re: Russell Shepard is in the NFL because of CLM

Route running wasn't good because the guy wasn't a pure receiver comin out of HS and all. Doesn't mean he couldn't have developed into one. The problem is the guy was never used correctly by Miles and staff just like they have with so many other players. This kid should have been in a read spread option type offense to utilize his explosiveness. Other schools would have known right away what to do with a Russell Shepard.

but you have Miles tryin to figure him out and all that crap, using him as a real RB from the I in some instances. Shepard is not going anywhere at 190 or 195 in that situation. Then, you would have him take a 5 yard pass around scrimmage and turn it into a 65 yard TD run and not be heard from again until 7 games later. He doesn't deserve the negativity people on here are giving him. He was used terribly and inconsistently the whole while at LSU. Never having developed at all. I'm happy for him he still made it to the NFL through his own hard work.