over the last four drafts, only one LSU senior has been selected in the 1st or 2nd Rounds, and it doesn't look like any of the current seniors will be taken in the 1st or 2nd Rounds of the next draft 2014 ?? - J.C. Copeland (NFL Draft Scout rates as #2 FB of seniors for 2014) ?? - Craig Loston (NFL Draft Scout rates as #4 SS of seniors for 2014) ?? - Zach Mettenberger (NFL Draft Scout rates as #4 QB of seniors for 2014) ?? - Josh Williford (NFL Draft Scout rates as #10 OG of seniors for 2014) ?? - Lamin Barrow (NFL Draft Scout rates as #11 OLB of seniors for 2014) ?? - Kadron Boone (NFL Draft Scout rates as #22 WR of seniors for 2014) ?? - Alfred Blue (NFL Draft Scout rates as #35 RB of seniors for 2014) ?? - James Wright (NFL Draft Scout rates as #65 WR of seniors for 2014) ?? - Tahj Jones (NR) ?? - Luke Muncie (NR) 2013 ?? - Lavar Edwards -- NFL Draft Scout rates as #8 DE of seniors for 2013 (about 19 DE get drafted) ?? - Russell Shepard -- NFL Draft Scout rates as #26 WR of seniors for 2013 (about 31 WR get drafted) ?? - Drew Alleman (2nd Team All-SEC as senior and junior) -- NFL Draft Scout rates as #10 K of seniors for 2013 (about 2 K get drafted) ?? - P.J. Lonergan -- NFL Draft Scout rates as #18 C of seniors for 2013 (about 6 C get drafted) ?? - Josh Dworaczyk -- NFL Draft Scout rates as #24 OG of seniors for 2013 (about 14 OG get drafted) ?? - Josh Downs -- NFL Draft Scout rates as #27 DT of seniors for 2013 (about 21 DT get drafted) ?? - Chase Clement -- NFL Draft Scout rates as #35 TE of seniors for 2013 (about 15 TE get drafted) ?? - Chancey Aghayere -- NFL Draft Scout rates as #39 DE of seniors for 2013 (about 19 DE get drafted) 2012 3rd R - Brandon Taylor 4th R - Ron Brooks Undrafted - Will Blackwell (1st Team All-American and 1st Team All-SEC as senior) Undrafted - Ryan Baker (2nd Team All-SEC as senior) Undrafted - Ken Adams (12 starts as senior) Undrafted - Stefoin Francois (10 starts as senior) Undrafted - T-Bob Hebert (8 starts as senior) Undrafted - James Stampley (7 starts as senior) Undrafted - Mitch Joseph (7 starts as senior) Undrafted - Deangelo Peterson (5 starts as senior) Undrafted - Karnell Hatcher (11 starts as junior, 3 as senior) Undrafted - Derrick Bryant (played in 12 games as senior) Undrafted - Greg Shaw (played in 13 games as senior) Undrafted - Jordan Jefferson Undrafted - Jarrett Lee 2011 3rd R - Kelvin Sheppard 3rd R - Drake Nevis 3rd R - Joseph Barksdale 7th R - Lazarius Levingston Undrafted - Josh Jasper (First Team All-American, First Team All-SEC as senior) Undrafted - Terrence Toliver (13 starts as senior, 2011 Cotton Bowl Offensive MVP) Undrafted - Jai Eugene (played in 13 games as senior, started 9 games as sophomore) Undrafted - Richard Murphy Undrafted - Derek Helton (starting punter as senior and junior) 2010 3rd R - Brandon LaFell 4th R - Perry Riley 4th R - Al Woods 6th R - Trindon Holliday 6th R - Charles Scott Undrafted - Ciron Black (1st-Team All-SEC as senior, 2nd-Team All-SEC as both soph and junior) Undrafted - Richard Dickson (two-time 2nd-Team All-SEC as freshman and junior) Undrafted - Rahim Alem (1st-Team All-SEC as junior, 12 starts as senior) Undrafted - Lyle Hitt (3-year starter on OL) Undrafted - Harry Coleman (started every game as senior and junior) Undrafted - Chris Hawkins (starting CB as senior and junior) Undrafted - Charles Alexander (started 13 games as senior) Undrafted - Danny McCray (played in 13 games as senior, started 8 as junior) Undrafted - Jacob Cutrera (played in 13 games as senior) 2009 1st R - Tyson Jackson 5th R - Quinn Johnson 5th R - Herman Johnson 7th R - Curtis Taylor 7th R - Demetrius Byrd Undrafted - Darry Beckwith (2-time 2nd-Team All-SEC as senior and junior) Undrafted - Colt David (2nd Team All-SEC as senior, 1st Team All-SEC as junior) Undrafted - Kirston Pittman (8 sacks/13.5 TFL as junior, 2.5 sacks/5.5 TFL as senior) Undrafted - Brett Helms (3-year starter on OL) Undrafted - Marlon Favorite (started 7 games as senior) Undrafted - Tremaine Johnson (played in 13 games as senior)
Time brings about changes and we shall see more juniors and third-year sophomores like Wing leaving early for the NFL. Numbers are up all over. Coaches like Chavis have long said that automatically redshirting freshmen is a dying practice because if they were recruiting properly, those players aren't going to play four years anyway. Leaving early is not the only change going on. LSU also has a record 8 recruits already enrolled for the spring semester who will be able to practice early with the team. We shall see more of this as well.
True, Brockers left as a third-yr Soph. Pro teams know when a player is ready, its their job to know.
i'll be a bit surprised if this becomes the norm. isnt time valuable for physical maturity, knowledge and execution? historically, there have always been freaks out there, but if it becomes commonplace, then they are not freaks. this will suck. my pleasure from following lsu football will significantly decrease. combined with the desire for lsu to actually be used as a university, i will long for a developmental league.
In all honesty, it used to be that you didn't see even a high-sought-after recruit until his RS Soph year, two years after he stepped on campus. Now we're seeing them only a few months after they get here. Either way, we only get to see them for two or three years. Same difference. At least this way, recruiting is more exciting because you can expect to see these guys before you forget their names!
Your point of them staying long enough to graduate is valid, though. Although some, like Minter, find a way to graduate early, it's not the norm. However, in the end, it's their decision. They can always come back and finish their kinesiology degrees after they blow their knees out.
its not really their decision. they cannot major in whatever they want or take whatever classes they want. football is most important. im against the athlete-first, student-second (if its that high) set up of the system. but thats for a different thread.
