The DBU reputation took a hit last fall.
It would be one thing for LSU to have been the worst defense in school history if there was a mass exodus of talent in the secondary. But, as often the case at LSU, there are future pros littering LSU’s depth chart and many of those young men will likely hear their names called early whenever they do declare for whatever NFL Draft they’ll be part of.
That’s what makes Bo Pelini’s second go round at LSU so maddening. Derek Stingley will go in the top-10 of the 2022 draft; Eli Ricks will likely go in the first round in the 2023 draft; Jay Ward, Dwight McGlothern, and Cordale Flott have shown they have futures in the NFL.