Prospect Report/BYU: In today's report, we take a look at the high-flying Cougars of the Mountain West. It's brought to you by Verve.
Rep Rumblings: A new marketing alliance, a supplemental draft signing and more are part of today's report. It's brought to you courtesy of Timeless Sports.
ITL Notebook: June 30
Prospect Report/Michigan: We dive in with the Big Blue as we complete our tour of the Big Ten's teams from the Great Lakes State in today's report. It's sponsored by The Dingman Group.
Prospect Report/Michigan St.: We get back to our looks at the top seniors in this year's draft class by stopping in at East Lansing in today's report. It's brought to you by Sunset Glass Tinting.
ITL Notebook: June 29
Rep Rumblings: We have the latest developments in player representation and combine training in today's report. It's brought to you by Prospect Mortgage.
ITL Notebook: June 26
Agent changes: We run down the agent changes since May 21 -- some we've already detailed in Rep Rumblings, some we haven't -- in today's report. It's brought to you by Perfect Competition.
ITL Notebook: June 25
'09 UFA class by firm: Rarely is the winner on Saturday afternoon the same firm that's the winner on Sunday afternoon -- that is, the firm that has the most luck placing its undrafted players with teams. We take a look at who had the most success getting its non-draftees hooked up with teams in today's report. It's brought to you by EFT Sports Performance.
Prospect Report/Utah St.: Continuing in the WAC, we take a look at the Aggies of Utah State in today's report. It's brought to you by Ignition.
Prospect Report/San Jose St.: One WAC team will have defensive talent rivaling schools in the BCS conferences, and that's the home of the Spartans. We take a look at Dick Tomey's crew in today's report. It's brought to you by Video Champ.
Prospect Report/Texas Tech: ITL goes to Lubbock, where the defense is catching up with the offense talent-wise, in today's report. It's brought to you by Verve.
ITL Notebook: June 19
Prospect Report/Rice: We move from the Bayou City's public school (UH) to its private one, taking a look at some players with interesting upside in the Owls' high-flying offense in today's report. It's brought to you courtesy of Timeless Sports.
Prospect Report/Houston: We return to the Lone Star State to take a look at the chances for a handful of UH Cougars in today's report. It's sponsored by The Dingman Group.
ITL Notebook: June 18
Prospect Report/Oregon State: Moving right along, we check out Pittsburgh's 2009 Sun Bowl opponent, Oregon State, in today's report. It's brought to you by Sunset Glass Tinting.
Prospect Report/Pittsburgh: The Panthers feature one very special talent and a handful of other players that bear watching this season. We run it all down in today's report. It's brought to you by Prospect Mortgage.
Prospect Report/Arizona: We cruise to the desert to review the top Wildcats in today's report. It's brought to you by Ignition.
ITL Notebook: June 12-13
Prospect Report/TCU: We move to the Metroplex to check out a couple very interesting prospects at TCU in today's report. It's brought to you by Video Champ.
ITL Notebook: June 11
Rep Rumblings: The summer often offers opportunities to meet some of the top rising seniors in the nation in a relaxed setting, if you know where to find them. We run down a couple clinics -- with the players expected to be on hand -- in today's report. It's brought to you by Wellness Performance Institute (WPI).
ITL Notebook: June 10
Rep Rumblings: We run down a clarification, an update, a signing for the supplemental draft and an agent change in today's report. It's brought to you by Verve.
ITL Notebook: June 9
Prospect Report/Alabama: ITL touches down in the SEC with one of the more talented teams in the nation in today's report. It's brought to you courtesy of Timeless Sports.
ITL Notebook: June 8
Year-by-year first-rounders: In an attempt to leaven and add perspective to our earlier reports, we present our list of agencies with first rounders by year (since 2003). It's all in today's report. It's brought to you by Abacus Wealth.
