re: Hill Recruiting La'el and Turner

He could easily vault himself to a 1st or 2nd rounder by having a good 2014. He needs one more year to showcase himself to become a very very high draft pick.

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The lifespan of a RB in the NFL is something insane like 3 years.

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Say what?

Signed,
Frank Gore

Throughout his eight-year NFL career, Gore has often been ranked among the best and most respected running backs playing the game, having been selected to five Pro Bowls and achieving four straight seasons with 1,000 rushing yards.

Frank Gore is one back - that's not much of a sample size. The AVERAGE life span of an NFL RB is 3 years.

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Delaying the receipt of money is indeed foregoing something. $1 in hand today is worth more than $1 to be received a year from now. That's basic economics. Hell, it's basic arithmetic. I think there are lots of benefits to his staying, financial and non. But you hurt your argument by being wrong on fundamental truth.

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And your basic arithmetic is poor. They are foregoing money, and likely taking out insurance policies if they stay, but in all three cases the players would be potentially improving their stocks.

Collins could easily get a first round grade next season and more than double his 1st contract value.

Hill could push into the 2nd round where he'd significantly increase his contract value.

Turner will be the riskiest, but could definitely help his stock with another strong year. He's likely a late round/UFA right now and could be a top 4 round pick after next year.

Yes, the contracts for mid-late draft picks aren't as high compared to UDFAs in the past, but they still are higher and more guaranteed money.

In the end, there is a risk in returning, but also a good chance for significant monetary reward for them as well.

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Consequently, we can look no further than Scott as a case study of what can happen when an LSU rb decides to delay pro status for an extra year college.

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And Joseph Addai is an example who can spend 5 years at LSU, get a NC ring, his degree, make himself a 1st round pick, get a nice rookie contract ($11.65 million/5 years), start as a rookie, parlay that into a nice second contract ($14 million/3 years) and retire at 28. I don't think it matters if Jeremy Hill begins his NFL career at 21 or 22. The only reason a player should ever go to the NFL is if he has reached his ceiling or the risk of injury. But now that they are selling insurance policies to address the injuries.

Some guy on another site a couple days ago was talking about his parents want him to get his degree, so I'm guessing that might be part of the reason too if not the main one.

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he owes it to himself to do the right thing by honoring the committment and perseverance that LSU and the state of Louisiana have shown in him. if he stays it will show the many who helped him become a man that their efforts were not lost on one who only thinks of himself.

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You should've stopped right there. A lot of Louisiana retards wanted him gone at a single thrown punch. The dude owes it to the staff for putting up with him (for a second time), his folks for having to hear about this stuff, and himself for being provoked on camera.

What he did is little shite to me, but in today's world of blown out of proportion, lazy reporting, guilty until proven inncocent, and socially connected media crap, you can't do what's been going on forever at universities without being treated like you're a horrible person.

It's his choice. And it benefits us. Nobody is forcing him to stay yet he's doing us a favor. Idk why so many fans make an issue out of this.

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Keep going or can you? Like i said, most leave as soon as they can, especially the past few years.

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That's a frickin lie moron. Six could've gone in 2011 but stayed and that's just the ones that would have gotten drafted. Barrow could've left last year, and Loston. Four years is four years no matter how you slice it.

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I hope that having such great players who are willing to forgo millions in the NFL debunks the notion that the LSU staff--Miles specifically-are idiots and bad coaches. If such players feel like they have a shot at a national championship yearly (and such players as LF jumping on board), then clearly the coaching stuff must be doing something right and instilling a champion's attitude and faith in the players.

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Would you like to revise your statement?