re: LSU players who failed expectations

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What about offensive players for LSU that never lived up to expectations?
I bet your percentage would be above 50%

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If your argument is that Les is worse than other elite coaches, let's look at talent that was at LSU prior to les at skill postions for 4/5 star recruits - there were 12 recruits and I count 7 that lived up to expectations, which is only a 58% success rate. Miles is around 50% by my count. Not great, but certainly in the same tier as Saban when he was here.......


2002
QB Lester Ricard - bust
RB Justin Vincent - had a few good games, but extremely inconsistent.
WR Skyler Green - not a bust

33% success rate.

2003
QB - Matt Flynn
QB - Jamarcus Russel
WR - Dwayne Bowe
WR - Craig Davis
RB - Barrington Edwards - bust
WR - Amp Hill - bust
RB Ally Broussard - bust

60% success rate

2004
WR - X carter - horrific bust
WR - Early Doucet
WR - Lavelle Hawkins - bust

33% success rate

Now compared to Les' first 3 years:
2004
RJ Jackson - bust
Steve Korte - bust
Perrilloux - bust
0% success rate

2005
Ricky Dixon - bust
Chris Mitchell - bust
Jared Mitchell - bust
Richard Murphy
Charles Scott
Keiland Williams

66% success rate

2006
D Byrd
Jarrett Lee - on the fence, never got the chance and he did make an NFL training camp.
Stevan Ridley
T Tolliver
(D Lo Benton doesn't count because he transferred of his own volition)

75% success rate if you count Lee as a bust, 87.5% if you don't.

total = 13 of which 6 worked out if you exclude Lee from that total, and one of the 13 was Korte who was never going to be a star at FB. So really you end up at 50%