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Matt Zenitz of 247Sports reports that LSU redshirt freshman edge rusher Jaxon Howard plans to enter the transfer portal.

Howard played in five games last season on special teams and as a backup at the edge, recording two tackles and one quarterback hurry. He has been playing behind Bradyn Swinson and Dashawn Womack during spring practice.

The 6-4, 241-pounder from Crystal, Minn. (Robbinsdale Cooper High School), was a former four-star prospect and the No. 1 rated player in Minnesota for the class of 2023.

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jafari rastaman13 months
Did he used to play travel ball?
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Spankum13 months
From being the #1 player to being a couple of thousand Miles’s from home with no hope of seeing the field….I can’t blame the kid for transferring. He needs to go some where that he can get playing time. Thanks for being a Tiger.
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ATLTiger13 months
"No hope of seeing the field" seems like a bit much. He's a redshirt freshman, behind a 5th year guy in Swinson and a more highly rated classmate in Womack. There was still time for him to have a role at LSU.

That said, it's just how a lot of things are in CFB with the transfer rules. From a kid's perspective, if you don't have to wait to see playing time, why do it?
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Jabontik13 months
Hope he kills it somewhere up north
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Rebel13 months
currently way over 85 scholarships. attrition is expected and part of the game these days.
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Strannix13 months
Insiders know he was processed.
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Tigerpride1813 months
Insiders are wrong then. You don't process that athleticism as a sophomore.he was one of our most talented in that class
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ArabianTiger713 months
He’s a legacy of an NFL pro with all the measurables. No one got processed.
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GetmorewithLes13 months
I am afraid this is going to become a norm. Heard a sports talk show yesterday that said NCAA committee meets in a couple wks and will recommend adoption of almost unlimited transfers in every sport with the only limitations being academic good standing and restriction from playing for two teams in same season. Someone will sue and get those thrown out too…
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saintslsupels13 months
So you’d rather force Howard to stay here taking a scholarship that we could give to a new recruit even though Howard isn’t good enough to get any playing time?
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TouchdownTony13 months
I've been saying this for a couple years. Soon and I mean soon you will see someone play for two teams in a season and go to a third for the CFP.
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CanebreakCajun13 months
You're a sophomore dude.
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225Tyga13 months
Good job, im glad you listened and posted height and weight, keep it up!
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Scotcho Libre13 months
We are going to see more than a handful of guys hit the portal by the end of the Spring Game. Just a numbers game. I hope these guys get a great opportunity outside the SEC.
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SOL213 months
Maybe he's homesick
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Lsutigerturner13 months
Damn that’s fricking sucks
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304tiger13 months
It’s a stacked DE/ Jack room at this time. He can’t jump Swinson/ Womack, and I suspect Reliford would have jumped him anyway.

We need more spots so we can take DTs and maybe a high level DB.
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Scotcho Libre13 months
Reliford plays SDE; Howard plays WDE.
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Revorising13 months
We were supposed to be stacked last year with Mason Smith and that turned out great for the DL. We need all the help we can get yes…..
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Shiftyplus113 months
The writing was on the wall apparently. It said, "No Playing Time for You Here."
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GeauxHouston13 months
That is unfortunate.
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oleheat13 months

Best of Luck to him.
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TDTOM13 months
So, he got beat out.
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RezrekSon13 months
When you’re far from home and think you don’t have to earn your spot year after year this happens…
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JamesLsuFan7113 months
that's what happens when you sign kids from Minnesota lol. If they don't play they will leave. The local kids you sign will probably stay but not these kids from places like Minnesota
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