LSU football all-time roster: Offensive starters and backups

Though perhaps best known for the defensive superstars it has produced, LSU has seen no shortage of offensive talent come through Baton Rouge.

This has been even more true in recent years, as the 2019 team alone featured some of the best offensive players the Tigers have ever had. But if you look at the totality of this program’s history, where do the top offensive players land?

We’ve tried our hand at putting together LSU’s all-time two deep, beginning with the offensive side of the ball. Who made the cut for the Tigers?

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Starting QB: Joe Burrow

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Some selections on this list required a lot of consideration. This was not one of them. For a school that isn’t exactly known for producing quarterbacks, Burrow is a no-brainer. He holds the single-season school records for passing yards and touchdowns by a mile. He also ranks second and first in the career ranks for those statistics, respectively, despite playing only two seasons in Baton Rouge. He’s also well on his way to being the best pro quarterback the school has ever produced.

Backup QB: Bert Jones

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This one was a little trickier. Jones, who played in the early 1970s, doesn’t have numbers that hold up by modern standards. Still, he was far and away the best SEC quarterback in 1972, and he went on to win an MVP award in the NFL.

Starting RB: Billy Cannon

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We’re going back even further than Jones for this one. Cannon is one of the all-time LSU legends, and though he suffers from some of the same era-specific problems, the…