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1 LSU TIGERS FOOTBALL NEWS LSU Tigers (0-0) vs. Western Carolina (0-0) LSU OPENS STADIUM EXPANSION, SABAN ERA AGAINST WESTERN CAROLINA The LSU Fighting Tigers raise the curtain on their 107th season, and first under new head coach Nick Saban, this Saturday against Western Carolina in Tiger Stadium. The game will be the first for LSU in the newly expanded Tiger Stadium after 11,600 seats were added, bringing the seating capacity to 91,600, making it the fourth largest on-campus facility in the nation. LSU is coming off a 3-8 season punctuated by a victory over eventual Cotton Bowl champion Arkansas. Western Carolina, members of the Southern Conference, posted an identical 3-8 record in The game is the season opener for both teams. TIGERS LOOK TO OPEN SEASON WITH A WIN FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR The Tigers will be looking to take their fifth consecutive opening day victory on Saturday vs. Western Carolina. The Tigers began the streak with a victory over Houston in 1996, and followed that with victories over Texas-El Paso (1997), Arkansas State (1998) and San Jose State (1999). With a victory the Tigers would have their longest stretch of season opening victories since they won eight straight openers from LSU returns 17 starters from last year s squad (9 offense, 8 defense). Offensively, Jerel Myers returns for his sophomore season after finishing second in the SEC in receptions per game in Defensively, FS Ryan Clark ranked among league leaders in tackles (110 in 1999), while sophomore LBs Trev Faulk and Bradie James are both on the Butkus Award "Watch List" heading into the year. LSU VS. WESTERN CAROLINA Opponents: LSU (0-0) vs. Western Carolina (0-0) Date: September 2, 2000 Time: 7 p.m. Site: Tiger Stadium (91,600) Television: None The Series: First Meeting THE LSU-WESTERN CAROLINA SERIES Saturday s game marks the first meeting between the two schools. Western Carolina, a member of the Division I-AA Southern Conference, is 0-6 all-time vs. current members of the SEC (one loss each to Georgia and Auburna and four to South Carolina). Also, though they haven t played one another in football or basketball, LSU and WCU have met before on the baseball diamond; the teams played in the opening round of the 1993 NCAA South Regional in Baton Rouge. LSU defeated WCU, 7-2; the Tigers went on to win the regional and capture the 93 CWS title. THE COACHES Nick Saban is in his first year as LSU coach. Previous position: head coach, Michigan State ( ) Career record: LSU record: 0-0 vs. Western Carolina: First Meeting Bill Bleil is in his fourth season as Western Carolina coach Previous position: Offensive Coordinator, Western Carolina Career Record: WCU Record: vs. LSU First meeting LSU Sports Information on the Internet RECAPPING 1999 Notes on the 1999 Tigers: * The Tigers closed out the 1999 season with a resounding victory over eventual Cotton Bowl champion Arkansas in Baton Rouge. * Jerel Myers set an SEC freshman receiving record with 64 catches. He had three 100-yard games, including a 13-catch, 153-yard effort against Auburn. Myers was named Freshman All-America by The Sporting News (first team). * Corey Gibbs led the SEC in punting with an average of 43.0 and earned second team All-Southeastern Conference honors. * Rondell Mealey rushed for 637 yards and ended his career seventh on the all-time LSU rushing list with 2,238 yards. His eight touchdowns in 1999 gave him 33 for his career, ranking him fifth on the all-time LSU list with 198 points. Returning Statistical Leaders Rushing Domanick Davis 64 att., 274 yards, 3 TDs Passing Josh Booty Rohan Davey Receiving Jerel Myers Abram Booty Defense Ryan Clark Jarvis Green Special Teams John Corbello 162 comp., 333 att., 1830 yards, 7 TDs 31 comp., 52 att., 491 yards, 4 TDs 64 rec., 854 yards, 2 TDs 26 rec., 374 yards, 2 TDs 110 tackles, 2 TFL, 3 interceptions 51 tackles, 12 TFL, 7 sacks PATs, 9-12 FGs LSU Sports Information Phone (225) PO Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA Fax (225)

