Spoke to Jacoby Stevens's Dad Today

He was making a delivery to my work and we just started talking about LSU football before he revealed that he was Jacoby's father. It was mainly small-talk, but here are a few things I found interesting:

1) The move to WR was truly left up to Jacoby and he is free to move back to defense at any time, but there's a very high chance he stays at WR for this whole year at least. His success at WR and how much he is needed at Safety will determine if it's a permanent move or not. Also, he knows his money will come at Safety in the NFL, so a permanent move to WR would surprise me.

2) He was a very good receiver in high school but his numbers don't necessarily show it because of the running style of his HS QB, so pay no heed to his receiving numbers.

3) Jacoby's dad was very adamant and quick to point out that the move to WR had nothing to do with Grant Delpit beating him out or anything because they play different positions and the depth at WR is much more worrisome than the depth at Safety.

4) Alabama and LSU recruited him very differently. LSU and Coach O took the more personal approach and made the Stevens family feel part of the Tiger Family, and it was more than just a Coach O/Corey Raymond type of recruitment. Heck, Austin Thomas was texting him while he and I were talking. Nick Saban on the other hand mainly took the approach of harping on LSU's lack of consistency within the coaching staff, they took advantage of Coach O's stint at Ole Miss and the rumors that Corey Raymond may not even remain at LSU. Ultimately, of course, the family aspect of LSU's recruiting outweighed the inconsistency of the coaching staff.

5) Jacoby and his father approached the recruitment process knowing that he'll be playing on Sundays, so they compared the NFL success of players from LSU and Alabama. Jamal Adams, Patrick Peterson, Tyrann Mathieu, and other LSU DBs with success in the NFL made a great impression on Jacoby while really no Alabama DBs have had sustained success in the NFL, which was a big deal to them.

This may be common knowledge to some or others may not care, but I thought Jacoby's dad was very cool and I enjoyed the conversation and decided to share with tRant. Here's to hoping Jacoby has an awesome year for the Tigers!