Maybe. He makes a lot of tackles but that doesn't mean he's doing a good job consistently either. There's spots in the season where Penn has played well but then there's spots he gets abused. Like I said, he's too inconsistent to have faith in him as a starter. Can he progress and get better? Sure but LSU shouldn't wait around if an opportunity is there to take waiting for him to make another jump in progression.

I'd be nervous if he's the starter going into next season.

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Posted by Tigerpride18

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Posted on 1/5/23 at 12:42 pm to deuce985

He started a ton this year

The reason we rotated linebackers is because we used coverage backers for passing teams and situations and used Penn against running teams and on early downs .

Also, Baskerville was supposed to be out for the first three games so he was behind on reps in camp . That’s why he didn’t start early in the year

This post was edited on 1/5/23 at 12:44 pm

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Posted by Basura Blanco

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Posted on 1/5/23 at 7:04 pm to deuce985

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There's spots in the season where Penn has played well but then there's spots he gets abused.

He has decent speed for his size, but very little quickness and seems to read too long before reacting and over runs plays too often. This is further exasperated when he is on the field with Perkins who seems to play with the speed and quickness of DB.

It seems like he is playing at too heavy of a weight?

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