2 2000 LSU Football Media Services LSU head coach Nick Saban will meet the media immediately after practice on Wednesday s during the regular-season at the Lawton Room. Contact Michael Bonnette in LSU Sports Information for other interviews with Coach Saban. LSU players are available after practice Monday through Wednesday by appointment. Contact Fred Demarest in LSU Sports Information for player interviews. MONDAY HEAD COACH PRESS LUNCHEON AND PLAYER INTERVIEWS Each Monday at 11:30 a.m. in the Press Conference Room of the LSU Athletic Administration Building. Luncheons are weekly beginning Monday, August 28 through Monday, November 20 (except open date weeks Monday, Oct. 23 and Nov. 13). Transcript of quotes can be found at: Player interviews are held immediately after the head coach answers questions from the media. The player interviews will begin at approximately 12:45 p.m. in the Media Room (old weight room) of Tiger Stadium. LSU SATELLITE NEWSFEED Video highlights of LSU football are available via satellite each Monday during the regular-season. The feed is available each Monday beginning August 28. Here is a list of feed times and coordinates for the month of September: Sept. 4, 11, 18 Time: 4:30-4:45 p.m. Central Coordinates: Galaxy 3R, Transponder 4 (C-Band) Sept. 25 Coordinates: Galaxy 3R, Transponder 2 (C-Band) WEDNESDAY SEC TELECONFERENCE The 12 SEC coaches are featured on a weekly teleconference each Wednesday at 10 a.m. during the regular season, beginning August 30. Coach Saban speaks for seven minutes starting at 10:07 a.m.. To access the teleconference dial the number listed below. Time: 10:00-11:24 a.m (Central) - Wednesdays Phone: (706) SEC SATELLITE FEED The 12 SEC schools are featured on a weekly satellite feed each Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. during the regular season, beginning August 30. Time: 1:30-2:00 p.m. (Central), Wednesdays Coordinates: Telestart 6, Transponder C9 24-HOURS FAX-ON-DEMAND SERVICE For information on all LSU sports by fax, call from your fax machine handset to access updated information 24 hours a day. You must first secure a PIN number (Call for info). Time: 24 hours a day Phone: Passcode: 732 Football Notes: 1823 Depth Chart: 1821 Statistics only: 1822 Roster: 1825 INTERNET LSU SPORTS INFORMATION is available via the Internet at: Including: LSU Football Media Guide Current Statistics Weekly Notes Schedule Roster Saban quotes SEC FOOTBALL INFORMATION is available via the Internet at: Updated standings, results, schedules, statistics and notes are on the home page Sundays during the season with the remainder of the release added on Mondays. For more information about these media services contact: Michael Bonnette Sports Information (225) Kevin Wagner Electronic Media/TV (225) Jim Hawthorne Electronic Media/Radio (225)

3 LSU vs. Western Carolina Notebook - Game No. 1 LSU VS. WESTERN CAROLINA The LSU Tigers open the Nick Saban era and play their first game in the newly expanded Tiger Stadium on Saturday against Western Carolina. The September 2 season-opener ties the earliest starting date for LSU in the school's history (LSU played Texas A&M on September 2 in both 1989 and 1995) and it's the earliest the Tigers have ever played a home game. The Texas A&M games in 1989 and 1995, both of which were losses, came on the road in College Station. SABAN DEBUT The much-anticipated head coaching debut of Nick Saban finally comes on Saturday. Saban, who guided Michigan State to four bowl games in five years with the Spartans, comes to Baton Rouge with a career head coaching record. Saban spent the 1990 season as head coach at Toledo and he led the Rockets to a 9-2 mark and a share of the Mid-American Conference title. Saban will become the first coach since Jerry Stovall in 1980 to begin his LSU tenure with a home game in Tiger Stadium. The previous four LSU head coaches all began their LSU tenures on the road: Gerry DiNardo at Texas A&M in 1995 (33-17 loss), Curley Hallman at Georgia in 1991 (31-10 loss), Mike Archer at Texas A&M in 1987 (17-3 win) and Bill Arnsparger at Florida in 1984 (21-21 tie). Stovall began his LSU tenure in 1980 in a home game against Florida State (0-16 loss). Saban will also look to become the first LSU coach since Archer in 1987 to win his LSU debut (a 17-3 win over Texas A&M in College Station). Saban is 3-2 in season-openers in his career. TIGER STADIUM EXPANSION The expansion to Tiger Stadium is complete and with the addition of 