Should we sign 25 if we don't land any of our top OOS guys?

That version of backcounting ends this year. Not allowed next year.

25 per class maximum. No more back counting allowed at all

I still would sign the 25 if you have room under the 85 now. Attrition will take care of itself.

I wouldn't take any slow players. But would gamble on a guy with speed that might be undersized a little

We're losing a lot. Need 24 or 25 just to replace what's departed:

1.) QB JJ
2.) QB J Lee
3.) OG Blackwell
4.) TE Peterson
5.) TE Mitch Joseph
6.) TE Alex Russian
7.) FB Stampley
8.) OG T-Bob Hebert
9.) WR R. Randle - NFL
10.) DT Brockers - NFL
11.) CB Claiborne - NFL
12.) DE K. Adams
13.) CB Brooks
14.) LB Baker
15.) LB Hatcher
16.) LB Francios
17.) S B. Taylor
18.) S D. Bryant
19.) Deep Snapper - Joey Crappell
20.) P DJ Howard
21.) OT Greg Shaw
22.) DT Dennis Johnson - probably a walk-on
23.) RB J. Gore - Transfer
24.) LB Randle - Transfer

So, as of now, without anymore offseason "attrition" I show we have 24 scholarships available for next year.

Stampley, Crappell and Johnson were not on scholarship this year. If you go to the lsusports.net page, there are 85 guys on the 2011 roster who signed LOI's at one point or another (not including Porter). Those are the scholarship players from last year.

Will Porter be on scholarship starting in the 2012 season--exactly what is his status? I have seen some reports saying he could be a strong candidate to succeed Longergan at center.

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I think Stampley went on scholarship this year.

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If he did that means someone else got theirs pulled. Again, excluding Porter, there are 85 players listed on the official 2011 roster who signed LOI's with LSU. It would appear that Alleman, D. Johnson, Stampley, Crappell, Fruge, etc. were not on scholarship this year.