Why LSU football vaunted offensive line is crucial to defensive line development

BATON ROUGE — Senior defensive tackle Jacobian Guillory lets his fellow defensive linemen know it’s OK to lose a rep in practice.

Obviously, every guy in LSU football’s defensive line group wants to win each one, but with an influx of some newcomers, Guillory wants to ease his teammates’ minds when they get beat in practice. It’s not an anomaly.

There’s good reason for it.

“Think about it like this, you’re going as hard as you can against the best offensive line in the country, Saturday nights are going to be that much easier,” Guillory said. “Keeping a level head and just keep going. If you get knocked down, pop that up and run to the ball.

“You’re not going to see anything better on a Saturday than what you see during the week.”

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Per multiple national outlets, LSU just may have the best offensive line in college football. Stars Will Campbell at left tackle and Emery Jones Jr. at right tackle are ranked among the best NFL prospects at their respective positions this season. Miles Frazier and Garrett Dellinger at right and left guard, respectively are strong interior linemen and helped the group be as dominant as it was last season.

Combined, there are 99 starts between the four standout linemen and freshman D.J. Chester at center has more than held his own so far in the middle.

“I enjoy the challenge,” senior defensive end Sai’vion Jones said Friday after practice. “It’s exciting to know that if you can challenge them, going into the season, it shouldn’t be that hard.

“For me, that’s my main motivation right there. Beat them, challenge them like that because once we get into the season,…

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Publish date : 2024-08-09 22:29:08

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