LSUDad Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 We have 9 Sr's leaving after this year: Nick Brossette (RB) Terrence Alexander (DB) Foster Moreau (TE) Ed Paris (DB) John Battle (DB) Cole Tracy (K) David Ducre (RB) Garrett Brumfield (OL) Jacory Washington (TE) Juniors Leaving Early For The NFL Draft: Greedy Williams (DB) Ed Alexander (DL) We look to sign right at the 25 number. We are more worried with the 85 total number. Closer to before and after the Spring game, will give us a better feel for how we stand, with numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eq4bits Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 So Devin White is staying for senior year? Announcers on espn said today he’s a top 5 pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houtiger Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 25 minutes ago, Eq4bits said: So Devin White is staying for senior year? Announcers on espn said today he’s a top 5 pick Last I heard, he was not going to really think about it until after the bowl game. He did say that it was a real choice for him to make. It's not a default, "I gotta go to the NFL" thing. He said coming back for his Sr. year to lead his team in pursuit of a championship would mean a lot to him. Two good objectives, he just has to think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutriaitch Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 gut feeling is White is gone. thats life changing money in early 1st round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 40 minutes ago, Eq4bits said: So Devin White is staying for senior year? Announcers on espn said today he’s a top 5 pick I’m leaving that one open, as for now, he’s thinking it over. Every Draft Scout I know, has him as a top 10 pick. Same spot as Greedy, top 10. Some guys having, White before Greedy. I just don’t see him returning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutriaitch Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, LSUDad said: We are more worried with the 85 total number. we’ll be alright. there is always attrition. every year at every program. some of the names will have you saying “who?!?” others will have you saying “damn, i had high hope for him” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 minute ago, Nutriaitch said: we’ll be alright. there is always attrition. every year at every program. some of the names will have you saying “who?!?” others will have you saying “damn, i had high hope for him” This is every year. We played against a few former LSU players, that were on other teams this year. High hopes, Quinn comes to mind. Next year, the Freshmen coming in, have a shot to play early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutriaitch Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 19 minutes ago, LSUDad said: This is every year. We played against a few former LSU players, that were on other teams this year. High hopes, Quinn comes to mind. Next year, the Freshmen coming in, have a shot to play early. Tyron Johnson was more who i had in mind when i said high hopes. but Quinn also fits that bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchertiger Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Alexander has announced he's leaving, heck Burrow could leave but I highly doubt that. Others who have the option Kristian Fulton, Rashard Lawrence, Damien Lewis, and Michael Divinity. I really don't have a feel for them, I didn't think Alexander would leave but with his injuries I understand the logic. Divinity needs to talk to Debo and Duke about how a good senior year can move his stock up. I recall reading an article where Fulton's dad said it was important that he graduate, that coupled with this injury may mean he stays. Anybody have any insight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houtiger Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 No insight, but Burrow could improve his stock GREATLY by coming back. He played well at times, other times, not so much. It's what you get by starting for only one year at QB in D1. He's smart enough to learn as he goes, and another year in college would really improve him, IMO. I think the smart play is to stay, and I think Burrow is a smart young man (watch him prove me wrong!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchertiger Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 HT I believe its a safe bet Burrow returns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Kind of took a look at 2020, we have around 16 scholarship Jrs. on this team. But as always, attrition before and after the Spring Game come into play. A couple more items, trying to get a list of early entries at LSU, guys that will be in for the Spring Game. Siaki Ika, is one that will be in early. Watching him in his All-Star Game, he might get a little playing time. I also took a look at one of our recruiting classes, will give an update on what I found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchertiger Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Fehoko is coming back: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 They will break 100 this year easy. “The league has tried to encourage players to remain in school until they graduate. But after a one-year drop to 74 underclassmen for the 2015 draft, the numbers rose again to 96 in 2016 and 95 last year. According to NFL data, 30 percent of the underclassmen who declared eligibility in 2017 went undrafted.