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UPDATED: Alabama recruiting in Louisiana has been bad in recent years
Posted on 1/2/24 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 1/2/24 at 6:26 pm
Note: This is a repost of an old post, updated today:
LSU fans have a severe inferiority complex and there is a mistaken belief that Saban just comes in Louisiana and takes whoever he wants. It's completely false.
Saban's recruiting in Louisiana is very over-rated. Christian Harris is LSU's only miss in the last 7 years.
Over the past 7 years, including 2024, Alabama has signed 11 players from Louisiana:
2024: No signees
2023: 1 signee: QB Eli Holstein
2022: 5 signees during a transition year: Bob, Lewis, Law, Anderson and Preston. Aaron Anderson has already transferred back to LSU. Preston is now in the portal without ever registering a stat. Bob never made it to campus and is at JUCO. He has no P5 offers currently out of JUCO. The other two have made little impact. The jury is still out on them.
2021: 1 signee: Kaine Williams (did he even have an LSU offer?) Already transferred.
2020: 1 signee Kyle Edwards (don't think he had an LSU offer) Transferred to Southeastern Louisiana
2019: 2 signees, Sopsher and Harris. Sopsher transferred and never made an impact. Harris was a very good player.
2018: 2 signees Slade Bolden and Eddie Smith. Both 3 stars. Bolden was extremely average and Smith transferred.
LSU fans have a severe inferiority complex and there is a mistaken belief that Saban just comes in Louisiana and takes whoever he wants. It's completely false.
Saban's recruiting in Louisiana is very over-rated. Christian Harris is LSU's only miss in the last 7 years.
Over the past 7 years, including 2024, Alabama has signed 11 players from Louisiana:
2024: No signees
2023: 1 signee: QB Eli Holstein
2022: 5 signees during a transition year: Bob, Lewis, Law, Anderson and Preston. Aaron Anderson has already transferred back to LSU. Preston is now in the portal without ever registering a stat. Bob never made it to campus and is at JUCO. He has no P5 offers currently out of JUCO. The other two have made little impact. The jury is still out on them.
2021: 1 signee: Kaine Williams (did he even have an LSU offer?) Already transferred.
2020: 1 signee Kyle Edwards (don't think he had an LSU offer) Transferred to Southeastern Louisiana
2019: 2 signees, Sopsher and Harris. Sopsher transferred and never made an impact. Harris was a very good player.
2018: 2 signees Slade Bolden and Eddie Smith. Both 3 stars. Bolden was extremely average and Smith transferred.
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Posted on 1/2/24 at 6:30 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
What about 5/5? We still remember!
Recent good news for us though
Recent good news for us though
This post was edited on 1/2/24 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 1/2/24 at 6:32 pm to ToucanBill
Ancient history
Posted on 1/2/24 at 6:33 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
It is known
Posted on 1/2/24 at 6:34 pm to ToucanBill
Let’s hang on to the past and never progress because 5/5.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 6:40 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Seems like Law will end up being really good. Already is.
Considering that and Harris, Little Nicky ain't doing shite in LA lately. My condolences...
Considering that and Harris, Little Nicky ain't doing shite in LA lately. My condolences...
Posted on 1/2/24 at 6:52 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Wasn't Devonta Smith the previous year? That kind of sucks since he's a Heisman winner, regardless of it that season wasn't a "real" season.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 6:56 pm to GhostofJackson
Yes. That was the last good haul Saban got from Louisiana.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 6:57 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
quote:
LSU fans have a severe inferiority complex and there is a mistaken belief that Saban just comes in Louisiana and takes whoever he wants. It's completely false.
Actually, What has probably been more significant on tDecline at Bama is Kirby reigning in GA talent. Saban used to raid GA quite well pre-Kirby. It just was not so obvious because GA is a large population state and there were still good players to go around but he got a lot of good ones from there.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 7:02 pm to GhostofJackson
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Wasn't Devonta Smith the previous year? That kind of sucks since he's a Heisman winner, regardless of it that season wasn't a "real" season.
Louisiana puts out an embarrassment of riches at WR. We can't get and take them all.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 7:09 pm to SmackDaniels
Yea, that same year LSU took Jefferson and McMath.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 7:14 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Bama definitely missing in recruiting
Brockermeyer twins were a bust
The wr evaluations have been down since kiffin and sark left
Remember when they stole Keanu kocht from us, he’s yet to have an impact
Brockermeyer twins were a bust
The wr evaluations have been down since kiffin and sark left
Remember when they stole Keanu kocht from us, he’s yet to have an impact
This post was edited on 1/2/24 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 1/2/24 at 7:27 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
One could make the case that the “fall” of Alabama is from the lack of top end LA talent.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 7:44 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
This post should be carried around by every LSU recruiter
Posted on 1/2/24 at 7:50 pm to ToucanBill
quote:
What about 5/5? We still remember!
10 year anniversary is tomorrow. 2/5 aint bad when the 2 are 4nette and Jamal Adams
This post was edited on 1/2/24 at 7:51 pm
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:51 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Who the hell is Bob?
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:58 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Saban being at LSU is now close to 20 years ago. He is not as tight with HS coaches today as he was even 10 years ago. In addition, he had Burton Burns from New Orleans on his staff and when he retired, he had Pete Golding who grew up in Hammond. FYI I think Pete Golding is a damn good coach, all that stuff the Bama idiots on FInebaum and message boards say is nonsense. He is a good DC and he busts it in recruiting, most DC's don't do that and want the position coaches to do all the heavy lifting for recruiting.
Those 2 guys had lots of ties to LA HS football. Saban it seems is spending more time in GA and FL these days. They still are recruiting top notch every year, but just not as much out of LA.
Those 2 guys had lots of ties to LA HS football. Saban it seems is spending more time in GA and FL these days. They still are recruiting top notch every year, but just not as much out of LA.
Posted on 1/2/24 at 9:59 pm to catfish 62
quote:
Who the hell is Bob?
Walter Bob. DL from Acadiana
Posted on 1/3/24 at 7:50 am to tigerbru17
quote:
One could make the case that the “fall” of Alabama is from the lack of top end LA talent
didn’t they just take part the college football playoffs with a freshmen QB?
This post was edited on 1/3/24 at 7:52 am
Posted on 1/3/24 at 7:51 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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That was the last good haul Saban got from Louisiana.
Yeah, Smith (Heisman), Chris Allen (Southern Lab, good player, but injuries have thus far kept him from playing on Sundays), Mathis (another good player, in a position of need, DT, we lost to Saban).
Those were all Top 10/12 players in the state that year (2017 class), Smith and Mathis Top 5 even.
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