College football this fall is getting closer to reality for teams like LSU with each passing day.
While the COVID-19 pandemic could still alter the landscape in the near future, expectations are the season will begin in just over two weeks.
On Tuesday, the Associated Press released its All-American teams, and two members of the defending national champion LSU Tigers made the team in wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase and cornerback Derek Stingley Jr.
Chase, who was a unanimous All-American in 2019, also won the Biletnikoff Award after catching 84 passes for 1,780 yards and 20 touchdowns last fall.
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The 6-foot, 208-pound junior from Harvey, La., is one of two SEC wide receivers on the first team.
Stingley was the nation’s top freshman in 2019. Stingley could also make the claim he was the nation’s top cornerback last season.
The 6-foot-1 sophomore from Baton Rouge started every game for the Tigers in 2019, was a consensus All-American and led the SEC in interceptions with six.
Chase and Stingley are two of the premier players in all of college football and if we have a season this fall, expect both players to live up to their preseason billing.
The pair will get their first chance to make an impact when LSU takes on the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Sept. 26.
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