Who will STEP UP in the WR Room in Lane Kiffin's FIRST Fall Camp with LSU Football?

But um, but on on the Sam Levitt conversation, I, of course, Lane is going to have is say the the health because I think he like, like what I said, everything is gone according to schedule. Like that's the thing. There haven't been anything that was like when people freaked out about the screws coming out. It was like, look, that was planned. We that was always going to be him not being a part of spring was always a part of the deal. Right. And so I'm just so interested to go ahead, that just goes to show how snake vitilis you it was. You do understand he has one more surgery left. He can't be part of spring, right? And that is that's and that's how it's going down. Everything's been according to schedule. He's ready for fall camp. And that's when I'll be intrigued. Once we get out there, we can see him and you kind of see how things are going. That's when it'll be interesting to see what the conversations are around Leavitt because of course he needs to build his relationship, his chemistry and the timing with this group of receivers and tight ends. Wyatt will start with the wide receiver groups. Go ahead and let everyone know who is in these rooms for the Tigers at wide receiver and tight end. Yeah. So I think the the top guys projected in the rotation for me at least you've got Jace Brown obviously coming over from Kansas State, Jackson Harris coming over from Hawaii, Trey Wilson coming over from Florida, Winnie Watkins coming over from Ole Miss and then Trey Brown coming over from Old Dominion. And then you've got some lower rated guys from the transfer portal that may be able to make an impact. We've seen a lot of these transportal guys that Lane Kiffin's gone and got that are maybe lower rated in the portal that have made big impact. Not necessarily at wide receiver, but like you talk about Trinidad Chambliss, Kwon Lacey obviously and then Trey Harris was really good a few years ago. But you've got Tyree Holloway coming over from West Florida, Roman Mothershed from Troy, Josh Jackson from McNeese, Malik Elzey from Illinois. And then you've got the only actual returner from last year, Phillip Wright. And then you've got three freshmen in the room, Brayden Allen, Jabari Mack and Corey Barber who finished as a five star. Very interesting to see him at fall camp, see if he can maybe make a push because I do think there's a sense like Lane Kiffin talks about it so much specifically yesterday about the competition in the room. He's not making promises to anyone coming into the program. So if Corey Barber is a guy, he's obviously got five star talent. If that's one of your best three to four receivers coming out of fall camp, they're not going to hesitate to put him on the field because they're gonna give LSU the best chance to win the football game. Yeah, no, I think so. Jabari Mack too, obviously popped a good bit during spring camp, excited to see. And you bring up Phillip Wright as the lone returner and that's my favorite thing about the offensive side of the ball for LSU this year is when you see those guys that are returners, there's a reason. You know, like with LSU, Lane Kiffin, when they came in, they wiped the slate clean offensively. They held on to a couple of guys and it was not, like Phillip Wright's not still here on accident. Right. You know, like there were, I mean, like Kyle Parker had a great season last year. You would have thought would have stayed at LSU potentially, right? Didn't, like they let a guy like that leave, but they hold on to Phillip Wright. There's a reason. And that's what I'm excited to see. I think this, this room is deep. They've got guys that do different things extremely well, like just to go through some of the measurables, Jace Brown is 5'11", 175. Trey Wilson's 5'11", 190. Then you have Jackson Harris, 6'2", 202, right? You have Trey Brown, 6'2", 190. Winnie Watkins, 5'10", 182. Like those, those guys are your top names in the room and they have different builds, different skill sets, and all are going to be a huge piece of what this offense does as well as some of these guys down the list. A guy that popped big time during spring camp, 6'5", 207 pounds, and runs 20 miles per hour, Roman Mothershed, right? Like a guy that they found that didn't have the craziest stats at Troy, but they found and see the potential he has. You have Tyree Holloway, 6'1", 190, Josh Jackson, 6'2", 199, Elsie, 6'2", 214. Like you have guys that fill different roles and can do different things. We're super excited about what that room could be. And then of course you have that tight end room that we'll get to as well. But super excited to see this wide receiver room. And I just think there are questions, right? Because you had the opportunity, you could have maybe dropped a $5 million bag at Cam Coleman to go get the one, right? Make a statement. You have a wide receiver one. You look at this room and you don't really go, hey, that's my, that's the one. That's the guy. Instead, you have a lot of different guys with different skill sets, different sizes, but all fit this scheme and this