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Xavier Atkins...Imagine if we kept Atkins and had him and Whit

Posted on 6/25/26 at 4:18 pm
Posted by GirthMaxxxer
Member since Nov 2024
94 posts
Posted on 6/25/26 at 4:18 pm


Imagine if we kept Atkins and had him and Whit
This post was edited on 6/25/26 at 4:52 pm
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
57095 posts
Posted on 6/25/26 at 4:26 pm to
Yeah, losing Atkins is a terrible look for Kelly
somehow he redshirted that season
Posted by tgdk11
Member since Nov 2017
2085 posts
Posted on 6/25/26 at 4:30 pm to
They played keys over atkins. Yikes
Posted by TopekaTiger
Member since Nov 2018
390 posts
Posted on 6/25/26 at 4:53 pm to
I thought he got pissed because of all the Weeks brothers love? He’s one of the few tiger transfers who panned out elsewhere
Posted by LSU817
Member since Mar 2023
142 posts
Posted on 6/25/26 at 5:20 pm to
He did, he didn’t want to sit behind whit. Keys was behind west
Posted by LSU817
Member since Mar 2023
142 posts
Posted on 6/25/26 at 5:20 pm to
?
This post was edited on 6/25/26 at 5:52 pm
Posted by LSU817
Member since Mar 2023
142 posts
Posted on 6/25/26 at 5:23 pm to
They didn’t play keys over him lol, he didn’t want to behind weeks. He even said in a interview during the season he was going to play will and wanted to play will, which was whits position
Posted by BebeLudwig7
Denham Springs
Member since Mar 2026
473 posts
Posted on 6/25/26 at 5:54 pm to
I’ll never forgive Austin Thomas for paying 7,000 recievers and not getting more o lineman and letting guys like him go
Posted by CedarGroveDog
Member since Jun 2026
90 posts
Posted on 6/25/26 at 6:34 pm to
It wouldn't have mattered with that shite scheme and playcalling. It wouldn't have mattered what players we had
Posted by Lsuray70443
Independence
Member since Dec 2025
1036 posts
Posted on 6/25/26 at 7:30 pm to
I know for a fact Austin Thomas wanted more linemen but it was Sloan who wanted all the WR’s. Kelly was probably sleeping when these meetings took place. Sloan was calling the shots.
Posted by PP7 for heisman
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2011
10937 posts
Posted on 6/25/26 at 8:50 pm to
Atkins is a stat padder who graded really poorly everywhere else.

He's a great athlete, but not nearly as complete of a player as the raw numbers indicate. Whit Weeks, who played over Atkins, is a significantly better player.
Posted by Gram Parsons LSU
Member since Jun 2026
66 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:31 am to
Ole Miss having that many highly rated players is not a good sign for this year.
Posted by lsudave1
Baton Metairie
Member since Jan 2005
12565 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 12:49 am to
Auburn will have Walter Mathis, DaShawn Womack and Xavier Atkins all starting for them this year most likely. Similarly, ATM’s left side of their OL being held down by Tyree Adams and Coen Echols is actually hilarious.
This post was edited on 6/26/26 at 12:50 am
Posted by lsufanva
sandston virginia
Member since Aug 2009
13685 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 6:43 am to
quote:

Atkins is a stat padder who graded really poorly everywhere else.

He's a great athlete, but not nearly as complete of a player as the raw numbers indicate. Whit Weeks, who played over Atkins, is a significantly better player.


Perhaps but the part you left out is one can stay on the field the other can't. Weeks could be the best LB in the country but it's no good if he isn't playing. Health matters when determining who's better. The one on the field wins by default.
The point was Atkins or Keys, Atkins all day and tomorrow.
Posted by RightWingTiger
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2003
5986 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 6:56 am to
You realize thats a video games rankings right? Ole Miss will be lucky to win 7/8 games this year. No Lane, No Weiss, No Kevin Smith as well.

Golding is nowhere near as good a HC as Kiffen & OM knows it.
Posted by BayouCowboy
Member since Dec 2012
16759 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 8:26 am to
quote:

Auburn will have Walter Mathis, DaShawn Womack and Xavier Atkins all starting for them this year most likely. Similarly, ATM’s left side of their OL being held down by Tyree Adams and Coen Echols is actually hilarious.

Echols and Adams are good players that received bad coaching and played under a bad scheme.

Watch Weston Davis suddenly look like a competent RT this season.
Posted by LSU817
Member since Mar 2023
142 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 8:43 am to
So the point was stating that because one player played behind Penn and west was the reason behind a player that played behind whit left lol, Atkins took the redshirt and the Snapchat incident didn’t help his cause. If Keys would of took the redshirt like Atkins, Atkins would of still left regardless and it would of been Prince #52
Posted by TigerFanFromBama
Pike Road, AL
Member since Mar 2015
4912 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 10:57 pm to
quote:

Atkins is a stat padder who graded really poorly everywhere else.


Dumbest sh*t I've read all day.

You cant fake production at linebacker. The kid had 17 TFLs and 9 Sacks in one season. Whit doesn't even have 17 TFLs and 9 sacks in 30+ career games.
Posted by TigerFanFromBama
Pike Road, AL
Member since Mar 2015
4912 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 11:00 pm to
quote:

losing Atkins is a terrible look for Kelly


Hated BK... but Blake Baker should get more of the blame on this one.
Posted by Lsutigerturner
Member since Dec 2016
7300 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 1:25 am to
So pissed admit losing him. I couldn’t believe we didn’t play him more the lb class that year should have been historic
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