Do any of you even look at the roster or game participation stats?

This is our roster with people who, I think, are out in bold. I added the column for games played.

5 safeties with game experience and 4 cornerbacks with game experience. Why would we move a guy from WR to DB when we have guys on the roster who have been playing the position in practice and more than a few who have at least some gametime?

https://lsusports.net/sports/fb/roster/ https://lsusports.net/sports/fb/cumestats/season/2023/

3 Greg Brooks Jr. - Safety, 2 GP, 5-10 187 Graduate Student
6 Jordan Allen - Safety, 0 GP, 5-11 196 Redshirt Freshman
8 Major Burns - Safety, 8 GP, 6-2 193 Junior
14 Andre' Sam - Safety, 0 GP, 6-0 190 Senior
15 Sage Ryan - Safety, 8 GP, 5-11 202 Redshirt Sophomore
17 Quad Wilson - Safety, 0 GP, 5-9 160 Junior
21 Ryan Yaites - Safety, 8 GP, 6-1 203 Freshman
23 Kylin Jackson - Safety, 2 GP, 6-3 196 Freshman
25 Javien Toviano - Safety, 8 GP, 6-1 201 Freshman
28 Matthew Langlois - Safety, 0 GP, 6-0 200 Redshirt Sophomore
39 Tyson Short - Safety, 0 GP, 6-2 208 Freshman
41 Welton Spottsville - Safety, 0 GP, 6-0 222 Junior
47 Aristotle Abraham II - Safety, 0 GP, 5-11 190 Redshirt Sophomore
GP,
5 Laterrance Welch - Cornerback, 6 GP, 6-1 193 Sophomore
10 Denver Harris - Cornerback, 5 GP, 6-0 190 Sophomore
12 JK Johnson - Cornerback, 0 GP, 6-0 185 Sophomore
22 Duce Chestnut - Cornerback, 4 GP, 5-11 205 Junior
24 Zy Alexander - Cornerback, 8 GP, 6-2 188 Junior
26 Ashton Stamps - Cornerback, 6 GP, 6-0 188 Freshman
29 Jeremiah Hughes - Cornerback, 8 GP, 6-0 187 Freshman
31 Everett Garard - Cornerback, 0 GP, 5-10 184 Redshirt Sophomore
34 Ryan Robinson Jr. - Cornerback, 3 GP, 5-11 180 Freshman
38 Darian Blount - Cornerback, 0 GP, 6-3 170 Freshman

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But I guarantee you 80% of these WRs played DB in HS.

Not that this is meaningless but it is conjecture and it also doesn't take into account that a great deal of HS football is more about being able to out athlete the opponent as opposed to being technically sound or even appropriately playing or understanding a scheme. Simply playing CB in HS may not translate into doing so on the field in college, particularly the SEC, especially if you have not practiced a down.

This post was edited on 10/25/23 at 8:01 am