it's very hard to make playoffs with this much roster attrition no matter who you bring in:

Players left with eligibility on table
88 players during this time
You are not making the playoffs with that many misses and it's impossible to replace all of that from portal or from a fr class that takes time to gel and play at this level

Marcel Brooks
Hampton
Ray Parker
Devonta Lee
Raydarious Jones
Siaki Ika
Donte Starks
Trey Palmer
Kardell Thomas
Thomas Perry
Joseph Evans
Peter Parrish
Kendall McCallum
TK McLendon
Desmond Little
Michael Williams
Quentin Skinner
Arik Gilbert
Eli Ricks
Jordan Toles
Phillip Webb
Tre Bradford
Antoine Sampah
Marcus Dumervil
Josh White
Eric Taylor
Alex Adams
Marlon Martinez
Kole Taylor
Xavier Hill
Dwight McGlothern
Koy Moore
Max Johnson
TJ Finley
Sage Ryan
Deion Smith
Armoni Goodwin
Damarius McGhee
Derrick Davis
Landon Jackson
Bryce Langston
Matthew Langlois
Xavier Carter
Corey Kiner
Jack Bech
Navonte Strong
Jalen Shead
Tavion Faulk
Pig Cage
Quency Wiggins
Walker Howard
Laterrance Welch
Demario Tolan
Jordan Allen
Landon Ibieta
Jaelyn Davis Robinson
Tygee Hill
Fitzgerald West
Nathan Dibert
Kolbe Fields
Greg Brooks
Lance Heard
Womack
Jalen Brown
Pimpton
Jaxon Howard
Sampson
Kylin Jackson
Rickie Collins
Ryan Yaites
Brathwaite
Khai Prean
Markway
Jackson McGohan
Trey Holly
Jeremiah Hughes
Michael Daugherty
Conner Gilbreath
Logan Diggs
JK Johnson
Denver Harris
Xavier atkins
Causey
Jo Cryer
Demyrion Johnson
CJ Daniels
Suggs
Jyaire Brown

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Posted by catfish 62

Atlanta

Member since Mar 2010

5326 posts

Posted on 12/12/24 at 4:09 pm to nicholastiger

Really nothing has changed since Kelly took over with "only 38 scholarship players" or whatever the hell it was. We have about 20 players extinguish their eligibility/go pro each year with another 15-20 portal players each year.

Nearly half the roster is new every year. It doesn't seem like the top programs deal with these every year, but I could be wrong.

It does feel like the program is in better hands now than it was toward the end of O, but man it certainly doesn't look like it...

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Posted by DUKE87

Covington, LA

Member since May 2021

1217 posts

Posted on 12/12/24 at 5:04 pm to nicholastiger

Wow.. well I’m sure our fearless leader will bring us back to relevance right lol

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Posted by docTQ4

Atlanta GA

Member since Jan 2014

1806 posts

Posted on 12/12/24 at 6:08 pm to nicholastiger

I only count like 22 to maybe 25 guys that would have seen snaps at LSU. I think our talent evaluations/ players we took is a bigger problem than the attrition to be honest.

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Posted by Amused Lurker

Atlanta

Member since Dec 2015

1855 posts

Posted on 12/12/24 at 6:58 pm to docTQ4

In 2022 and 2023 we needed bodies while got our numbers back to 85. We were playing well in 2022 and completely ran out of gas at the end of the year because we had no backups.

We will likely have 15 players total transfer and leave early this year. But that’s going to happen every year if players don’t see a path to playing time or they rate high in the draft. That’s why we can sign 25 HS kids. We are getting there but rebuilding a steady roster is taking time with all the portal working against you and not having unlimited funds for NIL. Tough decisions have to be made.

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Posted by docTQ4

Atlanta GA

Member since Jan 2014

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Posted on 12/12/24 at 7:08 pm to Amused Lurker

I agree with everything you said. I was just responding to his doom and gloom post. 3/4’s of that list should have never been at LSU, look at where they had to transfer to. We just took them as we tried to build our numbers back up.

Also, every roster minus 2 or 3 in the entire country won’t have depth because no one wants to sit and develop. That’s the NIL game these days. So at least everyone is on an even playing field in that regard.

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Posted by Amused Lurker

Atlanta

Member since Dec 2015

1855 posts

Posted on 12/12/24 at 7:23 pm to docTQ4

Totally agree. The timing of the Orgeron collapse couldn’t have been worse with portal and NIL starting at a time when we were desperate for roster stability.

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Posted by mmcgrath

Indianapolis

Member since Feb 2010

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Posted on 12/12/24 at 7:44 pm to Amused Lurker

The number of players you could sign increased when Kelly took over. Orgeron was limited to 25.

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Posted by GeauxTime9

Baton Rouge, La

Member since Dec 2010

6706 posts

Posted on 12/12/24 at 7:46 pm to mmcgrath

This is a CFB problem, not LSU. Everyone’s rosters are being completely overhauled each year.

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Posted by Amused Lurker

Atlanta

Member since Dec 2015

1855 posts

Posted on 12/12/24 at 7:54 pm to mmcgrath

Can you imagine signing 35 freshman on a roster with NIL and the portal? You couldn’t afford it, you’ll have a bunch leave the following year, and you would still only get 15 or so that would contribute by their third year which is normal for a 25 player class. Again, the collapse couldn’t have happened at a worse time for roster stability.

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Posted by LifeAquatic

Member since Dec 2019

1972 posts

Posted on 12/12/24 at 11:28 pm to Amused Lurker

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Can you imagine signing 35 freshman on a roster with NIL and the portal? You couldn’t afford it

This isn’t actually even true though. The limiting factor isn’t money - it’s the fact that it’s virtually impossible for any program to find 35 guys who both a) are good enough to be in that program, and b) want to go there.

If you think that, without NIL or a class cap, we’d be able to sign 35 guys we like, just go look at the classes we were bringing in before NIL - the last 5 guys are pretty much always a stretch. And you think we’d be signing *35*?

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