Fall camp is finally off and running as the Tigers hit the Ponderosa with a few weeks away from the season starting up.
The offseason talk has only a few weeks left until it is officially put to bed when boot meets ball on September 5th when LSU hosts Clemson in Baton Rouge. In the meantime, let’s take advantage of the last few weeks of the offseason and do some light scouting on every position group on Lane Kiffin’s roster.
Starting with the most talked about position group in the SEC, the quarterbacks.
Sam Leavitt is QB1, but he has to take care of the rock and stay healthy
The 6’2”, 216-pound redshirt junior begins his first season with Charlie Weis Jr. as his offensive coordinator and has quickly built a phenomenal connection with his OC. Weis’s offensive scheme calls for a hybrid RPO style of play that focuses on getting the football out of his quarterback's hands and into the arms of athletes who can turn up the field to create big plays.
Leavitt is the frontrunner right now because of his experience and high football IQ, his ability to stretch the field to create mismatches. But that wasn’t without his flaws; he can be a wild card at times with how he moves around the pocket, often moving into easy sacks for the defense.
He will have to show he’s moved past that & work extensively on his footwork over the course of the year. Could that have been a cause due to the foot injury he sustained? Very likely.
But Coach Kiffin has made it clear that he didn’t look like he had a foot issue at all last year. It showed earlier this afternoon.
Husan Longstreet could be the future of LSU Football
Transferring in from USC, the former 5-star prospect has shined dating back to the spring, he has a strong arm and can pull the football down and run with authority.
Throughout the spring, he consistently made some impressive throws down the field and even had a heck of a day with five touchdowns running with the ones and twos. Longstreet’s touch on the football is really impressive, fans can expect him to come into a game if Sam Leavitt gets injured and take over the offense with ease. He does have to work on not trying to fit every ball into tight coverage as well as not making every throw a fastball.
Fans will have a good understanding of what their future looks like if Longstreet continues to develop the way he has over the last year.
Landen Clark is the ultimate competitor
Competitor.
That’s the one word that best describes last year’s Jerry Rice Award finalist. Coming from Elon, Clark’s athleticism made him such a dynamic weapon for the Phoenix, leading an offense that was 11th in total offense in 2024 to 5th in the CAA in 2025. His athleticism and versatility as a quarterback makes him a dangerous weapon, any other power four school in college football would be fortunate to have a guy like him as a QB1.
But he came for a challenge and he’s in a battle right now to be the backup to Sam Leavitt, with his experience last year, he could end up as the number two guy by the time game week comes, but can he be more than just an athletic quarterback and show more than just him throwing the football down the field? Can he learn the Charlie Weis offense? We will have to see over the course of the year.
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