system extremely well. And you have the offensive minds that allow for you to say, you know what? I'm confident what Lane Kiffin, Charlie Weiss, and this offense can build around these guys. What is everyone's number one question at wide receiver going into fall camp to kind of witness over the next couple of weeks before the season starts? With Trades Green withstanding, who will be your de facto one, I guess, because I don't think that this is something that Lane Kiffin does, but I'm going through his receiving leaders from last year. Like, who do you think, what do you think the leading amount of receptions were for Lane Kiffin? Probably Schrebelinger, Deuce Alexander. It was Harrison. This is- Oh, Harrison Wallace? Yes. Okay. This is a- And what's the number? It's for AI after seeing some other AIs, where it's like, oh, that's a big computer. That's a scary computer. Harrison Wallace III with 61 catches, 934 yards and four touchdowns, 15 yards a catch. So 61 being the leading reception number. Yes. And so I just think the- Very interesting. For LSU, it's always been, you got a guy. Of course. Or two. Yeah, or two. Or two. Yeah, you're right. And so for this year, it feels like this is very much a Lane Kiffin wide receiver room where you have Harrison Wallace with 61 catches for 934 yards, four touchdowns, as I said. Deshawn Schrebelinger, 55 catches, 811 yards, six touchdowns. Deuce Alexander, 44 catches, 684 yards, two touchdowns. Caden Lee, 44 catches, 635, three touchdowns. And one, Woody Watkins, who has now made his way to Baton Rouge with 26 catches, 373 yards and a touchdown. But he was a freshman. Yep. And so I'm just interested to see how that distribution works with these guys that we haven't seen played before. Not a single one of them. And funny enough, what was the- go through the yard numbers again for those guys. Just the top three. 900, 800, 600. And I'd say 934, 811, and 684. Last year, LSU's leading receiver was Barryon Brown with 53 catches and 500 yards. Kill me. And then second was 488, 41 catches, Davion Thomas, trade-ins, 33 catches, 433 yards. Go to the yearbook, he'd do the year before, just to have some sort of context. It's just funny to see Barryon Brown- dude, this freaking fly is killing me. We know, we've seen Barryon Brown in the open field and how fast he can be. For a guy like that to average just 10 yards a reception is such a massive indictment on the offensive. Oh, 100%. That's a guy who should average double that. He should average 20 yards a catch. He should have been a- realistically, he should have been looking at going the first three rounds. Yes. 100%. In 24, you had Aaron Anderson, 61 catches for 884 yards, Kyron Lacy, 58 catches for 866 yards, Mason Taylor, 55 for 546, CJ Daniels, 42 for 480. So you see a spread there, and then you have two guys in Anderson and Lacy that were 61 and 58 on catches, and 884, 866, both averaging 15 yards a catch. And then Lacy had 9 touchdowns, Aaron Anderson had 5. You saw them spreading around then, and I think with this group, that's what will be intriguing to see. How much- because it feels like that room is uber deep. They're going to be able to mix in so many guys that do similar things. How much do they substitute? How many- because Malik Yelsey is a guy I didn't think about a whole bunch when they got him out of the portal, performed great during spring. How much- Roman Mothershed, he pops when you watch him play football, and so it's like, how much are these guys going to play? Because you anticipate Brown, Watkins, Harris, Harris, you expect those guys to play. But you also have these other guys. How much do they sub in and out, I think will be very interesting. But it was cool to hear Glenn bring up the receivers a little bit there when he was talking just how much they're going to mix in some of these guys. In addition to, I think, the number one wide receiver people are going to talk about is your tight end in Trae Des Green. You also have Trae Des Green, Malachi Thomas, J.D. Floor, and Zach Grace all in that tight end room. But I anticipate Trae Des will get to be split out wide and play wide receiver a little bit more than he was back in the Sloan BK offense here with Kiffin and Charlie Weiss Jr. If I were to tell you to name one guy, or ask you to name one guy outside of Trae Des that you anticipate to be the biggest impact receiver for LSU, kind of just anticipating an answer to your question, Lloyd, which was, who's the guy that steps up outside of Trae Des? If I were to tell you to name a guy, who would you say? I know who I want it to be. Because I just look at a piece of paper, and I look at the numbers on it, and I look at all of these numbers on it, and all of these names on it, and one certainly stands out. And it just feels like, if you figure this thing out, that would be quite the weapon at Roman Mothershed at 6-5-2-10, sounds like a recruit from the video game. It's like, who is this? Gotta get him. And he just has, the production is just bizarre, but I don't, I've seen Troy play a couple of times. Yeah. One of which I did not like. Bad memory. We got our third string running back