The 10 best Louisiana born players who didn’t play at LSU

Here are 10 of the best Louisiana-native players this century who left the state for college.

LSU does a good job at keeping talent in-state.

As the only Power Five program in Louisiana, LSU has a unique advantage shared by only a few other major programs. It hasn’t been perfect, though. There have been big misses.

Some of these players LSU tried to recruit and struck out. Others flew under LSU’s radar but went on to be NFL stars.

Here, we’re going to look at the 10 best Louisiana-born players this century that didn’t don the purple and gold. We begin with a big-name quarterback who ended up at a division rival.