As expected junior Clemson defensive end Da'Quan Bowers has declared for the NFL Draft. Bowers won the Bronko Nagurski Trophy as the best defensive player in college football racking up 67 tackles and leading the nation with 16 sacks. The breakout season followed up two years where he totaled only four sacks. Bowers is expected to go at the top of the draft, potentially even as the #1 pick if Andrew Luck were not to come out. He could be a good fit for Carolina in that case or Cincinnati at #4...

After completing a rout of Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl last night, Stanford QB Andrew Luck now has the decision to make on whether he will return to school or enter the NFL Draft. Luck is seen as the sure-fire #1 pick and it appears the Carolina Panthers want him to know they feel the same way. Sources within the organization today leaked that if he does enter the draft that the team intends to take him with the top pick. While this comes as no surprise it is clearly meant to influence...

Missouri junior QB Blaine Gabbert has announced intentions to enter the 2011 NFL Draft. Gabbert is currently projected as a first round pick and could possibly land in the top 10. He could be the second QB off the board if Andrew Luck forgoes his senior year of eligibility and enters the draft as well. Gabbert threw for 3186 yards on 63% completions with 16 TDs to 9 INTs. In the Insight Bowl loss to Iowa he went for a season high 434 yards but had two INTs, one of which was returned for TD ...

With the regular season now complete the order for the 2011 NFL Draft is set up through pick 20. Tie records are broken due to strength of schedule. The two losers of the Conference Championship games pick 29th and 30th, the loser in the Super Bowl picks 31st, and the winner of the Super Bowl picks 32nd. (Updated 2/7: FINAL). 1 Carolina Panthers 2 Denver Broncos 3 Buffalo Bills 4 Cincinnati Bengals 5 Arizona Cardinals 6 Cleveland Browns 7 San Francisco 49ers 8 Tennessee Titans 9 Dal...