LSU #11 in Rivals preseason ranking

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  1. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    Rivals.com College Football - Rivals.com 120 Countdown: No. 11 LSU

    Here is the projected depth chart they gave. I thought they did a very good job of research.

    OFFENSE

    QB Jordan Jefferson (6-4, 209, Soph.)
    .....Jarrett Lee* (6-2, 216, Soph.)

    RB Charles Scott* (5-11, 233, Sr.)
    .....Keiland Williams (5-11, 229, Sr.)

    FB Stevan Ridley (5-11, 222, Soph.)
    .....James Stampley (5-10, 270, R-Fr.)

    WR Brandon LaFell* (6-3, 209, Sr.)
    ......Chris Mitchell (6-0, 179, Sr.)

    WR Terrance Toliver (6-5, 194, Jr.)
    ......Chris Tolliver (6-1, 179, R-Fr.)

    TE Richard Dickson* (6-3, 246, Sr.)
    .....Deangelo Peterson (6-3, 242, Soph.)

    T Ciron Black* (6-5, 325, Sr.)
    ....Greg Shaw (6-5, 289, Soph.)

    T Joseph Barksdale* (6-5, 315, Jr.)
    ....Alex Hurst (6-6, 332, R-Fr.)

    G Josh Dworaczyk (6-6, 286, Soph.)
    ....Will Blackwell (6-4, 298, Soph.)

    G Lyle Hitt* (6-2, 289, Sr.)
    ....Thomas Parsons (6-5, 276, R-Fr.)

    C P.J. Lonergan (6-4, 301, R-Fr.) OR
    ....T-Bob Hebert (6-3, 301, Soph.)

    K Josh Jasper (5-11, 165, Jr.)

    PR Trindon Holliday (5-5, 164, Sr.)

    KR Trindon Holliday (5-5, 164, Sr.)


    DEFENSE

    DE Lazarius Levingston (6-4, 269, Jr.)
    .....Chancey Aghayere (6-4, 269, R-Fr.)

    DT Al Woods (6-4, 323, Sr.)
    .....Drake Nevis (6-1, 294, Jr.)

    DT Charles Alexander* (6-3, 310, Sr.)
    .....Akiem Hicks (6-6, 300, Jr.)

    DE Rahim Alem (6-3, 254, Sr.)
    .....Chase Clement (6-5, 255, R-Fr.)

    OLB Perry Riley* (6-1, 240, Sr.)
    .......Ryan Baker (6-0, 213, Soph.)

    MLB Jacob Cutrera (6-4, 236, Sr.)
    .......Kelvin Sheppard (6-3, 237, Jr.)

    OLB Kelvin Sheppard (6-3, 237, Jr.)
    .......Harry Coleman% (6-2, 205, Sr.)

    CB Chris Hawkins* (6-1, 184, Sr.)
    ......Brandon Taylor (5-11, 183, Soph.)

    CB Patrick Peterson (6-1, 205, Soph.)
    .....Jai Eugene* (5-11, 191, Jr.)

    SS Karnell Hatcher (6-1, 196, Soph.) OR
    .....Ron Brooks (5-11, 175, Soph.)

    FS Chad Jones (6-3, 214, Jr.)
    ......Danny McCray* (6-1, 212, Sr.)

    P Derek Helton (6-0, 170, Jr.)
     
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  2. lsudolemite

    lsudolemite CodeJockey Extraordinaire

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    This is a reasonable ranking. I think we'll fall anywhere from #9-#13 in all the major preseason polls.
     
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  3. Kandjviz

    Kandjviz Founding Member

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    I'm surprised to see Deangelo Peterson at the weight they listed him as. I thought in the spring when he was just starting to practice at TE he was in the 199-205 lb. range. Talk about beefing up in a short time.
     
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  4. clair

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    I had Hawkins over Eugene and listed Hawkins as a breakout player in my list and got a little heat.

    Rivals agrees with me. :)

    That kid will have a big year.
     
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  5. StaceyO

    StaceyO Football Turns Me On

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    That's a fair ranking.
     
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  6. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    LSU anywhere from #5 to #13 is fair to me.

    Florida, Texas, OU and USC are probably a solid top 4 and anything beyond that is anybody's guess, so pitting LSU as high as #5 is not far fetched (and LSU over USC is even debatable with all their coaching changes and a new untested QB).

    So, yes, rivals is doing their homework quite well.
     
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  7. StaceyO

    StaceyO Football Turns Me On

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    I feel like we'll really surprise this year. Definitely, we could (and probably will be) as good or better than the teams that'll be put ahead of us in the top ten to start the year. But that's the price we're going to have to pay for the pathetic '08 season.
     
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  8. OkieTigerTK

    OkieTigerTK Tornado Alley

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    exactly what i was thinking.

    number 11 is very fair. i'll take it.

    is it sept 5 yet?
     
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  9. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    If anyone who has kept up with Spring ball can add any input to the depth chart rivals lists here, it would be greatly appreciated. It looks like they got it just about right.
     
    islstl, Aug 3, 2009
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  10. clair

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    they nailed it. I have T-Bob at the C and Loston on the chart at safety, but outside of that, they nailed it.
     
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