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Dashawn spears is the biggest X factor in the safety room
Posted on 7/16/25 at 9:44 am
Posted on 7/16/25 at 9:44 am
IMO he had the highest ceiling in the entire room. Top 60 recruit pedigree and has size, length and range. By all accounts he’s had a strong offseason. The competition for the 2nd safest spot next to AJ haulcy is wideeeeeee open. If spears puts it all together this safety room becomes a strength very quickly
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Posted on 7/16/25 at 9:59 am to Cd104
if you are that comfortable with Spears why bring in Haulcy
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:01 am to Cd104
I'd really love for him to win the spot next to Haulcy. With the quality options at CB, a deep DT rotation, potentially elite edge defenders and a top LB class I really believe this could be a top 20 defense. We also have a very good defensive staff that knows how to use and develop them as well. It's by far the best I've felt about our defense since 2019.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:02 am to nicholastiger
I have no idea what’s been going on with our safeties because on paper we have actually recruited well at the position.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:03 am to nicholastiger
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if you are that comfortable with Spears why bring in Haulcy
Depth?
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:03 am to Cd104
What about Cooley-O? I thought he's supposed to be pretty good as well. Although, I don't remember which S spot he plays.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:05 am to nicholastiger
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if you are that comfortable with Spears why bring in Haulcy
Insurance? If you're house isn't on fire now, why would you need fire insurance?
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:07 am to nicholastiger
Because we had room to add an interception leader and this is the year to do it.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:09 am to nicholastiger
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if you are that comfortable with Spears why bring in Haulcy
AJ is a diff type of safety than spears. AJ is a good deep safety but he’s much more comfortable playing the middle of the field and wrecking havoc near the box. Spears is a pure deep free safety
And two, safety was our worst spot last year, you don’t wanna go into another seaosn crossing your fingers the young guys take the next step you bring in proven commodities
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:09 am to nicholastiger
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if you are that comfortable with Spears why bring in Haulcy
Because neither Spears nor Cooley have ever excelled at a true safety position in their college careers yet. Spears played some last year but not a ton and Cooley played the slot at NC ST. So basically Haulcy is insurance but I hate that term because Haulcy will start so its not like he's the backup plan.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:10 am to saint tiger225
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What about Cooley-O? I thought he's supposed to be pretty good as well. Although, I don't remember which S spot he plays.
Him being a FS in the sec remains to be seen. He was purely a nickel at NC state he played little to no snaps at free safety. By all accounts, spears outperformed him in spring camp. I think he’s a better fit at nickel than FS imo
This post was edited on 7/16/25 at 10:10 am
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:11 am to Bert Macklin FBI
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Because neither Spears nor Cooley have ever excelled at a true safety position in their college careers yet. Spears played some last year but not a ton and Cooley played the slot at NC ST
Hit the nail on the head. Had to bring in a proven player at safety. The room has a lot of talented high upside guys but no proven production yet haulcy gives you that.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:13 am to Cd104
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The competition for the 2nd safest spot next to AJ haulcy is wideeeeeee open.
If Haulcy is a starter (SR), then I’d assume a healthy Gilbert (SR) is the other starter. Cooley (RS So.) & Spears (So) should give us depth and start next year
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:15 am to JimTiger72
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then I’d assume a healthy Gilbert (SR) is the other starter.
Surely we can do better than Gilbert. Enough with starting seniority go with the best option. Gilbert quite frankly wasn’t very good at A&M when he was healthy either . The ceiling of this defense rises if Cooley or spears win the job instead of Gilbert
This post was edited on 7/16/25 at 10:16 am
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:17 am to Cd104
I wouldn’t write him off based off of last year if he wasn’t 100% healthy
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:19 am to JimTiger72
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I wouldn’t write him off based off of last year if he wasn’t 100% healthy
If he wins the job he should have to earn it in camp he shouldn’t simply be handed the job because he’s a senior. If he gets outperformed by spears in fall camp he has no business starting over him
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:22 am to JimTiger72
It seems like Spears grabs a spot but Gilbert is in the rotation
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:26 am to nicholastiger
Yeah why bring in talented defensive backs when the secondary has been a dumpster fire the past two years?
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:29 am to Cd104
Thanks for the info. 
I am interested to see who ends up starting at the safety positions. Regardless of who it is, it's hard to see a world where we regress at that spot after the play we've seen at that position the last couple of years and the players we've added. I think our defensive backfield is going to be a much improved unit with potential to be a strong point of the de. From everything I've heard from media reports, it sounds like Mansoor Delane is the real deal and DJ Pickett, while young, sounds like he's the real deal as well. I'm sure Pickett will have some growing pains, but I think he'll be a great one before his time at LSU is up.
I am interested to see who ends up starting at the safety positions. Regardless of who it is, it's hard to see a world where we regress at that spot after the play we've seen at that position the last couple of years and the players we've added. I think our defensive backfield is going to be a much improved unit with potential to be a strong point of the de. From everything I've heard from media reports, it sounds like Mansoor Delane is the real deal and DJ Pickett, while young, sounds like he's the real deal as well. I'm sure Pickett will have some growing pains, but I think he'll be a great one before his time at LSU is up.
Posted on 7/16/25 at 10:33 am to nicholastiger
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if you are that comfortable with Spears why bring in Haulcy
Safeties in the SEC tend to get nicked up over the course of a year.
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