You always need two types of wide receivers: the bigger wideouts that can control the sidelines and the speedsters you put in the slot and let them cause match-up nightmares with their athleticism. Adding Ja’Marr Chase and Terrace Marshall (Kenan Jones would wind up as a safety), the staff went looking for that slot receiver to take over when Derrick Dillon graduated after this year and boy did they find it.
LSU had come upon recent struggles in making a presence in Tangipahoa Parish, as Alabama continued to expand their boundaries, significantly increasing the importance of getting a recruit like Palmer.