Help needed identifying this former Tiger

Hi!

When was a young child in the late 80's, a then-member of the LSU board who was close with my parents gave me what I was told is an authentic LSU game jersey that was given to him by a former Tiger.



My 7 year old brain figured that I could identify the player by scouring the roster from a game day program and associated the player then wearing #31 as the Tiger who donned this jersey. Gordy Rush was #31 at the time the jersey was given to me.

For decades, I have been under the mistaken impression that it was his jersey. Some weeks ago it occurred to me that since Rush only wore #31 for one year, and that the jersey was given to me near the beginning of that season, the player who wore it must have preceded Rush.

I've searched online and haven't been able to narrow down the possible candidates, and am hopeful that TD historians may he able to help me here.

Here are the facts/clues:

* Whoever wore it did so before Gordy Rush.

* The jersey was made by Russell Athletic

* It preceded whatever point LSU started printing names on the backs of the jerseys.

Any help identifying which Tiger may have worn this jersey would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!







ETA: With help from HonoraryCoonass and lsufball19, we've narrowed it down to the following five Tigers:

1989 Odell Beckham
1988 Joe Brown
1987 Calvin Windham
1984-85 Randy Kaiser
1979-82 Tommy Boudreaux

Thanks to lsufball19 for pointing out that NCAA rules require names be removed from jerseys before releasing them to the public.

This fact establishes that the claim that the jersey in question was a game jersey (told to me by the former LSU board member who gave it to me) is potentially accurate despite there being no name on the back.

I'll update the thread if I'm able to find out definitely which of the five Tigers this jersey belonged to.

Thanks to everyone who took time to respond, cheers and Geaux Tigers!