re: Silas Redd to USC

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Secondary
Tj McDonald is better than anyone out of LSU's back seven. Nickell Robey has been a starter for two years and can guard anyone in the country.

Depth: Jawanza(3rd year starting), Wright(maybe better than Jawanza but rotates), Josh Shaw(started for Florida as a freshman, rotates at DB and S), Gerald Bowman(1 Juco player, rotates at safety), second year starter and former West Monroe product Isiah Wiley starts at other db spot, backed by last year's starter who was hurt Anthony Brown (fastest player on team). Ryan Henderson and some nice freshmen who can red shirt.

Backer
LSU's weakest position. SC returns two freshmen All-Americans (Bailey and Pullard). Lamar Dawson wears number 55 for a reason (the prototypical MLB for Tampa 2). He stole Gallipo's job. All started last year, backed by NJ product and speedster Anthony Sarao (last minute Stanford flip), MLB backed by Scott Starr (many compare to Clay Matthews), and Jabari Ruffin (top athlete of last year's class - big, tall, strong, rangy LB).

DLine
George Uko is the real freak. Tavai played big time as a freshman and returns on the inside (undersized but a playmaker). Wes Horton is a veteran, senior pass rusher, as was Devon (big loss). Looking for big impact from Greg Townsend (dad an NFL player) and Kevin Greene (both physically as intimidating as they come but lack experience. Also Greene lacks a killer instinct). Don't count out pass rushing Juco player Morgan Breslin and also some young guys on the inside will need to ball.

LSU has an advantage at experience and depth on the dline, but nowhere else.

They are so deep at secondary that they moved former walkon/track star/safety/corner Tony Burnett to LB to roam and play the hybrid.

As for offense, anyone who puts LSU's O in the same breath as SC's should not be trusted. They are a fool.

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