11,600 seats, Death Valley will become the fourthlargest on-campus stadium in the nation with a capacity of 91,600. While there still are several thousand tickets remaining for the season-opener, LSU should break the school's all-time single-game attendance mark on Saturday night. The singlegame mark of 82,390 was set in a win over Washington on Sept. 24, The following is a look at the top five Tiger Stadium crowds: NO. ATTENDANCE OPPONENT RESULTS DATE 1 82,390 Washington W, Sept. 24, ,792 Georgia L, Oct. 3, ,677 Florida W, 28-21Oct. 11, ,583 Florida L, Oct. 7, ,566 Notre Dame L, 24-6 Nov. 15, 1997 LSU IN SEASON-OPENERS LSU will carry a all-time record in season-openers into Saturday's contest vs. Western Carolina, which includes a mark in season-openers in Baton Rouge. The Tigers, winners of four straight season-opening games, beat San Jose State, 29-21, to open the 1999 season. LSU's longest seasonopening winning streak covered 30 games (from ), while the Tigers' longest season-opening losing streak spanned five years ( ). LSU is 7-3 all-time in season-openers that mark the first game of a decade and the Tigers are 1-0 in the first game of century. LSU opened the 1900s with a 70-0 win over Millsaps in Baton Rouge. ABOUT WESTERN CAROLINA Western Carolina is a member of the Southern Conference, which competes at the Division I-AAlevel. Located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, Western Carolina has an enrollment of 5,254 and its stadium (E.J. Whitmire) seats 12,000. They are nicknamed the Catamounts. Western Carolina also wears purple and gold. The Catamounts will be playing a Division I opponent for the third straight year - last year the lost at Maryland and in 1998, Duke posted a win over Western Carolina in the season-opener. Saturday's game in Baton Rouge will mark the second time that WCU has traveled to Louisiana for a game. In 1974, Western Carolina dropped a 10-7 decision to Louisiana Tech in Ruston in the first round of the NCAA Division II Playoffs. In 1983, WCU posted a school-best mark and reached the I- AA title game where they fell to Southern Illinois, FAULK AND JAMES ON BUTKUS LIST LSU sophomore linebackers Trev Faulk and Bradie James are two of the 70 players from across the country named to the Butkus Award Watch List. The Butkus Award goes to the nation's top linebacker. Faulk, a native of Lafayette, started eight games last year and he was named second team Freshman All-America by the Sporting News after registering 68 tackles, four of which went for losses. Faulk was also a Freshman All-SEC pick by both the league's coaches and the Knoxville News Sentinel. James, a native of West Monroe, also earned Freshman All-SEC honors last year in both polls after picking up 41 tackles and three sacks in 10 games for the Tigers. CLARK, MYERS AND WILLIAMS RECOGNIZED BY LEAGUE'S MEDIA LSU free safety Ryan Clark, split end Jerel Myers and offensive lineman Louis Williams were all named second team Pre-Season All-SEC by a vote of the league's media at SEC Media Days in July. Clark, a junior from Marrero, earned second team All-SEC honors last year after recording a team-best 110 tackles. Myers, from Houston, set an SEC freshman record by catching 64 passes in Myers, who was a member of the Freshman All-SEC team, was also a first team Freshman All-America pick by the Sporting News. Williams, a senior from Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., has become a mainstay on the Tiger line for the last three years. He'll be making his 23 straight start when the Tigers take the field on Saturday. ABRAM BOOTY AND JARVIS GREEN TOPS AMONG ACTIVE SEC PLAYERS LSU senior split end Abram Booty enters the 2000 season as the SEC's leading active receiver in terms of both receptions and yardage. Booty's 115 receptions are four better than Jermale Kelly of South Carolina and his 1,703 receiving yards are nearly 200 ahead of Kelly. Defensively, junior defensive end Jarvis Green is tied with Florida's Alex Brown with 15 sacks. Jamie Winborn of Vanderbilt is next with 13.5 sacks. Other LSU players on the active career leaders list in the SEC include Josh Booty in passing yardage (8th with 1,830) and completions (7th with 162) and Jerel Myers is ninth in both receptions (64) and receiving yardage (854).

