BATON ROUGE, La. -- The comparisons were inevitable between Deion Jones and Duke Riley, even if springtime questions about whether Riley wanted to follow in his departed teammate’s shoes were a bit silly.
"Of course I do," Riley said of Jones, who became a Butkus Award finalist last year in his lone season as an LSU starter and went to the Atlanta Falcons in the second round of the 2016 NFL draft. "Look at the things Deion did when he was here. Look at the things he’s doing now. Who wouldn’t want to make plays like he is, and who wouldn’t want to be the guy he’s being on and off the field -- no off-the-field issues and handling things and everything the right way?