LSU Football: Ed Orgeron hands out some good news to start the week

LSU football head coach Ed Orgeron revealed some good news to start the week.

LSU football head coach Ed Orgeron revealed a small bit of good news on Monday morning.

During an appearance on Off the Bench in Baton Rouge, Orgeron said that Dare Rosenthal, who left the team in early March prior to the start of spring practice, had some off the field issues that had to be dealt with.

Coach O said he believes those issues have been “sorted out”.

It was previously reported that Rosenthal, a redshirt sophomore, left the team for “personal reasons”, but was expected back this summer.

For now, it’s unclear what the off the field issues were that Rosenthal had to address.

This is significant news for the Tigers. Rosenthal is considered the favorite to start at left tackle for LSU in 2020.

The Louisiana native, a former four-star recruit, played in five games for the Tigers in 2019, starting in three of those games.

Coach O said before the start of spring practice that he believes Rosenthal will be an excellent left tackle and will play in the NFL one day.

As a recruit, Rosenthal was rated as the No. 11 player in the state of Louisiana and the No. 24 defensive tackle in the nation (247Sports composite).

The depth behind Rosenthal includes redshirt sophomore Cameron Wire and redshirt freshman freshman Thomas Perry (both are former three-star recruits).

With the cancellation of spring practice, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it means Rosenthal didn’t actually miss very much on the field time. So he should still be considered the front runner to start at left tackle in 2020.