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LSU Football: Proof that recruiting rankings don’t always matter

One of the main reasons LSU football won the 2019 National Championship was because of their 2017 signing class.

The Tigers’ 2017 class, which was ranked No. 7 in the nation, included key players like Patrick Queen, Grant Delpit, Jacoby Stevens, K’Lavon Chaisson, Tyler Shelvin, Jacob Phillips and Clyde Edwards-Helaire.

That’s a loaded class.

There was also another key player for the Tigers in 2019 that happened to be the lowest rated player in LSU’s loaded 2017 signing class — wide receiver Justin Jefferson, the younger brother of former Tigers quarterback Jordan Jefferson and former safety Rickey Jefferson.