Florida State, Texas and Virginia Tech all like to throw their names into the mix as well. My ranking of LSU's top 10 defensive backs in the past 20 years, based on how they performed in the NFL: Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune.
He was the best defensive back in America in 2019, he will be the best in 2020 and you can go ahead and pencil him in for being the best in America in 2021.
Last year it was Stingley, this year it’s Elias Ricks. Mo Hampton Jr. will also be coming back from an injury after hurting his back during the brief baseball season.
At least the smart ones won’t. Derek Stingley Jr. is the best defensive back in America. LSU has produced a truly staggering amount of elite defensive backs over the years and Stingley may very well end up being the best one to ever come out of the program. Had he been eligible to declare for last April’s draft he would have pushed Ohio State’s Jeff Okudah to be the first defensive back taken and you can also argue Grant Delpit is holding Stingley’s Thorpe Award. The secondary has traditionally been one of LSU’s strongest units and the 2020 edition will be no exception. This table starts and stops with 24. He led the conference in interceptions with six and was second in the nation in pass break ups with 21, and the only reason he may not replicate those numbers is because quarterbacks won’t throw the ball his way. Ricks played his entire senior year with a torn labrum, but is expected to be starting at corner once the season begins. While Jones didn’t record any statistics, Flott and Ward shined in limited capacity.
But it won’t be easy for Flott or Ward to take that spot because for the second year in a row LSU signed one of the nation’s best corner prospects.
While many have come and...There has been a second coronavirus outbreak on a Major League Baseball team, causing yet another round of game cancellations. Todd Harris is back from an ACL injury that ended his 2019 prematurely. Stevens is a lock to be on the field, and probably the odds on favorite to wear No.
The Tigers have four and five-star talent all across the board and some won’t take meaningful snaps in 2020. Stingley was a consensus First-Team All-American, First-Team All-SEC and the conference’s newcomer of the year (though laughably not the SEC freshman of the year, that went to Auburn’s Bo Nix which…sure). This table starts and stops with 24. LSU extended an offer to 2021 Jensen Beach (Fla.) cornerback Da'Quan Gonzales on Wednesday, becoming the latest SEC program to enter the mix for the 5-11, 170-pound defensive back. Hampton’s emergence really helped stabilize the Tiger secondary. LSU has produced a truly staggering amount of elite defensive backs over the years and Stingley may very well end up being the best one to ever come out of the program. Hampton’s emergence really helped stabilize the Tiger secondary. LSU will also have fierce competition for playing time amongst the safeties. Frankly the DBU debate wears me out. Stevens is going into his third season as a starter for LSU.
An IMG product by way of California, Ricks enrolled in January and impressed despite a shoulder injury that required surgery.
But it won’t be easy for Flott or Ward to take that spot because for the second year in a row LSU signed one of the nation’s best corner prospects.
Had he been eligible to declare for last April’s draft he would have pushed Ohio State’s Jeff Okudah to be the first defensive back taken and you can also argue Grant Delpit is holding Stingley’s Thorpe Award. On the back end is where the real battles begin. 18, and will probably be relied on to play close to the line of scrimmage. The LSU Tigers football team has had 320 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936. The Tigers have four and five-star talent all across the board and some won’t take meaningful snaps in 2020. Honorable mention. The 2020 LSU secondary has dizzying amount of combinations it could use. Todd Harris is back from an ACL injury that ended his 2019 prematurely. I think the key to LSU’s defense next year will be how well the other corner and nickel back play. All I know is that for 2020, the best defensive back in America plays for LSU and the unit as a whole will be the strength of LSU.
Stingley wasn’t the only corner LSU signed in its 2019 class. Frankly the DBU debate wears me out. The more Hampton played, the more LSU could put Delpit closer to the line of scrimmage and Delpit began to look more like his All-American 2018 self.
All I know is that for 2020, the best defensive back in America plays for LSU and the unit as a whole will be the strength of LSU.
18, and will probably be relied on to play close to the line of scrimmage. Stingley is something LSU hasn’t had since Morris Claiborne or Patrick Peterson: a true eraser of one side of the field. LSU has produced a truly staggering amount of elite defensive backs over the years and Stingley may very well end up being the best one to ever come out of the program. He added it’s good to have safety Todd Harris back but the defensive back is not at full speed yet. Hampton came on later in the year and started the Arkansas game in place of Grant Delpit. So does Alabama, Florida and Ohio State. Stingley wasn’t the only corner LSU signed in its 2019 class. If you have come to expect one thing from a Beth Torina led softball team, it is strong pitching.