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What was the point of moving 5* DB Jacoby Stevens to WR?

Posted on 9/19/17 at 7:36 am
Posted by Fus0623
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2015
88972 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 7:36 am
What's the backstory on this? Why did they move a valuable piece to the defense to offense if they haven't even used him? Has he even gotten any signinficant playing time yet?
This post was edited on 9/19/17 at 7:37 am
Posted by geauxtigers87
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2011
25317 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 7:37 am to
Of all the things to worry about this is what you pick?
Posted by Schmelly
Member since Jan 2014
14542 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 7:38 am to
Can he play DL?
Posted by BassPreaux
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2015
5 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 7:43 am to
Jacoby was the slowest to pick up the defensive schemes and is having trouble picking up the routes and offense under Canada. Amazing athlete but needs more time to understand football at this level. Be patient.
Posted by jeff70121
Metairie
Member since Dec 2011
4313 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 7:43 am to
Really good question. He has gotten a little playing time and caught a couple balls. My guess is that if his PT doesn't increase he'll probably transfer. As far as safety goes, I doubt that his play could be any less underwhelming than Battle & Delpit. The only two players on defense who have had consistently good grades are "Greedy" and "Devin".
Posted by TigerFan55555
Tomball, TX
Member since Nov 2008
9605 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 8:19 am to
great question, been wondering the same, he prob needs to move back to DB if they arent going to use him at WR. hell replace battle..
Posted by jtran1988
Corndog U
Member since Oct 2008
5321 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 8:28 am to
Lol transitioned to offense for 3-4 jet sweeps a game- joke.
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
71964 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 8:32 am to
We want as many highly recruited players as possible, not playing at the WR position.
Posted by BlindTiger7
Houston
Member since Sep 2016
2690 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 8:33 am to
I'm sure the coaches have a good reason for this. They wouldn't purposely keep him off the field, especially now when we need all the help we can get.
Posted by ctiger69
Member since May 2005
30618 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 8:38 am to
Move him back to safety.
Posted by LSU49er
Bastrop, LA
Member since Aug 2017
664 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 8:44 am to
Some 5 stars just bust... We've had some in the past that come in highly touted and never did a thing or didn't live up to the hype. Hope this isn't the case with JS3
Posted by LCtiger3
Member since Sep 2017
226 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 9:17 am to
Secret playbook man, wait until we open it up!
Posted by mmcgrath
Indianapolis
Member since Feb 2010
35510 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 9:31 am to
quote:

What was the point of moving 5* DB Jacoby Stevens to WR?
He (Jacoby) wanted to play wr. Coach O said we would let him try when recruiting him.
Posted by Roaring Cowboy
MoWata
Member since Aug 2017
627 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 1:59 pm to
I swore this board was gonna make him the next Josh Reed
Posted by OldSarge38
VacherieBay City
Member since Nov 2009
477 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 2:16 pm to
He was a safety but Delpit was beating him out of reps. Played WR in high school as well as safety. May wee him back on defense very soon.

Posted by rjokerlsu
Big Spring, TX
Member since Apr 2007
6908 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 2:28 pm to
Based on the team's subpar play so far, the two biggest freshmen underachievers are Stevens and Jacob Phillips.
Posted by LSUvet72
Member since Sep 2013
12263 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 3:07 pm to
Hey, this is a legitimate question especially for our in trouble defense!
Posted by abellsujr
New England
Member since Apr 2014
35633 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 3:28 pm to
When a 5 star db gets moved THIS early, it should raise some eybrows. They haven't even tried him at db in a game yet. I don't trust this staff's evaluation of players right now anyway.
Posted by sunnydaze
Member since Jan 2010
30089 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 4:16 pm to
He can't be any worse of a safety than Ed Paris
Posted by Tiger79
Zachary
Member since Apr 2009
7356 posts
Posted on 9/19/17 at 5:08 pm to
What about putting some TEs at wr and just making 6-7 yard completions. Stop trying to only get 50 yard bombs.

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