in to get carried on. That's one you black out at. You should black out at that one. I was working for Northwestern State, and I watched it on my phone, and they're like, oh, I didn't know you cared so much about this game, and I'm like, not watching this one that I'm currently attending. But I just think the numbers are so bizarre, but considering of what, like, the measurables are, so if you can crack that code, I think you have a legitimate, like, maybe star on your hands. Yeah. See, I was gonna go with who I wanted to be, but I don't know, because he's just so, I mean, he flashed at Florida, he's injured a lot, like, Trey Wilson, like, he is the most talented receiver on this team, outside of Trey Dez, I think he's probably got the highest ceiling. Now, his floor, though, I don't think his floor is what a Winnie Watkins or a Jackson Harris floor will be, of like, consistently catching it, a safety valve for Sam Levitt, but like, what we kind of saw in spring, but I definitely think Trey Wilson is, like, he's dynamic, like, he is a playmaker, game breaker, like, you get this guy, the ball in space, like, bad things gonna happen for the defense, it's gonna be bad. No, I mean, like, because he, he did, I mean, outside of the injury question marks that happened at Florida, I mean, some of his numbers, especially that freshman season, when he played the most and was the healthiest, I mean, he played in 10 games, he had 61 catches, 538 yards and 6 touchdowns in addition to 6 carries for 55 yards, you know, and he's also dynamic in the special teams game as a returner. I think he's very intriguing because, like, LSU's best receiver last year, I know Berrion had the best stats, I would say Xavion Thomas was probably the best receiver outside of Trey Dez Green, he was a weapon, a Swiss Army knife, he was used in all these different ways, I think that's what I'll be interested to see with Eugene Wilson, how different do they use him, like, how many different areas, does he get brought into the backfield for a handoff or get used on these jet sweep in and around type plays, like, how many ways do they use him outside of just being split out wide and played receiver wide, who would be your selection? Trey Wilson would have been my pick, I mean, I agree with Christian, like, I love his potential, it's just the injury thing, right, when he's on the field, that is an electric playmaker that Lane Kiffin can turn into, like, a first, second day pick in the NFL draft, but since he was taken, I'm going to go with Jackson Harris, I think he's kind of flown under the radar a little bit this offseason, you look at it, he's got the best numbers from last season of anybody in that room, 49 catches for 900 yards, that's almost 20 yards a catch, and 12 touchdowns in only 11 games, he averaged, that's 19.7, Lane Kiffin loves to throw those one-on-one go balls, if he can go and make those contested catches, that's going to be a massive part of the offense, and I think just from a physical standpoint, he's going to have to play, because he's one of, like, if you look at a lot of the guys, Jace Brown's under six foot, Trey Wilson's under six foot, Winnie Watkins is under six foot, so those guys I don't think are going to be as dependable on the outside, I think when you look at the outside, like that X receiver, I think that a lot of the times is going to be Jackson Harris, maybe you see Trey Des split out there a little bit, but I think Jackson Harris is going to play a massive part in this offense, and I think he's kind of flying under the radar right now because of the Hawaii thing, but I don't care about that, I think he's going to be really good. Yeah, no, I'm going to go with the layup of an answer, because it just hasn't been brought up yet, I'm going to say Jace Brown, because, I mean, watching him during spring, some of the videos he put out, I mean, he is smooth, like as a route runner, he's probably the best route runner, he's experienced, but he is kind of the interesting mix of he's a deep threat guy, but he also can be east and west. That's my favorite thing about this receiver room, you bring up Jackson Harris, 20 yards per catch, right, you see Trey Brown, 20 yards per catch, at Old Dominion last year, like you see these guys that are the deep threat, I think that Jace Brown is in that mix as well, because he averaged 17.1 yards per reception, but he also has the ability, similar to a Winnie Watkins, a Eugene Wilson, to be an east-west type of threat, as well as a deep threat, and that's what I think is going to be so interesting about him, is how versatile he is. He can run, go get the deep ball, but he can also be kind of an end-around screen type guy as well, they've done such a good job building this room with guys that do different things so well, that can take the top off of a defense, but also can create and be dynamic, like a Eugene Wilson, like a Winnie Watkins. I also think Winnie's an interesting one, because he is the most familiar with the system, and that was very apparent during spring. That's what I'll be most interested to see going into fall now, that there's been an entire