Was Glenn Dorsey just a once in a lifetime type of player Or....

{Those Ben Logan and Michael Brockers guys were horrible. Oh wait.}


Logan/Brockers combined Career stats
23 TFL - 7 Sacks

DORSEY career
27 TFL - 13 Sacks


ya.....about that

2007 Bronko Nagurski Award
2007 Consensus All-America
2007 John Outland Trophy
2007 Ronnie Lott Trophy
2007 SEC Defensive Player of the Year
2007 Vince Lombardi Award

I mean yeah... those type of defensive tackles aren't on your team that often.

Yeah, about those mediocre first round draft picks. Our defensive line has sucked since Dorsey. I know this is the rant, but please stop being a moron.

Sacks are definitely the tell all for a defensive tackle....


Dorsey was the best defensive tackle we have had in a long time...heck maybe ever, but using sacks as an indicator for a defensive tackle makes me think you know nothing about football.

Drake Nevis was pretty damn good his senior year as well.

And Brockers was a monster while only a RS sophomore, not everything a DT does shows up in stats.

I agree with all of that.

Davon Godchaux is criminally underrated. I honestly think he is our best interior lineman since Glenn Dorsey. (Yeah, I know that's saying a LOT.) Hopefully the new defense doesn't put him out of position.

But to answer your question. Yes, Glenn Dorsey at LSU was a generational talent, and we will likely never have a more decorated defensive lineman.


ETA: Piggybacking off of these stats.

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Logan/Brockers combined Career stats 23 TFL - 7 Sacks

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Godchaux had 6 sacks last year, almost as many as Logan/Brockers had in their career.

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And I'm NOT talking about the NFL MORON, I'm talking about LSU. That's my point.

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Actually Brockers, Logan, Nevis, Ego Ferguson and others were very good during their time at LSU.

I will grant you that none were as decorated as Dorsey but all were a force and got in the way of opposing foes.



That's a fair enough statement.

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This may not be a fair comparison.

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It's not at all.

Dorsey started 31 games at LSU and played in 52. Brockers started in 15 games and played in 27. Logan started 25 games and played in 30. Dorsey started more games than Brockers / Logan appeared in. Dorsey played in 22 more games than Logan and 25 more games than Brockers. When someone plays in that many more games than another, they tend to have more production and stats... Obviously.

Dorsey stats as a full time starter: 133 tackles, 21 TFL, 10 sacks (2 seasons). So averages out to 66.5tackles, 11 TFL, 5 sacks per year.

Logan stats as a full time starter: 102 tackles, 12 TFL, 5 sacks (2 seasons). Averages out to 51tackles, 6 TFL, 2.5sacks per year.

Brockers stats as a full time starter: 54 tackles, 10 TFL, 2 sacks (1 season).

Dorsey is the best DT we have ever had at LSU. Dude was awesome. But strictly going off of career stats is a stupid way to judge / compare players, especially when you are comparing their stats to a player that played in 22 and 25 more games than the other guys. Look at the per year averages as a full time starter... Dorsey still out produces the other 2, but it's a fairer way and a lot closer than just going off their career stats, considering Dorsey was on the field for wayyy more games than the other 2.

I'm not saying these guys were as good as Dorsey or even on the same level as him. Because they aren't. Dorsey is the best DT we've ever had and arguably the best defensive player we have ever had. But to say that they were mediocre at LSU is just wrong. They were very good at LSU and very productive starters. It's not like there's this massive difference in per year averages as starters between them and Dorsey.