Patrick Peterson is gone, and he isn’t coming back.
Gone is the 2010 Thorpe and Bednarik Award winner, the first-team All-American, the Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the year and the top 10 NFL draft pick.
“Obviously I’d like to have Pat back,” said LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis, “and I’d like to have four or five just like field.”
“That’s just natural because I’ve always been into studying,” Reid said. “I’ve always been good with my books. Football is just like the classroom. I study football. When the time comes and you have to make a check, it’s just better.”
With a wealth of experience throughout the secondary, the group said they have banded together to help teach and lead the new freshmen – Jalen Collins, David Jenkins, Micah Eugene and Ronald Martin. In 2010, several freshmen in the secondary saw the field, but Eugene has realistic expectations for his first season.
“We’re not expecting anything,” Eugene said. “We’re not the judges. We leave it up to the coaches. Last year, the freshmen were great athletes. They knew what they had to do. They came into the situation where they had to learn, and that’s what we’re