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It has been something LSU All-American Derek Stingley Jr. has not been accustomed to hearing. When he signed at LSU in December of 2018 as the consensus No. 1 cornerback in the nation, the Tigers were about to finish the season at 10-3 with a win over Central Florida in the Fiesta Bowl. As a freshman the next season, LSU went 15-0 and won the national championship. Then the Tigers dipped to 5-5 last year. "A lot of people talking bad about us, saying we're not any good and that we're not going anywhere," Stingley said Monday at the SEC Media Days. "I heard a lot of bad things. It was different, especially after my freshman year when everything went right." LSU, which opens the season Sept. 4 against UCLA in Pasadena, California, will try to change that view immediately. "We're coming into this year to prove a point that we at LSU are still in this conversation," Stingley said. "We're still one of the top schools. Everybody has a chip on their shoulder. We're going to be playing with an edge."

LSU coach Ed Orgeron has noticed that approach from Stingley and others. "Something's going on in the locker room," he said. "Something's going on. Our players believe in each other." Individually, Stingley did not have the same season in 2020 he enjoyed in 2019 either. After leading the SEC with six interceptions and finishing second in the nation in passes defended with 21 through 15 starts, Stingley played in only seven games because of injuries and illness in 2020. He missed the opener after being rushed to the hospital the night before the game. Stingley finished 2020 with no interceptions and just five passes defended as opposing quarterbacks found success going away from Stingley. "I know I can play better," he said. "I'm going into this season healthier." - Lafayette Daily Advertiser

(DS#2 CB) Jr/2022

CB *Derek Stingley Jr., LSU
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07/22/21 - Jayden Daniels, rSr/2024, LSU, 6-3, 210 (DS#2 QB) + More +

Quarterback Jayden Daniels and the Arizona State Sun Devils figure to rebound from a tumultuous 2020 season that had more to do with extreme circumstances of a pandemic than any individual players' performances. He leads an ASU squad that is expected to be in the heart of the Pac-12 South mix thanks to a defense with almost all of its starters returning and an offense that has proven talent at every position group save for receiver. Even compared to the college football world at large, few teams can line up with the experience of Arizona State's roster. With that, expect Daniels, defensive tackle Jermayne Lole, center Dohnovan West, fifth-year cornerback Chase Lucas and others to pop up on more than a few of college football's many preseason award watch lists for 2021. - Arizona Sports.com

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QB Jayden Daniels, LSU
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07/21/21 - *Derek Stingley Jr., Jr/2022, LSU, 6-0, 188 (DS#2 CB) + More +

LSU cornerbacks Derek Stingley Jr. and Eli Ricks have been named to the watch list for the 85th annual Chuck Bednarik Award, the Maxwell Football Club announced Monday. The award is given annually to the nation's top defensive player. A total of 90 players were named to the watch list. Wide receiver Kayshon Boutte was also named to the Maxwell Award watch list, given annually to the nation's most outstanding player. Stingley, a junior who prepped at The Dunham School and represented LSU Monday here at SEC Media Days, is seeking to join former Tigers cornerback Tommy Casanova (1969-71) as the program's only three-time All-Americans. - Baton Rouge Advocate

(DS#2 CB) Jr/2022

CB *Derek Stingley Jr., LSU
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07/19/21 - Jayden Daniels, rSr/2024, LSU, 6-3, 210 (DS#2 QB) + More +

With 20 starters returning, there are lofty expectations in the Arizona State football program this season. So not surprisingly, junior quarterback Jayden Daniels and senior corner Chase Lucas have been named to preseason awards watch lists at their respective positions. Daniels has made the Maxwell Award Watch List for the third time. The returning captain has been the starter since his first game as a freshman and has come up big with games on the line. He is credited with 877 passing yards in the fourth quarter of games in his career, 14th among Power Five quarterbacks since 2019. - Arizona Republic

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QB Jayden Daniels, LSU
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06/17/21 - *Derek Stingley Jr., Jr/2022, LSU, 6-0, 188 (DS#2 CB) + More +

LSU kicker Cade York and cornerbacks Derek Stingley Jr. and Eli Ricks have been named to the Walter Camp Preseason All-America Team, the organization announced Thursday. Stingley and York were named first-team All-America. Ricks was named second-team. Stingley, a Dunham School graduate, has been a first-team All-America selection after both his freshman and sophomore seasons in Baton Rouge, and, if he is selected again after the 2021 season, he'll join former defensive back Tommy Casanova as LSU's only three-time first-team All-Americans in school history. Stingley enters his junior season with the expectation that he will emerge as one of the top prospects for the upcoming NFL draft. - Baton Rouge Advocate

