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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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Jarvis Landry reveals Mount Rushmore of former LSU receivers

It’s hard to narrow down the receivers LSU has produced to four, but Jarvis Landry did just that.

In recent years, LSU has staked a pretty strong claim as WRU.

The program has produced several star NFL receivers, with the most notable being [autotag]Justin Jefferson[/autotag] and [autotag]Ja’Marr Chase[/autotag]. [autotag]Malik Nabers[/autotag] and [autotag]Brian Thomas Jr.[/autotag] joined those ranks as first round picks this year, and the list also includes players from longer ago like [autotag]Odell Beckham Jr.[/autotag], [autotag]Early Doucet[/autotag], [autotag]Dwayne Bowe[/autotag] and more.

[autotag]Jarvis Landry[/autotag], another prominent player on the list of NFL receivers the Tigers have produced, revealed his Mount Rushmore of LSU receivers on a recent appearance on the Rich Eisen Show.

Landry ranked Beckham, his former college teammate, at the top, followed by Chase, Jefferson and Nabers.

“I think he’s going to be a great player,” Landry said of Nabers. “His name is going to weigh tons here in the near future I’m sure.”

That’s certainly high praise for the rookie wideout, who was drafted sixth overall by the New York Giants last weekend.

Landry is currently attempting an NFL comeback of his own. After missing the 2023 season as he rehabilitated an ankle injury, Landry is set to work out with the Jacksonville Jaguars as part of the team’s rookie minicamp.

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LSU Football History: Top-10 single-season receiving leaders

Seven of the 10 best receiving seasons in program history have come since 2000.

For much of LSU’s history, its football identity centered around physical defense and a ground-and-pound rushing attack.

However, over the last few decades, we’ve seen the offense modernize to utilize more spread formations. With that in mind, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that seven of the 10 best single-season receiving performances in program history have come since the turn of the century.

The Tigers have put all sorts of talented receivers into the league since then from [autotag]Early Doucet[/autotag] to [autotag]Dwayne Bowe[/autotag] to [autotag]Odell Beckham Jr.[/autotag] to [autotag]Jarvis Landry[/autotag] to [autotag]Justin Jefferson[/autotag] and, most recently, [autotag]Ja’Marr Chase[/autotag].

Here are the 10 best single-season receiving performances in LSU history.

Top 101 LSU football players of all time: No. 80-71

We continue to look at LSU’s greatest players, from a guy that fought in WWII to a dynamite QB-WR combo.

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.

We’ve already released the player rankings from No. 101-91 and No. 90-81

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.

Chiefs WR Tyreek Hill spotted drinking pickle juice on sidelines

Pickle juice does wonders for cramping, apparently.

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Kansas City Chiefs WR Tyreek Hill was spotted drinking a strange looking liquid out of a small bottle on the sidelines shortly after his first-quarter touchdown grab.

No, Hill wasn’t taking a shot of liquor on the sidelines, as amusing as that would be. In fact, he was drinking pickle juice. Why pickle juice, you ask? Well, last week Hill dealt with cramping in his hamstring against the Miami Dolphins. He pulled up late in the game and many fans thought that he was injured. He spent the week listed on the injury report with a hamstring injury due to that cramping.

Apparently, pickle juice has long been used as a remedy to help treat cramps for NFL players. CBS Sports broadcaster Tony Romo even noted that he’d had the drink before.

Check it out:

Hopefully, the Chiefs are able to get Hill’s cramping under control, because he’s been one of the top receivers in the first half against the Saints. As of my writing, he’s caught 3-of-5 passes for 19 yards and a touchdown. He also has a carry for a yard. Hill already has tied Dwayne Bowe’s single-season record for receiving touchdowns in this game. With another touchdown grab, he’ll be able to break the record.

They’ll need him at his best if they’re going to hang on to the lead in this game.

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