spring, there's been the summer, how many guys have now gotten more comfortable on the system, the pace, the tempo, that Winnie was already extremely comfortable with, and that's not a discredit to his talent, because he's extremely talented. I think there's the popular YouTuber Destroying, he was the kicker that got kicked off of UCF for starting a YouTube channel, and he got super popular doing different football things, but he did a video at LSU, and Winnie Watkins looked unbelievable in the one-on-ones that they were running, you saw the talent, the ability that he had, so you match that with his experience in the system, and then just developing, man, it's going to be exciting to see these guys, and I think that is one of the top storylines going into spring, that's why Glenn brought it up, not spring, fall, because you just don't know, right, there's so many different guys, there's so many weapons, how much do they substitute, how much do they mix these guys in, how do they use a Roman Mothershed who's 6'5", a true-axe like Jackson Harris at 6'2", 202, but then mix in a guy like Malik Elzy, who really showed up kind of on down the stretch during spring, he's 6'2", 214, right, I mean, that's no slouch, you know, you've got all these different guys that can do different things, extremely excited to see how the receiver room steps up, but the number one name that'll be discussed when it comes to being a pass catcher for LSU is number 14, potentially number 7, 6'7", 237, and it seems like the country is kind of, you know, if they weren't fully sold on the Trades Green pitch last year, with what you saw him do against Clemson, and then the play against Vanderbilt, he dominated South Carolina, played extremely well, huge, huge one-handed catch against Houston in that bowl game, you saw all those flashes, it feels like he's kind of been dubbed by the nation as like the next breakout star, like coming out of SEC media days, I listened to Crane and Cone, Jake Crane over with on three, you know, he put out his top offenses in the country, LSU was slated at number 7, Jake actually had him at number 2, and one of the first names, the first name that comes out of everybody's mouth is Sam Levin, the second one that they say is Trades Green, and if you haven't seen The Odyssey, he, you might not get the comparison, but he basically said that Trades Green is who Odysseus runs into in that cave in the movie, who is, you know, a cyclops that's a giant, basically, like. Great, great in the water. Yeah, but Trades Green, you talk about the phrase just different, I think there's a name you'd put on it, it's 14, you watch him walk around media days, you listen to people talk about him, look at Nick Saban's face when Trades Green's name comes up when they're talking to Lane Kiffin, it's like, he's a walking mismatch, he's just different than every other football player on the field. It's awesome because it's so true, because when you see him, you're like, oh, what do you do? Right. And the first thing would be like, oh, do you play basketball? And it says no, football, and you're like, Jesus Christ, because there's some of those guys that are built like that, and you're like, probably not any good, you just play football to play football, and it's like, Trades is, and I'm really good at this, and it's like, you would think that, I don't know if the sport's just changing, but it's like, this is a unicorn, or it's like, you don't see what this man looks like very often, and it should be, like, I guess if you're Trades Green, it doesn't necessarily matter the numbers that you put up, because you're still going to get drafted very highly, just because everybody wants you on their football team, but I would like for the productivity to match what he kind of deserves. I'd love to see him have the breakout year, because I just want to watch it, and there is, I mean, what is a realistic, like, catches and touchdowns? Not just saying he should have this, but, I mean, I think you can't really say anything where I wouldn't go, no, I don't know why he wouldn't. Yeah, no, like, that's going to be the intriguing thing for me, because we've got to see him grow as a football player. Like, he started playing football as a sophomore in high school. A junior, he said. Well, no, I think Jacques said junior, and he corrected him as a sophomore, because he played sophomore at Eastville, and then Zachary for two years. Oh, okay, yeah, yeah. I watched the Eastville stuff, and he's not playing football. No. And he's good. Right, right, right. But he has no idea what he's doing. And then Zachary's like, we'll figure that out. I'll take a chance. Coach Brew. But, like, he was like, literally, I just went out there, and my job was go ball. Like, that's all you have to do. And then I remember his senior year, I'm watching, I mean, Zachary and Central are in the same district, I'm watching him play Central, and he takes a slant to the crib 85 yards. Like, running away from people. And so, like, we haven't really got to see that at LSU. Like, last year, it was jump balls. Like, just go up and get it. Which, don't stop doing that, but also, let