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchertiger Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 He doesn't say he is staying, it's an interesting comment coming from him ... doesn't say he's leaving either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 Divinity coming back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchertiger Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 23 minutes ago, LSUDad said: Divinity coming back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishhead Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 I thought this was the negative thread about people not coming back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Fishhead said: I thought this was the negative thread about people not coming back. You gotta take the good with the bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Senior Bowl: Former LSU kicker Cole Tracy seeks to impress NFL scouts BY BROOKS KUBENA | BKUBENA@THEADVOCATE.COM JAN 22, 2019 - 6:00 PM Buy Now LSU placekicker Cole Tracy takes the stage during the Senior Bowl weigh-in Tuesday morning at the Mobile Convention Center. Tracy measured 5-foot-10¼ and weighed 183 pounds. BY BROOKS KUBENA | BKUBENA@THEADVOCATE.COM Facebook Twitter SMS Email Save Brooks Kubena MOBILE, Ala. — Cole Tracy said he'd been given fair warning. LSU special teams coach Greg McMahon told the former Tigers kicker that the Senior Bowl weigh-in would be a tad vulnerable, standing shirtless on-stage in front of hundreds of pro scouts who wanted to see how Tracy measured up. "Walking up in the front of the stage in your spandex is a little different," said Tracy, who measured 5-foot-10¼ and weighed 183 pounds Tuesday morning at the Mobile Convention Center. "To be honest, it's kind of like kicking. In the moment, I just kind of walked up, did my thing." Tracy has measured up pretty well so far. The California native tacked his name to seven school records in one season at LSU, and after making four field goals in the Tigers' Fiesta Bowl victory over Central Florida, Tracy became the NCAA's all-time leader with 97 career field goals across any division. Most of the football-watching nation is aware of Tracy's journey, which began at Division II Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts. So are the NFL personnel who met with Tracy during the all-important individual meetings and interviews at the Senior Bowl hotel, the Renaissance Riverview Plaza. Those in-person evaluations began Sunday night and continue throughout the week leading up to the bowl game Saturday, in which Tracy and former LSU tight end Foster Moreau will both play. Dates, times set for LSU football spring practice schedule, spring game Tracy said he had spoken with 16 to 18 NFL teams as of Tuesday morning. Some teams asked Tracy about his path from graduate transfer to record-holder. Some didn't at all. "Most of the questions are very similar," said Tracy, who was among three finalists for the 2018 Lou Groza Award, given to the nation's top kicker. “ ‘What's your preparation like? What are you doing on a Monday versus a Wednesday? What do you do pre-kick?’ ” The questions are a pretty deep dive for teams, which are trying to get as much information they can to decide if they're going to spend a pick on a kicker in April's NFL draft. An NFL team has never drafted an LSU kicker. Seventeen kickers have been drafted since 2009, and Tracy's statistics match well with each of them. His 87.9 field goal percentage is tied for fifth in the grouping with former Texas A&M kicker Randy Bullock — who was drafted in the fifth round by the Houston Texans in 2012 — and his 54-yard career-long is tied for 10th. Kickers drafted in NFLInfogram Tracy is the third-ranked kicker on ESPN analyst Mel Kiper's NFL draft "Big Board," and the Senior Bowl week can add extra evaluation to solidify Tracy's position on draft day. Of the 17 kickers who have been drafted since 2009, six participated in the Senior Bowl. Tracy, who is on the South team, is one of two kickers in this year's Senior Bowl. Oklahoma's Austin Seibert, on the North team, is the other. "This is the most exposure out of any college bowl games," said Seibert, who made 17 of 19 (89.5 percent) of his field goals in 2018. "There is a lot of pressure here. There is a lot at stake. You just have to go out there and do what we've always done." What if there's not that many field goal opportunities during Saturday's game? Well, most of the evaluation actually happens during the three days of afternoon practices, which began Tuesday at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. Tracy knew the weather forecast for Day 1 of practices was dismal. When the South team specialists warmed up before practice, dark clouds blustered overhead in the 56-degree, 14-mph eastbound wind. The orange flags fluttered atop the goal posts while Tracy went through his practice routine: a few stretches before kicking off a tee. +1 Buy Now Former LSU placekicker Cole Tracy warms up before the first Senior Bowl practice on Tuesday at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. BY