re: Who do you consider to be the biggest bust in LSU football history?

Posted by Jcorye1

Tom Brady = GoAT

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Posted on 7/23/25 at 7:31 am to homemadeshine

Anthony Johnson.

It sounded like the dude tried hard, just never really put it together.

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Posted by KingofthePoint

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Posted on 7/23/25 at 7:32 am to Bayou

I don’t think some of you know what a bust is

Posted by mylsuhat

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Posted on 7/23/25 at 7:34 am to LSUSkip

quote:
Do we classify Ryan Perilloux as a bust?

SEC CG MVP leading us to the 2007 BCS NCG

Yeah, we lost a lot on his potential but hard to say he's a bust when he was integral to a national title

This post was edited on 7/23/25 at 7:35 am

Posted by lowhound

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Posted on 7/23/25 at 7:38 am to homemadeshine

Chris Davenport. For everyone that blows on Freak Johnson, they forget about the 5-star DT that never even sniffed the field.

This post was edited on 7/23/25 at 7:40 am

Posted by Run DMC

somewhere in Louisiana it's tricky

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Posted on 7/23/25 at 7:42 am to nitwit

quote:
Chris Davenport Adam McConathy Clifton Garrett Arik Gilbert XavierCarter Brad Smalling

Arik Gilbert was not a bust. Dude was one of the best TE’s in the nation as a Freshman at LSU.

Posted by theliontamer

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Posted on 7/23/25 at 7:45 am to boweswi05

Myles was awesome his starting year, which was also messed up cuz of covid, then got hurt early. He was not a bust.

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Posted by Gulf Coast Tiger

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Posted on 7/23/25 at 7:46 am to homemadeshine

Jonathon Giles

Posted by Lester Earl

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Posted on 7/23/25 at 7:53 am to Gulf Coast Tiger

quote:
Jonathon Giles

This is a good one

There are some really poor answers in this thread lol

Posted by mylsuhat

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Posted on 7/23/25 at 7:56 am to Run DMC

quote:
Arik Gilbert was not a bust. Dude was one of the best TE’s in the nation as a Freshman at LSU.

35 catches
368 years
2 touchdowns

BRUH

Posted by CatfishJohn

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Posted on 7/23/25 at 8:02 am to Tigerbait8

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Russell Shepard

This still haunts me how poorly utilized he was used for LSU. He just happened to be a smaller dual threat QB in the wrong era.

Imagine if we recruited him in 2025 in this day and age of football.

Should've played for Chip Kelly at Oregon.

But he ended up making money as a WR in NFL, so maybe not.

Posted by Bayou

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Posted on 7/23/25 at 8:03 am to mylsuhat

5 star recruit Clifton Garret from Plainfield, Illinois

Posted by CatfishJohn

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Posted on 7/23/25 at 8:03 am to Bayou

My answer (I was sitting 2 rows up in this endzone in Athens):

Posted by SaveFarris

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Posted on 7/23/25 at 8:04 am to tygerphan

Matt Canada

Posted by boweswi05

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Posted on 7/23/25 at 8:06 am to theliontamer

quote:
Myles was awesome his starting year, which was also messed up cuz of covid, then got hurt early. He was not a bust.

I was expecting big things from Brennan when he came back.
Guess I was not taking into account how much the injury took a toll on his career from that point on.

Posted by Lakeboy7

New Orleans

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Posted on 7/23/25 at 8:07 am to homemadeshine

Harold Perkins