Chaisson certainly has a way to go, but in limited action behind Key he has 19 tackles, 3.5 TFLs and 2.0 sacks. That's not bad from a backup role.

Here's the amazing thing about Chaisson:

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Chaisson was also named to the Texas AP Class 6A All-State team after a season in which he registered 50 tackles, including 13 for loss, to go along with state-leading 15.5 sacks and three forced fumbles.

Earlier this spring, he was invited to Nike’s “The Opening” Finals, a star-studded camp featuring more than 150 of the players in the country, in Beaverton, Ore., where he’ll compete against other outstanding talents that have been playing football way longer than he has.

The scary part is that after one year of football, there’s a lot talent that remains untapped.

If you remember he went to camp with friend Eric Monroe and Aranda spotted him running drills for fun and LSU offered him on the spot. He wasn't even on his HS team and in 1 year became the #4 WDE in the country. This kid is raw, but special.

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Posted by MOT

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 10:32 am to BayouCowboy

The story about Chaisson not playing high school ball needs to stop, it’s getting as bad as the “Bregman never played shortstop prior to LSU” myth.

Yes, he was raw. No, the LSU camp was not the first time he ever stepped on a football field. He was a member of his high school team, had just finished Spring practice going into his junior season, and hadn’t yet been a varsity starter. Somehow that morphed into the myth we hear today.

And Aranda was coaching Wisconsin at the time of that camp, so the story is even more absurd.

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Posted by Tiger Ree

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Posted on 11/7/17 at 2:23 pm to BayouCowboy

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If you remember he went to camp with friend Eric Monroe and Aranda spotted him running drills for fun and LSU offered him on the spot.

It was Coach Eaux who spotted him and recommended him to Miles.

https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_a13a4506-409b-11e7-a3d4-cf32eddc669b.html

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Orgeron, then the defensive line coach, watched him closely during drills, then called over then-head coach Les Miles, whispering something in Miles’ ear. Miles nodded his head, watched more of Chaisson and that was that.

Other good stuff from the article:

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A few hours later, Chaisson phoned his grandma with news: He had received a scholarship offer to LSU.

“Boy, you lyin’!” Mirrian Glover shot back at her grandson. “You haven’t played one snap on the field yet!”

This was while he was still in high school:

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You don’t have to force Chaisson to study football, coaches say. He approaches the game with so much focus on the mental side that some coaches have told him he thinks too much.

For him, the chess match has already started. He has started watching video of Alabama, for instance, re-watching the Tide’s games to study everything about its offensive line — tendencies, pre-snap movements, formations, footwork and such.