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Tennessee Titans’ NFL draft history with the 126th overall pick

Of the four players, only two played in a game with the franchise.

After not owning a fourth-round pick in last year’s event, the Tennessee Titans will be making a selection in the round during the 2021 NFL draft.

The Titans’ last fourth-round selection came in 2019 when the team drafted safety Amani Hooker, who is set to take over one of the starting safety spots in 2021 after the departure of fellow safety, Kenny Vaccaro.

As far as the specific spot they are drafting from goes (No. 126 overall), it’s a pick Tennessee has owned four times in franchise history. Those picks came in 1964 and 1990 as the Houston Oilers, and then again in 2003 and 2008 as the Titans.

Of those four picks, only two of them actually played in a game with the team. Let’s take a closer look.

Best LSU football recruit from every state since the year 2000

LSU is in a football recruiting hotbed, but who are the top recruits from states out of Louisiana signed by LSU?

LSU is fortunate to be in a hotbed of football recruiting in the state of Louisiana. LSU has traditionally been able to keep much of the state’s top talent close to home, but sometimes the Tigers have to go on the prowl beyond the state’s borders if they want to build the best recruiting class possible.

With another recruiting cycle in the books, now is a good time to take a look at the LSU recruiting efforts since the turn of the century and see who the best LSU recruit in each state has been.

To put together this list, the 247 Sports composite rankings are referenced. In all, 20 states are included in LSU’s recruiting efforts since 2000. The most fertile grounds for LSU recruiting are close to home in Louisiana and Texas. Those two states have produced players like Derek Stingley, Grant Delpit,  Jarvis Landry, and Joseph Addai, just to name a few. LSU has also claimed some recruiting victories in Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi and brought a recruit home from California, Michigan, and Ohio.

For the purposes of this list, JUCO players are included, and they are specifically noted. Keep in mind JUCO recruiting rankings are not necessarily the same as the traditional recruiting class rankings.