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re: TIL former LSU WR Malachi Dupre co-owns 2, soon to be 3 Japanese restaurants
Posted on 4/16/26 at 12:04 pm to Tiger4life306
Posted on 4/16/26 at 12:04 pm to Tiger4life306
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This is how most pro athletes end up broke.
By becoming a business owner? You are so far off the mark on this take.
Yeah, this looks like a guy who turned out to be a rather marginal college football player actually putting his nose to the grindstone, utilizing his education, and working to develop legitimate business enterprises.
Not a former pro athlete just tossing in a few bucks and slapping his name on something.
This is the kind of thing I fear we will be losing in the huge focus on NIL. What happens to the guys who turn out to be marginal football players, who chase what they think is "legitimate money" to play football at 18 or 19, but really do nothing to develop themselves otherwise because of such "pay days" in their college youth?
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Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:15 pm to The Pirate King
Remember him specifically because he left one year too early. Needed 10-15 more pounds and game time and would have been a good NFL wide receiver. When he left early he was merely a boy and got wrecked by a NFL man DB in preseason. That about did him in. Perhaps he needed the money but should have stayed.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 1:41 pm to DeafVallyBatnR
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Dupre always got a lot of grief for not living up to his hype. A large part of that was coming to LSU during the Miles era where he got little development
1. He left early
2 he played at JC thats not much different than Miles offense.
LSU receivers under Les Miles, who got over 700 yds in a season (Dupre's best year was 698 yds):
Dwayne Bowe 990, 710
Buster Davis 836
Early Doucet 772
Brandon Lafell 929, 792
Terrence Tolliver 735
Rueben Randle 917
Odell Beckham Jr 1152, 713
Jarvis Landry 1193
Travin Dural 758
DJ Chark 874
This was with Miles' run-first offense.
And let's keep in mind that Dupre immediately followed Beckham and Landry, who were coming off amazing seasons.
Dupre was a 5 star, was considered the top WR in his class. Not just LSU, the whole class. He was supposed to be great, but was a bust. He chose to leave early for the draft, where he went in the 7th rd and never caught a pass in the NFL.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 5:49 pm to The Pirate King
How’d he get the money
Posted on 4/16/26 at 6:01 pm to TigerBR1111
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I did business with him at his restaurant in New Orleans. He is a very nice young man.
Proud that he has had a successful life outside of his football career
Excellent. Great to hear these kinds of stories.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 7:53 pm to The Pirate King
I thought he was going to be a monster for LSU.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 8:48 pm to NorthshoreTiger76
Big Lee's former house in on Bonnabel Blvd. 1/2 block off of I-10. The restaurant is near Metairie Rd.
Posted on 4/16/26 at 10:51 pm to The Pirate King
Dupre > NIL and all that BS Jazz.
Present value of future cash flows…!
Never change your focus, Malachi!
Present value of future cash flows…!
Never change your focus, Malachi!
Posted on 4/17/26 at 12:25 am to coolpapaboze
quote:The Real and Authentic UL.
He was a beast against Louisville
Posted on 4/17/26 at 7:38 am to The Pirate King
I wonder what percentage of their rolls will be stuffed with cucumber, cream cheese, and fake crab meat
I find it hilarious that so many restaurants have all these specialty sushi rolls, and half the time there is very little fish in or on the roll
I find it hilarious that so many restaurants have all these specialty sushi rolls, and half the time there is very little fish in or on the roll
Posted on 4/21/26 at 1:24 pm to TigerBait2008
still waiting on all that high school hype he had.....and the stats from his NFL career. Care to share them?
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