re: OL Blaise Thomassie of Catholic High

On the other hand, it might give the kid the confidence to do what is necessary to be the next great LSU LT. Seeing himself as aTop 10 NFL recruit can be very motivating. Plus having a dad that loves LSU, I assume, and can also teach/motivate him. From what I've read, I hope he is a Tiger.

I’m in contact with his dad, Ryan
He helped me finance my house “fidelity”
He said Lsu def wants him, but wants him to bulk up and keep it on this upcoming season, then they’re confident he’s getting that offer, make no mistake, he wants LSU but also understands that if he needs to go elsewhere
He will also do that also
Said Ole Miss is knocking and trying to get a feel as well

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me having a bias

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my opinion is he is Will Cambell 2.0

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Bruh

He’s about to blow up.

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I've said this before but people always want to compare a recruit to a former LSU player, my opinion is he is Will Cambell 2.0.

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I know very little about this kid, so I'm certainly not discounting the possibility that he'll become a good or even great player, but that's a completely insane comp to throw around for all but the absolute elite of the elite prospects.


Will Campbell's relative athletic score from the combine puts him in the 99th percentile of all OTs invited to the combine since 1987 (#17 out of 1395 total), and that's with his height/weight ("only" ~70th percentile) dragging him down a bit. In other words, he's among the best athletes we've ever seen on the offensive line. And on top of that, he was a 3-year starter at left tackle in the SEC *and* a 3x all-conference selection. In other words, he was among the most game-ready prospects and is among the earliest and most consistent elite performers we've ever seen on the offensive line.


By no means do i believe that recruiting rankings should be taken as gospel, but one thing I do know is that if a kid is both a) among the best athletes ever at his position, AND b) so refined technically and developed physically as to be ready to play at a high level at a premium position from day one... it's pretty easy to peg that guy as a blue-chip recruit, even on limited exposure. That's not to say that the recruiting gurus and scouts will necessarily be able to identify the kid as a future top-5 pick... but he certainly won't go overlooked as a mid-tier 3*.



Again: This kid might turn out to be awesome... But I'm extremely skeptical that he currently looks like a future will campbell.

From what I heard after the UA camp in Nola yesterday:


There were about 30 OL prospects there, surprisingly not many from Louisiana and also quite a few were 2027. Most of the OL prospects were tackles so when it came to getting reps, the line was shortest at Guard and Center so Blaise stepped up and took more reps than he wanted to lined up inside. Even though he didn't get as many reps where he is the most comfortable, at the end of the drills, Blaise still made the OL top 5! I could be wrong but of those 5, 3 were 2027 kids and I think the other 2026 kid was from MS. Based on that information, Blaise was the number 1 OL performer from LA in the 2026 class there.

He weighed in at 285lbs and his arms measured 35", I want to say they had him at 6'5" tall and his vertical was 30"+ and sub 5.0 40 yard dash.

Wake up LSU.

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Do they list the measurements anywhere?

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No, not that i'm aware of.

That’s Arky and Florida so far from the SEC. Going to Ole Miss next weekend. He will have offers from every SEC school by the end of the summer. Fla State and Oregon have already extended offers. Hope LSU gets on board.

Any update on Blaise or LSU?

Thomassie committed to Stanford today

Good for him!

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