LSU junior safety Chad Jones said he is planning to return to the LSU baseball team for its weekend series with Georgia after three weeks of spring football practice, he said.He will play baseball full-time at the conclusion of spring practice in mid April.Jones is an outfielder for the baseball team, and he has played in 10 games with eight starts this season and totaled a .355 batting average. He has been with the football team since spring practice began March 12.”The plan is for me to go back to baseball on Friday,” Jones said. “I don’t know because my body is a little sore, and I haven’t been doing throwing too much or doing enough hitting to just hop in the SEC. I guess it might be a little bit hard because SEC pitching is so tough.”Jones also said the football coaches have talked to him about the possibility of him seeing time at wide receiver.”I don’t know what the chances are,” he said. “It wasn’t a sit-down conference about it, and only time will tell. It’s a great thought, but the coaches haven’t done it yet.”BROOKS SEEING TIME AT SAFETYLSU sophomore Ron Brooks mainly saw action on special teams as a redshirt freshman last season, but now he is getting the chance to make a splash at defensive back.Brooks collected two interceptions at free safety in the team’s scrimmage Saturday, which he said was his first time taking live snaps at safety.Brooks said he prefers playing safety to playing cornerback.”I like playing free safety. I feel comfortable having more freedom to play the ball,” he said. “As a corner, you really don’t have as much freedom to play the quarterback, but at free safety, you have the ability to come down in the run or go back in the pass or sit there in the zone.”Because he has seen time at safety and cornerback this spring, Brooks said he has several sources of advice on defense.”Jai [Eugene] and Chris [Hawkins] help me out with my technique at cornerback,” Brooks said. “And Chad [Jones] and Danny [McCray] help me out with my technique at safety, so I can go to anybody for technique help.”Jones said he sees potential for Brooks to become a starter at safety.”I always thought Brooks would play safety better than corner,” Jones said. “He’s fast and can cover a lot of field, and he has great vision and ball skills. He could develop into a No. 1-caliber guy.”SCOTT READY TO PLAY TAILBACK OR FULLBACKSenior running back Charles Scott said the backfield could have a few different looks this season, including him playing a greater role at fullback.Scott said he played his most extensive time at fullback last season against South Carolina. He said the formation with him at fullback and Keiland Williams and Richard Murphy at running back often confused opposing defenses.”When we lined up like that, the defense didn’t know what was coming at them,” Scott said. “They didn’t know if we were going to dive, lead block the linebackers or throw it out to Keiland.” This season, Scott said he will perform whatever role necessary to score points and contribute.”We have a different team, and it will have something different, whether it’s me jumping back and forth from fullback to tailback, I really don’t care,” Scott said. “At this point, when we get in the huddle, we give each other a wink and say, ‘Let’s go, baby,’ and we know who’s going to make a play. We’re like brothers.”Two new faces in the backfield are out of spring practice with injuries — sophomore tailback Stevan Ridley and junior fullback Richard Dugas.Scott said losing Ridley and Dugas would hurt the scheme of the running game, but he said the team has to keep going.”Stevan was big, and he was really making a push to get some carries next season,” Scott said. “Dugas was doing great at fullback. He was an offensive guard, which is not really that different … His technique was fine because he was used to blocking. He looked like he was going to be the starting fullback next fall.”—-Contact Rachel Whittaker at [email protected]