ITL Notebook: June 6
Best agencies for UFAs: After sorting through upper-round draftees this week we decided to take a look at the other end of the draft and ferret out the best agencies for those that take a little more work and persistence to get into the league: those who didn't get drafted. In today's report, we list the firms with the most undrafted free agents in the league (including on practice rosters) as of Nov. 13, 2008. It's sponsored by The Dingman Group.
ITL Notebook: June 5
Rep Rumblings: We take a break from our examination of the top agencies to detail some changes in the structures of a couple mid-sized agencies (and more) in today's report. It's brought to you by Verve.
ITL Notebook: June 4
Prospect Report/Syracuse: The Orangemen are a long way from the top of the Big East, but they have two players with talent and a shot at the next level. See our take on the team in today's report. It's brought to you by Sunset Glass Tinting.
Important note: The above grids represent client lists as they are April 21, 2009, and do not necessarily reflect the firms that negotiated rookie deals for each client. For a list that more accurately displays the firms that took players through the drafts since 2003 (and, presumably, negotiated their rookie deals), see our April 13 reports (Report 1;Report 2;Report 3; and Report 4).
ITL Notebook: June 1
Rep Rumblings: The ups and downs of the representation world may have claimed one of the principals of a solid mid-level southeastern firm. We run it down (and more) in today's evening report. It's brought to you by I.W. Marks.
Prospect Report/Memphis: The Tigers aren't a traditional football factory, but they'll have several players this year that are worth a look. Check them out in today's report. It's sponsored by Cole Real Estate Investments.
ITL Notebook: May 28
Prospect Report/SMU: The Ponies didn't have a lot of success on the field last year, but they have a couple of talented players scouts will be checking out this season. Check them out in today's report. It's brought to you by Video Champ.
ITL Notebook: May 27
Prospect Report/Florida Atlantic: We take a look at the players that bear watching for Howard Schnellenberger's bunch in today's report. It's brought to you by Ignition.
Prospect Report/Colorado St.: The Rams have an interesting OG (plus a couple pass-catchers worth a look) and we run it down in today's report. It's brought to you by Verve.
ITL Notebook: May 25
Happy Memorial Day: We go back to the '07 draft to take a look at the value points accumulated by each firm in today's report. It's brought to you courtesy of Timeless Sports. Please remember our veterans' sacrifices today.
ITL Notebook: May 23
Agent changes: We run down the changes in representation in the last 30 days in today's report. It's sponsored by The Dingman Group.
Report(s) delayed: Due to a medical situation within the Stratton family, today's report(s) will be delayed until later this evening or tomorrow morning. We apologize for the delay, and we appreciate your patience.
Rep Rumblings: We take a look at the merry-go-round among agent representation firms and the scattering of one agent's players in today's report. It's brought to you by Perfect Competition.
ITL Notebook: May 19
Prospect report/Southern Mississippi: It's slim pickings in Hattiesburg this year among the senior class, and we detail it in today's report. It's brought to you by I.W. Marks.
Rep Rumblings: We take a look at some interesting developments among growing firms as well as the continuing post-draft changes in scouting departments in today's report. It's brought to you by Sunset Glass Tinting.
ITL Notebook: May 13
Rep Rumblings: Offensive linemen who may or may not be looking to make changes in representation, along with other news and notes, are part of today's report. It's brought to you by Wellness Performance Institute (WPI).
ITL Notebook: May 12
Rep Rumblings: Tomorrow's Wednesday. 'Hump Day.' The 13th day of the month. Oh, and also, the day Bengals OT Andre Smith is eligible to hire his fourth (count 'em, fourth) agent. We take a look at Smith's curious habit of terminating agencies and what it all means in today's report. It's brought to you courtesy of Timeless Sports.
Prospect report/Tulane: Traveling south, we go to the Cresent City to check out the Green Wave in today's report. It's brought to you by Prospect Mortgage.
ITL Notebook: May 11
Prospect report/Iowa: We jump across the country to touch on a traditional Big Ten stalwart in today's report. It's brought to you by I.W. Marks.