BROOKS KUBENA | BKUBENA@THEADVOCATE.COM Tracy made his first three attempts from 33 yards, and on the third, he smacked the extended pole of an operations truck that was shooting game film behind the goal posts. Hundreds of scouts, coaches, executives and patrons began to filter in. The special teams period came at the end of the 90-minute practice, and by then, rain began to drizzle and the wind began to blow into the line of scrimmage. Tracy missed a 42-yarder from the left hash mark. Then another from the right. Then, Stanford punter Jake Bailey, Tracy's holder and roommate this week, backed up to spot a 45-yarder in the middle of the field. Tracy made that field goal, then another from 48 yards on the right hash. His furthest attempt, from 51 yards, sailed in the wind and fell short. "Definitely was not my best day," Tracy said afterward. The performance, even in poor weather conditions, didn't follow Tracy's reputation, which was boosted by his 42-yard, walk-off field goal to beat Auburn 22-21 on Sept. 15 — the kind of thrilling kick that Seibert said prompted him to reach out to Tracy via Instagram for congratulations. The South team is being run the San Francisco 49ers coaching staff, and Tracy spent a few moments speaking with special teams coordinator Richard Hightower. Tracy said Hightower told him: "It's about how you bounce back and how you respond." "Need to bounce back tomorrow," Tracy said. "Have a better week. Kind of just feeling it out is the first step of this entire process." Louisiana players in the Senior Bowl: TE Foster Moreau, LSU, No. 18 – South team K Cole Tracy, LSU, No. 36 – South team DE Jaylon Ferguson, Louisiana Tech, No. 45 – South team DL Isaiah Buggs, Alabama (Ruston), No. 49 – South team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSUDad Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Former LSU TE Foster Moreau named one of Senior Bowl's Offensive Practice Players of the Week BY BROOKS KUBENA | BKUBENA@THEADVOCATE.COM JAN 25, 2019 - 8:15 AM Buy Now Former LSU tight end Foster Moreau runs through blocking drills during Senior Bowl practice at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. BY BROOKS KUBENA | BKUBENA@THEADVOCATE.COM Buy Now LSU tight end Foster Moreau (18) scores after the catch as LSU wide receiver Derrick Dillon (19) signals touchdown during the first half of LSU's football game against Rice in Tiger Stadium Saturday Saturday Nov. 17, 2018, in Baton Rouge, La. ADVOCATE STAFF PHOTO BY BILL FEIG Buy Now LSU quarterback Joe Burrow (9) carries the ball up the left side under the protection of LSU tight end Foster Moreau (18) in the first half against Rice, Saturday, November 17, 2018, on LSU's campus in Baton Rouge, La. Advocate staff photo by HILARY SCHEINUK Buy Now LSU tight end Foster Moreau (18) walks the LSU bench area in the second half of the GayTurds' 27-19 win over the Tigers, Saturday, October 6, 2018, at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Fla. Advocate staff photo by HILARY Brooks Kubena Foster Moreau has been drawing attention at the Senior Bowl this week. So much so that the former LSU tight end, who wore the honorary jersey No. 18, was named one of the Senior Bowl's Offensive Practice Players of the Week early Friday morning. Moreau was listed among five offensive players, which included former Auburn quarterback Jarrett Stidham, Notre Dame running back Dexter Williams, South Carolina wide receiver Deebo Samuel and North Carolina State offensive lineman Garrett Bradbury. Moreau, who ranks No. 9 among tight ends on ESPN analyst Mel Kiper's "Big Board," has been impressive during Senior Bowl practices leading up to the game Saturday at 1:30 p.m. In one-on-one drills Tuesday, Moreau made a leaping catch behind Miami safety Sheldrick Redwine on a flag route to the left pylon. Then on the week's final practice on Thursday, Moreau was clocked as one of the South team's top five fastest players, at 17.3 mph. Moreau also made a diving touchdown catch behind a defender during a red zone drill. The recognition boosts Moreau's profile. His 22 catches, 272 yards and two touchdowns in 2018 fall short of the numbers by tight ends atop multiple media draft boards, such as Iowa's T.J. Hockenson (49 catches, 766 yards, six touchdowns) and Alabama's Irv Smith (44 catches, 710 yards, seven touchdowns). Moreau has been training at TEST Football Academy in Martinsville, New Jersey, since LSU's Fiesta Bowl victory over Central Florida, working on his pass-catching skills after being mainly a blocking tight end in the Tigers offense. Ric Serritella, an analyst for NFLDraftScout.com who is a consulted at TEST Football Academy, compared Moreau to a fullback-replacing hybrid, like the New York Giants' Rhett Ellison, who caught 25 passes for 272 yards and a touchdown in 2018. Serritella projects Moreau will be selected in the fourth or fifth round of the NFL draft April 25-27. "Obviously my strongest suit is I’m a good in-line tight end who can block, release and run routes and do everything fairly well," Moreau said Tuesday. "I just want to get here and pick up the tempo, the speed of the way I process the game and just get NFL-level coaching." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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