re: Tyrann Mathieu names his top 5 LSU athletes of all time

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Pete Maravich has to be on that list.

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No, he doesn't

This is Mathieu's list, not yours or anyone else's.

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Chad Jones was a great athlete but wouldn't even be top 15.

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Again, this isn't your list, this is his. And Mathieu was a DB.

Chad Jones was a DB initially from Nola, a few years ahead of Mathieu. He was a (THE) star DB at LSU, while Mathieu was in high school in Nola.
Quite likely was the inspiration for him to come to LSU.

The rest of the list-
Peterson; All-American stud and mentor while he was here.

Shaq; larger than life figure, who was still widely known (and a #1 pick). He probably watched a lot of him growing up.

Burrow and Crews, guys who came afterwards, won national titles and high draft picks.

I doubt Mathieu knows much beyond name recognition of Maravich, a guy who played about half a century before he did, in a sport he was probably too short to play competitively.