Senior defensive end Ali Gaye set to return in 2022

One more year for Ali Gaye

Another boost to the LSU defense for the 2022 season. Ali Gaye announced on Instagram his intentions to return for one more year.

After transferring from Garden City Community College in 2020, Gaye spent two seasons with the Tigers. In his first season in Baton Rouge, he accumulated 32 tackles, 9.5 TFLs, two sacks, and three turnovers in 2020. Gaye was expected to make a jump in both production and in his draft stock.

In 2021, Gaye only played in four games before he was shut down for the season due to injury. He accounted for 19 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, and 2.5 sacks in those four games. Gaye’s return will give the Tigers’ defense two experienced starters on the edges along with BJ Ojulari.

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LSU will have a solid front once again with Maason Smith and Jaquelin Roy among the starting candidates next to Gaye and Ojulari. New defensive line coach Jamar Cain will have plenty of options to deploy his pass rush attack in the 2022 campaign.

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