4 WILLIAMS LOOKS TO EXTEND STARTING STREAK LSU senior offensive guard Louis Williams is scheduled to make his 23rd straight start on Saturday night. Williams, who has been in the Tiger starting lineup since the 1998 seson-opener against Arkansas State, has the longest current starting string of any LSU player. Other starting streaks of significance are senior cornerback Fred Booker (17 straight), and sophomore split end Jerel Myers and junior free safety Ryan Clark each with 11 consecutive starts. LSU VS. WESTERN CAROLINA WHERE TO... HEAR IT SEE IT RADIO The game will be carried on the LSU Sports Network, including The Eagle 98.1-FM in Baton Rouge and WWL 870- AM in New Orleans. Jim Hawthorne, play-by-play Doug Moreau, analyst Jordy Hultberg, sideline TELEVISION There is no television for the game. by averaging 50.3 yards per punt in JONES TAKES OVER PUNT- ING DUTIES Redshirt freshman Donnie Jones from Catholic High School in Baton Rouge will take over the punting duties for the Tigers this season. Jones replaces departed senior Corey Gibbs, who led the SEC in punting last year with an average of 43.0 a kick. Prior to Gibbs, LSU's Chad Kessler set an NCAA record TRACKING ABRAM BOOTY LSU split end Abram Booty enters his senior season with the Tigers ranked seventh in school history in career receptions with 115 and eighth in receiving yardage with 1,703. The following is a look at how Booty's numbers stack up in LSU history: LSU Career Receptions NO. NAME YEARS RECEPTIONS 1. Wendell Davis Eric Martin Tony Moss Larry Foster Garry James Sheddrick Wilson Abram Booty Active Todd Kinchen Andy Hamilton Eddie Kennison LSU Career Receiving Yards NO. NAME YEARS YARDAGE 1. Wendell Davis , Eric Martin , Tony Moss , Andy Hamilton , Todd Kinchen , Larry Foster , Carlos Carson , Abram Booty Active 1, Eddie Kennison , Sheddrick Wilson ,536 GREEN ON PACE TO BREAK SACK RECORD With 15 sacks in his first two years with the Tigers, junior defensive end Jarvis Green is on pace to break the school record for sacks. Rydell Malancon holds the school record with 25 sacks from with Ron Sancho next with 23. The following is a look at how Green stacks up with some of the top pass rushers in LSU history: RELATIVELY SPEAKING Quarterback Josh Booty and split end Abram Booty are brothers... Defensive end Jarvis Green and linebacker Jason Green are brothers and defensive tackle Howard Green is Jarvis and Jason's cousin... Offensive guard Trey Langley is the son of former LSU tackle Willis Langley, who lettered at LSU in 1962 and Linebacker Trev Faulk is the first cousin of all-time LSU leading rusher Kevin Faulk... Center John Compton is the son of former LSU assistant volleyball coach Francis Compton... Placekicker Kris Kessler is the brother of former LSU punter Chad Kessler, who holds the NCAA record by averaging 50.3 a punt for LSU in Split end Blain Bech is the brother of former Tiger split end Brett Bech and his sister Brenna was the first-ever signee for the LSU women's soccer team... Freshman wide receiver Drew Hixon is the son of LSU associate head coach/wide receivers