Jeremiah Smith - 1 mill
Will Howard - 1-3 mill
Caleb Downs - 1 mill
Quinshon Judkins - 1 mill
At bare minimum, 4 new guys contributed to 20% of that 20 mill. Like i get what he's trying to say, but those 4 guys were a major part of their success. Think about it like this, if they only spent 16 mill, would they be where they are at right now? I like how he says they got a "backup RB". Because Judkins takes on the heavy workload, it allows the super talented, and often injured, Henderson, to stay upright during the year. Judkins has 50 more carries than Henderson, but because of the home run ability of Henderson, they both have 925 yards and 10 TDs. If you replaced Major Burns with Caleb Downs, where do you think LSU would be right now?