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Tigers start spring practice, Mettenberger in spotlight

By Alex Cassara
Sports Contributor
March 4, 2012

Whipping winds and rolling rains couldn't put a damper on the LSU football team's good time this weekend as the Tigers held their first practices of the spring on Friday and Saturday in helmets and shorts. "The...

Mic’d up: Claiborne, Brockers, Randle are locks for first-round picks

By Micah Bedard
Sports Columnist
February 29, 2012

Today is the first day of March, and that means one thing — the 2012 NFL Draft is a mere month away. The annual NFL scouting combine ended Tuesday and produced some impressive performances by a few...

 

Football: Alexander on Hall of Fame ballot

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
February 28, 2012

Former LSU running back and Heisman Trophy finalist Charles Alexander will appear on the 2012 Football Bowl Subdivision ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football...

LSU defensive back Morris Claiborne runs a drill Tuesday at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis.

NFL Draft: Claiborne, other Tigers impress at Combine

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
February 28, 2012

On the final day of the NFL Combine, the spotlight fell on the LSU secondary. Former cornerbacks Morris Claiborne and Ron Brooks and former safety Brandon Taylor all completed their final workouts as the...

Brockers, Baker conclude scouting combine workouts

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
February 28, 2012

When former LSU defensive tackle Michael Brockers showed up at the NFL scouting combine, he surprised many with his size. Brockers, who completed his combine workouts Monday, weighed in at 322 pounds —...

Report: LSU tabs Raymond as DB coach

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
February 27, 2012

Nebraska secondary coach Corey Raymond has accepted the same position at LSU, according to multiple reports. Raymond said in an interview with the Omaha World-Herald that he turned down the LSU job once,...

LSU-‘Bama rivalry evident at Combine

By Michael Marot
The Associated Press
February 26, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The LSU-Alabama rivalry didn't end in New Orleans. It moved to Indianapolis. After playing twice for the No. 1 ranking last season, repeatedly being dubbed college football's...

Three former LSU players complete NFL Combine workouts

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
February 26, 2012

For one week every year, prospective NFL athletes are examined, timed, measured, interviewed, weighed, analyzed and examined again. That process is the NFL Combine, and for three of the eight former LSU...

Football: Defensive backs coach Cooper takes job with Bucs

By Mark Clements
Deputy Sports Editor
February 23, 2012

LSU defensive backs coach Ron Cooper will be leaving the University for a job with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Associate Athletics Director Michael Bonnette confirmed Wednesday. Cooper, 50, spent three years...

NFL: Chad Jones cleared to play football

By Staff Repports
February 16, 2012

Chad Jones took a major step toward the NFL this week. The former LSU safety, whose career was derailed by a car accident in 2010, was medically cleared to play football by his doctor this week. The medical...

Dworaczyk allowed to play for a 6th year

By Katherine Terrell
Sports Editor
February 9, 2012

LSU offensive guard Josh Dworaczyk will get one more chance to play for a national championship after all. Dworaczyk has been granted an extension to his five-year playing clock and will be granted a sixth...

Jeryl Brazil, right, takes down Amite's Jermaine Jolla Jr.

Despite tweet, Brazil committed to LSU

By Hunter Paniagua
Sports Writer
February 9, 2012

News travels fast. When that news concerns LSU football, it travels faster. Jeryl Brazil, a junior athlete from Loranger High School and the first commit in the LSU class of 2013, learned that the hard...