re: This is really starting to feel like a “depth” class

Idk why people are getting downvoted for pointing this out. Nothing is wrong saying there isn’t a lot too end talent in this class(there isn’t). Doesn’t mean this can’t be a good depth building class. Go look at bama and Georgia’s classes and come back and tell me we have a lot of top end talent. We don’t, and that’s still fine.

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Recruiting rankings are so political and subjective it's really hard for me to get moved by being ranked 7 instead of 4. If you are in the top 10, develop your players and are savvy in the portal to add depth and fill holes, you can compete for the CFP.

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This is exactly spot on. Every once in a while you land a Harold Perkins that was a 5* player but we’ve also seen 4*s and 3*s make huge impacts on teams with development. We constantly see regular DL’s well in the SEC so you do NOT have to have a roster full of 5* DLman to make huge plays. We recruit plenty of high end talent to compete and even excel on the field with the right coaches.

Look at our OL for example. It’s not full of 5* players, it’s full of really good 4* players and one 5* player who wasn’t even a consensus 5*. Now I tend to disagree and I think we got ourselves a few 5* guys who weren’t ranked correctly. A great player is a great player and LSU is going to get those players.

We haven’t been consistent enough to be talked about in the media as one of the elites yet. We are on our way to that and no matter what was said in the past about our classes, this is a new staff and a new era. It must be given time to develop the consistency needed to be in the same conversations as the elite. It’s just that simple. We’re getting there and we will get there. I’m not sure if it’s going to be this year or next or the next but we will get there.

I think Jaden Daniel’s and this offense will take a big leap this year, with that, we should see an uptick in recruiting. We have the right guy at HC. He’s going to do all the things that the LSU program needs to be consistent and he knows that’s what the fans want. I think we’ll see that this season.