The No. 1 LSU football team is almost as highly ranked off the field as it is on.
LSU’s football team posted a Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of 77 in the NCAA’s GSR data released this week, the second-highest Southeastern Conference tally, behind only Vanderbilt’s mark of 86.
The team’s score of 77 is 10 points ahead of the Football Bowl Subdivision average of 67. LSU’s score has only increased since the NCAA began calculating the GSR in 2006, when the team scored a 51.
Senior quarterback Jarrett Lee gives LSU coach Les Miles credit for keeping the team academically motivated.
“Coach Miles does a good job with us, and he lets us know that if you don’t pass, you don’t play,” Lee said.
Senior offensive lineman T-Bob Hebert paid homage to his Cox Center counselors.
“I think all the credit in the world has to go to [director of academic affairs] Derek Cowherd and [assistant director] Walt Holliday and their crew,” Hebert said. “I know sometimes you may get upset with them … but they are the unsung heroes of this