Grading every SEC team's transfer portal haul: LSU
The Tiger faithful currently are extremely bullish on their haul via the portal, and with some pretty good reason. They have quite a few big time pieces coming on board in Baton Rouge this year.
That said, there are quite a few question marks as well, not to mention the fact that the Tigers lost some big contributors and talents. Da'Shawn Womack was a big departure, as was CJ Daniels.
Nic Anderson is probably an upgrade over Daniels when healthy, but he's had trouble staying off the injured list in his career. I'm not sure I'm buying in on a guy like Patrick Payton, and Texas A&M football fans already know the injury issues that Donovan Green has had. This is a good haul, but not a great one when you consider what they lost.
PICKUPS:
CB Tamarcus Cooley
TE Donovan Green
EDGE Patrick Payton
DL Sydir Mitchell
P Grant Chadwick
CB Mansoor Delane
EDGE Jack Pyburn
QB Michael Van Buren, Jr.
OL Braelin Moore
WR Destyn Hill
TE Bauer Sharp
WR Nic Anderson
WR Barion Brown
OL Josh Thompson
CB Ja'Keem Jackson
EDGE Jimari Butler
LOSSES:
DL Jalen Lee
DL Kimo Makane'ole
QB AJ Swann
S Sage Ryan
DL Jay'viar Suggs
TE Ka'Morreun Pimpton
CB JK Johnson
K Nathan Dibert
S Jordan Allen
LB Zavier Atkins
CB Bernard Causey III
CB Jyaire Brown
DL De'Myrion Johnson
S Kylin Jackson
WR Shelton Sampson, Jr.
WR CJ Daniels
EDGE Da'Shawn Womack
WR Landon Ibieta
QB Rickie Collins
GRADE: B+