Coach Eaux building his team through players, coaches, support staff and now

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Viloria joined Tommy Moffitt’s strength-and-conditioning staff this offseason and worked individually with the linebackers this summer. Queen appears the most bulked up, but the entire group has felt the benefits of his personal attention.

“All those guys got stronger this summer cause we got Coach Viloria from Florida State,” White said. “He went from a head strength coach to our personal strength coach, so we’re getting better teaching than anybody. It’s like if Coach Moffitt worked us out every day.”

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Consider this: White may never even have been moved to linebacker were it not for the dearth of talent signed at the position under former LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis. He changed positions because LSU had just three scholarship players at the position going into the 2016 season.

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“Damone is catching up to the speed of the game right now, but Micah has been here for four months, so he’s like one of the vets already,” White said. “I think we’ll see both of those guys. I know they won’t redshirt for sure. You can put that down and tell anybody that. They won’t redshirt. They too good.”

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Meanwhile Queen, who has bulked up to 230 pounds, is pushing White in practice. Coaches rave about his improvement dating back to the spring, and Queen thrived in the summer weight-lifting program orchestrated by assistant Vic Viloria, the former head strength coach at Florida State.

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“We’re doing something right over here, so a lot of people are joining in,” White said. “We’ve still got a lot of new guys that want to join and a couple guys in those younger classes that haven’t come yet, but we’ve got people that want to be part of this brotherhood.”

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“We’re doing something right over here” | How inside linebacker became one of the deepest (and now strongest) position groups on LSU’s roster

OLB (Bench/Field)

46 Andre Anthony (So.) 6-4, 238
43 Ray Thornton (So.) 6-4, 226
4 K'Lavon Chaisson (So.) 6-4, 238
45 Michael Divinity (Jr.) 6-2, 238
49 Travez Moore (Jr.) 6-4, 253 Four-star recruit.
55 Jarell Cherry (Fr.) 6-3, 235 Four-star recruit.
48 Dantrieze Scott (Fr.) 6-5, 229 Three-star recruit.

ILB (Mack/Rover)

40 Devin White (Jr.) 6-1, 248
8 Patrick Queen (So.) 6-2, 232
24 Tyler Taylor (So.) 6-2, 242
6 Jacob Phillips (So.) 6-4, 229
23 Micah Baskerville (Fr.) 6-2, 233 Four-star recruit.
35 Damone Clark (Fr.) 6-4, 238 Four-star recruit.

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A potential X-factor here could be true freshman Dantrieze Scott, a player that LSU’s coaches feel was a steal in last year’s signing class. He’s a bit of a project, but they love his athleticism, to the point that Orgeron has discussed moving him to tight end as well.

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