BATON ROUGE, La. -- Ed Orgeron made clear the identity of his starting center after LSU's first spring practice.
"[Will] Clapp will be the first center," Orgeron said.
There are two problems with that statement, one of which is temporary: Clapp is not practicing this spring after undergoing offseason surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder. In addition, the All-SEC guard has never played center in a college game.
The Tigers are making do with redshirt freshman Lloyd Cushenberry and a collection of temporary fill-ins handling the center job for now -- left tackle K.