re: Ohio State CB JK Johnson to LSU

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Getting Chestnut would make things interesting.

If you do that you can put Toviano at safety. You might even look at Zy Alexander at safety as well.

Johnson and Chestnut would finish us off in the secondary, I would think. Then you need two linebackers and a defensive lineman and you're pretty much good to go. Though I'd like to find one more interior lineman on offense if possible.

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LSU has 7 current scholarship guys among the 47 (Davis RB is included in that # but he is visiting Pitt this weekend). Of those, Banks and Brooks are super seniors next year, Major Burns will be a SR (but he can get the COVID 2020 year back). So potentially, all 3 of those could be gone after next year. The other 4 are Ryan, Welch, Langlois and Allen.

LSU added Harris and Alexander from the Portal, that gets you to 9 guys with experience going into 2023. Again, assuming Burns, Banks and Brooks all are gone, that leaves you with 6 veteran guys heading into 2024.

LSU added 5 DB's from the 2023 HS signee class. Hughes, Stamps, Toviano, Daughterty and Yaites. I would think those 5 guys will all help out on ST next year, which LSU needs. Some of those guys, maybe all?, will separate and likely put themselves in position to be in the DB rotation for the Defense in 2024. But having both Johnson and Chestnut gives you 2 more guys with experience that you can have going into 2024 regardless of how quick the 5 DB's signed in 2023 progress for 2024.

So adding 2 veteran guys to the DB room makes sense. You will be playing 5 and 6 DB's a great deal in modern football.

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Though I'd like to find one more interior lineman on offense if possible.

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Renfro was in town today as well