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Chris Faulk Latest LSU Player To Declare For NFL Draft; Double-Digit Early Departures For The Tigers

nfl-draft-podium-tightOffensive Lineman Chris Faulk is the latest player from LSU to announce he’s making an early departure from school to take his talents to the NFL.  Faulk only played one game in 2012 for LSU before tearing knee ligaments in practice.

Faulk joins nine other LSU players who’ve decided to forego their senior seasons:

Defensive ends Barkevious Mingo and Sam Montgomery

Defensive tackle Bennie Logan

Linebacker Kevin Minter

Safety Eric Reid

Cornerback Tharold Simon

Running backs Spencer Ware and Michael Ford

Punter Brad Wing

The list of players taking their talents to the NFL climbs to 11 when you count cornerback Tyrann Mathieu, kicked off the team in August.  That many early departures is thought to be the most ever from one school in one NFL draft.

Mingo, Montgomery, Logan and Reid are all thought to be first-round picks.  The most juniors LSU has ever had drafted in one year was three.

Mike Detiller, publisher of the NFL Draft Report, tells the Shreveport Times, “”LSU is turning into the new Miami U. as far as the draft.”

 


3 comments
GeoffDawg
GeoffDawg

What is going on over at LSU? This is like rats escaping the Titanic. Wouldn’t normally read into juniors leaving early but these numbers are a bit shocking. Especially when you consider that many of these players aren’t going to have high draft grades.

gumborue
gumborue

 @GeoffDawg simon has mouths to feed.  ware and ford were passed on depth chart.  wing will be drafted and that says a lot for a punter.  faulk was probably influenced by a lsu OL ciron black who was in a similar situation a couple years ago.  he came back and got injured---draft position plummeted.   this is really just a symptom of lsu having tons of great juniors.

gumborue
gumborue

this is the one that hurts.  still its tough to blame him, with 4th round money at $2.5 mil now.

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