re: Top 20 LSU Wide Receivers since 2000

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Terrence Toliver

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Him catching a TD from perilloux in a giants preseason game was one of the greatest obscure sports moments of my life. Terrence was a beast it took like 5 shots from the cops taser to take him down in that tigerland fight.

Where is Trey Quinn?

A lot of recency bias.

Boutte was good, but we only got 1 year of him being a standout. He needs to drop. I'm taking Aaron Anderson off the list, and adding someone like Demetrius Byrd. DJ Chark is way too high, let's make him take that spot at 20.

Terrace was a great tiger. I wish we could have seen more of him. His spot seems okay if we are basing it off a few "what ifs".

Let's trade Early and Devery for Boutte and Marshall.


How could I forget about Buster Davis. I'm taking Travin Dural off the list, and adding Buster.

Devery Henderson has to be evaluated with some additional context. He played RB for two years, then his first year as a WR was when Mauck was injured. LSU QBs combined for 1990 pass yards at 47.7%. With more opportunities, he could've had much higher numbers with his big-play ability.

One of the underrated plays he had was saving time on the kickoff return before the game-winner vs. Kentucky in 2002.

Great list

Jonathan Giles

I think this is a really interesting topic that can produce lots of good arguments. I think there is one consensus from you list, though: Aaron Anderson belongs nowhere near the top 20 of LSU WRs since 2000.

Let me help out here

First you start with naming all of the notables

Josh Reed, Michael Clayton, Jerel Myers, Skyler Green, Devery Henderson, Dwayne Bowe, Early Doucet, Buster Davis, Terrence Toliver, Demetrius Byrd, Brandon Lafell, Reuben Randle, Russell Shepard, Jarvis Landry, OBJ, James Wright, Travin Dural, Malach Dupre, DJ Chark, Russell Gage, Jamarr Chase, Justin Jefferson, Terrace Marshall, Jontre Kirklin, Jaray Jenkins, Kayshon Boutte, Malik Nabers, Brian Thomas Jr., Kyren Lacy, Aaron Anderson

Then you rank them & include stats

1 Chase 107 rec, 2093 yds, 23 TDs (21 games)

2 Reed 167 rec, 3001 yds, 17 TDs (23 games)

3 Nabers 189 rec, 3003 yds, 21 TDs (30 games)

4 Jefferson 165 rec, 2415 yds, 24 TDs (27 games)

5 Clayton 182 rec, 2582 yds, 21 TDs (39 games)

6 Bowe 154 rec, 2403 yds, 26 TDs (36 games)

7 OBJ 143 rec, 2340 yds, 12 TDs (40 games)

8 Lafell 175 rec, 2517 yds, 25 TDs (40 games)

9 BTJ 127 rec, 1897 yds, 24 TDs (27 games)

10 Landry 137 rec, 1809 yds, 15 TDs (26 games)

11 Buster Davis 141 rec, 2117 yds, 7 TDs (35 games)

12 Henderson 81 rec, 1335 yds, 19 TDs (25 games)

13 Doucet 160 rec, 1943 yds, 20 TDs (45 games)

14 Boutte 131 rec, 1781 yds, 16 TDs (21 games)

15 Marshall 106 rec, 1593 yds, 23 TDs (20 games)

16 Randle 97 rec, 1634 yds, 13 TDs (31 games)

17 Toliver 126 rec, 1820 yds, 12 TDs (41 games)

18 Dural 100 rec, 1716 yds, 13 TDs (35 games)

19 Lacy 112 rec, 1692 yds, 16 TDs (24 games)

20 Skyler Green 111 rec, 1129 yds, 9 TDs (37 games)

Honorable mention: Demetrius Byrd, Jerel Myers, Aaron Anderson, DJ Chark, Jaray Jenkins, Russell Gage, Malachi Dupre, James Wright, Russell Shepard, Jontre Kirklin

Technically you could put Lafell over Jefferson based on production, but he played more games.

I had the same top 10 as OP just in a different order

1 Jamarr Chase
2 Josh Reed
3 Justin Jefferson
4 Dwayne Bowe
5 Malik Nabers
6 Jarvis Landry
7 Odell Beckham Jr.
8 Michael Clayton
9 Brandon Lafell
10 Brian Thomas Jr.
11 Early Doucet
12 Craig Davis
13 Terrance Marshall Jr.
14 Devery Henderson
15 Terrance Toliver
16 Reuben Randle
17 Kyren Lacy
18 Keyshon Boutte
19 Malachi Dupre
20 Travin Dural