re: Top 8 All Time LSU Football Players

1.) Cannon
2.) Taylor
3.) Dorsey
4.) Hodson
5.) Casanova
6.) Peterson
7.) Faulk
8.) Alexander

9.) Mathieu
10.) Mawae

eta: could switch Alexander for Stovall, but it's a toss up, IMO

then you got Faneca, Spears, Reed, Kennison, Van Buren for top 15... Russell, Hester, Landry, James, Jones top 20... then a log jam with McFarland, Adams, Whitworth, Beckham, Fournette, etc after that...

In 1993, to celebrate 100 years of LSU football, a panel selected a modern and early team:

MODERN DAYS TEAM of the CENTURY
OFFENSE
WR . .Wendell Davis
WR . .Eric Martin
OL . . .Nacho Albergamo
OL . . .Eric Andolsek
OL . . .Tyler Lafauci
OL . . .Lance Smith
OL . . .Charles “Bo”Strange
QB . . .Bert Jones
RB . . .Charles Alexander
RB . . .Billy Cannon
RB . . .Dalton Hilliard
RB . . .Jimmy Taylor
PK . . .David Browndyke
DEFENSE
DL . . .A.J. Duhe
DL . . .Ronnie Estay
DL . . .Fred Miller
DL . . .Henry Thomas
LB . . .Mike Anderson
LB . . .Micheal Brooks
LB . . .Warren Capone
LB . . .Roy“Moonie”Winston
DB . . .Tommy Casanova
DB . . .Liffort Hobley
DB . . .Johnny Robinson
DB . . .Jerry Stovall
P. . . .Tommy Davis

EARLY DAYS TEAM of the CENTURY
E . . . .Gaynell Tinsley
E . . . .W. Jeff Barrett
L . . . .Justin Rukas
L . . . .Marvin “Moose”Stewart
L . . . .Thomas Dutton
L . . . .Jack Torrance
L . . . .Jess Tinsley
QB . .G.E.“Doc”Fenton
B . . . .Jesse Fatherree
B . . . .Abe Mickal
B . . . .Charles “Pinky”Rohm

Early team selection panel:
Marty Broussard
Former LSU trainer
Bill Carter
Former Sports Editor Alexandria Town Talk
John Ferguson
Former Voice of the Tigers
Scott Ferrell
Shreveport Times Sports Writer
Dan Hardesty
Former Sports Editor Baton Rouge State-Times
Scooter Hobbs
Lake Charles American Press Sports Writer
Bud Johnson
Former LSU Sports Information Director
Sam King
Baton Rouge Advocate Sports Editor
Paul Manasseh
Former LSU Sports Information Director
Bud Montet
Baton Rouge Morning Advocate Former Sports Editor
Marty Mule
New Orleans Times-Pic

Jacob Hester is better than PP ? Really, that alone disqualifies your list.

Everybody's picks are weighted to skill players. Faneca, Andolsek and Whitworth ought to be on the list. They were dominant at their positions.

A list of all time LSU players that includes Hester and excludes Casanova is laughable. I like Hester and I understand he’s a fan favorite but he’s not in the same league as a score or more of former Tiger players.

Casanova has to be on that old school list. I love hester but he has no business being on there.

Tyrann was a Heisman finalist. PP7 wasn’t

I'll choose 8 by position, trying to mix in old and new school...

QB: Doc Fenton. LSU has the weakest QB tradition of any blue blood, so I'll just go old school and choose the virtual Heisman winner of 1908.

RB: Charles Alexander. Probably the most underrated player in LSU history. Heisman finalist, put up sick numbers, and was by far the best player of his era.

WR: Wendell Davis. Won the SEC Player of the Year as a wide out. Two time All-American. Total stud. No contest.

OL: Alan Faneca. Lots of options, but Faneca was amazing.

DL: Glenn Dorsey. Had he been an offensive player, he would have won the Heisman. Best player on perhaps LSU's best team ever.

LB: Devin White. LSU has a rich LB tradition, and had an AA at the position for 5 straight years from 68-72. White's the best ever.

DB: Tommy Casanova. I really want to take Peterson, but Casanova is a three-time AA, a ridiculous feat.

Swing: Honey Badger. I'm tempted to go Stovall, who was a legit stud on both sides of the ball, but as my wild card, I'm going with the incomparable Tyrann Mathieu. He was a force of nature. We'll never see another player like him.

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Everybody's picks are weighted to skill players. Faneca, Andolsek and Whitworth ought to be on the list. They were dominant at their positions.

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100% agree.
Eric Hill
Harvey Williams
Henry Thomas