LSU Football: Top 5 Things Ed Orgeron Needs To Do in 2017

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Nov 24, 2016; College Station, TX, USA; LSU Tigers wide receiver Malachi Dupre (15) makes a touchdown reception during the second quarter against the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports /

Get Some Wide Receiver Help

Whether its Danny Etling or anyone else starting at quarterback, the Tigers desperately need some breakout wide receivers to take some pressure off the run game.

LSU finished 101st in the nation in passing offense, totaling only 187.6 yards per game this season. While some of that can be blamed on quarterback play, a lot of it boils down to a lack of big, fast targets to the quarterback to hit.

Malachi Dupre – who is a likely player to declare for the NFL draft – was the Tigers’ leading receiver this year with only 34 receptions for 454 yards. This compares to Alabama’s top receiver, ArDarius Stewart, who hauled in 39 catches for 683 yards in an offense which compares to LSU’s.

The new wide receiver is molded in the Calvin Johnson mold, and that’s what Orgeron needs to go after in his first recruiting class.

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