Beckwith in perspective

Beckwith's size & speed is something else. He's as good as any of those you mentioned.

Hope his injury isn't serious. Best I've seen in a long time.

Not as good as Bradie. Bradie was far more refined bc he played lb longer. Beckwith is a great run stopper, especially straight on, but he can't yet read the offense with the best nor can he direct everyone on the defense. He also got washed out a lot in the first few games. His ceiling is as high as any lb to come through LSU, but he'll have to work hard for years to reach his full potential.

He will be an all pro in 3 years. He is on the level of Brooks for the times. Speed is better than Brooks. Hill was awesome but this dude is better.
And Braddie James and Minter played with FAR SUPERIOR taken than he has so you cannot compare them. James wasn't that fast and big really and it eventually caught up with him.
Beck has learned to defend the pass this season. Give him a good NFL LB coach and he will be like Alexander and Deion. All rookie team caliber.

Beckwith was a impactful as the most recent crop of great LSU MLBs (Shepard and Minter come to mind) However, he was arguably more important that both of those guys to their respective teams. There was a noticeable difference when Beckwith finally took over for Welter in 2014. The defense went from looking like the one of the worst in LSU history to one of the top SEC defenses by the end of the year. You also noticed immediately when he was off the field. The 2014 Alabama game comes to mind, and obviously Sat. vs. Florida.

I'll miss Beckwith. Like Minter, he was a guy that just did his job and did it well. There wasn't a ton of flash. There wasn't some ridiculous celebration after EVERY tackle. He just went out there and controlled the middle of the field night after night. You could even argue that his great play in the middle allowed both Kwon Alexander and Deion Jones to have great seasons playing next to him.

He'll be tough to replace. Fournette is great, but I don't think it's outlandish to say Beckwith was LSU's most important player this year.

He was above average but most of the yardage
given up this year by the LSU defense was right
up the middle. However, the interior defensive
linemen this year have been below average. Beckwith
would have been really good playing behind the likes of Brockers, Logan, Lavalais, etc.

Aranda could make White a GOAT candidate.

He's as good as any of those you mentioned.
We are going to miss him the most.

If Beckwith is able to play every snap of the game against Alabama/Ref in 2014 then LSU wins.

Alabama/Ref were only able to score in 2014 if 1 of three things happened.

1. if that slow white middle linebacker played during a possession bama/ref would score

2. if Jennings threw an interception then the following possession bama/ref would score

3. if a ref made a one sided call against LSU the next possession bama/ref would score.

I consider the Ref who called a one sided penalty on Alexander to be a part of Alabama/Ref that beat LSU.

I don't think he has yet approached his true potential. Best days will be in the league.