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Is LSU recruiting any ILB?

Posted on 12/5/16 at 12:11 pm
Posted by LesnarF5
Member since Apr 2015
9219 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 12:11 pm
Seems like every LB recruit is a OLB. Need another thumper like a Beckwith or White.
Posted by OGTiger
Louisiana
Member since Jul 2005
2081 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 12:15 pm to
Boggles my mind why LSU can't get several stud ILB's every once in a while. I remember one year Miami got (5) of the Top 10 or so in the country. Not sure why these guys would not be busting the door down with so few on the roster and Aranda at the helm. But, this is not a new phenomena. We may never know the answer.
Posted by airfernando
Member since Oct 2015
15248 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 12:51 pm to
Beckwith wasn't recruited as an ILB nor was White for the most part.
Posted by crewdepoo
Hogwarts
Member since Jan 2015
9604 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 12:56 pm to
Alabama has them all
Posted by jembeurt
Raceland
Member since Apr 2008
8805 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 12:58 pm to
quote:

Beckwith wasn't recruited as an ILB nor was White for the most part.



Actually, they were. Both had other positions being talked about, but their final position was always going to be ILB. Beckwith did play some DE as a frosh, but that was because of Chavis' man crush on Welter and LSU had to get Beckwith on the field somehow.
Posted by scaill1
Austin,TX
Member since Jan 2010
293 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 1:01 pm to
I have a feeling with Aranda officially signing his contract we are going to have a rush of 4 and 5 star LBs coming on board. LBs are the center piece of his defense!
Posted by Mrtommorrow1987
Twilight Zone
Member since Feb 2008
13127 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 1:02 pm to
Jacob Phillips out of Tennessee.


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Posted by MSG
B.R.
Member since Dec 2007
11215 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 1:10 pm to
We are recruiting this kid?
Posted by Mrtommorrow1987
Twilight Zone
Member since Feb 2008
13127 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 1:11 pm to
Yep Austin Thomas went in home with him last week. 247 mods think we have a good shot at flipping him from Oklahoma.
Posted by Captain Crown
Member since Jun 2011
50815 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 1:14 pm to
Of course they are
Posted by MSG
B.R.
Member since Dec 2007
11215 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 1:16 pm to
I like it.
Posted by Tiger in Texas
Houston, Texas
Member since Sep 2004
20879 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 1:21 pm to
quote:

have a feeling with Aranda officially signing his contract we are going to have a rush of 4 and 5 star LBs coming on board. LBs are the center piece of his defense!


I would hope you are right- LB, especially ILB is a must need!
Posted by tgerb8
Huntsvegas
Member since Aug 2007
5995 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:29 pm to
quote:

Seems like every LB recruit is a OLB. Need another thumper like a Beckwith or White.


I don't understand why Aranda doesn't try to flip every LB currently being offered or committed to Wisconsin. That team is such a damn anomaly. I don't understand how they can constantly field ferocious defenses and suitable offenses with maybe 7 players on roster that LSU would even think of offering. They recruit at the same level of Kentucky yet rank in the top 15 pretty regularly and I think I read that they've put the 3rd most players in the NFL in the past 5 years.
That's absolutely ridiculous when you think about it.

Arkansas averages recruiting classes that are ranked twice as good.

Their success doesn't seem possible.

didn't mean to hijack thread!
Posted by TNTigerman
James Island
Member since Sep 2012
10490 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 2:52 pm to
quote:

I don't understand why Aranda doesn't try to flip every LB currently being offered or committed to Wisconsin.

First thing they need to do is flip our current players wasted at fullback + Roddy.
Posted by TigerScribe
Member since Dec 2005
1152 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 3:06 pm to
Will Ignont and Monty Rice are a couple of possibilities. Also, I think Levi Jones has the frame to grown into an ILB, though he may be more of a hybrid.
Posted by neovenator250
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2012
955 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 3:17 pm to
Shanon Reid if they tell him he's a take. Ignont is visiting in January. I think we could flip him from Tennessee.
Posted by LesnarF5
Member since Apr 2015
9219 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 3:42 pm to
I forgot about the Phillips kid from Tenn. that would be a good get.
Posted by 247lsutheboot
Member since Jan 2016
235 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 7:50 pm to
We need Ibs asap ,but even though we are small there when injuries happen and teams know it ,our defense STILL gave us the ball back all year to get the w and we just couldn't get it done on offense for whatever reason .
Posted by mojoey
Covington
Member since Sep 2013
1185 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 8:40 pm to
We just started pressing this young man from Tennessee? I guess we thought we were loaded at the position earlier this year. When you are late to show you get what's left. A program like ours that claims to be a top program shouldn't be getting what's left. We should easily bring in a five star ILB every year with a couple other ones. How hard can it be unless you are just neglecting the recruiting for that position.
Posted by moock blackjack
Member since Apr 2008
96201 posts
Posted on 12/5/16 at 11:23 pm to
We need 4-5 LBers in this class!! Go get em Dave!!
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