re: Les comment on D. White

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What makes us think he will play LB???

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Maybe LSU GrandDad listened to his commitment interview where he said "if they want me to play LB I will play LB."

Get a clue shite talkin junior...

Special Teams also!!!

Devin can play both ways like Myles Jack did for UCLA ... 5-7 touches on offense

during certain situations, let him play offense to create mismatches ... ie wheel route, power dive running behind FB , etc...

You came up with about 1 per decade. Now think of how many RBs have played the position over that time. The odds are heavily stacked against him.

As far as LBs go, I could prob find 25 just on NFL rosters today alone in the size range.

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Guice is a scat back

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He's way more than just a scat back

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Williams is not explosive

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He's explosive enough. Busted plenty of 10+ yards runs. Plus he more than enough ability. Could be starting at the majority of schools.

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Brossette is coming off off of a late season ACL

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Players are coming back stronger from those injuries than in the past.

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Ducre is currently at fullback

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Currently. He was recruited as a redshirt RB, who could take FB snaps. Him and White are very comparable in skill sets.

Personally I would be fine with White at either position, but it's hard to overlook his potential at linebacker.

LF7 has said repeatedly he is playing four years ......????

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Absolutely, considering there are no 6-1 250lb RBs in the NFL it's a no brained

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I doubt Devin will come in at this years' playing wt of 258#. He was a little "pudgie" this season. OTOH, he played at 235# his jr year. A good conditioning program like LSU's will make him stronger, faster and trimmer. I think he'll come in around 240-245". He's both a physical specimen and freak and will benefit greatly from Tommy Moffitt.

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Programs all over the country wanted him to come play RB. He could've gone anywhere and played RB.

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And one of those programs that recruited him to play RB was LSU. In fact, LSU told him he was the ONLY RB they were recruiting this year.

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It's going to come down to how bad he wants to play early.

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No, it's going to come down to where he can best help the team. That will be determined not by any of us, but by the coaching staff. Does anyone here really think that CLM used his ONLY allotted RB recruit this year to fill a LB position? That's what people are saying when then insist LSU will play him at LB instead of RB.

In 4 years, I missed only 4 of Devin's games. Up until his sr year I thought he was best suited to play LB at college. But in his last year of high school ball, he made it clear he really wanted to play RB, NOT LB. He was frequently subbed at LB, but very rarely at RB. In addition, his heart and effort just didn't seem into as much playing LB as playing RB. In addition, of the major teams who made recruiting trips to NWHS, Texas A&M (personal visit by Chavis) is the only one I'm aware of who recruited him to play LB; that didn't work out well for them.

I have no doubt Devin wants to help the team as best he can, but if he really wants to play RB and the coaching staff made him our only RB recruit this year, who are we at TD to change him to LB?

Micheal Turner in Atlanta and Micheal Bush in Oakland just a few years back were both roughly 6 foot, 250. There were three running backs at the combine last year almost that exact size.

I would bet good money that Eddie Lacy's fat arse is 250 too. It's not as rare as you are making it out to be.