coach Stan Hixon. CORBELLO'S BACK TO HANDLE PLACEKICKING CHORE A healthy John Corbello returns for his sophomore season to handle LSU's place-kicking. Last year as a true freshman, Corbello converted all 21 of his point-after-attempts and he was successful on 9 of his 12 field goal attempts. For his efforts in 1999, Corbello earned Freshman All-SEC honors from both the league's coaches and the Knoxville Sentinel. TIGERS ON TELEVISION Two LSU football games have been selected for television this year. LSU's game at Auburn on September 16 will start at 6:30 p.m. (CT) and will be televised by ESPN, while the Tigers' game at Arkansas has been moved to a 1:30 p.m. start on Friday, November 24 and will be aired by CBS. Other games will be chosen for television 12 days prior to kickoff. NO. NAME YEARS SACKS 1. Rydell Malancon Ron Sancho Gabe Northern Chuck Wiley James Gillyard Anthony McFarland t7. Jarvis Green Active 15 t7. Ramsey Dardar

5 LSU Tigers (0-0, 0-0 SEC) COACH: NICK SABAN (KENT, 1973) The Nick Saban era at LSU opens against Western Carolina... Saban begins his career at LSU after serving as head coach at Michigan State the last five years, guiding the Spartans to a record in his tenure, including 9-2 mark a year ago... The 2000 season will be his seventh as a head coach as he began his career with a one year stint at Toledo in 1990 (9-2 record). LAST YEAR: 3-8 (1-7 IN SEC) LSU posted a 3-8 mark in 1999 for its second straight losing season... After starting out 2-0 with victories over San Jose State and North Texas, the Tigers dropped a school-record eight straight decisions before rallying to beat eventual Cotton Bowl champion Arkansas to close out the 1999 season. LAST GAME: LSU 35, ARKANSAS 10 With Hal Hunter leading LSU as interim head coach, the Tigers closed out the 1999 season in tremendous fashion with a victory over Arkansas at Tiger Stadium... Rohan Davey connected on 10-for-12 passes for 224 yards passing and three TDs to earn SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors. NEXT GAME: HOUSTON Houston visits Death Valley for the second straight year. Last year, the Cougars took a decisive 20-7 decision over the Tigers in what would be Gerry DiNardo s final game as head coach. CHAMPIONSHIPS SEC West Titles: SEC Titles: National Title: 1958 SPORTS INFORMATION (225) Michael Bonnette, Sports Information Director Fred Demarest, Assoc. SID/Football Assistant RADIO: Game will be aired over LSU Sports Network with 50-plus stations; flagship is The Eagle, 98.1-FM in Baton Rouge. Play-by-Play: Jim Hawthorne Analyst: Former Tiger All-American Doug Moreau Sideline Reporter: Jordy Hultberg 2000 LSU Football Schedule LSU vs. Western Carolina Fact Sheet - Game No. 1 SITE: TIGER STADIUM (91,600) Nicknamed Death Valley... The Tigers will be playing for the first time in the expanded Tiger Stadium, as 11,600 seats have been added to make it the fourth largest on-campus stadium in the country... It marks the fourth significant expansion of the stadium , 1953, 1978 and to reach its current capacity... LSU averaged 78,630 fans a year