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CB *Derek Stingley Jr., LSU
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05/18/21 - Major Burns, rSr/2025, LSU, 6-2, 207 (DS#17 SS) + More +

Defensive back Major Burns, who played his freshman season at Georgia in 2020, announced Tuesday that he will transfer to LSU. Burns, who played at Madison Prep Academy in Baton Rouge, La., put it quite simply. As a freshman at Georgia, he played in six games and made five tackles. He entered the transfer portal two weeks ago. In high school, he committed to both LSU and Texas A&M before decommitting and ultimately choosing the Bulldogs. He was a four-star prospect and ranked as the No. 13 safety in the country in the 2020 class by the 247Sports composite. - Marietta Daily Journal

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SS Major Burns, LSU
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05/12/21 - *Derek Stingley Jr., Jr/2022, LSU, 6-0, 188 (DS#2 CB) + More +

Star LSU cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. will wear the coveted No. 7 jersey this season. The university announced the number change Tuesday afternoon in a social media post, which included highlights of the former No. 24 that show why the All-American defensive back will join the long list of star defenders to wear the number. Former LSU quarterback TJ Finley opens up about transfer decision, seeking 'best fit for me' The 6-foot-1, 195-pound junior has lived up to his five-star billing in his two seasons in Baton Rouge. Stingley, a Dunham School graduate, has twice been named first-team All-Southeastern Conference and was named a consensus All-American as a true freshman in 2019, when LSU won its fourth national championship in school history.

Stingley missed three games because of injury and non-coronavirus related sickness as a sophomore in 2020. By that point, some believed it was possible he'd be wearing No. 7 already. Former free safety JaCoby Stevens wore the number last season, and, after departing for the NFL draft, Stingley becomes the most recent star defender to receive the honor. "Derek is very deserving of following in the footsteps of some of the great players in LSU history in wearing the No. 7 jersey," LSU coach Ed Orgeron said in a statement. "Derek is an outstanding young man from right here in Baton Rouge who represents our program with tremendous character and a desire to make all of those around him better." - Baton Rouge Advocate

(DS#2 CB) Jr/2022

CB *Derek Stingley Jr., LSU
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05/11/21 - Jayden Daniels, rSr/2024, LSU, 6-3, 210 (DS#2 QB) + More +

Early odds for who could go No. 1 overall in the 2022 NFL draft are out and some of the names in the Top 10 are very familiar ones for Arizona football fans. PointsBet has Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler, a former Phoenix Pinnacle High standout, No. 1 in its odds to be the top pick at +225. USC QB Kedon Slovis, a former Scottsdale Desert Mountain star, is fifth at +1000. Arizona State quarterback Jayden Daniels is tied for eighth at +2000 in odds to be the overall No. 1 pick in 2022. BetMGM lists Rattler second in its odds at +300, with Slovis fourth at +800. Daniels is not listed by that sportsbook as a possibility to go No. 1 overall. - Arizona Republic

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QB Jayden Daniels, LSU
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05/05/21 - Welton Spottsville, Sr/2025, LSU, 6-0, 222 (DS#999 OLB) + More +

North Carolina announced defensive back Welton Spottsville has entered the transfer portal. The 5-foot-11 rising junior appeared in 22 games the past two seasons for the Tar Heels with the majority of his playing time spent on special teams. The Heels recruited Spottsville as a receiver out of Havelock (N.C.) High School, where he racked up more than 1,000 receiving yards as a senior and helped lead his team to the 2018 3-A state semifinals. He was rated the No. 32 player in the state by Rivals.com in the Class of 2018. He converted to the secondary before his sophomore season, working mainly as a nickel back. In Carolina's spring game, Spottsville was working behind rising junior Giovanni Biggers on the second unit. The Heels' secondary, if healthy, should be one of the deepest units on the team. - Raleigh News Observer

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OLB Welton Spottsville, LSU
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05/05/21 - Zach Von Rosenberg, Sr/2021, LSU, 6-4, 235 (DS#7 P) + More +

Former LSU punter Zach Von Rosenberg agreed to an undrafted free agent deal with the Minnesota Vikings, his agent announced Monday afternoon. He became the ninth LSU player to land with his first NFL team either through the draft or free agency this offseason, and he will join former Tigers wide receiver Justin Jefferson, who recorded 1,400 yards receiving in his rookie season with the Vikings last year. At 30 years old, 6-foot-5 and 245 pounds, LSU's former punter racked up accolades as a four-year starter for the Tigers. In the 2020 season he punted 59 times, the most in the Southeastern Conference and second-most in all of college football. - Baton Rouge Advocate

