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LSU offensive lineman DJ Chester is reportedly entering his name into the NCAA transfer portal.

The redshirt sophomore from Conyers, Ga., was LSU's starting center in 2024 but was more of a rotational lineman this past season, playing in seven games at multiple positions with one start.

Chester is the third LSU offensive lineman to enter the transfer portal, joining Carius Curne and Coen Echols.



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Originally published on TigerDroppings.com
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Muzza1 month
The Transfer Portal will/is destroy the recruiting process for the best of the best players. Its no longer a game of young college players, but a game millionaire athletes.
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Ruebacca2 months
Very few if any players on the current roster have actually spoken to any of the new coaching staff. This is to be expected and there will be more. The first two weeks of January are going to be eye opening and I predict some head scratchers. But I'll say, I didn't know the name of a single OL on Kiffin's OM team this year, but I do know they were way better than what LSU had, so I'll trust they know what they're doing far better than someone like me.
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JYD2 months
:I’m not even mad gif:
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Thank god. This dude SUCKED
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cypresstiger2 months
That offensive line was offensive
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Tigerbite2222 months
Very offensive....lol
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Jd751892 months
I wouldn’t call it “losing”, Bob.
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Strannix2 months
I was told CLK is processing ALOT of O-linemen
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Tigerwm232 months
Did LSU really lose here?

Nope
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Not at all. Fat, weak, lazy, and completely undisciplined
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TaderSalad2 months
Frank gon be lining up punters n shite for our makeshift OL tonight.
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HuntinFishin252 months
No surprise with the OL players. Why would there be after this season. Have a conversation with the new HC and the coach is honest. No job is secure and the NIL $$$ is out there. It is a new game and Kiffin is one of, if not the best at it. Time to rebuild and rebuild with the best available!!!
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24chevrolet482 months
Thank goodness… another member of one of the worst OL gone
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Clayvet2 months
Crazy how you guys think CLK is going to miraculously get a whole new OL in here by next season. Easier to coach up what you have for depth and you might be able to grab a few in the portal, but losing all these guys is bigger than what most think.
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Loser State1 month
This is absolutely true, it creates an even bigger hole in an already blaring weakness going into 2026. It’s already too late to replace this many holes with anything resembling SEC caliber players.
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PotatoChip2 months
Is LSU going to have a complete offensive line next year?
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HuntinFishin252 months
Complete? You mean all new? Hopefully so and it is trending that way. Yep, Kiffin needed to overhaul the OL more than any other position.
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33inNC2 months
He won't go to a P4 team, dude is not P4 material.
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Gonadballbarian2 months
Thank God
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I do not give a rat's arse.

well...bye!
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LSUsince742 months
This is comical, bye Chess
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keepitsimple22 months
ANOTHER one?
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HuntinFishin252 months
You just don't understand what is taking place do you.
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Csmims2 months
Could the poor performance be due to a lack of coaching.
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BassMan632 months
Not that this guy was great, but looking at all the guys leaving because there is a new coach gives me reason for concern. These young men quitting their team because the coach changed is not a good look. I think they are conditioning themselves to quit when things dont go their way. How will they handle working in the real world where bosses come and go. You dont quit your job because you have a new boss. Obviously if the new boss is unfair we all have a right to leave a job. But this Transfer portal crap is souring me on college football. There is no loyalty among many of these young men. er ah boys. Some havent earned the right to be called a man yet. And then you have all of these guys opting out. Again what happened to being part of a team and seeing things thru. I do get it when a player never sees the field. I dont blame them for leaving. The game itself is far worse now than ever and I dont care for it. I guess Im old school and I have my right to my opinion. I wish something would happen to make this game more like college football than a semi professional league. And all of these super conferences this shite has to go to. I just dont like anything about it.
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bluebuck12 months
Football aside, how about these kids learning to play the game called “Life”. The O-Line coach that recruited them will be gone, if not gone already. Is there a chance these “quitters” could develop under a new O-line coach. That is a possibility. You don’t quit your job, if you get a new boss, in Life. The portal is creating greedy losers that can end up greedy loser in the game of Life.
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CaLSUTigerFan2 months
Or these kids were told there isn't a place for them in the new scheme. Don't assume they wanted to leave. Heck, if I read all the crap people wrote about them, I'd leave too.
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HuntinFishin252 months
Not necessarily quitters in this case. This was an organization in peril and the 'OL Department' was the center of the problem. New CEO comes in and cleans house. Very normal and with NIL to add to the equation, this is not a surprise.
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