re: Who was LSU's last "freak" (athlete)?

Laron is 6'1 213lbs, runs a 4.35, has a 38 inch vertical and could bench 225 God knows how many times.

Not only was he a superb athlete as far as strength, speed, quickness, etc. go, but he put it together on the field. Laron wasn't the same type of "player" as a guy like Eric Berry is, but he isn't Taylor Mays either. There is actually some talent beyond his muscles. His stats at LSU only back up his "freakish" abilities.

You basically want to shoot down everyone's idea of a freak athlete, but saying LaRon or Peterson is a safe bet.

I never said Webster was the fastest cornerback...I said he was the last truely exceptional "athlete" that has played for LSU.

PP may end up being as good or better, but it is difficult to make that case after last season. We have a couple of other current players that may prove to be the type of overall athlete that Webster was, such as C Jones and Shepperd...but they have not proven it yet.

Webster was not only an interception machine, he could have played at least 5 other positions and played them well, and he would have been our best return guy if he had been asked to do it. During the spring game before his senior year, he was the best athlete on the field, and it wasn't close, IMHO. You have to be pretty special to stand out like that on LSUs team.

BTW, how many picks did PP have last season? He has to prove some things before being listed as an alltime great at LSU. BTW, I am hopeful that he will.

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You basically want to shoot down everyone's idea of a freak athlete, but saying LaRon or Peterson is a safe bet.

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No I don't. LaRon was awesome in every category. I certainly would not suggest as the OP that you have to go back to T. Cassanova for pete's sake.

I don't disagree with you. Webster made more plays on the ball... but, in my opinion, P.P. is as good or better in coverage of WRs, strictly speaking.

BUT, Billy Cannon was a freak as well....even for today's RB standards, the dude was pretty stout at 6'1" and 220 lbs. And he ran like a deer. (Again, if someone said this already, forgive me.)

No one has mentioned him... I guess we're mostly thinking f/ball, although someone mentioned Shaq. C.J. would be solid top 10 on my list.

Roovelroe Swan

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Alonzo Manuel ran a 4.49 at 6'3 250, but he was a terrible football player.

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it's not my fault that LSU doesn't sign/develop many freak athletes

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Of course it's not your fault. It's nobody's fault because it isn't the case. LSU does sign and develop many freakish athletes. What is your fault is that you have fabricated an absurdly irrelevant definition of "athleticism" (so absurdly irrelevant that you yourself have gone so far as to insist that your definition of "athlete" has nothing whatsoever to do with the ability to play football), that you can exclude every reasonable example of a freakish athlete that has played football for LSU in the last few decades.

JaMarcus Russell, Trindon Holliday, Xavier Carter, LaRon Landry and many others were all freakishly athletic, by any rational definition whatsoever. Only someone deliberately seeking to advance an agenda (even one of simply stirring shite up) would attempt to deny it.

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how "athletic" you are doesn't mean "how skilled are you?" or "how good of a player are you?"

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Given this, and -- since you have already asserted that "athleticism" in your definition has nothing to do with ability to play football, how exactly does this thread fit into the Tigerrant subject matter? It has nothing to do with LSU football (since athleticism has nothing to do with playing football in your world), and you've excluded any other sport. So this clearly bears no relation to any LSU sport; why is it on the Rant? Shouldn't this be an OT board thread?

Or to put it another way: since athleticism has nothing to do with ability to play football, why in the hell should anybody care whether we ever sign what you would define as a "freak athlete"?

On the other hand, it was nice for you to FINALLY come around and acknowlege that the combine results are absolutely zero reflection on the talent, ability or development of the players at LSU, and are thus not something anyone should ever give a flying frick about.