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re: Who do you consider to be the biggest bust in LSU football history?
Posted on 7/23/25 at 9:22 am to BigBinBR
Posted on 7/23/25 at 9:22 am to BigBinBR
I listed Arik Gilbert as an one of the biggest busts b/c he was a top 10 rated player, top TE prospect ever (to date), amazing size and athleticism and his LSU career consisted of eight games and 368 yards. Yes, he booked all that as a freshman, but he was given a bunch of PT and then went off the deep end.
Ended up with an impressive criminal career, though..
Ended up with an impressive criminal career, though..
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Posted on 7/23/25 at 9:24 am to Jcorye1
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Anthony Johnson.
Ran into him before last year's Super Bowl, seems to be doing well. He said life is good got his degree from LSU and Super Bowl ring with the Patriots.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 9:32 am to Lester Earl
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How do you start to compare a two year starter who played in 45 games to say, another 5 star safety in Marcel Brooks ?
Brooks wasn't even a unanimous S during his recruitment much less was he considered the top safety in his class like Loston was. I would probably start there.
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I could blind test you on Loston & Chad Jones & you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference lol.
Similar college resume but not as highly touted as Loston out of HS.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 9:43 am to LSUSkip
This is my vote and what's bad about this one is he probably would've ended up as an all time great for LSU at that time had he completed his career. Wasn't a bust because he didn't perform but rather never got the chance outside winning us the SEC title to show how good he really was. It took LSU awhile to recover losing him as well.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 9:45 am to LSUfan4444
Brooks was recruited to lsu to play safety & was a 5 star. Your answer sucks, and that’s ok.
Chad jones is universally lauded as a great player at lsu. Where he was ranked is not the point.
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Similar college resume but not as highly touted as Loston out of HS.
Chad jones is universally lauded as a great player at lsu. Where he was ranked is not the point.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 9:52 am to LSUfan4444
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Busts are not just determined by their accomplishments but rather their accomplishments compared to the expectations. Fair or not, it's a reality.
Failing to live up to expectations is not being a bust. A bust completely fails to contribute.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 10:00 am to Tigerbait8
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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.
He should be grateful for Les converting him to a WR. He had zero shot of making it as a QB
Posted on 7/23/25 at 10:12 am to GorgeousGeorge
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Kevin Tolliver
Don't forget Chris Toliver.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 10:15 am to LSUfan4444
Sage Ryan was big time 5 star and flailed around the field every season here.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 10:19 am to homemadeshine
Josh Booty.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 10:23 am to jacksajester
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John Emery
Surprised it took this long to mention him.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 10:28 am to cajunduby
Trindon Holliday
Not one damn sack
Not one damn sack
Posted on 7/23/25 at 10:29 am to homemadeshine
Arik Gilbert, Gunnar Kiel
Posted on 7/23/25 at 10:42 am to LSU03
all SEC qb his first year at LSU
He underperformed in my opinion because he has an OL has his qb / OC coach, who had no idea what he was doing.
He underperformed in my opinion because he has an OL has his qb / OC coach, who had no idea what he was doing.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 10:55 am to Tigerbait8
Russell Shepard was never going to be a power 4 college QB. His high school highlights were 75% runs. Great athlete…not a great QB.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 10:55 am to homemadeshine
MS was right up there for sure, but I think through the years LSU has recruited several OL that proved to be anything but elite, even though they played a lot, just because LSU was in need of big bodies. No reason to name them.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 10:59 am to homemadeshine
Mark Ippoletto (sp?)
Stud LB who was always academically ineligible.
Stud LB who was always academically ineligible.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 11:01 am to homemadeshine
Late 90s pull here but Thomas Dunson was supposed to be the next Mike Singletary. Combined with Lou Tepper (im jacked, u ready?!?) it made for a pretty big bust
This post was edited on 7/23/25 at 11:08 am
Posted on 7/23/25 at 11:04 am to LSU03
Booty was starting QB and was all SEC one year.
That's not a bust.
His personality is another matter.
That's not a bust.
His personality is another matter.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 11:22 am to PP7 for heisman
Upon review it is definitely Travonte Valentine. Huge ratings, little to no production and problems everywhere.
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