Rep Rumblings: We take a quick look at post-'09 NFL draft developments in the agent world in today's report. It's sponsored by The Dingman Group.
ITL Notebook: May 8
Rep Rumblings: We take a look at the possible fall of a once-strong boutique firm as well as several notes on agency affiliations in today's report. It's sponsored by Sunset Glass Tinting.
ITL Notebook: May 7
Agencies by '09 'value points:' A day after ranking agencies by total draftees (regardless of what round), we take another look at the draft using the points values assessed by many teams to picks for purposes of trading up or down. It presents a very different picture of who did best this year. Check it out here. It's sponsored by Cole Real Estate Investments.
ITL Notebook: May 6
Agencies by '09 draftees: Now that we've finally plugged all the agent-player holes in our 2009 draft grid, we tallied the total number of draftees by agency, then ranked them here. It's brought to you by I.W. Marks.
ITL Notebook: May 5
Prospect report/Rutgers: We take a look at the top Scarlet Knights heading into their senior season as well as who we expect to be contenders for them in today's report, brought to you by EFT Sports Performance.
ITL Notebook: May 4
Prospect report/South Carolina: With the mass exodus of juniors out of Columbia this spring, most of the talent lies among USC's underclassmen. Just the same, we take a look at what we see in the senior class in today's report. It's brought to you by Verve.
Rep Rumblings: In today's report, we make an important disavowal and disclaimer of an earlier report; we run down several services that we feel can be of great assistance in the post-free agency and post-draft phase; and debut a major new program ITL is introducting this summer (plus more, of course). Check it out here. It's brought to you courtesy of Timeless Sports.
ITL Notebook: April 29
UFA grid: We've cobbled together a report from a number of Web sites and our own sources to put together a very preliminary UFA grid. It's brought to you by Perfect Competition.
ITL Notebook: April 28
All-star rundown: The picture of the NFL's low regard for the Class of 2009 seniors begins to emerge in sharper relief as we roll out the Senior Bowl, Shrine Game and Texas vs. The Nation rosters, broken down by pick (and snub), brought to you by Prospect Mortgage.
ITL Notebook: April 27
NIC list revisited: We've updated the 2009 combine list, sorted by draft spot for each player selected, then sorted by agency for players not selected. It's brought to you by The Dingman Group. Enjoy.
Top teams for UFAs: Everyone would love to be drafted this weekend, but only about 255 players actually will be. As a result, we took a look at the teams who gave the most looks at unrestricted free agents over three seasons (2005, 2006 and 2008), and found out that the results had to do with team philosophy, not success on the field. Check out the teams you should be calling late afternoon Sunday in today's report, brought to you by I.W. Marks.
ITL Notebook: April 22
Rep Rumblings: The final (?) chapter in OT Andre Smith's endless search for the right agent has finally been written. We have the story of how it went down in today's report, plus plenty more, brought to you by Wellness Performance Institute (WPI).
Agent changes: At two days before the 2009 draft, we roll out the agent changes since March 29. This report is brought to you by Verve.
ITL Notebook: April 21
Non-combine draftees:Osi Umenyiora. Robert Mathis. Matt Cassel. Cortland Finnegan. Tyler Thigpen. Zach Diles. Derrick Ward. Yeremiah Bell. Jay Ratliff. Kevin Walter. As you hear accolade after accolade thrown at the top players slated to go in this weekend’s draft, remember these names of players who weren’t even invited to the combine, but who were drafted and remain stars (or at least starters) in the league. Here’s our list of the 204 players since 2003 who were combine snubs, but got drafted anyway (sorted by agency). It’s brought to you by Perfect Competition.
Non-NIC draftees -- the breakdown: How many non-combine invitees get drafted each year? How late (or how early) do they go? Which teams are independent enough to take these ‘diamonds in the rough?’ And which ones have had staying power? It’s all in our non-NIC draftees grid. Check it out here, brought to you by EFT Sports Performance.
