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re: 5 Star Harold Perkins Not Drafted?
Posted on 4/27/26 at 9:28 am to SidewalkTiger
Posted on 4/27/26 at 9:28 am to SidewalkTiger
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He was a 5 star based on potential and people expected production from him that he was never capable of giving.
I would love for you to read this board during/after his freshman year when he was proclaimed to be the best defensive player in college football.
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Posted on 4/27/26 at 9:29 am to Dawgsontop34
Yeah, what a disappointment,. No development at all. He will probably turn out okay in the NFL after a team teaches him some technique. IF he actually makes a squad
Posted on 4/27/26 at 9:35 am to captdalton
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So you are saying that he had maxed out at 18? He just couldn’t get stronger with a weight training program? Nor could he improve his technique?
That does not seem correct
No, I'm saying there are busts all the time. Perk wasn't even really a bust, he just never became a dominant player.
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Harold Perkins is going to put LSU fans in an awkward spot. They will want him to succeed in the NFL so they can brag about him. But, if he does succeed, it will show that LSU wasted his talent. Quite the conundrum for LSU fans.
It also puts you in an interesting spot.
You want him to fail in the NFL, but you'd also like to create threads about LSU wasting his talent. Quite the conundrum for obsessed attention whores.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 10:53 am to crimsoncoded94
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7.5 sacks and 4 FF as a freshman isnt overhyped.
Pretty sure most of those were in one game against Arkansas with our backup QB in. He absolutely wrecked us in that game.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 11:30 am to meansonny
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Do you watch football?
He is an undersized one trick pony.
Even in his "heisman season" freshman year, they took him off the field on key 3rd downs and goalline.
Ultimately, he was a liability because of his size.
Correct.
He's an undersized pass rush specialist OLB essentially. And there is some bad tape of him taking plays off. And he doesn't get any push if he's squared up by blocker, has to run around/by them, or he's out of the play.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 11:36 am to captdalton
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How does a guy who was a 5* spend four years at an SEC school and get no stronger than he was as a high school senior and learn zero technique?
Are you talking about Dylan Moses?
Posted on 4/27/26 at 11:41 am to crimsoncoded94
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Elite defenses dont give up 20 points a game. Ohio State, Indiana, and Tech were the only elite defenses in college football.
LSU gave up 330 yards a game. Be serious.
To be fair, that defense was on the field for 5 quarters worth of snaps on the regular. We even went over 90 defensive snaps at least twice. Worst offense I have ever seen.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 11:41 am to danger14
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Are you talking about Dylan Moses?
His career was derailed by an injury. He never got his full speed back after his knee reconstruction. Injury or off the field issues are usually what cause top recruits to flame out. Not Harold Perkins, he just didn’t improve for four years.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 11:44 am to captdalton
Are you saying Harold Perkins DIDN'T blow his knee out?
Posted on 4/27/26 at 11:57 am to danger14
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Are you saying Harold Perkins DIDN'T blow his knee out?
Do not try to frick up his trolling.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 11:59 am to danger14
Poor conditioning, training and coaching
Kid never stood a chance
Kid never stood a chance
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:00 pm to danger14
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Are you saying Harold Perkins DIDN'T blow his knee out?
I am saying it did not appear to derail his career. He looked the same after the injury as before it. He looked the same for 4 years. And that is what makes people scratch their head.
Perkins had a torn ACL and missed the 2024 season. Moses had a foot injury in 2017. Then he missed the 2019 season with surgery to repair a torn ACL suffered in August practice.. And then he played most of the 2020 season with a torn meniscus. Like I said earlier, many of the top recruits who don’t become stars are victims of injury or poor off the field decisions. Moses was derailed by injuries.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:16 pm to captdalton
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I am saying it did not appear to derail his career. He looked the same after the injury as before it. He looked the same for 4 years. And that is what makes people scratch their head.
He played a completely different position post injury but "looked the same".
Posted on 4/27/26 at 12:25 pm to captdalton
Oh! I get it now. Two completely different scenarios. I should have known that a Saban coached Alabama player could never have been a bust or improperly developed. My bad. Apples and oranges.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 4:47 pm to danger14
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Oh! I get it now. Two completely different scenarios. I should have known that a Saban coached Alabama player could never have been a bust or improperly developed. My bad. Apples and oranges.
That poster is completely incapable of making an honest argument. Also, based on his terrible takes within this thread, I'm not sure he even watches football.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 5:08 pm to SidewalkTiger
This is not a direct response to Sidewalk... just my thoughts on Perkins. I blame BK for misusing a great talent. Perkins should have been an OLB.... Not an ILB or MLB.
He was asked to perform in a position that didn't fit his skill set.
He was asked to perform in a position that didn't fit his skill set.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 5:24 pm to LVag1997
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I blame BK for misusing a great talent. Perkins should have been an OLB.... Not an ILB or MLB.
He was asked to perform in a position that didn't fit his skill set.
Too small. If he's going to fit in anywhere, it's at a STAR type position, like he played in 2025. Think Kyle Hamilton with the Ravens.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 5:40 pm to SidewalkTiger
Yea something was not right because he really shined that one year and I wasn't looking forward to facing him the next, but he never regained that same form.
Hope he is going to a good situation. The pro's tend to put guys where the can really help. Don't know what kind of ego he has but he is an incredible athlete.
Hope he is going to a good situation. The pro's tend to put guys where the can really help. Don't know what kind of ego he has but he is an incredible athlete.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 7:02 pm to ColoradoElkHerd
He was never what LSU tried to sell he was. He was a safety that ran by slow, inexperienced OTs a few times.
Posted on 4/27/26 at 7:04 pm to LVag1997
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I blame BK for misusing a great talent. Perkins should have been an OLB.... Not an ILB or MLB.
To be fair, Perkins wanted cross training. Cross training is good for the NFL. And he still played sam/star for LSU too.
I dont blame the coaching staff for doing what Perkins wanted.
I said it earlier. The best thing for LSU was to keep him on the edge (sam/star/will). Just utilize him situationally. And they didn't do that out of respect for the Perkins camp.
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