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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5 LSU Tigers inducted into Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame

Five members of the 12-person induction class on Saturday night had connections to LSU.

It was a special night for LSU in Natchitoches, Louisiana, on Saturday.

In total, five LSU Tigers were inducted as part of the 2023 class into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. There was also a lot of non-LSU star power present as Eli Manning, Alana Beard, Ron Washington and Matt Forte were all also inducted.

The Tigers occupied nearly half of the 12-person induction class as the Louisana Sports Hall of Fame now sits at a membership of 480 men and women.

Here’s a rundown of each of the five people with LSU connections who were inducted into the HOF on Saturday night.

Five former LSU athletes and coaches named to Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame’s 2023 class

Five more LSU alumni are joining the Hall.

Five former LSU players/coaches were recently named as 2023 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Inductees.

[autotag]Paul Byrd[/autotag], [autotag]Walter Davis[/autotag], [autotag]Wendell Davis[/autotag], [autotag]Paul Mainieri[/autotag] and [autotag]M.L. Woodruff[/autotag] are all going to be rightfully inducted into the Hall.

The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame already includes 25 Pro Football Hall of Fame members, 18 Olympic medalists — including 11 gold medal winners — 12 members of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, seven of the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players, seven National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees, 42 College Football Hall of Fame members and nine National High School Hall of Fame enshrinees.

It also features jockeys with a combined 16 Triple Crown victories, six world boxing champions, nine Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinees, seven College Baseball Hall of Fame inductees, 10 College Basketball Hall of Fame members, four NBA Finals MVPs, four winners of major professional golf championships, five National Museum of (Thoroughbred) Racing and Hall of Fame inductees and two Super Bowl MVPs, per LSU.

Here’s a rundown of LSU’s additions and why each was chosen, according to the press release from the Tigers.