Former LSU quarterback Matt Flynn didn’t put up gaudy numbers in his career with the Tigers, only taking complete reigns of the starting job by his senior season.But Flynn racked up wins and hoisted a crystal ball during his limited time under center.The Tyler, Texas, native rolled to a 12-2 record as a starter, including MVP performances in the Peach Bowl and BCS National Championship against Ohio State.The Tigers are looking at their current roster and potential recruits to regain that kind of stability under center.This season LSU will return junior quarterback Jordan Jefferson after starting nearly a complete season the year before.”They can’t use the young excuse anymore,” said Rene Nadeau, college football analyst for ESPN and TigerVision. “He’s battled tested now.”Behind Jefferson sit junior Jarrett Lee, redshirt freshman Chris Garrett and walk-on Barrett Bailey.Nadeau said Lee will only see the field if Jefferson is injured or struggles this season.Garrett, a 6-foot-4-inch, 235-pound quarterback, could be the heir-apparent to Jefferson.”He’s got the big size and a strong arm,” said Shea Dixon, managing editor of TigerSportsDigest.com. “He has the smarts to do it.”The Tupelo, Miss., native is waiting in the wings.”He is building and learning over the years before he has to step out there,” Dixon said. “He looks at it like it’s a building opportunity.”Garrett has seen limited time on the field, even in the spring game, but his future is ahead of him.”I see him as a guy that stays at LSU for five seasons,” Dixon said. “After Jordan and Jarrett, he’ll be the only quarterback.”The Tigers grabbed one quarterback in the 2010 class — Zach Lee from McKinney High School.Lee was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers with the 28th overall pick in this year’s MLB draft.Mike Scarborough, Rivals.com recruiting analyst, said he thinks Lee will stay with LSU instead of signing with the Dodgers.Lee can hurl a baseball in the 90s and was a star on the football field, passing for 2,564 yards, 31 touchdowns and six interceptions his senior season.”Any time you look at a class you look at the quarterback first, and I think we have probably signed the best passer since Matt Flynn,” Miles said after National Signing Day this past February. “He’s got a lot of moxie, and I think Zach Lee is going to be a great quarterback in the future.”Now LSU has turned to the 2011 recruiting class, which already has 11 commitments and was named the No. 6 class in the nation by Scout.com on Wednesday.The class has a Scout.com five-star recruit in La’el Collins to protect a quarterback’s blindside and two pairs of highly touted running backs and wide receivers.But the Tigers have nobody to get them the ball.LSU has offered 10 quarterbacks for 2011, but six have already committed to other schools, according to Scout.com.Dixon said Justin Worley from Rock Hill, S.C., was strongly considering LSU, but he committed to Tennessee last week.Worley was down to the LSU, Tennessee and Notre Dame.Scarborough said if LSU has a more successful season this fall, especially from an offensive production standpoint, some recruits may take another look at LSU.LSU has recently shifted its hopes to Phillip Ely out of Tampa Bay, Fla.Ely is a Rivals.com four-star recruit and No. 5 on its list of pro style quarterbacks. Scout lists the Plant Senior High School star as the No. 28 quarterback prospect.”He has an offer from LSU and has visited,” Dixon said. “He’s going to make a decision by the end of the month. Everyone’s waiting to see if its Ely. If not, they will move on.”But moving on is not as easy as it may seem.Two of the three top in-state quarterbacks have already committed to other schools.Baton Rouge native Zach Oliver from Catholic High School pledged to Northwestern and local quarterback, Stevie Douglas of Clinton, committed to Memphis.Dak Prescott from Haughton High School is another recruit from the Pelican State on LSU’s radar, but like Oliver and Douglas, Prescott wasn’t given a scholarship offer even after attending the Les Miles Football Camp this summer. “[The LSU coaches] have evaluated [Prescott] already and they like them, but at the same time they have to have a big-time quarterback in this class,” Dixon said.Louisiana quarterbacks haven’t been given many four or five star ratings from recruiting websites the past few years, but Nadeau said that doesn’t mean the state doesn’t have talented players behind center.Jefferson and former quarterback Ryan Perrilloux were the only two home-state quarterbacks signed under Miles.Dixon said the Tigers need at least one quarterback in this class, but it is doubtful they will land an elite gunslinger.”[LSU] could make some noise with a guy like Ely, but out of the elite crop, the top five or 10 guys are already settled on a school,” Dixon said. The quarterbacks from the 2011 class aren’t settled yet, but LSU has already offered a scholarship to Riley Ferguson, a 2013 recruit from Matthews, N.C. The 6-foot-1-inch, 170-pound prospect has offers from LSU and Michigan.–Contact Michael Lambert at [email protected]