LSU No. 3 for most 2017 NFL Draft talent
 

LSU is ranked No. 3 in college football programs with the most talent in the upcoming 2017 NFL Draft, according to NFL.com.

The Tigers came in behind only No. 1 Michigan and Alabama with 12 players listed as likely draft picks.

Here is what NFL.com said about the Tigers:

"It's another talent-filled draft class for the Tigers, who have had the second-most players selected in the draft since 2005 (72, only behind USC's 78). Jamal Adams and Leonard Fournette could give the school two top-five selections for the first time since 1960 (Billy Cannon, Johnny Robinson).

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Malachi Dupre and Davon Godchaux could prove to be excellent second- or third-round steals if team needs and the stacked underclassmen group prevent them from being called as early as expected."

Early rounds: S Jamal Adams, WR Malachi Dupre, RB Leonard Fournette, C Ethan Pocic
Middle rounds: LB Kendell Beckwith (injury), WR Travin Duval, DL Davon Godchaux, CB Tre'Davious White
Late rounds: OG Josh Boutte, TE Colin Jeter, DE Lewis Neal, LB Duke Riley

Another possible draft pick is Tigers defensive back Dwayne Thomas.

Since Saints don't draft LSU, no matter

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that is a lot of players the saints wont draft.

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Or keep, even if they do somehow slip through the cracks. In fairness, many of those positions in the upper lot shouldn't really be on our wish list anyways.

Get ready for the butt hurt Tigers...

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I'm a Ole Miss fan anyway but the Tiggers do have a OG thats not bad. I wanted Alexander last year off their O line. In all fairness the Falcons got a pretty good lb. from them that totally flew under my radar. Some good talent has come out of there, I can't really knock them but I'm no fan either.

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And Delta State has 2 potential UDFA prospects...

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yall mean to tell me if fournette falls to 11 payton won't grab his arse. do yall remember deuce on the loose who i believe helped change the culture of our struggling franchise back when. I know payton came later but deuce was a bull to recon with. mark ingram could bring good value in trade. lol i hope i'm not starting a war here, but sean is no lsu buff so no matter . i'm a fill a need guy in the draft. but BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE, never hurts a team.

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Yeah and cross your fingers LF doesn't end up somewhere like Carolina where we would face him twice a year.

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Best player available for one team is a waste of a pick for another. Our needs are so far more for the uglies up front that can make holes for the RB, that close up the holes for the other team's RB and the LBs that put the hammer to those RBs... Hell, I'd even argue that we should pick a very good TE before considering a RB.

Sorry, but LF is far from the second coming. He was average at best against good teams. His stats are mostly against the bottom feeders. Anybody still remember Brady Quinn?

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CB Tre'Davious White is my sleeper pick.

He is electric on special teams and a solid cover corner.

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As least 12 of them. :shock:

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Bama is the only defense that has stopped him, so I suppose that every RB that has faced Bama the last couple years is average?

You can evaluate players from a box score. Some of the most impressive runs I saw him make were against Bama and he just back to the line of scrimmage. That defense was keyed up for the entire season, waiting for the LSU game. You can't fault him for that, not when his O-Line gets blown off the ball every snap for four quarters.

Fournette is a generational talent. I only recall one dropped pass his 3 years at LSU. He spent the summer working on pass blocking. I recall several plays where he saw a defender some free and he improvised to pick him up. Nothing as big as he is should move as fast as he does. They expect him to run a 4.3/40. If he does, he's gone by the 5th pick. To say LF is "average" against good teams is kind of funny to me.

Woe to the teams that skip him with their pick. If Fournette and a very good edge rusher are available, I take the edge rusher. If the best edge rusher isn't top notch, I take Fournette.

In saying all of that ... give me Barnett 11 :p.

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Leonard Fournette isn't even the best running back in this class...

And I'd be pissed if we spent a first or second round pick on a RB...

There are some good LSU players, Pocic or Adams, Ethan in the second round would be intriguing...

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we'll find out if panties get him which is not far fetched.the rbs are getting long in the tooth?

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I can't see Fournette making it past Jacksonville.

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I would put a TE above a rb. also.

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I would too.

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No. 3?
Ironically thats also their yearly SEC ranking.:p

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If Guice were available, I'd take him over LF. He fits our offense better. But that's a moot point. I'm hoping for a stud lineman to fall into our lap.

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I don't usually have faith in the players coming out of LSU. I don't watch them but they scare me like the Alabama players who play well in their dominant college system. I'm not comfortable with them making the transition to the NFL and spending a high draft pick because I'm worried about them being able to contribute early.jmho

Edit: However, this year I like C Ethan Pocic, LB Kendell Beckwith and CB Tre'Davious White. I wouldn't mind seeing these guys in black and gold because they have a high ceiling and lots of potential.

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several of these guys would be upgrades