ago, ranking 11th in the nation... The Tigers have been in the top 20 in the nation in attendance every single year since the NCAA began keeping the statistic in Has rated consistently as one of the most feared road sites in America, most recently in 1998 by Sport Magazine in a poll of Division I-A coaches... The Tigers have posted an all-time mark of (.695) in the historic stadium dating back to SERIES: FIRST MEETING This will be the first meeting between the two schools... Western Carolina is 0-6 all-time vs. current members of the Southeastern Conference opponents, having dropped a game each to Georgia and Auburn and four to South Carolina... The Western Carolina contest will also mark LSU's first-ever game against a I-AA opponent. DATE OPPONENT TV W/L SCORE/TIME Sept. 2 Western Carolina 7 p.m. Sept. 9 Houston 7 p.m. Sept. 16 at Auburn ESPN 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23 Alabama-Birmingham 7 p.m. Sept. 30 Tennessee 7 p.m. Oct. 7 at Florida Noon Oct. 14 Kentucky 7 p.m. Oct. 21 Miss. State 7 p.m. Nov. 4 Alabama 7 p.m. Nov. 11 at Ole Miss 1 p.m. Nov. 24 at Arkansas CBS 1:30 p.m. Western Carolina (0-0, 0-0 SoCon) COACH: BILL BLEIL (NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE, 1981) Is in his fourth season as the Catamounts' head coach with an overall record of Spent one season (1996) as offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Western Carolina before replacing Steve Hodgin prior to the 1997 season...also spent four seasons ( ) as the offensive line coach, two as the offensive coordinator at University of the Pacific...This is his first head coaching position. LAST YEAR: 3-8 (2-6 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE) The Catamounts began the 1999 season with a lopsided victory over Mars Hill (59-0) before losing their next six straight...finished 2-6 in the Southern Conference with wins over VMI (40-2) and The Citadel (24-17). LAST GAME: WESTERN CAROLINA 24, THE CITADEL 17 QB Shawn Snyder threw for 289 yards and two touchdowns on 19 of 28 passing to lead WCU to a win... After leading 17-0 with 8:25 remaining in the third quarter, the Catamounts allowed The Citadel to eventually tie the game...snyder connected with fellow senior Brad Hoover on a 65 yard touchdown pass for the winning score. NEXT GAME: LENOIR-RHYNE The Catamounts face Lenoir-Rhyne in their home opener. Western Carolina has won six straight over Lenoir-Rhyne, including a win in the last meeting between the teams in SPORTS INFORMATION (828) Jody Jones, Sports Information Director Fax: (828) RADIO: Game will be broadcast on the Catamount Sports Network. Play-by-Play: Gary Ayers Analyst: former Duke and Rice head coach Fred Goldsmith 2000 Western Carolina Football Schedule DATE OPPONENT TV W/L SCORE/TIME Sept. 2 at LSU 7 p.m. Sept. 9 Lenoir-Rhyne 6 p.m. Sept. 16 at The Citadel 6 p.m. Sept. 23 East Tennessee State 6 p.m. Sept. 30 at Furman 2 p.m. Oct. 7 Georgia Southern 6 p.m. Oct. 14 at Wofford 1:30 p.m. Oct. 21 Chattanooga 1 p.m. Oct. 28 at VMI 1 p.m. Nov. 11 Appalachian State 1 p.m. Nov. 18 Tennessee Tech 1 p.m.

