Fax machines, welcome back to oblivion. National Signing Day is over.
According to 247sports.com’s composite rankings, the LSU football team finished the day with a top-five recruiting class, marking the first time LSU has pulled off back-to-back top-five classes since 2003-04. 
The Tigers impressively grabbed this class after losing their defensive coordinator about a month before Signing Day. Upon the hirings of new defensive coordinator Kevin Steele and defensive line coach Ed Orgeron, LSU was outside the top 10.
Climbing the top five is remarkable, but most of the work was done well before National Signing Day. As a whole, National Signing Day was dull and uneventful because the Tigers didn’t grab the flashy ESPNU live commitments or even the players committing through live stream. The class was put together in the weeks leading up to today.
While this class is impressive, it does have holes. Well, one gaping hole.
It includes one quarterback, three running backs, four wide receivers, three tight ends, five offensive linemen, two defensive linemen, three defensive backs, two athletes, a punter and a long snapper. You probably noticed the missing link there. If not, read it again. 
LSU didn’t sign a linebacker. None. Nada. Zip. Zero. Zilch. That is a problem.
The Tigers have a pair of good experienced linebackers currently on roster, rising senior Lamar Louis and rising junior Kendell Beckwith, but the future of the position is up in the air.
Going into next season, LSU will have only four underclassmen at the position — Clifton Garrett, Donnie Alexander, Jonathan Rucker and Hunter Burns. Now, linebacker will have to be a position of need in next year’s class because otherwise, the Tigers could be in a lot of trouble.
Speaking of not signing anyone at a position, LSU couldn’t flip four-star
quarterback Torrance Gibson from Ohio State, forcing the Tigers to end this year’s class without a quarterback. 
Oh wait, that’s wrong. LSU already has a quarterback on campus. He’s Justin McMillan, a three-star dual-threat from Cedar Hill, Texas. After the world of sports media and fans forgot he existed this morning, he took to Twitter to let them know he’s here.
He tweeted “Funny seeing people say all LSU Needs is a QB [sleep emoji] y’all have no clue.”
Yesterday, I wrote that schools need to find lower-starred prospects that are motivated to be better than they are ranked. If this doesn’t motivate McMillan to do that, nothing will. 
He’s not the big-name recruit Gibson is and probably won’t be in competition for the starting quarterback spot this fall with incumbent Anthony Jennings and No. 1 contender Brandon Harris, but there’s no reason to completely
ignore him.
On the topic of ignored positions, the offensive line crop LSU brought in is
top-notch.
Maea Teuhema, Chidi Valentine-Okeke and Toby Weathersby are all top-10 at their position to go along with three stars Adrian Magee and George Brown Jr. Last season, the Tigers brought in only three four-star offensive linemen.
In the Southeastern Conference, you can never have too many good offensive linemen, and offensive line coach Jeff Grimes will have plenty of talent at his disposal this fall.
Of course, all the positive projections for this class are just projections. Every school in the country feels like it has a great class that will lead its team to great places, but in reality, not everyone does.
Even at LSU, there’s a gap, and the Tigers need to fill it in next year’s class, or they’re in trouble.
Brian Pellerin is a 20-year-old mass communication junior from Kenner, Louisiana. You can reach him on Twitter @Pellerin_TDR.