Another year, another crop of elite underclassmen leaving Baton Rouge for the NFL draft. Year after year, no SEC team is hit as hard by early exits as LSU, and 2018 is no different.
For LSU fans, the question is tough to escape: What kind of team could the Tigers have assembled if even an average number of those players had stayed four years?
The answer: Maybe a powerhouse, particularly in a season like 2013. An incredible 11 LSU players – even a punter – bolted for the draft after the 2012 season.
Nobody, not even Alabama, loses so many players early.