ITL Notebook: April 20
Draft prospect manual: At head coach Mickey Matthews' invitation, ITL's Neil Stratton will address the players at James Madison University Saturday before the Dukes' spring game on all-star games and the selection process, agents, the combine and NFL player evaluation, the draft, and alternate leagues. His notes are here. Give it a look -- there are still a few blanks to fill in, but it's here in its entirety -- and let us know what we're missing, what points we should be making, where we're wrong, and anything else you, an ITL client, feels has merit. Once the manuscript is complete, it will be sent to two schools (one in the Mountain West, one in the Big East) who are also seeking information for their juniors and seniors. We appreciate your feedback.
PW/T30 grids: The personal visits are complete for the 2009 draft as of today, but there were a few last-minute calls, probably indicating serious interest. Give them a look in our grid sorted by player and team sort, brought to you by Prospect Mortgage.
ITL Notebook: April 16
Rep Rumblings: For a dead pre-draft time when things are starting to slow down a bit, we've got some interesting stuff in today's report, courtesy of Timeless Sports.
Rep Rumblings: As we slowly get back into the swing of things, we deal with the fallout after a solid smaller agency got burned/led to slaughter (choose your metaphor) with simultaneous terminations by its two biggest clients in today's report.
ITL Notebook: April 7
PW/T30: We take a break from funeral preparations and visitations to update our grid sorted by player We'll be back later today with our team sort as well as notes in today's report.
ITL Notebook: April 6
In Memoriam: Once again, we ask for your patience after the passing late last night of Patricia Russell, mother-in-law of ITL's Neil Stratton. We will try to catch up (again) this evening with updates, news and notes. As always, many, many thanks for your patience and understanding at this time.
ITL Notebook: April 4
Pro day report: Here's our first salvo as we fight to catch up after the week's events; in today's report, we detail what we saw yesterday in Arlington for the pro day open to all Metroplex-area players.
ITL Notebook: April 3
More delays: The continuing medical situation in the family of ITL's Neil Stratton, in addition to the pro day at UT-Arlington, have delayed our posts. We'll catch up this weekend, so stay tuned. Thank you for your patience.
ITL Notebook: April 2
Catching up: Oral surgery and a number of issues have put us behind on today's post, but as we look to catch up, here are the latest visits/workouts sorted by team. We'll dump them into our grids ASAP.
ITL Notebook: April 1
Rep Rumblings: Notes on one of the bigger pro days of the spring, scheduled for Friday, as well as some further agent changes and more are part of today's report.
PW/T30: Here's a jumbo update of our grid, sorted by team. Meanwhile, we're up to 140 draft prospects in our grid sorted by player. Check it out here.
ITL Notebook: March 31
Agent changes: We post the 18 changes in agent/player agreements since late February in today's report.
ITL Notebook: March 27
Rep Rumblings: With our agent changes list dragging on, we take a look at the nascent UFL and try to dig out some answers pertinent to player representatives in today's report.
T30/PW grids: We've updated our grids sorted by team and sorted by player with a bundle of new visits, which has put us farther behind. Chew on them while we try to catch up.
ITL Notebook: March 26
PW/T30 Grid (sorted by team): While you wait for the latest edition of agent changes, we sorted our PW/T30 grid by teams. Check it out here.
PW/T30 Grid: The latest updates are part of our latest list, with updates in bold. We're working on agent changes for March, which is ahead this evening or tomorrow first thing.
ITL Notebook: March 25
Rep Rumblings: Our brief (and late) report has notes about recruiting and a hiring of interest.
PW/T30 Grid: With pro days winding down and visits beginning in earnest, check out our latest list, with updates in bold. Today's report coming right up.
ITL Notebook: March 24
PW/T30 Grid: The latest updates on movements of teh draft's top players are part of our latest list, with updates in bold.
Rep Rumblings: One of the bigger names of the 2009 draft is finally off the market. We take a look at who landed him, as well as more recruiting news, in today's report.
