junior from Mobile, AL is expected to declare for the upcoming 2011 NFL Draft.

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Clemson defensive lineman Da’Quan Bowers has won the 2010 Bronko Nagurski Trophy as the best defensive player in college football. A 6-foot-4, 275-pound junior, Bowers led the nation this year with 15.5 sacks. He also ranked second nationally with 25 tackles for losses.

Bowers dedicated the 2010 season to his father, Dennis, who died this summer. Currently, he ranks as the No. 1 defensive end in the nation, according to the NFL Draft Bible Big Board, which includes eligible underclassmen.

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Texas A&M’s Von Miller has won the Butkus Award as college football’s best linebacker.

Miller finished the regular season with 59 tackles, 34 solo, forced three fumbles and recovered two, and was defensive captain for the 9-3 Aggies, who earned a postseason trip to the Cotton Bowl. He led the Big 12 in sacks for the second straight season with 9½.

One of the fastest linebackers in the country (estimated 4.55 forty-time), Miller is currently ranked as the No. 2 outside linebacker according to the NFL Draft Bible Big Board, which includes draft-eligible underclassmen.

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Oregon State senior defensive tackle Stephen Paea has been named the Pacific-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year.

Paea has also received an invite to play in the Senior Bowl after leading the Beavers with six sacks and 10 tackles for a loss.

Currently ranked as the top defensive tackle prospect in the nation, according to NFL Draft Bible, Paea aims to break the bench press record at the NFL Scouting Combine.

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