Sonny said we'd take two more OL if they were the right ones (Nixon, XSF, etc).

Great news!!!

Scout has Lowe as a 4*, ranked #10 best OT prospect in the US.

Rivals has Lowe as a 4* as well, ranked #12 best OT prospect in the US.

He had offers from Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Auburn, Arkansas, and Tennessee (per Scout). ESPN claims he was also recruited by Miami, Alabama, UCLA, Arizona, West Virginia, Kansas...

Here is the ESPN evaluation of Lowe:

He's also been invited to go to the Under Armor All-American Game in Orlando, Florida. Lowe said: "I am excited to showcase my talents against the very best," Lowe said." I also can't wait to go to Walt Disney World."

Here's a Sporting News article discussing Lowe to LSU -- http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/LSURay/159311

Some quotes:

(LOL at how sad Auburn and Oklahoma are when it comes to being a cool place to live).

Here's another good article by ESPN/Scouts Inc --
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recr...story?id=3469480&campaign=rsssrch&source=espn

The author is Bill Conley, former long-time Ohio State recruiting coordinator.

It says:

KEEP THIS IN MIND: When this Bill Conley keeps saying how great of a pick-up Lowe is for LSU, remember that Conley's Ohio State got Orlando Pace in the 90's -- one of the greatest offensive lineman in all of football history.

Finally, when Conley was saying Lowe is "smart," Lowe did get academic awards, for example, Academic All-District and the May 2008 NCSA Student-Athlete of the Month.
http://www.ncsasports.org/student-athletes-families/

We've lost a lot of OL recently, we don't want to get in a situation like we found ourselves after Saban left. In order to do this, because of the success rate of evaluating OL, we need to take 4-5 a year and more in years following unusual losses.

Exactly, we need a bunch of olinemen on the roster, more than at any other position.

Nixon would be great, but if XSF has to go on a mission it may be something to consider. Then again, you would get a player 2 years older and possibly physically more mature, so who knows.

Wow... That's mighty high praise.

Better than Ciron Black?

And with all 5 years of eligibility remaining , sounds win-win to me.

The only down side to that is he doesn't have to come back to LSU when he returns from his mission unless they've amended that policy. I recall a few players coming back from their mission and choosing UCLA over their original school BYU.

With last years OLine class combined with what we have so far LSU will stay an elite team. I talked to an LSU coach at a clinic and he told me that "les has final say with all linemen."