ITL Notebook: March 23
PW/T30 Grid: A bushel of updates are part of the latest list, with updates in bold.
Rep Rumblings: We take a look at some of the goings-on in the all-star landscape as well as the latest recruiting rumors for '10 in today's report.
ITL Notebook: March 20
Rep Rumblings: After a tip this morning, followed by a few Internet searches, we learned that Florida State FS and Rhodes Scholar Myron Rolle is retaining blast-from-the-past agent Leigh Steinberg.
How did this happen, a year (and change) before he's set to be drafted? And why in the world would he pass on the possibility of signing with so many other still-relevant firms? We did some digging, and here's what we came up with.
ITL Notebook: March 19
Rep Rumblings: More on the possible move of the Senior Bowl along with other recruiting-related notes are in today's very-brief report.
PW/T30 Grid: Here's the latest updated list, with updates in bold.
ITL Notebook: March 18
Rep Rumblings: Interesting news on the fate of the Shrine Game and Senior Bowl, as well as speculation about a current quarterback's controversy, and more are part of today's report.
PW/T30 Grid: The latest on visits and workouts are included in the latest version of our list.
ITL Notebook: March 17
Rep Rumblings: Notes on interesting news out of Houston, hirings and more are part of today's report.
Rep Rumblings: In today's report, check out our thoughts on the NFLPA's new chief as well as the latest rumors on a couple of unsigned Senior Bowlers and other notes.
PW/T30 Grid: We're up to 50 players and the showing of interest by teams in our newly updated grid. Today's report is on the way.
ITL Notebook: March 13
Juris grid: David Cornwell’s bid to remain a finalist for the vacant leadership position with the NFLPA, bolstered by his proposal to fight Roger Goodell’s oversight authority, got us thinking, what agencies would benefit most from this initiative? Put another way, what agencies have to spend the most time answering questions from the media due to arrests (that are, by the way, often baseless and subsequently dropped)? Put still another way, who regularly has the biggest uphill PR hills to climb?
In an attempt to answer the question, we reviewed Greenberg Traurig’s exhaustive (and ubiquitous, thanks to deadspin.com) filing in defense of Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones that details all the NFL’s arrests – not convictions, but arrests – from January, 2001, to April, 2007, and matched player to firm. What we came up with was this list, which is good for informational purposes but shouldn’t be used to draw conclusions about firms. Enjoy.
PW/T30 Grid: We've updated with some big names in today's report. Check it out here.
ITL Notebook: March 12
PW/T30 Grid: Our list of workouts and visits is growing quickly, with some teams clearly lining up their visits at a rapid pace. Check it out here.
ITL Notebook: March 11
Rep Rumblings: Here's a brief report to chew on. Also, check out our PW/Top 30 grid, which is slowly but surely expanding.
ITL Notebook: March 10
Agent changes since '05: One question we get constantly is, 'who all has fired (fill-in-the-blank agency)?' As a result, we compiled all our agent changes since 2005 and put them in one big grid. Enjoy.
ITL Notebook: March 9
Rep Rumblings and more: After you check out today's report get a peek at our newly introduced (and very preliminary) list of the players who are slated to take Top 30 visits and conduct private workouts ahead of this year's NFL draft.
ITL Notebook: March 6
Rep Rumblings: In today's report, we pass along a few recruiting tidbits we've picked up along with some other notes.
ITL Notebook: March 5
NIC 2009 Elite:Here's our take on the top 75 performances at this year's combine, sorted by position, with the place each athlete prepared for Indy.
ITL Notebook: March 4
Rep Rumblings: We have notes on recruiting, signings, and jurisprudence in today's report.
ITL Notebook: March 3
Agent changes: We've identified 18 agent changes since our last list in January. Guess who has gained the most clients since our last look? Find out in today's report.
ITL Notebook: March 2
Rep Rumblings: Here's a late, but hopefully worth the wait, report on some changes in representation and what we're hearing as pro days start to catch fire.