him take, throw him a dig, right? Let him catch one on a drag. Like, the Vanderbilt play. I mean, that's him making a play. The touchdowns you scored against Vandy, shout out to Xavion Thomas and Trey Desgreen. Like, those two plays are made by the receiver. Like, Trey Desgreen should be able to do that. Watch him against South Carolina. He's running different routes. It should not just be go jump up and get it. Yeah. But don't stop doing that. Just also let him catch other things. Yeah, I think he can run the whole route tree, right? A thousand percent. You hope so. I love him in an RPO look running that glance route. Yes. I mean, is there a better target to have when you're looking to see if that safety's coming down and he's coming down to cover the run and you've got a 6-7 tight end against a 6-foot, 5-10 corner? You throw it up there. I mean, he's going to make that play a hundred times out of a hundred. That's his first touchdown against Ole Miss. Exactly. The 2024, I remember that. And that's a play that Lane Kiffin runs ad nauseam. So, I love having him in that look. And it seems like you didn't really do that last year, although you didn't really do anything with him last year other than the little jump balls. Yeah. I just think that's the part about Trey that he's not just a jump ball guy. No. Now, he's elite because he's 6'7". He has the build. And he also, people don't look at it as a skill. His ability to catch and make those plays is a skill. Yeah. It's rebounding a basketball is what it is. He does such a great job at using his body, putting himself in the position to go up and get it. I think about the Nick Anderson touchdown against Ole Miss last year. Trey Des makes a play. And the funny thing is that's legitimately a basketball play. It's like I'm boxing out my guy. I'm working so hard. I'm not going to be able to go up and get it. So, I've got to tap it to my teammate to go get it. It was a little bit of a lucky touchdown, but that's because Trey Des makes a play. He is elite, and I cannot wait to see how they use him outside of just go rebound the football. Right? He is a mismatch for everybody. He's fast. He is not clunky, you know what I mean? Yeah, he's smooth. I could talk about it for hours. I'm just so excited to see the way they use him. Because I've witnessed it when he was in high school, watching him play basketball in high school. He's an athlete. And I can't wait to see an actual offensive mind in Charlie Weiss Jr., Lane Kiffin, get to use a weapon like that, put him in different spots, and allow him to actually be the receiver he is, and not just a one-trick pony. Because he's not. That said, I mean... Do this! No, do this! Don't stop doing this! Clemson, you almost have to call a timeout. Yeah. What are you going to do in the timeout? This is the thing. How can you draw it up differently? Yeah. Because if you put guys on the other side... If you put two guys on it, then everything else is open. You've got to Megatron it. But, okay, who are you putting over there? I'm taking a defensive lineman, and you're busting your ass over there. Okay, and then Sam Levitt's going to run quarterback draw. If you put two guys on trade, does it open up something else? Just hoping the Joe Sloan run game pays off here. If I'm Clemson. That's the thing, there's no running back. I know, but... Well, there is. Look at him back there. He's just at one. Okay. Well, that's the thing about LSU this year. If you're going to trade that linebacker out for a corner, and you're going to bring another DB over on trade-es, it's going to be a quarterback sneak every time. You low-key just have to throw a goal block and just pray. There's nothing you can do. I mean, you're manned up on the other side. It doesn't even... You have a line, but you're... I mean, you maybe could take back. You don't need... What was that? Five defensive linemen? You don't need five down linemen in this play. Well, maybe they hope they get there. Maybe. But we're not holding onto the football long. Let's see how this plays out. I'm just interested. Yeah. I mean, because look. That's a free blitzer off the left side. That defensive end on that side of the line didn't do anything. I mean, the offensive linemen did not even get in the way. Oh, that's a shocker. Didn't have to. But you don't have to. But really, if you're just getting that look and see that every time, I won't feel one bad thing in my bones, in my body. Be like, you're cheating. Be like, yes, I am. Yes, 100%. If that's what you had, go get your... That was our take last year. Yeah. I'm sorry you don't have trade-ups, Green, and I do. Or nobody that can stop him. Right. That's called crouting, baby. Yeah. Just from the 10, just do it four times. Yes. And if you don't... I won't be mad if you don't get it somehow. That's awesome. They didn't do that enough. No. And it's... That is the... That is the pitch to Lane Kiffin of why you come to LSU. Not just Trey Dez himself on this team, but it's also that as a Louisiana kid, through and through, grew up wanting to play at LSU, has never thought anywhere else, and is just different than everybody else.