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LSU WR Tyron Johnson Is Transferring

by Staff Reporter

August 11, 201637 Comments

Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports

LSU sophomore wide receiver announced on Twitter that he is transferring. Per The Advocate:

quote:
He wanted to go to a more wide open offense," Tyrone Johnson said in an interview with The Advocate on Thursday afternoon. "That was the only reason why."

LSU has blocked Tyron Johnson from transferring to another Southeastern Conference team, but the receiver could play at a junior college this fall and then re-enter the SEC, his father said. He is expected to make a decision on a school in "the next week," Tyrone said. Texas Tech and Oklahoma State were two of Johnson's finalists when he committed to LSU in January of 2015.

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wish i was tebow•93 months

Kid is a really good talent. Hope it works out wherever he lands

Mouche337•93 months

Tyron, like Trey, started to fall behind on the depth chart. He's trying to go to the NFL. You gotta see the field to get into the league. It was smart for him to leave because with our current depth, he was only going to see garbage time, if any time at all, at this point. I wish him the best wherever he may go (unless it's Bama).

Jester•93 months

This is false. James Wright barely touched the field at LSU and has gotten significant PT in the NFL.

VesperiaLSU•93 months

So you think he has a better chance to make it to the NFL by playing at Kansas or Texas Tech than at LSU?

Dignan•93 months

Funny how "Forever LSU" only means 12 months to Tyron.

Spankum•93 months

if he is getting buried on the depth chart, you can't blame him a bit. best of luck to him and thanks for being a tiger!

baobabtiger•93 months

Weird. He made some plays last season, unseated the man in front of him, and got a lot of playing time.

JustinT37•93 months

Jazz Ferguson time!!!

LSUGoose•93 months

Tigers are loaded with big, strong WRs. This one sort of follows the pattern of Trey Quinn. He was probably falling behind Dee Anderson and Stephen Sullivan, so writing was on the wall.

tigahland•93 months

wasn't he supposed to be our next stud WR after Dupree?

wesman21•93 months

He was, but some of the freshman were apparently already ahead of him...

blueboy•93 months

We must have some monster wide receivers if there have been this many transfers, but if we see lsu run the ball 80% of the time and pass like shite, we will know the reason for the transfers.

TheWalrus•93 months

12 receivers on the roster was absurd to begin with

tiggerthetooth•93 months

transfering?

DeafVallyBatnR•93 months

Team off the top of my head TCU.

BayouBengal61•93 months

Possibly Texas Tech too

monsterballads•93 months

Saw the writing on the wall

GeauxTGRZ•93 months

Isn't he the 3rd WR on the depth chart? :confused:

marcnbc•93 months

more like 5th or 6th....Dupre, Dural, Charknado, Ferguson/Dillon and possibly behind Anderson.

cincyykid•93 months

Maybe just maybe it wasn't a depth issue fo once and he really did wanna go to a more wide open offense. If tech and ok lite were his other 2 finalist in high school sounds like he really likes the air raid offense. Maybe it's just that

jnugz187•93 months

If the offensive philosophy was the issue I'm pretty sure he would have left before camp started. This was due to his place on the depth chart imo.

TampaTiger22•93 months

He knew what the offense was here when he committed.

Big Sway•93 months

Guess he don't want a ring!!

theBru•93 months

That's 3 WR we lost to transfers this off season...good thing we are so stacked @ that position

TheWalrus•93 months

4 if you include Spears

eddieray•93 months

He's good. Was looking forward to watching him break out. I'm shocked at how many good receivers we land considering our offense

TaderSalad•93 months

Yeah, but then they go to the NFL and just keep going. We train them how to catch the uncatchable.

YellaPurp•93 months

Wow, what happened??

tiggerthetooth•93 months

I'll just be clear, you spelled 'transferring' wrong. Not a good look for the main LSU message board.

Tiger Nation 84•93 months

I knew something was about to happen.

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