By Shea Dixon

Closer Look: LSU's lowest-ranked signees over 10 years

There’s been plenty of five-star prospects that have headlined the classes over the past decade, and their ups and downs have been well-documented.

Here’s a deeper dive into the lowest-rated recruit in each LSU signing class from 2008-2017. We’ve taken out the special teams signees, which includes kickers, punter and long snappers. We also put the focus on high school prospects.

2017: Justin Jefferson
247Sports Composite Rankings: No. 308 WR, No. 2,164 overall prospect, No. 76 in Louisiana

2016: Lloyd Cushenberry
247Sports Composite Rankings: No. 82 OG, No. 1,522 overall prospect, No. 71 in Louisiana

2015: Foster Moreau
247Sports Composite Rankings: No. 74 TE, No. 1,984 overall prospect, No. 86 in Louisiana
(Oakland Raiders 4th round pick in NFL draft. Finished his rookie season with 21 catches for 174 yards and five touchdowns in 13 games played (seven starts) He was placed on Injured reserve on December 9, 2019 after suffering a knee injury) PFF NFL All-Rookie Team (2019)

2014: Russell Gage
247Sports Composite Rankings: No. 74 ATH, No. 898 overall prospect, No. 32 in Louisiana
(Gage was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL Draft. Two year stats 55 receptions 509 yards 9.3 average 1 TD 4 rushing 12 yards) 49 of his 55 receptions came in the 2019 season.

2013: Duke Riley
247Sports Composite Rankings: No. 42 OLB, No. 539 overall prospect, No. 22 in Louisiana
(3rd round pick of the Atlanta Falcons, currently with the Philadelphia Eagles.

2012: Kavahra Holmes
Holmes took a redshirt in 2012 before appearing in one game during the 2013 season. In March 2014, Holmes announced he was transferring out of LSU.

** A side note, the second-lowest ranked recruit in LSU’s class that year was Jalen Mills, who went on to start immediately as a true freshman at LSU and was a starter in the secondary for the Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles this past year.

2011: Ronald Martin
247Sports Composite Rankings: No. 43 CB, No. 624 overall prospect, No. 24 in Louisiana
(signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an unrestricted free agent following the 2015 NFL Draft. He’s since spent time in the NFL with the Seahawks, the New York Jets, the Baltimore Ravens and two stints with the Indianapolis Colts.)

2010: Alfred Blue
247Sports Composite Rankings: No. 66 RB, No. 758 overall prospect, No. 19 in Louisiana
(In 2014 was a sixth round NFL Draft selection by the Houston Texans. Was with the Texans 2014 - 2018. Was on the Jacksonville Jaguars' roster in 2019 - released in Oct.

2009: Josh Williford
247Sports Composite Rankings: No. 76 OG, No. 1,066 overall prospect, No. 34 in Alabama
(Suffering a concussion in the Florida game that ended his season. He suffered another concussion in camp ahead of his senior season, which then forced him to call off his football career. He served out his final year on campus as a student coach for the Tigers in 2013.)

2008: Lavar Edwards
247Sports Composite Rankings: No. 52 SDE, No. 959 overall prospect, No. 32 in Louisiana
(He was a fifth round pick in the NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans, and he has since spent time with eight different NFL teams. Edwards is currently a free agent.)

Not too bad. Assuming Justin Jefferson and Lloyd Cushenberry make NFL rosters and counting Jalen Mills who was the lowest rated in his class to not leave the team - that is 9 of 10 of the lowest rated players to spend time in the NFL.

Moving forward it will be 7 of 10 as Lavar Edwards will drop off and Dantrieze Scott, who was the lowest in the 2018 class, has left the team. Damien Lewis is the lowest rated player from 2018 still on the team. He was the 3rd lowest above Dantrieze and Tae Provens.

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