LSU OLB Corey Thompson Will Redshirt This Season

by TD Staff Reporter

October 25, 20165 Comments

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LSU head coach Ed Orgeron said Tuesday that senior outside-linebacker Corey Thompson will redshirt this season.

Thompson switched positions from safety to linebacker in the offseason but injured himself during fall camp.

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HC87

He will be a superb SR OLB next season. He can run with RB's/TE's, and has enough size to hold up well in that spot. Will likely add more size/muscle this offseason. Also all the reason more, IMO, to move Divinity (234lbs) to ILB with D. White and D. Alexander. It would be a nice rotation. GT!

Reply•83 months

TaderSalad

Will be great to have him next year! As a TD poster once said, "this is a blessing in the skies"

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VesperiaLSU

Bounce back Corey!

Reply•83 months

UptownnMike

This dude played in the 2012 bama game sheesh. He's still gonna be playing next year. 6 bama games.

Reply•83 months

Bottom9

Now we have one of our own players in the, "players who have been or were around forever in CFB" threads of the future