Dandy's position battles - offensive center

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Position: Center
Competitors: Lloyd Cushenbury, Garrett Brumfield

What makes the competition at the center spot especially intriguing is that new offensive line coach James Cregg has a “best-five” philosophy. What this means is he’d like to find a way to start his five-best linemen, even if that means shaking up position assignments.

Entering the spring, Lloyd Cushenbury seemed to be the heir apparent at center, but that was before JUCO guard transfer Damien Lewis arrived and immediately drew tons of praise. So, if things shake out as expected and LSU has Saahdiq Charles and Austin Deculus at the tackle positions, and Ed Ingram at right guard, it’ll be interesting to see who among Lewis, Garrett Brumfield and Cushenbury make up the final two spots on the line and what that means for the center position.

Our interpretation is that the center position is Cushenbury’s to lose, but Brumfield could take it, which would likely give LSU a starting five of LT Charles, LG Lewis, C Brumfield, RG Ingram and RT Austin Deculus.

Of course, several other linemen will have something to say about this and the two-deep depth chart. These include tackles Adrian Magee, Badara Traore, Jakori Savage, and Cameron Wire, guard Donavaughn Campbell, and center Cole Smith. Regardless of how things pan out, LSU has a lot more options to play with and a ton more depth than it had last year at this time when its began preseason camp with six healthy scholarship O-linemen.

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LSU has a lot more options to play with and a ton more depth than it had last year at this time when its began preseason camp with six healthy scholarship O-linemen.

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