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P Zach Von Rosenberg, LSU
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05/04/21 - *Tyler Shelvin, rJr/2021, LSU, 6-2, 350 (DS#8 DT) + More +

LSU managed seven selections in the 2021 NFL Draft that concluded Saturday - half of its 14 total in 2020 that tied Ohio State for the record in the seven-round format last year. But the Tigers are at least getting the band back together in Cincinnati as two rookies are joining 2020 overall first pick and starting quarterback Joe Burrow. Defensive tackle Tyler Shelvin of Lafayette was picked in the fourth round Saturday by Cincinnati after wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase was the fifth player selected in the first round on Thursday by the Bengals. "I'm getting back with my brothers and ready to go back to work," Shelvin said after going to Cincinnat. "I talked to Ja'Marr but not Joe yet," he said. "I know he probably is busy somewhere. But I know he'll probably call me. Me and Ja'Marr are very close, and we're both ready to get to work. I can't wait." Shelvin made 26 solo tackles and 39 overall with three for losses in 14 starts in 2019 when LSU won the national title at 15-0 with Burrow and Chase directing the offense. - Shreveport Times

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DT *Tyler Shelvin, LSU
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05/01/21 - *JaMarr Chase, Jr/2021, LSU, 6-0, 201 (DS#1 WR) + More +

Ja'Marr Chase being picked to the Cincinnati Bengals at No. 5 wasn't exactly a surprise, but a text from the LSU star's former quarterback offered a bit of hint. "Get your bags packed," Burrow texted his former teammate before the draft, as relayed by Chase after his selection. It only took Chase a few words to get to his excitement about the reunion as he spoke to ESPN's Suzy Kolber on stage. "It's a blessing coming true, being out here with my family, you know, especially having this great experience," Chase said. "But for the most part I can't wait to get to work with Joe...I'm ready to work."

The biggest roadblock to the reunion was likely the Atlanta Falcons at No. 4. When Atlanta picked Florida tight end Kyle Pitts at that slot, the crowd at Chase's watch party in New Orleans cheered, according to a report from NOLA.com's Rod Walker. The pick marked the first time since 2007 the same team picked LSU players in the first round of back-to-back drafts. - Baton Rouge Advocate

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WR *JaMarr Chase, LSU
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04/30/21 - *Derek Stingley Jr., Jr/2022, LSU, 6-0, 188 (DS#2 CB) + More +

The unofficial start to college football season is less than three months away. The SEC on Wednesday announced its coach appearance schedule for its 2021 football media days, which the conference previously revealed would be held July 19-22. Alabama coach Nick Saban will speak to reporters Wednesday, while Auburn's Bryan Harsin will make the rounds Thursday. The event will be held in Hoover at the Hyatt Regency hotel, which has hosted 18 of the past 19 seasons' media days. The conference had been set to move its football media days to Atlanta in 2020, but that was canceled because the COVID-19 pandemic. Its 2022 site has not been announced. - Birmingham News

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CB *Derek Stingley Jr., LSU
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04/16/21 - Austin Deculus, rSr/2022, LSU, 6-5, 322 (DS#34 OT) + More +

LSU's depth on the offensive line is very similar to how experienced the unit was going into the 2019 season. The Tigers returned four starters from the 2018 season and thrived in the team's transition to a modern spread offense. Now, thanks to the NCAA's COVID-19 extended eligibility ruling, every starter from the 2020 season decided to return. Austin Deculus will be a fourth-year starter at right tackle, and, a year after being the only returning starter up front, he says this veteran group has what it takes to reclaim the Joe Moore Award for nation's top offensive line. Expect left tackle Dare Rosenthal, left guard Ed Ingram and center Liam Shanahan to have their positions locked up. Each of them could've left for the NFL and more than likely all have been selected somewhere in the draft. - Baton Rouge Advocate

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OT Austin Deculus, LSU
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04/11/21 - *JaMarr Chase, Jr/2021, LSU, 6-0, 201 (DS#1 WR) + More +

Star LSU wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase will attend the NFL draft in person in Cleveland, which means the highly rated prospect will participate in the league's ceremonious return to its more usual fanfare after the coronavirus pandemic forced the annual event to be done virtually last year. Chase is projected to be a high first-round pick, and some mock drafts have him going as high as No. 5 overall to the Cincinnati Bengals, where he'd rejoin former LSU teammate Joe Burrow, or No. 6 overall to the Miami Dolphins. The NFL announced last month that the draft, which takes place April 29 until May 1, will be held in iconic Cleveland locations, including FirstEnergy Stadium, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Great Lakes Science Center. - Baton Rouge Advocate

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WR *JaMarr Chase, LSU
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