Regardless of where the numbers fall I'm proud of LSU's product as of recently. The history thingy is nice but when you get down to it, all that matters is what's going on now. Also, I would like to know, percentage-wise, how many LSU players are SOLID contributors on NFL teams as compared to USC. I'm no NFL follower but it seems I hear a lot of former LSU players' names in the last few years and it seems like a lot of USC players have been "Disappointments" in the NFL. Maybe I only hear the good when it's LSU but I'd bet the players we've sent in the last 10 years, percentage-wise, are having more success in the NFL.
I think the article was only referring to the Pete Carrol era. Also, I think the numbers of "busts" are probably pretty similar across the board, just USC's stands out because of the attention the school gets. The more high picks a school pumps out, the more likely a "bust" or two is going to happen. Yeah, injuries ended it for him, but we label injury prone guys from other schools busts (Tony Mandarich), so I gotta toss DD in there even though he is one of my all time favorite Tigers.
Im stiull pretty surprised Lavalais didnt do well. I guess it was more of an attitude thing than ability.
That's the most surprising part. The word on him was that he was a hard worker. Don't know what happened to change that.
I was thinking the same, including Clayton. DD was doing quite well until he got injured. Didn't Clayton get injured because of the way he pushes himself during play, unlike a lot of other receivers, that exposed him to a higher risk of injury?
