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re: Aside from Burrow and Daniels, who's the most dramatically improved player you can recall?
Posted on 7/24/25 at 12:31 pm to fr33manator
Posted on 7/24/25 at 12:31 pm to fr33manator
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I think Mathieu (albeit truncated) made that level leap. Shame he couldn't see it though.
He certainly got better in his 2nd year, but he was already the best/2nd best defensive player on the team as a true freshman.
His sophomore season was sensational, but his freshman season was really really good.
He was never "just another guy" who morphed into the honey badger. He was that guy from the very first time he stepped on the field for LSU.
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Posted on 7/24/25 at 12:56 pm to fr33manator
Lamin Barrow.
Shout out my brotha. Worked with him a couple years back when he was in school.
Shout out my brotha. Worked with him a couple years back when he was in school.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 1:03 pm to fr33manator
Being a young guy that doesn't get a lot of reps because of older guys in front of you and then shining when it is your chance isn't the same thing as playing a lot at a bad or mediocre level and then improving dramatically.
Damone Clark fits the latter. So does Daniels and somewhat Burrow.
Most of the picks in this thread don't fit.
Damone Clark fits the latter. So does Daniels and somewhat Burrow.
Most of the picks in this thread don't fit.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 1:11 pm to fr33manator
Queen
Hester
Chase
Hester
Chase
Posted on 7/24/25 at 1:13 pm to fr33manator
Fournette made a big leap from freshman to sophomore year. But people might not think of him because he was always expected to be great.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 1:14 pm to fr33manator
CEH
Posted on 7/24/25 at 1:15 pm to fr33manator
Clyde
Ridley
Nick Brossette
Ridley
Nick Brossette
Posted on 7/24/25 at 1:41 pm to fr33manator
After this year, it will be Jacobian Guillory.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 1:45 pm to Codythetiger
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I knew this guy was going to be a problem his freshman year
He took me by surprise, and I’m a Rummel guy.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 1:48 pm to Pistol 23
Clark is a strange one to mention and very obviously not utlilized in his sophmore year. Went from an extremely promising freshman, to a sophmore that looked completely lost, then to an all american his junior year.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 1:54 pm to Meauxjeaux
While Brockers was greatly improved,we had expectations of him being really good. But on the same DL that year Bennie Logan came out of nowhere. Going into the year our d tackles appeared to be a weakness and turned out to be a strength.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 2:21 pm to fr33manator
Mett made a big leap his last year.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 3:59 pm to fr33manator
Brian Thomas, Jr.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 4:16 pm to fr33manator
Clyde
Edwards
Helaire
Edwards
Helaire
Posted on 7/24/25 at 4:23 pm to Penrod
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Patrick Queen
Patrick Queen made a massive jump. On the same team Lloyd Cushenberry made a huge jump too.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 4:25 pm to fr33manator
From '85 to '86 Wendell Davis made a massive jump.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 4:28 pm to Penrod
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Chase
For sure.
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Jarvis Landry
Meh. Nothing of note Freshman year, solid second year, and great Junior year. Wouldn't really say it was dramatic.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 4:34 pm to Rize
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Burrow made a bigger jump than Daniels. But the question was besides them.
I'd have to say Daniels only bc the improvement happened within the same system. Burrow had a completely new offense his 2nd year.
I think the offense held Burrow back some his 1st year. Daniels looked like a different player within the same offense.
Posted on 7/24/25 at 5:18 pm to Sheriff Brackett
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I don't know about drastically but it was always shocking to me that Danny McCray lasted as long as he did in the league.
His play on Special Teams is what kept him in the league so long.
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