Brian Kelly explains why he’s not releasing a depth chart yet

Brian Kelly may know which direction he’s leaning in for several position battles, but he’s keeping it to himself for now.

As fall camp continues and we’re just a couple weeks away from football being played, teams’ depth charts are beginning to take shape.

Coaches are beginning to have a feel for what they have at each position, and starters are beginning to emerge.

While LSU coach [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] may know how things will ultimately shake out, he’s keeping things quiet. The Tigers haven’t released a depth chart publicly, and Kelly told the media on Wednesday that they haven’t announced one privately, either.

“We’ve purposely not put out one, like if you went into our locker room we don’t have a depth chart,” Kelly said, per On3. “My experience is once you put up a depth chart, you can go one of two ways. You can become really selfish or really upset. I just kind of stay away from them and we just kind of let them go out and compete every day.”

While Kelly may know who will ultimately earn starting jobs, it seems he doesn’t want to negatively impact his players’ motivation.

It seems Tigers fans will have to wait to figure out how the depth chart breaks down at positions with key battles, namely running back and cornerback.

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