re: LaRon Landry vs Craig Steltz vs Chad Jones

Laron for sure. His career at LSU has the best collection of monster hits by far, both legal and illegal lol. I don't know how anyone can choose anyone else.

That being said, I'm a huge fan of Steltz. Heck the kid was in my homeroom class, and I've never known a classier more humble kid. I once asked him how he felt about playing with those guys on a natl. championship defense, and he shrugged and replied as if he wasn't sure if he would actually be on the field at LSU.
What I like about him the most was how he did what he did. Think back to his career at LSU. He had several interceptions, but if you recall all of them were seemingly thrown right to him. It looked as if he never had to make a play on a ball. This is because he read the plays right and was totally in the right spot. This teaches me that having a 4.3 or 4.4 forty is nice but it doesn't mean shite if you are mis-diagnosing the plays and taking a step in the wrong direction at the onset. Obviously he didn't.
In fact I spoke with an LSU assistant coach his freshman year and he said Craig was a step too slow to ever play "SEC ball". Luckily that coach is gone.

chad jones was impressive but his overall career at LSu left me wanting more.

How bout Jeffery Dale and Lifort Hobley?