6 OFFENSE SE 3 Jerel Myers So. 25 Josh Reed So. 10 LaVar Johnson Jr. LT 68 Brandon Winey Sr. -or- 75 Trey Langley Sr. 72 Kade Comeaux Fr. LSU vs. Western Carolina LSU Depth Chart DEFENSE LE 85 Kyle Kipps Jr. 97 Kareem Mitchell Sr. -or- 54 Kenderick Allen So. LT 91 Muskingum Barnes Jr. 96 Byron Dawson So. LG 76 Bob Wynne So. 66 John Young So. C 64 John Compton Sr. 70 Louis Williams Sr. 79 Jason Underwood Sr. RG 70 Louis Williams Sr. 78 Dwayne Pierce Jr. RT 75 Trey Langley Sr. -or- 74 Brad Smalling So. 69 Jason Baggett Jr. TE 86 Robert Royal Sr. 87 Joe Domingeaux Jr. 47 Eric Edwards Fr. FL 4 Reggie Robinson Jr. 88 Abram Booty Sr. 83 Jack Hunt Fr. QB (1) 14 Josh Booty Jr. (1a) 6 Rohan Davey Jr. 16 Craig Nall Jr. FB 43 Tommy Banks Sr. TB 22 LaBrandon Toefield Fr. 31 Domanick Davis So. 26 Devery Henderson Fr. RETURN SPECIALISTS PR 31 Domanick Davis So. 2 Ryan Clark Jr. 25 Josh Reed So. 33 Demetrius Hookfin So. KOR 31 Domanick Davis So. 3 Jerel Myers So. 26 Devery Henderson Fr. 25 Josh Reed So. RT 95 Howard Green Jr. 93 Chad Lavalais Fr. 94 Melvin Richey Fr. -or- 98 Shaun Wynn So. RE 59 Jarvis Green Jr. 82 Stephen Peterman Fr. -or- 54 Kenderick Allen So. SLB 56 Jeremy Lawrence So. 58 Lionel Turner Fr. -or- 46 Wardell Sykes Sr. MLB 7 Treverance Faulk So. 15 Walter Moreham Jr. 50 Marcus Yanez Fr. WLB 11 Bradie James So. 42 Chris Cooper So. 29 Terrence O'Bryant Jr. LCB 1 Fred Booker Sr. 5 Damien James So. 32 Erin Damond Fr. RCB 33 Demetrius Hookfin So. 9 Robert Davis Jr. 21 Randall Gay Fr. SS 28 Lionel Thomas Jr. 37 Travis Moses Fr. 27 Eric Alexander Fr. FS 2 Ryan Clark Jr. 36 Norman LeJeune So. 23 Adrian Mayes Fr. KICKING SPECIALIST PK 40 John Corbello So. 12 Kris Kessler Jr. P 80 Donnie Jones Fr. 22 Ryan Miles Jr. SNP 53 Brian Pare Fr. 57 Wendell York So.

7 LSU vs. Western Carolina Western Carolina Depth Chart OFFENSE SE 10 Michael Banks So. 13 Caesar Campana Sr. DEFENSE DE 93 Ryan Lawrence Sr. 75 Nicky McNeil Fr. LT 65 Jamie Miller Jr. 71 Joel McLelland Jr. LG 55 Thomas Pruett So. 78 Jason Whaley Fr. C 61 Jason Jones Jr. 51 Erik Laney Jr. RG 64 Caleb Queen So. 53 William Fisher Fr. RT 62 Jeremy Queen So. 76 Jon Vaughan Fr. TE 90 Brian Rucker Fr. 82 Brian Pesci Fr. FL 11 Aaron Wright Sr. 81 Lamont Seward Fr. QB 12 David Rivers Sr. 17 Justin Cella Sr. FB 2 Walter Gary Jr. 35 Toren Gordon So. TB 21 Fred Boateng Fr. 24 Donnie Bryant Jr. RETURN SPECIALISTS PR 10 Michael Banks So. 14 Marquail Wells Jr. KOR 10 Michael Banks So. 11 Aaron Wright Sr. LT 92 Jeff Chambers Jr. 57 Jeb Hall So. RT 99 Andre Miller Sr. 74 John Brashear Jr. DE 47 Pablo Abraham Jr. 40 Larry Jones So. SLB 59 Seth Hanssen So. 52 Damien Luce Jr. MLB 33 Cedric Crudup Sr. 46 Mitch Miller So. WLB 7 Patrick Leach Jr. 42 Antonio Ponder So. CB 6 Randy Shaw Sr. -or- 14 Marquail Wells Jr. FS 3 Justin Fryer So. 34 Jerrod Boone So. SS 5 Lorenzo Ferguson Sr. 49 Dunstan Kendrick So. CB 6 Randy Shaw Sr. -or- 8 Jawan Clark Sr. KICKING SPECIALISTS P 44 Stanton Horne Fr. 25 Justin Kohler Sr. PK 22 Josh Jones Sr. 48 Brunson Depass Sr. H 19 David Hunter Jr. SN 51 Erik Laney Jr.