Marshall Thundering Herd NCAA Football News

The New York Jets have claimed free agent WR Marcus Davis off waivers from the New York Giants and released WR Antavious Wilson .

For all the talk about the new quarterback working out at the New York Jets ' three-day rookie mini-camp this weekend, there hasn't been too much discussion about the guys that Geno Smith has been throwing to.

NFL teams, media and fans spend months on end dissecting draft prospects, analyzing team needs and whomping up mock drafts.

"I like him," Ryan said. "The coaches at Rutgers said nobody at Rutgers wanted to fight this guy, and I thought 'wow, that's pretty good for a little corner.

The Patriots have lacked a true X-receiver ever since the Thundering Herd's Randy Moss was traded to the Minnesota Vikings in 2010.

The New England Patriots have a nice pedigree of wide receivers who starred for the Marshall Thundering Herd going on, as the Pats used a second-round pick to select Aaron Dobson in this year's draft.

As former West Virginia/current Jets quarterback Geno Smith embarks on his NFL career, he's getting advice from a couple of former West Virginia players who went to the NFL before him.

Aaron Dobson, the West Virginia native and Marshall wide receiver who was drafted in the second round by the Patriots last month, is a YouTube sensation because of 'The Catch' that he made in the regular-season finale against East Carolina two seasons ago.

I should preface this by saying this is purely for fun. Please don't read it then post an A-hole comment at the end stating it's not scientific or based on stats.

December 20, 2011; St. Petersburg, FL, USA; Marshall Thundering Herd wide receiver Aaron Dobson reacts after he scored a touchdown during the second quarter of the Beef The New England Patriots had some needs they needed to address during the NFL Draft, and they did that by drafting WR Aaron Dobson out of Marshall.

All three of Marshall's senior wide receivers from 2012 will find themselves in NFL rookie mini-camps this spring.

After analyzing the draft needs of all 32 teams , PFT will review how well each team addressed those needs.

Oct 27, 2012; Huntington, WV, USA; Marshall Thundering Herd wide receiver Antavious Wilson is brought down by Central Florida Knights defensive back A.J. Bouye during the first quarter at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va.-Former Marshall wide receiver Antavious Wilson has signed a free agent deal with the New York Jets.

The Marshall football team's offense needed to tinker during its month of spring practice.

With Bill Belichick holding just five selections heading into the 2013 NFL Draft - and no picks in the third, fourth or fifth rounds - speculation was that New England would be looking to trade down from the 29th selection in an effort to add more picks.

Marcus Mariota threw for 169 yards and two touchdowns and the Oregon offense looked as potent as ever in the Ducks' first spring game under new coach Mark Helfrich.

The Pats selected wide receiver Aaron Dobson in the second round last night and their obvious hope is he can work out the way former Thundering Herd wideouts Troy Brown and Randy Moss did before him.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - With Marshall's Green-White Game today more of a scrimmage and less of an actual game, a review of the spring season is in order.

After trading out of the first round on Thursday, the Patriots began selecting players in the NFL draft on Friday night, taking Southern Mississippi defensive end/linebacker Jamie Collins and Marshall receiver Aaron Dobson in the second round, and Rutgers defensive back Logan Ryan in the third round.