We now have 9 scholarships to give...

They'll get guys they feel they need to get in the spring portal. No need to fill all 9 if the right kids aren't available. Use the leftovers on walk-ons as we normally do. Always need extra numbers for next year.

I only count 8 to give, but maybe you're missing either Josh Williams and Damian Ramos.

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I only count 8 to give, but maybe you're missing either Josh Williams and Damian Ramos.

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I'm not counting Ramos.

I do expect that he'll get a scholarship.

We had six open, and then Walker Howard, Jack Mashburn and Kardell Thomas came off.

So yes, with Ramos it's eight.

But right now you only have 12 offensive linemen on scholarship. We're three short of the 15 you really want to carry and while the 12 we have look better than 12 we've had in the past, we're not where we need to be.

And we're a couple short at linebacker.

Beyond that, I'd be fine with giving out three scholarships to walkons. Greg Clayton, Javen Nicholas, Princeton Malbrue, Nick Demas, GiVanni Peterson - we have a few guys who might be worthy of picking up a remaining scholarship.

But I don't think we have walkons at linebacker or offensive line quite good enough that we could just elevate them and consider our depth good enough. We're going to have to find some guys, even if they're program players we're not expecting to come in and compete for jobs.

They may add a fr or two in Feb as well

I guess 12 is the number. I was at 13, but then I remembered Fitz West has apparently moved to DT.

I would expect LSU to bring in 1-2 OLmen before next fall.

Probably 3-5 walk ons will get scholarships

1-2 high school players

3-5 portal players

I agree. LSU is in good shape at center with Turner, Martinez, Chester, and Mubenga.