And truth be told, if he was gonna switch, he should've switched to DB. He's a WR without elite pass catching skills. A guy great with the ball in his hands, but he's too small for RB. He's shifty in space, but he doesn't catch kickoffs and punts well enough to do it consistently. He should've switched to defense a la' Mo Claiborne. Difference with Mo was, Mo actually has good hands. Oh well. The guy was always a great ambassador for the program off the field, even if he was never great on it.
Lots of them compete. Very few excel. Mark him in the compete column. So what does he do? Enter the draft and not get drafted? Or transfer down, be a feature guy, and give it a go again next year with confidence?
SheadixonShea Dixon Sources tell me Russell Shepard is debating going to the NFL, not transferring to another program. Sunday is the deadline.
Agreed. He should do what's best for his future. If "playing" for the potential preseason #1 team in the nation next year isn't helping him develop his future options then best of luck to him.
That's my point. That's why I said "transfer down" as in I-AA or FCS or whatever it's called, be THE guy, and try again next year. Two ways to consider his draft status. Either he gets no shot because he has not stats, or he works out hard, and gets a shot because he played for a run-first team that didn't get him the ball much. Null and void if he does in fact stay.
I don't believe we have a team full of "the sky is falling" type head cases in our program. I call BS on this and honestly if they can throw 13 terrific wins out the window like that and not be even MORE MOTIVATED to come back and win it all next year then they need to go. Sounds like the freakin Jets locker room... Not LSU.
I would venture to guess this is just sour grapes and he doesn't go anywhere. He's going through the seven stages of grief like all of us are. By Sunday he'll realize he needs to stay and give the next QB a chance. His draft stock can't get any worse (nothing from nothing leaves nothing), but it can certainly improve with another development year in what we hope is more open offense.
