By Adam Aniba A few prospects were lucky enough to get an invite to this year's Senior Bowl, made the most of their opportunities during the week-long event. This year's roster featured a few prospects from the HBCU level that could hear their names called earlier than expected on draft night. One particular receiving prospect opened eyes during his week in Alabama, which just happens to be his home state playing HS ball in Mobile. South Alabama receiver Jalen Tolbert gained

By Adam Aniba The NFL free agency period is creeping up, with March 16th being the first opportunity teams will have to negotiate with available free agents. Of course, teams will get the first crack at re-signing their own free agents, but teams with minimal salary cap will have a difficult time bringing back all their pending free agents. As it stands, Washington has just under $32 million available cap space for '22, with their headlining free agent, RG Brandon Scherff lik

By Adam Aniba Every season at The Burgundy and Gold Report, we zero in on a few small school and HBCU NFL Draft prospects that we believe will have success on the next level. This season, Fayetteville State CB Joshua Williams takes center stage and was gracious enough to discuss his journey that got him invited to the Senior Bowl and now, the highly coveted NFL Combine. Williams made his presence felt on Day 1 of the Senior Bowl, displaying elite speed and suddenness for a DB

By Adam Aniba The '22 safety, draft class, features few true ballhawks. One in particular, who'll have an immediate impact on the next level, hails from the Big Ten. Penn State defensive backs have been a mixed bag over the years, but PSU's Jaquan Brisker is the #2 safety on most draft boards. A team that has a reliable defensive front line and strong safety, who can cover a lot of ground, would be an ideal fit for the PSU free safety. Allowing Brisker to do what he does best

By Adam Aniba Washington's defense has shown promise over the last two seasons, but the lack of a franchise quarterback has led to back-to-back 7 win seasons. The team swung for the fences and missed on acquiring quarterback, Matthew Stafford from the Detroit Lions in '20 and settled with their in-house option. It was reported that the Lions turned down an offer from Washington, which included 1st & 3rd round draft picks in 2021. Detroit instead accepted an offer from the Ram

By Adam Aniba The offseason is in full swing and after the announcement of Washington's new name, Commander fans can turn the page and their attention to the Senior Bowl. Although the first 2-3 rounds of the draft will feature some big names, Day 3 prospects are the foundation of an NFL roster. The Burgundy and Gold Report has three senior bowl prospects, who could be potential steals for a Washington roster in desperate need of more playmakers. Sterling Weatherford S/LB | Mi

By Adam Aniba As draft evaluations get underway, the quarterback position seems to be the most talked about topic. This year's QB draft projections have been all over the map, particularly with the top 5 signal callers. The consensus #4 overall quarterback in this draft class set the UNC career passing record with 10,283 yards, total career touchdowns with 109 and broke the single season touchdown record with 38 as a freshman in '19. Despite UNC's roster turnover, Sam Howell