Current depth is playing a roll, especially OOS...

This may seem obvious to a lot of you guys on the recruiting board, but I've seen a lot of posts recently stressing over our lower rivals ranking, lack of big name oos commits, and the fact that our program generally is completely imploding in every possible way.

A quick glance at our depth chart should help the more rational tiger fans understand why this year's class isn't for star gazers. In skimming over it, you'll notice that we're returning a lot of guys who either started, or have gotten solid playing time at their positions.

The point to this is that most blue chip recruits are extremely wary of established depth at their position. Most of these guys, right or wrong, feel like they should and will start the second they set foot on campus. Not to say all good prospects are afraid of competition, just that most want to be second string at the worst, with the guy in front of them moving on sooner than later.

The problem is, we're two deep at most every position with guys who HAVE to play for two more years. Hell, even Saban can tell kids that most of the secondary is out the door, and recruits are signing to be second string out of the gate. This makes LSU a tough sell to the elite prospects of the country right now.

That being said, for the same reasons, we should have a very good season in store. That, inevitably, means that guys will head to the draft. When that happens, we'll once again be a top program that can offer guys early playing time, and the PP7's and SonicSam's of the country will take notice.