 Photo By: Terrill Weil Da Boot Sports 2/23/2002 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE, LA: LSU Football Head Coach Brian Kelly met with the media this week to start introducing his new coaching staff. The defensive and special teams coaches were introduced on Wednesday followed by the offensive coaches on Thursday morning. Below are the video clips of each day.. Enjoy... GEAUX TIGERS!!!  Photo By: Jonathan Mailhes
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 Photo By: Terrill Weil Da Boot Sports 2/10/2022 LSU Sports Information By: Michael Bonnette BATON ROUGE – Eighteen LSU football players, including second team All-America linebacker Damone Clark, earned a spot on the 2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll. The 2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll includes the sports of cross country, football, soccer and volleyball. It is based on grades from the 2021 Spring, Summer and Fall terms. Those student-athletes selected to the SEC Academic Honor Roll must have maintained a 3.0 grade point average for the preceding academic year or have a cumulative average of at least a 3.0. LSU’s list of SEC Academic Honor Roll recipients includes a trio of players who competed in college football all-star games – Clark and defensive tackle Neil Farrell Jr. (Senior Bowl) and center Liam Shanahan (Hula Bowl). Kickoff specialist/punter Avery Atkins earned a spot on the list for the fourth time in his career, while defensive back Lloyd Cole became a three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection. All-America kicker Cade York made the honor roll for the second straight year. LSU 2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll – Football Player Major Avery Atkins Kinesiology Damone Clark Sports Administration Lloyd Cole Finance Charlie Drost Sports Administration Neil Farrell Jr. Interdisciplinary Studies Hunter Faust Construction Management Evan Francioni Finance Jack Mashburn Finance Garrett Nussmeier Sports Administration Spencer Payne Sports Administration Max Peterson Information Science Liam Shanahan Master Business Administration Kole Taylor General Business Kardell Thomas Information Science Peyton Todd Animal Science Josh White Marketing Josh Williams General Business Cade York Finance  Photo By: LSU Da Boot Sports 2/3/2022 By: David Penn Baton Rouge - Brian Kelly wrapped up his first recruiting class on Wednesday as the coach of the LSU football program. It would be easy to cast a negative lens over things that didn’t go his way on National Signing Day, but no one wins every recruiting battle, and let’s be honest, Kelly has yet to show during the course of a season what LSU Football will look like under his watch and leadership. There were three big fish in the state of Louisiana that Coach Kelly was hoping to reel in for the 2022 cycle, and he missed on all three with Jacoby Matthews choosing College Station and the Aggies, Trevonte Citizen choosing Miami, and Danny Lewis signing with the Crimson Tide. What did go Coach Kelly’s way was landing the top remaining target in the country when LB Harold Perkins of Cypress Park, TX chose to sign with LSU, giving LSU the highest rated LB in the 2022 cycle. ESPN ranked Perkins as the #4 player in the country. When LSU announced that it would be moving on from Coach Ed Ogeron several recruits reopened their recruiting and the number of players that decommitted dropped LSU’s recruiting ranking to 31st. That is what Brian Kelly inherited when he officially became the coach of LSU. In the early signing period Kelly was able to successfully sign every recruit that remained committed to the Tigers, signing all 13 players that affirmed their desire to play in purple and gold. Kelly then got to work on the transfer portal, signing an additional 12 players with experience from other institutions. Coach Kelly was able to go to players from other universities that had ties to Louisiana and recruit for some of the program’s biggest needs. Signing RB Noah Cain away from Penn State, grabbing DL Mekhi Wingo from Mizzou, CB Greg Brooks Jr from Arkansas, OT Miles Frazier from FIU, all of these players project to have immediate impact ability in the fall. More importantly, the mix of transfers in addition to the incoming freshmen gives LSU a composite ranking of 6th nationally according to 247 Sports. Though National Signing Day is complete, Brian Kelly may not be done recruiting for the upcoming season. LSU could have signed a total of 32 players for the 2022 roster due to players that transferred out, at this point LSU still has five available spots that it can sign talent to. It would not be shocking to see Coach Kelly return to the transfer portal again in search of players he feels may be able to add depth and value to the program.  Photo By: 247Sports Da Boot Sports 2/3/2022 LSU Sports Information By: Michael Bonnette BATON ROUGE – Austin Deculus, who appeared in more games than any player in LSU football history, will play one final college game tonight when he suits up for the West squad in the annual East-West Shrine Bowl. Kickoff for one of college football’s premier all-star games is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The game will be televised on the NFL Network. Deculus, a four-year starter at right tackle for the Tigers, will wear No. 65 on tonight. During his five years at LSU, Deculus set the school record for most games played in a career at 61. He started a total of 46 contests, including LSU’s 42-25 win over Clemson in the national championship game in 2019. As a fifth-year senior in 2021, Deculus started 12 games and played 829 snaps in helping the Tigers to an appearance in the Texas Bowl. Deculus graduated from LSU with a degree in sports administration in December of 2020. Deculus is one of three LSU offensive linemen from the 2021 team selected to participate in a postseason all-star game, joining guard Ed Ingram (Senior Bowl) and center Liam Shanahan (Hula Bowl). In all, five members of LSU’s 2021 squad were invited to all-star games as the Tiger offensive linemen are joined by defensive tackle Neil Farrell Jr. and linebacker Damone Clark, who are both participating in the Senior Bowl. |