Heading into the 2020 season LSU faced a steep task: replacing its entire starting linebacker corps while also switching to a new defense.
Gone was Dave Aranda’s 3-4, in came Bo Pelini’s 4-3 approach. The problem? LSU had spent the past few seasons loading up on smaller, quicker linebackers that could cover sideline to sideline instead of the “see ball, hit ball” attacking type.
The skillsets of Jabril Cox and Damone Clark didn’t mesh with Pelini’s philosophy. Now LSU, who has been producing phenomenal linebackers as of late, is hoping that the new defense Daronte Jones and position coach Blake Baker can get this group of linebackers playing like Devin White, Debo Jones, and Patrick Queen.