Outgoing Players Jaden Mickey, DB Tyson Ford, DL, Cal Aiden Gobaira, DL Deion Colzie, WR Jayden Thomas, WR Sam Pendleton, OL - Tennessee Rocco Spindler, OL Pat Coogan, OL Ty Chan, OL Benjamin Morrison, CB - NFL Draft Xavier Watts, S - NFL Draft Howard Cross III, DL - NFL Draft Beaux Collins, WR - NFL Draft Mitch Jeter, K - NFL Draft Rylie Mills, DL - NFL Draft Mitchell Evans, TE - NFL Draft Incoming Players DeVonta Smith, DB Alabama Malachi Fields, WR Virginia Will Pauling, WR
Yesterday I had the privilege of interviewing a player from the national championship team, LSU. And so the story goes. After questions about recruiting and any knowledge of ill-recruiting practices (illegal), I was told this story.
"So I'm at practice, and Ryan (Perilloux) and I start talking about his decision to come here and spurn Texas. He was pretty pissed off that he couldn't go to Texas and he explained to me why. He'd been receiving gifts and money, since he was a freshman, from 3 LSU boosters. Now at the end of his senior year, he decides to take an official to Texas. When he leaves there (Texas), he now has a house in Texas, with a car, and with a job for his parents. Guess what, Ryan loved it there. So he plans on making it official, but when the LSU boosters/allum find out about his disloyalty to them, they call out the dogs. They tell him that if he decides to go there, then they will open up all of his transgressions with the money and gifts, and that his parents would probably lose their jobs as well."
Now this is pretty interesting given the current accusations, but I havn't heard his name before and this might prove some validity in those rumors. Also, this is the first time I've heard of Texas buying houses and providing cars for recruits. Now, I'm not going to reveal this friend's name to the general public due to obvious reasons, but I will stand behind every word he said. He's a very honest kid with no axe to grind. According to other sources, they're (LSU) being investigated for their mishandling of Jai Eugene. I'm proud to be a Notre Dame fan!