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DEL.ICIO.USLSU Recruiting Class
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Carneal Ainsworth OL 6-4 296 Baton Rouge, La. Parkview
Dominique Allen FB 6-0 250 Paris, Tenn. Henry County
Lamin Barrow LB 6-2 209 New Orleans, La. John Ehret
Mike Brockers DL 6-6 255 Houston Chavez
Drayton Calhoun ATH 6-0 175 Tucker, Ga. Tucker
Morris Claiborne ATH 6-0 180 Shreveport, La. Fair Park
Chris Davenport DT 6-4 318 Mansfield, La. Mansfield
Josh Downs DL 6-1 275 Bastrop, La. Bastrop
Rockey Duplessis DB 6-1 185 Belle Chasse, La. Belle Chasse
Chris Faulk OL 6-6 310 Slidell, La. Northshore
Michael Ford RB 5-10 200 Leesville, La. Leesville
Chris Garrett QB 6-4 225 Tupelo, Miss. Tupelo, Miss.
Derek Helton P 6-0 170 Hoyt, Kan. Fort Scott CC
Akiem Hicks DL 6-6 300 Fair Oaks, Calif. Sacramento City CC
Tahj Jones LB 6-2 205 Sulphur, La. Sulphur
Josh Johns DB 6-2 210 Baton Rouge, La. Central
Bennie Logan DE 6-2 250 Coushatta, La. Red River
Craig Loston S 6-2 193 Aldine, Texas Eisenhower High
Stavion Lowe OL 6-5 294 Brownwood, Texas Brownwood
Barkevious Mingo LB 6-5 209 West Monroe, La. West Monroe
Kevin Minter LB 6-0 237 Suwanee, Ga. Peachtree
Sam Montgomery DE 6-5 260 Greenwood, S.C. Greenwood
Russell Shepard QB 6-1 180 Houston Cypress Ridge
Josh Williford OL 6-7 345 Dothan, Ala. Houston Acad.
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By Bruce becker
February 5, 2009 9:13 PM | Link to this
Yet another great class by the LSU staff, even though they lost Lake Charles’ Janzen Jackson over firing the d-coordinator.
QB is the big need, and they got two, one the premier dual threat QB in the nation, and one is an ordinary big drop back passer. QB Jarret Lee perfected the “pick 6” and the INT into a place on the bench. He was personally responsible for the Georgia loss, giving up TWO pick 6’s and an INT that led to a field goal, accounting for the margin of defeat, as LSU had to pass up a makeable field goal at the end. True freshman Jordan Jefferson was made to look terrific by the Georgia Tech D, which gave him time to do his way-too-long windup. An SEC pass rush will shoo Mr Jefferson to the bench to give us a look at the super quick Russell Sheppard, soon enough, unless Mr Jefferson is working on his delivery, as we speak. One must accept that J J’s spring practice will be heavily invested in changing that motion, so we cannot count on it in the fall.
Hope springs eternal. Every team in the SEC is undefeated right now, and we expect, one of the usual suspects will play for the national championship. I think its too much to expect Ole Miss to be in the running for the SEC West no matter how enthusiastic the coach is. One never knows. Beating Florida must have been a great energizer for the off season. Last year, one media rep (OUT OF SEVENTY) voted for Ole Miss to win the SEC. It will be a few votes in 2009. And Georgia, and LSU, and Bama, and Florida. Too soon for the Kiffins at Tennessee, we presume. They must recruit nationally, vs Mich and Notre Dame, poaching in other states, not having the home grown talent of Georgia, LSU, BAMA and Florida.