LSU fans, what are your thoughts on Tommy Hodson?

Tommy was a great college qb. Very poised and had a great sense of what was going on everywhere on the field.

I find it hard to compare players from decade to decade. So much depends on players around the stars.

Absolutely an all time great combination of talent and guts for us. He actually bit through his tongue in a game, got stitches and came back in to lead the Tigers to a hard fought win.

LSU had a ton of talent when Hodson was there.

How about a competent coaching staff?

First LSU QB I remember watching live (I was 10-13 when he was at LSU). I watched games before that, but I remember loving watching Hodson play. As others have said, it’s hard to compare across the decades, but Hodson is up there for me.

TT, Tommy was the first player I loved wearing purple and gold, had a poster of him in my room as a kid.

A GREAT QB and is forgotten among players of SEC lore.

I love Tommy Hodson, he was a badass.

I would put Tommy below Bert Jones but that’s probably it as far as pure talent.

During his 44 regular season games at LSU (1986–1989), Hodson passed for 9,115 yards and 69 touchdowns, becoming the first quarterback in SEC history to surpass 8,000 career passing yards, and the first quarterback in SEC history to surpass 60 career passing touchdowns.
Hodson passed for over 2,000 yards during each of his four seasons at LSU, becoming the third player in NCAA history to achieve that feat.

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Game was different then, but his stats are meh when i look at them now. But some things just don't show up in the stat column. He was damn good.

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He probably started the most games at QB but he still has the most passing yards and passings TDs in LSU history. When he was done playing both of those were the most in the SEC. Only 4 time first team all SEC player in LSU history.

Hodson coincided with the years I attended LSU. I’d put him as the best LSU qb since Bert Jones. He had tremendous receivers ( Wendell Davis for one ) and had great accuracy and toughness. He was 1st team All SEC ALL FOUR YEARS , won two SEC championships, threw for over 9000 yards ( which was the SEC record) , and was just a huge winner and competitor. He’s always been kind of the standard for me.