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LSU Early Season Progress Report Grades

Senior Writer Written on September 30, 2008

We’ve gotten through September, and LSU has a bye week before taking on three tough October dates with Florida and Carolina on the road before returning home to face Georgia on the 25th. Let’s take a look at the one-month progress report grades for the Tigers...

Quarterback: B-

This is still a question mark since the play of Jarrett Lee and Andrew Hatch has been consistently inconsistent. But the Tigers get a jump in letter from C to B- with a great second half at Auburn.

No doubt Lee has more physical talent than Hatch, especially in the arm strength department, but Hatch brings nice mobility and seniority for a change of pace.

Running Backs: A

Two words: Charles Scott. Scott is the answer to the question of who would replace Jacob Hester in the backfield as the guy who gets the tough yards. Actually, Scott not only gets the tough short conversions—he also gets the long highlight runs and all yards in between.

He’s a large part of the big discrepancy in rushing yards between LSU and their opponents. LSU has outgained its opponents 884-363 this season.

Scott is averaging 133 yards per game and 7.5 yards per carry. That’s useful.

Wide Receivers and Tight Ends: C+

Maybe I’m a little too hard on the WRs. They’ve done their jobs and haven’t made too many mistakes, but at the same time they haven’t overwhelmed me either.

The guy carrying this group right now is Brandon LaFell. In most statistical categories, LaFell is doubling the stats of any other WR.

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