'Crafty' LSU offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger impresses Dave Aranda from the start

Dave Aranda noticed something impressive about Steve Ensminger the first time he stepped into an offensive coaching staff meeting at LSU.

It was 2016, and Aranda -- then a first-year defensive coordinator at LSU -- did not have a personal working relationship with the offensive coaches yet. Offensive coaches pulled into meetings before the season opener against Wisconsin, which was where Aranda worked before LSU hired him.

Aranda said Thursday during an interview with Baton Rouge ESPN radio that he "always singled out Steve" during those meetings "because when he would talk, he was always well thought out.

"I would go, 'Yeah, you're right. That's right.' He would see things and give out really…