2024 LSU Football Position Preview: Linebackers

Among the many, m a n y reasons Matt House was let go at the end of the 2023 season was due to his awful and at times seemingly purposeful misuse of the LSU linebackers—his position group mind you—specifically Harold Perkins.

All last summer we heard that Perkins and the coaching staff was intent on moving inside. Our resident Xs and Os genius Max called his shot and said moving Perkins inside was going to be a mistake and totally counter to everything he’s so naturally gifted at. Turns out Max’s warning signals proved to be accurate and the experiment was scrapped immediately after the Florida State game.

But still even after the loss in Orlando, Perkins just didn’t...feel like the guy who…