LSU football lost a great deal of talent to the 2020 NFL Draft, suffering even further from opt outs on both sides of the ball.
One player to originally decide to sit out of the upcoming college football season was defensive tackle Neil Farrell, but according to a report from The Athletic, Farrell will now join the team this year.
He had opted out on Aug. 8 because of COVID-19 concerns, after his grandmother was hospitalized with the disease.
Farrell took to Twitter recently with an update.
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“My grandmother is getting better each and every day & I thank God for that ….. I miss football …,” he tweeted.
According to The Athletic, sources said the team voted to bring Farrell back on, though a “section of the team conflicted about letting him return.”
This gives the LSU defense a huge boost, considering that Farrell is expected to be one of the best in the country, operating in new defensive coordinator Bo Pelini’s 4-3 scheme.
It will be interesting to see how much of an impact he can make out of the gate when LSU takes on the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Sept. 26 in Tiger Stadium.
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