Jefferson’s best year by far was last season as he wracked up career bests in tackles (31), tackles for loss (9.5), and sacks (3). Lee’s a Louisiana native and has three years of experience as a nose tackle playing in the SEC. Will that trend continue into 2023?īeing so thin at defensive tackle, Brian Kelly and his staff dipped into the transfer portal to bring in three experienced players: Jalen Lee, from Florida, Jordan Jefferson (no not that one) from West Virginia, and Paris Shand from Oregon. That said, LSU does have a behemoth in Guillory at a physically imposing 320 pounds and he’s gotten better in each of his three seasons as a Tiger. Wingo, like Aaron Donald, shows that you don’t have to be an absolute behemoth to make an impact in the middle. Wingo might have been LSU’s best defender not named Harold Perkins as the transfer from Mizzou earned third-team All-American honors last year. If Smith is indeed back to what we all expected him to be, that opens up things for his fellow linemen like Mekhi Wingo and Jacobian Guillory. We saw what a true game-wrecking interior player like Jalen Carter can do for a defense, and hopefully Smith can make that same type of impact this fall. Smith has been thought of as a future first round pick long before he got to LSU, and still carries those expectations despite the injury. Maason Smith is back and hopefully with a vengeance. 0 will go a long way toward LSU’s success in 2023. Missed essentially all of the 2022 season after tearing ACL
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