SmashMouth

The 2019 LSU football team undeniably featured one of the best receiver groups in college football, and a large part of that success stemmed from the use of a robotic quarterback.

A 6-foot, 350-pound passing machine called The Seeker is “far more sophisticated” than a normal passing machine. Passes are fired at 100 mph, and receiving routes can be programmed into a touchscreen interface.

The Seeker can throw six balls in 10 seconds, and it can make five or six more passes than a regular passing machine. It’s safe to say the advanced level the trio of LSU’s 2019 receivers played at during the season has a lot to do with this advanced device.


The 2019 LSU football team undeniably featured one of the best receiver groups in college football, and a large part of that success stemmed from the use of a robotic quarterback.

A 6-foot, 350-pound passing machine called The Seeker is “far more sophisticated” than a normal passing machine. Passes are fired at 100 mph, and receiving routes can be programmed into a touchscreen interface.

The Seeker can throw six balls in 10 seconds, and it can make five or six more passes than a regular passing machine. It’s safe to say the advanced level the trio of LSU’s 2019 receivers played at during the season has a lot to do with this advanced device.

“They loved it,” LSU Director of Athletic Training Jack Marucci told SDS. “It was a unique device and nobody had it at the time … they all experienced it, they all used it, they did all the testing with the device to look at how they catch the ball. I’d say positively they enjoyed it. It made it more fun to do the work.”

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Wonder if the Saints got wind of this? Does this mean SP will draft more LSU players?

Boston Saint

They did indeed have a robotic passing machine...Jeaux Burreaux!

AsylumGuido

I don't see the impression that the Saints ignore LSU players in the draft. Let's look at it this way ...

1.) There are 778 colleges and universities in the United States with football programs according to footballfoundation.org as of June 28, 2018.

2.) Over the past twenty years those 778 sources have provided approximately 5,120 players to the NFL via the draft (20 years times 256 players).

3.) Over the past twenty years there have been 120 LSU players drafted. That comes out to an average of six LSU players drafted per year.

4.) In those last twenty years 2.3% of the players drafted have been from LSU.

5.) Over the last twenty years the Saints have drafted approximately 140 players.

6.) Over the last twenty years the Saints have drafted three LSU players.

7.) Over the last twenty years 2.14% of the players the Saints have drafted have been from LSU. That's pretty much the league average. That means they are likely right about the median as far as drafting LSU players compared to the rest of the league. Half the teams have probably drafted more LSU players and half the teams have probably drafted less.

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” — Winston Churchill

Rugby Saint II

Robots playing football might take all the athletes Air time to bring up their grievances. How would we know what to think?