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Former LSU receivers continue to dominate the NFL

LSU continues to earn the title of WRU early in 2024.

For years, LSU was known as “DBU.”

The Tigers were synonymous with sending star defensive backs to the NFL. In recent years, former LSU defensive backs have continued to produce, but LSU has claimed the mantle at another position — wide receiver.

Three of the NFL’s six leading receivers are LSU products. [autotag]Ja’Marr Chase[/autotag] leads the NFL with 620 yards. [autotag]Justin Jefferson[/autotag] and [autotag]Brian Thomas Jr.[/autotag] rank fifth and sixth with 531 and 513 yards, respectively.

Further down the leaderboard, [autotag]Malik Nabers[/autotag] ranks 14th with 427 yards. He sits eight in catches, despite only playing five games and getting rough quarterback play.

LSU put receivers in the NFL throughout the 2000s and 2010s. [autotag]Dwayne Bowe[/autotag] and [autotag]Brandon LaFell[/autotag] eventually gave way to [autotag]Odell Beckham Jr.[/autotag] and [autotag]Jarvis Landry[/autotag]. But the group in the league now is deeper and more talented.

Its a young group too, and its set up to lead the NFL for some time. Thomas and Nabers are rookies while Chase and Jefferson are just getting around to their second contracts.

Ohio State has a claim to “WRU” too with Garrett Wilson, Chris Olave and Marvin Harrison Jr. in the league. But that core doesn’t stack up with LSU’s at the moment.

LSU has another promising group of receivers on campus now. [autotag]Kyren Lacy[/autotag] and [autotag]Aaron Anderson[/autotag] both rank in the top 10 in the SEC in receiving yards and will aim to be LSU’s next difference makers at the next level.

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Can Malik Nabers set LSU’s all-time receiving record?

Malik Nabers could set LSU’s all-time receiving record if he keeps this pace up.

[autotag]Malik Nabers[/autotag]’ 981 receiving yards lead the country after eight weeks.

The star receiver entered the year with plenty of hype, but is finding ways to exceed it, boosting his draft stock in the process.

Nabers is climbing LSU’s program leaderboards and at this rate, he’s given himself a chance to set LSU’s career receiving yards record.

He’s currently seventh in program history, tied with [autotag]Justin Jefferson[/autotag] at 2,415 yards. Nabers will likely jump Jefferson on Saturday night and needs 102 yards to catch [autotag]Brandon LaFell[/autotag] in fifth place.

[autotag]Josh Reed[/autotag] is all the way up at No. 1, with 3,001 career yards. Nobody’s really come close to Reed since that record was set, but Nabers will.

There are a few ways to look at this here. Nabers has four regular season games left to play. After that, we don’t know what LSU’s season will look like yet.

LSU could beat Alabama and make the SEC title game, giving the Tigers an extra game and an outside shot at the playoff. But it could go the other way too, which could lead to some of LSU’s NFL talent opting out of the bowl game.

That means there’s a scenario where Nabers only plays four more games. He’d have to average 146.5 yards per game to hit 3,001 by the end of the regular season. That’s well above the 122.6 he’s averaging already this year.

But if LSU does beat Bama and get that SEC title game, Nabers only needs 117.2 per game. That also applies if LSU loses to Alabama but Nabers still elects to play in the bowl game.

If Nabers ends up playing six more games, he’ll need just 97.8 yards per game. That’s manageable given this offensive output.

The program career receptions record is in play too. Nabers needs 27 catches to tie [autotag]Wendell Davis[/autotag] at 183.

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Top 101 LSU football players of all time: No. 70-61

The top 101 countdown continues with a few wide receivers and some of DBU’s best

LSU football has been around for a long time. Since 1893, to be exact.

In that span, plenty of great football players have come through the program. Before we begin the journey of the 2022 season, I thought I’d take a stab at ranking the 101 best players in LSU history.

I have tried to avoid recency bias as much as possible. It can be hard to get enough information about older players, but I did my best to get them about in the ballpark of where they should be.

Anytime there’s a list this big, people will disagree. There’s so little that separates the 50th player from the 70th, and so on.

I tried to balance consistency over multiple seasons with some players that had one great year. Both have been rewarded here. With that in mind, let’s continue the countdown.

LSU Football history: The 20 all-time leading receivers

LSU has become synonymous with the wide receivers it produces in recent years.

We continue to look at LSU’s all-time history for the football program. We’ve already taken a look at the Tigers’ top passers and rushers in school history, and now we break down the list of receiving leaders.

LSU has produced quite a bit of receiving talent, especially in recent years. Odell Beckham Jr., Justin Jefferson and, most recently, Jamar Chase have become NFL stars at the position, but you may be surprised with some of the names near the top of the list.

Without further ado, here are the Tigers’ all-time statistical leaders when it comes to receiving.