Does Leavitt have one or two years of eligibility here?

Two. Unless he improves dramatically though we need to go after Taylor from Mississippi State with a blank check

I hope we have to be concerned about his bolting early for the pros, but at this point we don’t.

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I'm starting to think that this might be a year like JD's first year here.

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I have zero clue what people have seen that leads to them this conclusion.

I mean he did have a foot injury last year. Chambliss got an extra year for a runny nose

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Two. Unless he improves dramatically though we need to go after Taylor from Mississippi State with a blank check

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Taylor is a stud, no doubt, but he's a sophomore and would be a junior with us next year - assuming he could be swayed to join the good guys.

There's also the cost factor - what would it take? And, along with that, I wonder what agreements we have in place with Sam? If he wants to stay another year I wonder if his NIL agreements would stay in place - even if he's not the starter. If that's the case would it impact what we could do with KT?

In the end, I don't think Taylor is a realistic option for us next year. Given how well he's playing he's probably gone to the NFL after next year anyway, so we'd get one year max out of him. State would also probably back up a Brinks truck to keep him for his junior year as well.

Personally, I think Sam is capable of being a very good dual-threat QB. He's dropped some dimes under pressure, but he's also made some boneheaded mistakes. Our OL isn't doing him any favors in pass protection, but his running ability is the truth. The only question is whether or not he's capable of improving (especially given the state of our OL this year).

It might be worth it if Sam is "good enough" this year (as a passer) to see where he's at in spring next year. If he's able to make some (any!) improvement in his passing and pocket awareness this year, I'm betting he could make a second-year jump like our other Heisman QB's made - assuming he wants it bad enough.

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Besides the batted balls at the line, it's a pretty clear comparison. He's taking time to adjust to the size and speed difference between the B12 and the SEC. Not surprising

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I'm not a Leavitt hater by any means (I'm damn glad we have him) but Jayden Daniels didn't throw his first interception until October 8th. They aren't similar players.

In '22, Jayden was 8/15 for 86 yds and had 19 carries for 10 yds vs an avg Arky team. That was game #10 on the schedule.

Jayden improved leaps-n-bounds in '23.

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They aren't similar players.

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all these false equivalence narratives need to die.

he is NOT like JB9 or JD5. it has been laid out why ad infinitum but rantards here keep making dumbass threads bloviating about what they know nothing of. the classic dunning-kruger effect in full motion for all to witness.

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all these false equivalence narratives need to die.

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10000%

Compare Sam Leavitt to Sam Leavitt. He's going to win a shitton of games here.

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I have zero clue what people have seen that leads to them this conclusion.


Besides the batted balls at the line, it's a pretty clear comparison. He's taking time to adjust to the size and speed difference between the B12 and the SEC. Not surprising

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First 3 games as an LSU starter: JD vs SL.

JD: 0 INTs / 69.5%

SL: 5 INTs / 61.3%

They both came from AZ St...but there is no comparison so far.

ETA: Rushing TDs are pretty close, but SL is not seeing the field like JD did so far.