One of the biggest questions for LSU’s defense entering the season was exactly how star linebacker [autotag]Harold Perkins[/autotag] would be used as a sophomore.
We got our answer, but it wasn’t exactly an encouraging one.
Perkins played the bulk of his snaps as an off-ball inside linebacker, seeing a career-high in coverage snaps. He was a relative non-factor in the game as a pass rusher and finished with just five tackles (two solo).
After the game, coach [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] explained the performance as Perkins facing a learning curve. But on Tuesday, he implied the team might look to alter his role a bit moving forward.
“It’s certainly a question that we have talked about,” Kelly said. “There’s a lot going on, and you could clearly look at Harold and what he’s asked to do versus lining him up off the edge. Player development has to be thought about. Where he goes at the next level has to be thought about, and then impact on our team, so I think there’s a happy medium there that we could probably strike and we’ve already begun to look at how we can be most effective for Harold and for LSU.”
It remains to be seen how Perkins will be used when the team enters SEC play after this weekend’s home opener against Grambling, but it seems the staff is at least somewhat reevaluating its plan.
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