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Why does Louisiana in general struggle to produce good OL?
Posted on 12/16/20 at 5:38 pm
Posted on 12/16/20 at 5:38 pm
When’s the last real blue chip OL to cone out of the state? La’El Collins? That was a decade ago.
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Posted on 12/16/20 at 5:38 pm to LSU_30A
Not enough corn
Posted on 12/16/20 at 5:39 pm to LSU_30A
Genetics
Posted on 12/16/20 at 5:39 pm to LSU_30A
Cam Robinson
Kardell was highly ranked
Kardell was highly ranked
Posted on 12/16/20 at 5:40 pm to LSU_30A
Youd think with all our fat people we would have tons.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 5:43 pm to AlxTgr
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Genetics
This.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 5:44 pm to kengel2
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with all our fat people
That's the problem. Good OL are not really "fat" like you are thinking. They are large men, but carry themselves really well and are very athletic and strong.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 5:49 pm to FlyingTiger06
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They are large men, but carry themselves really well and are very athletic and strong.
This. You see it when they leave the NFL, drop 50 lbs and are like 245 with a six pack.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 5:50 pm to LSU_30A
1. too many running/option offenses
2. the talented guys are DL
2. the talented guys are DL
Posted on 12/16/20 at 5:53 pm to FlyingTiger06
I don’t think it’s any coincidence that the most fertile ground for good OL prospects is the the Corn Belt where you have lots of farmland and families with multiple children.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 5:53 pm to themasterpater
It really is crazy the amount of calories they have to put down and burn to play OL in the league. Joe Thomas didn’t even look like a linemen a year after he retired.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 5:53 pm to LSU_30A
we got one up north that is great
Posted on 12/16/20 at 5:58 pm to LSU_30A
Maybe it’s high school coaching, development and training facilities.
Louisiana schools are poor. The S&D programs in Texas, Alabama, Georgia and Florida are better funded? We grow skill players at will. The best of the big bodies focus on defense even if they play both ways in HS.
Maybe we’re not recruiting the Houston and SE Texas areas well enough for OL?
Louisiana schools are poor. The S&D programs in Texas, Alabama, Georgia and Florida are better funded? We grow skill players at will. The best of the big bodies focus on defense even if they play both ways in HS.
Maybe we’re not recruiting the Houston and SE Texas areas well enough for OL?
Posted on 12/16/20 at 5:58 pm to kingofthelv
Need more meat and potato boys
Posted on 12/16/20 at 6:02 pm to FlyingTiger06
Not a lot and Andrew Whitwort (sp) running around. Big man that's the leanest SOB alive.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 6:03 pm to BayouBengals90
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Not enough corn
And all sugar!
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Cam Robinson Kardell was highly ranked
Greg Robinson but few and far in between
This post was edited on 12/16/20 at 6:05 pm
Posted on 12/16/20 at 6:09 pm to FlyingTiger06
Not enough east european genes
Posted on 12/16/20 at 6:09 pm to LSU_30A
Most Louisiana kids, especially in the south, are short.
You want big 6’+ monsters and Louisiana mostly produces kids no taller than 5’8”
You want big 6’+ monsters and Louisiana mostly produces kids no taller than 5’8”
Posted on 12/16/20 at 6:59 pm to LSU_30A
Cam Robinson and we all know where he went. That was 2014
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