Audio & article - New commit Marcus Banks on the REAL DBU

With his commitment we are about to crack the top 10 I think. Great class coming

If you go by average per player, LSU is at 18. I know that includes a long snapper and a kicker. I have no idea if the 17 ahead of LSU have the same thing going on or not. But, right now, that top 10 ranking seems to be a quantity thing. I'm no recruiting expert or anything, I'm just going by the 247 composite rankings.

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If you go by average per player, LSU is at 18. I know that includes a long snapper and a kicker. I have no idea if the 17 ahead of LSU have the same thing going on or not. But, right now, that top 10 ranking seems to be a quantity thing. I'm no recruiting expert or anything, I'm just going by the 247 composite rankings.

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It is a quantity thing, but most of our highly rated targets are still uncommitted, which is the same for most schools.

The k and LS will drag down our metric there though. However, that kicker is pretty damn good and I'm very glad we're grabbing him. He's a very good punter too.

Mentioned in another thread.....If Stingley commits the class jumps all the way to #4. A mid summer top 5 ranking is pretty legit.

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That would be nice if he does. I still prefer to wait until February to judge the class when they sign, but any time you're in the top 5, that's great news.

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Same but with stingley it's a little different cause hes enrolling early and signing in December and he said hes shutting it down after he commits. Now obviously that could change but with the early enrolling it's more likely he stays committed.

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Yet look at last year

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Yep, had the #15 rated class. And that ranking did not include other players that Eaux recruited to LSU - Joe Burrow, a CB with experience at the P5 level and an award winning placekicker.

Since this will be their first year to be able to play I'm not sure if Fehoko, Giles and Moss wouldn't have been counted in the most recent class also if they were being counted.

But none of these six players will ever count towards an LSU signing class. And four of the six and possibly five will probably start their first ever game at LSU in which they were eligible.

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Same but with stingley it's a little different cause hes enrolling early and signing in December and he said hes shutting it down after he commits.

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Banks is shutting it down as well. They cancelled a trip to Tuscaloosa scheduled for this weekend and he said he's going to be actively recruting for the Tigers, ala Kardell Thomas and Marcel Banks.

There's still a lot of work left to do, but it's very possible that we end up with over 300 points on the 247 composite rankings. I don't think we've ever finished that high. Our 2nd ranked 2014 class fell just short at 299.29. As a point of reference, 300 points is almost always 3rd or better. Our top ranked 2009 class had a total of 293.15.

Orgeron and staff need to put a good product on the field this fall, to pull it off, but if they do, I think we'll all be very happy come December and February.

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we still had the 15th ranked class which is unacceptable considering recruiting is suppose to be the one thing that Ed 0 is actually good at.

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Here are Clemson's recruiting class rankings from 2013 through 2017:

2013: 15 Clemson
2014: 16 Clemson
2015: 9 Clemson
2016: 11 Clemson
2017: 16 Clemson

Clemson won the NC in 2016 with two classes ranked 15th and 16th. I don't know why people can't understand that the 15th mythically rated class is not a horrible thing.

If you think the "rankings" are the bible you need to think again. Hell the 19th highest rated player in this year's LSU class was named to the First Team All-State in Florida for 6-A.

And don't forget the 16th rated player in LSU's 2016 class. He was the 20th rated CB, the state's #14 player and the nation's 219th player. There was an article last week predicting him to be the #7 pick in next year's NFL draft. How is this possible? Are the 218 better players already in the NFL? Are the 19 better cornerbacks in the NFL or will they all be drafted ahead of Greedy?

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Clemson won the NC in 2016 with two classes ranked 15th and 16th.

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I'm probably going to regret asking this, but if LSU had better recruiting classes than Clemson, in your opinion how come they LSU lost to Troy and MSU while Clemson was in the CFP?

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Banks is shutting it down as well. They cancelled a trip to Tuscaloosa scheduled for this weekend and he said he's going to be actively recruting for the Tigers, ala Kardell Thomas and Marcel Banks.

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I heard that as well. But I haven't seen anything about if hes enrolling early though, do you know if that's his intention?