Most surprising post LSU career

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Baseball:
DJ LeMahieu

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DJ is not the surprise MLB player from that team. That honor belongs to Austin Nola. He was a decent hitting, defensive ace SS in college who played MiLB baseball for 8 years, switched to catcher and had a solid MLB run for about 5 years.

I'd also say that Josh Smith is more surprising than DJ. Not a knock on Smith but he was an oft injured player at LSU with average size, speed, power, etc.

Yeap, GTemp without a doubt. Going in to Year 14

Jared Mitchell

Austin Nola getting the call up as a catcher after years in the minors, now headed into his 6th season in the MLB.

Duop Reath. Undrafted, unheralded player. Now a solid NBA contributor and member of the Australian national team (2020 bronze medal).

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Professional career
Serbian League (2018–2021)
After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, Reath joined the Dallas Mavericks for the NBA Summer League.[9][10]

On 1 August 2018, Reath signed a three-year contract with the Serbian team FMP.[4][11] In July 2019, he joined the Brooklyn Nets for the 2019 NBA Summer League.[12]

On 1 August 2020, Reath signed a contract with the Serbian team Crvena zvezda for the 2020–21 season.[13][14]

Illawarra Hawks (2021–2022)
On 19 June 2021, Reath signed with the Illawarra Hawks of the National Basketball League for the 2021–22 season.[15]

Reath joined the Phoenix Suns in the 2022 NBA Summer League.[16]

Qingdao Eagles (2022–2023)
Reath signed with the Qingdao Eagles of the Chinese Basketball Association. Reath averaged 18.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.2 steals and 2.0 blocks per game across 39 appearances.[17]

Al Riyadi Beirut (2023)
Reath joined Al Riyadi Beirut of Lebanon in April 2023. He made his team debut on 19 April 2023 in the West Asia Super League (WASL), and scored 24 points in Al Riyadi's win over rivals Beirut Club in the division semi-finals.[18] Reath helped Al Riyadi win the West Asia subdivision championship following a team-high 29 points in the decisive Game 2 of the finals against Shahrdari Gorgan.[19]

Portland Trail Blazers (2023–present)
On 30 June 2023, Reath joined the Portland Trail Blazers for the 2023 NBA Summer League[20] and following the 2023 FIBA World Cup, he signed a one-year deal with Portland on 2 October.[21] However, he was waived on 21 October, prior to the start of the season,[22] but three days later, he was re-signed to a two-way contract.[23] Reath made his NBA debut on 12 November against the Los Angeles Lakers, scoring 11 points with three 3-pointers.[24] He later made his first start in the NBA ten days later, putting up 8 points and 4 rebounds in his starting debut in a win over the Utah Jazz.[25] On 26 December 2023, he had a career-high 25 points and nine rebounds in a 130–113 win over the Sacramento Kings.[26]

On 16 February 2024, Reath signed a standard contract with the Trail Blazers.[27]

National team career
Reath was selected as a member of the Australian national team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[28] He re-joined the Boomers for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.[29]

In July 2024, Reath was named in the Boomers' final squad for the Paris Olympics.[30]

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I thought Tyrus Thomas would have a better NBA career.

I thought Jamarcus would be decent, certainly didn’t think he would bust so hard in the NFL.

I would have lost money if you would have told me Will Harris would make an All-Star game in MLB as a pitcher.

Ya never know.

Danny McCray was awful at LSU and spend 5 years in the NFL.

James Wright had a decent NFL career after not doing much in college.

Danielle Hunter barely had any sacks over here but now he’s unstoppable

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James Wright had a decent NFL career after not doing much in college.

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James Wright had 0 catches as a senior and got drafted.

Mett only threw to Odell, Juice and Kadron Boone in 2013.

Derrius Guice