re: DEs and O-line

quote:

---

but Vadel scares me at tackle. I hope he is better than what he was his freshman yr there bc he got whooped by clemson some of them were nobody's

---

Don't do that. Don't take something that happened 3 years ago to make assumptions now. He's going into his fourth year now and didn't do bad a tackle for a "True Freshman". He didn't look like a 4th year senior then because he was a true freshman straight out of high school. He's a lot more confident and he's seen a lot more since then. I, too, trust Grimes.

Here's a recap of the Freshman season:

quote:

---

FRESHMAN SEASON (2012) Played in 13 games with nine starts at right tackle … Earned Freshman All-SEC honors and second team Freshman All-America from Scout.com

…Finished rookie season with 656 snaps and 49.5 knockdowns
… Played every offensive snap in final nine games of the season, including 84 vs. top-ranked Alabama …

First career start came in win over Towson (61 snaps, 2 knockdowns) … Followed that with first SEC start in road game against Florida (53 snaps, 3 knockdowns) … Had career-best 11.5 knockdowns in win over Ole Miss ... Followed that with team-high 7.5 knockdowns on 67 snaps in road win over Arkansas … Played outstanding overall game vs. No. 1 Alabama with 5.5 knockdowns on 84 snaps … Helped an LSU offense rack up 435 total yards (139 rushing, 296 passing) in near upset of Crimson Tide in Tiger Stadium

---