18 players in two years have left LSU for the NFL

I don't know, but what really sucks is that we got 2 years out of Hill and Turner

"this happens everywhere", "It's the price of good recruiting", "new CBA"

People need to stop being blind and realize this is an LSU phenomenon, and not a national one. This is a culture problem within the locker room. A "get mine" attitude.

LSU simply has more NFL talent. No other explanation.

This just tells me that LSU's draft-eligible players with NFL futures are smarter than those from the rest of the conference.

LSU has played and started more underclassmen than anyone else in the country. that may have something to do with it

Perhaps we should kindly ask Les to stop recruiting top-flight talent and to stop developing that talent so damn quickly. There...problem solved, amirite?

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Why such a wide margin between rest of the conference is my question.

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Why not just answer this question yourself? It's fairly clear any answer given that does not deride either Miles or the program will be considered the wrong one...so why not simply save everyone the suspense and tell us what the reason is?

Most likely they don't feel they can improve their stock to make more money. That falls on coaching, unfortunately. One only has to look at Bama to know this is true. They respect Saban and so the plethora of talent there has confidence they can develop to 1st rounders.

I see this two ways, Les Miles is superior with recognizing talent and recruiting, but lacks ability to get these kids to truely maximize and utilize their skillset to where it results in W's on the field.

The first few years of Miles' career at LSU, it seems as though he was a coach who was hungry and driven. Now, it seems as though he's just satisfied with complacency. We've had NFL type talent throughout Miles' entire tenure. With the type of talent we've had, there's no reason why we shouldn't have won at least one more NC and couple more SEC titles.

It's not the sheer numbers that sets LSU apart. It's the percentages. Some teams lose 90% of their draft-ready juniors but have one or two who come back. Those one or two can make a HUGE difference.

Ask yourself what 'Bama would have been like without CJ Mosely last year? What would LSU have been like with Kevin Minter?

LSU is not only losing a huge number of juniors to the NFL, it's losing more than 100% of the juniors expected to declare. Brad Wing? Trai Turner? These guys weren't on anybody's radar. Other talents like Michael Brockers, Bennie Logan and Kevin Minter came out of nowhere and played themselves into NFL futures.

The bottom line it this. Kudos to the kids turning down a year of unpaid state internships to make money. Kudos to the coaching staff for evaluating and developing talent better than anyone else in the country. LSU football is strong.

If LSU could keep just one or two of those unpaid interns on campus, LSU would field a much more dominant team.