Nobody recruited Faulk to play rb. That was not a big one despite how good he was. There are cases like Faulk leaving the state every year.

The answer for me would be Ed Reed because we needed a dynamic player like him on defense at the time. He started from day one on a loaded Miami team.

My second choice would be Kordell Stewart. Freakish athlete who would have been able to jump in right away and play. Then we could have Kordell stories instead of Jamie Howard ones.

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Posted by LSUFreek

Greater New Orleans

Member since Jan 2007

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Posted on 2/3/16 at 12:54 am to Schmelly

DT Warde Manuel '86 Michigan Parade Mag Top La. prospect
QB Mickey Joseph '87 Nebraska Parade Mag Top La. prospect
QB Michael Carr '88 Clemson Parade Mag Top La. prospect
TE Brad Banta '89 USC Parade Mag Top La. prospect
RB Warrick Dunn '92 FSU
QB Peyton Manning '94 Tenn Lindy's Recruiting Mag Top La. prospect
DE Eric Jefferson '95 Illinois Tom Lemming's Recruiting Mag Top La. prospect
DB Ed Reed '97 Miami Tom Lemming's Recruiting Mag Top La. prospect
QB Eli Manning '99 Ole Miss Tom Lemming's Recruiting Mag
QB Brock Berlin '00 Fla 247 composite #1 La. prospect
DT Chase Pittman '02 Texas 247 composite #1 La. prospect
QB Robert Lane '03 Ole Miss 247 composite #1 La. prospect
RB Joe McKnight '07 USC 247 composite #1 La. prospect
LB Michael Mauti '08 Penn St 247 composite #1 La. prospect
WR Trovon Reed '10 Auburn 247 composite #1 La. prospect
DB Landon Collins '12 Bama 247 composite #1 La. prospect

Other guys like Marshall Faulk '90, Cam Robinson '14, Shiro Davis '12, Denzel Devall '12, etc weren't the top prospect of their particular year

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Posted by tigerfan84

Member since Dec 2003

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Posted on 2/3/16 at 1:17 am to Schmelly

i've often wondered how great the 90's could've been. even if you throw out the Mannings, LSU could have still been dominant.

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Posted by LSUNV

In the woods or on the water

Member since Feb 2011

22422 posts

Posted on 2/3/16 at 5:32 am to TIGERsinceCONCEPTION

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Damnit people - I posted this earlier in the thread hoping I wouldn't be right.

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Who's the #1 Louisiana recruit that got away

Well being that the top 1% of the top 1% of college athletes actually make it to start in the NFL why wouldn't.?

Recruits like Joe McKnight were a huge bust

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Posted by Guava Jelly

Bawston

Member since Jul 2009

11651 posts

Posted on 2/3/16 at 6:07 am to tibebecolston

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I'm not sure how we overcome this and it really sucks.

We have a shot at signing 15 of the top 20 recruits in the state. Stop pretending the fence is down, sweetheart.

Also, it's pretty interesting that no one has mentioned Matt Forte yet. He wasn't a big target for us. But I'd say that a guy who rushed for over 4,200 yards and almost 40 touchdowns in college (and went on to be a pro-bowler) is a bit of a miss.

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Posted by bulldog95

North Louisiana

Member since Jan 2011

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Posted on 2/3/16 at 6:15 am to Schmelly

The west Monroe running back in 95 or 96 that went to ND
Robert lane-Neville QB went to ole miss and was converted to TE

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Posted by jarbar

St. Gabriel