Is our recruiting class as good as it sounds?

I'm definitely not up to date as much as most of you guys, but I'm curious how successful recruiting has been in relation to needed areas, not in relation to the number of stars or points. (Italics = not commited)

Should we be worried about linebacker? What about punter? I guess we don't need a running back, but OG, DE, and S are all up in the air. What does it all mean?

QB 15 Jarret Lee

RB 01 Joe McKnight

FB 05 Stevan Ridley

WR 01 Terrance Toliver
WR 03 Deonte Thompson
WR JC Demetrius Byrd
WR 06 Ron Brooks
WR 07 DeAngelo Benton
WR 46 Toddrick Bajoie

TE 05 Mitch Joseph
TE 09 Jordan Corbin
TE 20 Alex Russian

OT 10 Jarvis Jones
OT 24 D'Montreal Wilson
OT 31 Ernest McCoy
OT 78 Josh Dworaczyk

OG 63 Marquis Franklin

C 08 T-Bob Hebert

DT 04 Joseph Barksdale
DT 19 Drake Nevis
DT 22 Will Blackwell
DT 30 Kentravis Aubrey

DE 16 Sidell Corley
DE 48 Marquis Frazier

MLB --

SLB --

WLB --

S 01 Chad Jones
S 08 Stefoin Francois
S 15 Christian Scott

CB 08 John Williams
CB 13 Phelon Jones
CB 62 Delvin Breaux

K 03 Andrew Crutchfield
K 12 Josh Jasper

P --

 

What!!!
We'll have the no. 1 RB/ATH, the no. 1 S, the no. 1 WR, a GREAT set of DT/DE, a QB who is in my opinion one of the best coming out of highschool (after seeing his tape), and a lot of good players in all positions!!! What more do we need?
WRT LBs, we currently have a great set of starting LBs, so I dont see any urgent need for them, we got ourselves 2 kickers to replace CJ (I guess they know how to punt too)

 

Not complaining, just curious.

 

I knew you knew, it's that other guy who seemed a bit torqued. :hihi::thumb:

 

If we do land McKnight, Jones, and Toliver this could possibly be the best class LSU has ever had. There will be a lot of big time talent regardless, but with those guys I think it brings the class up to the best ever at LSU.

 

Deonte Thompson- not a option anymore because of WR commits
So he isn't coming even if Toliver doesn't choose LSU?

Andrew Crutchfield-- I think will be punter and other kicks
I thought the line between kickers and punters was kind of fuzzy.

I was basically just curious if it is balanced. I was a little troubled by the lack of DEs, LBs, and safeties (still in doubt). Seems like most of the players are WRs and TEs. We have DTs and OTs too, but aren't they the slower of the linemen? I don't want to see us move away from the speed the SEC is known for and I hope to stay on top of the national defensive rankings.

It seemed like Dinardo got good skill players but let some of the less glamorous positions get a little thin. I don't want to see a repeat of that.

 

I noticed that and was impressed. I'm a big believer in special teams.