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Swerved · Aug 22, 2009

LSU veterans praise growth of young QB Jefferson

August 21, 2009 By The Associated Press BRETT MARTEL (AP Sports Writer)

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Jordan Jefferson thrives on simple logic.

The approach helps LSU's sophomore quarterback exude a calm, confident air that belies his relative lack of experience.

"You shouldn't be nervous if you know what you're doing," Jefferson said after practice this week, when he was reminded that he hasn't even made his first start in 92,400-seat Tiger Stadium yet.

The young signal-caller from the New Orleans suburb of Destrehan demonstrated an ability to learn quickly after being pressed into service as a true freshman in late 2008.

Jefferson got his first start in LSU's final regular-season game, a wild 31-30 loss at Arkansas, in which he passed for a pair of touchdowns, was not intercepted and scrambled for 50 yards.

In his second start, his numbers weren't spectacular, but he was ruthlessly efficient, leading LSU on six scoring drives in a 38-3 trouncing of Georgia Tech in the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta.

Jefferson completed 11 of his first 12 passes while staking the Tigers to a 35-3 halftime lead. The strong start helped Jefferson take home the bowl's offensive MVP honors and led kick returner and running back Trindon Holliday to pronounce, "I think we found ourselves a quarterback."
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"The kid does not know how good he is," Black said, going so far as to place Jefferson in the same conversation as two of the top signal callers in the Southeastern Conference, Florida's Tim Tebow and Mississippi's Jevan Snead.

"People talk about Tebow and people talk about Snead in our conference, but people are going to look at Jordan," Black predicted. "They're going to know what type of quarterback he is before it's all over, said and done."
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COTiger · Aug 22, 2009

Nice to see that the vets have got confidence in the kid. :thumb: They are in the best position to assess his potential.

Damn, it's going to be a long 14 days.