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of the things he’s done,” Orgeron said earlier this month in an interview with The Advocate. “In Year 3, I think you’re going to see a Dave Aranda package that’s going to be fantastic. Dave can be very multiple and very creative. We were very basic his first two years here. He wanted to get the fundamentals down.”

This spring under Aranda has been different than the first two. He spent the 2016 spring installing his system, converting LSU’s 4-3 unit to a 3-4 set. Last spring, he had a grand total of one scholarship inside linebacker by the time the spring game rolled around.

The key players on his unit this spring have been around, operating under his system for at least a year if not two. Aranda is “expanding the playbook,” Fehoko said. By Day 2 of spring last week, LSU’s defense had already installed half the playbook it used last season.

By Day 5 on Tuesday, they were running things they had never run.

“We’ve got so many plays going in right now,” Lawrence said. “It’s amazing compared to last year. We were just running base and nickel packages. We’ve got stuff we didn’t even run last year in.”

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