ITL Notebook: Feb. 27
Rep Rumblings: On the day that DeAngelo Hall is coming to absolutely love -- the first day of NFL free agency -- we have news on the work being done in tandem by some of the more established firms in the land. Check it out here.
ITL Notebook: Feb. 26
Ready for liftoff: With Free Agency 2009 about five hours away, we sort out the unrestricted players by firm in the UFA grid.
Rep Rumblings: Some thoughts on the recent controversy involving NFLPA Executive Director candidate Troy Vincent as well as an update on the 2010 all-star landscape are part of today's report.
ITL Notebook: Feb. 25
Rep Rumblings: We got a lot of questions about some of the lesser-known agencies representing players in Indianapolis, so we went in search of answers. The limited information we found, in addition to some other notes, is in today's report.
Spring calendar: As a service to our clients, we cobbled together information from NFL.com, Sportsline and College Football News to create one master list including spring football start, spring game date, and pro day. Check it out here.
We're back: As we try to dig out of our hole and get up to speed, we give you Monday's report, which was delayed by tech problems. More on the way.
ITL Notebook: Feb. 24
Injured reserve: Due to two (2!) non-life-threatening surgeries in the Stratton household today, today's report will be delayed until very late today or tomorrow. When the doctors give us the go-ahead, we'll be right back. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.
ITL Notebook: Feb. 23
NIC 2009 (recap): We're back from Indianapolis and putting together reports. While we finish things up, we've tied up (most) loose ends on our Texas vs. The Nation and underclassmen lists, so chew on them as appetizers.
Due to technical difficulties, today's report is locked in cyber-limbo. We're correcting the problem and will offer some thoughts on the goings-on in Indianapolis ASAP.
ITL Notebook: Feb. 20
NIC 2009 -- we're here: We've set up shop in Indianapolis, and as our first act, we've filled in all the cracks (or at least most of them) in our NIC list. We're down to seven players still unlisted/unconfirmed and working toward nailing them down. We'll fill in the blanks in our other game lists as we go along.
ITL Notebook: Feb. 19
NIC 2009: With the NFL combine finally here, it's time for the NFLPA's annual seminar. They won't let an ITL representative in, but if they would, here are three questions that we'd pose aimed at clearing up some of the confusion associated by the new recruiting rules.
ITL Notebook: Feb. 18
For entertainment purposes only: We came across this series of lines for this weekend's event in Indianapolis and thought it was thought-provoking. Check it out here.
Rep Rumblings: We have a winner in the Knowshon Moreno derby. Check out today's report to find out who it is, along with more on the never-ending story of California OC Alex Mack's agent selection process. We've also got updates on who's working out this weekend in our NIC list.
ITL Notebook: Feb. 17
Rep Rumblings: Stop in for today's report to check out a few interesting notes on signed (as well as unsigned) players, then take a look at our NIC list for an updated look at who is planning to work out in Indianapolis and who's not.
ITL Notebook: Feb. 16
Rep Rumblings:Today's report is brief but includes mentions on a couple of big names. We've also updated our NIC list with a couple new names, and streamlined our UFA list.
ITL Notebook: Feb. 13
Rep Rumblings: Here, there and everywhere we go in today's report. An update of our NIC list is complete, and we've also made a couple changes/updates in our UFA list.
ITL Notebook: Feb. 12
2009 UFA grid: We roll out a preliminary look at the unrestricted free agents, sorted by agent, as it stands today, with just a few weeks to go until the free agency period. Also, three new names are in our NIC list.
ITL Notebook: Feb. 11
Rep Rumblings: There have been many rumblings about just who would sign Alabama OT Andre Smith, with plenty of them coming from us. However, as it turns out, none of the leading contenders came up with the prized 'Bama blocker. We tell you who got him -- and our educated guess on how -- in today's report. Also, check out the handful of newly confirmed names in our NIC list.
ITL Notebook: Feb. 10
NIC list: Here's our newly updated list with five new names (27 to go). Today's report is also in.
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