re: In your opinion , who was LSU&#39;s best true freshman, EVER, in football?

Posted by Geauxst

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:28 am to Rickdaddy4188

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IMO , it's hard to pick between TM and Laron Landry. TM was a ball hawk. LL led the team in tackles on one of the best LSU defenses of ALLTIME. I'm sure there are some older players in forgetting.

Steve Cassidy
A.J. Duhe
Dalton Hilliard

Posted by dreaux

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:38 am to Geauxst

Tyran Matthieu.

Faulk

Hilliard.

Pretty much even to me.

Honorable mention: laron and PP

Posted by WalkingTurtles

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:42 am to dreaux

Probably Laron he started on a NC Defense and I believe led the team in tackles.

Posted by Newgene

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:43 am to WalkingTurtles

Chris Jackson...oh wait...wrong sport.

Posted by Lsupimp

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:44 am to Rickdaddy4188

Dalton Hilliard and it's not close.

Posted by I-59 Tiger

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:48 am to Rickdaddy4188

Dalton Hilliard.

Posted by kevv824

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 11:52 am to McChowder

quote:
Kevin Faulk/ thread

Dude single handedly brought the magic back

Posted by LockdownDefense

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 12:08 pm to Rickdaddy4188

Cecil Collins /thread

Posted by mtntiger

Asheville, NC

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 12:09 pm to I-59 Tiger

Tough to go against Hilliard, but Ben Wilkerson came in as a true freshman and started at center for the 2003 team. He would have been a certain first-rounder had he not torn his patella tendon in a blowout win against Vandy with only seconds left on the clock.

Posted by LockdownDefense

Member since Aug 2008

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 12:10 pm to Newgene

quote:
Chris Jackson...oh wait...wrong sport.

Definitely the right answer for basketball.

Pete was on an even higher level but they had split freshman/varsity college teams back then.

Posted by TigerintheNO

New Orleans

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 12:13 pm to I-59 Tiger

Dalton Hilliard

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This post was edited on 1/26/13 at 12:19 pm

Posted by UncleLogger

Freetown

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 12:29 pm to TigerintheNO

Cecil Collins

K. Faulk

Laron Landry

Posted by jledet

Panhandle

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 12:41 pm to Rickdaddy4188

kevin faulk

Posted by ffhouston

The Woodlands

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 12:42 pm to Rickdaddy4188

What about guys like Tommy C? Limiting this list to "true freshmen" is silly if it allows us to exclude #37.

Like compiling a GOAT LSU men's basketball team and ignoring Pete because he couldn't play as a true freshman.

Posted by Hot Carl

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 12:48 pm to ffhouston

Was Mike Calais a true freshman? Cause he was a badass his 1st year.

Posted by Rickdaddy4188

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 12:48 pm to WalkingTurtles

quote:
Probably Laron he started on a NC Defense and I believe led the team in tackles.

He did. I said that in the op

Posted by Manswers

Michigan

Member since Feb 2009

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Posted on 1/26/13 at 12:51 pm to Rickdaddy4188

I thought of Anthony ("Booger") MacFarland - I thought he started and played at a high level as a freshman. However, I've got to go with Dalton Hilliard.