EMILY DIXON NAMED LSU’S DIRECTOR OF LETTERWINNER ENGAGEMENT
In her new role, Dixon will oversee LSU’s National L Club and all functions for the group, serve as the primary contact for letterwinners, manage membership for the organization, and serve as the liaison for the L Club Executive Board.
In addition, she will direct the LSU Athletics Hall of Fame Committee through the selection process for new inductees, and as well as coordinating LSU’s Tribute Graduation Ceremony for student-athletes each fall and spring.
Dixon previously served as Chief of Creative Content as well as Executive Director of Creative Content.
In that capacity, Dixon oversaw all creative video for LSU Athletics, including social media, website, in-venue productions, and television shows. The Creative Content Department, one of the top in college athletics, works hand-in-hand with all sports across campus to showcase student-athletes, coaches and staff and bring fans behind the scenes of LSU athletics.
Dixon was part of the Sports Business Journal’s “Best in Sports Social Media” team in 2020, and the video department has been featured in numerous articles gaining national recognition from media outlets across the country.
Dixon also served as LSU’s in-house reporter, where she conducted weekly interviews with football head coach Brian Kelly, current football players, and former Tigers in the NFL, including Joe Burrow, Tyrann Mathieu, Justin Jefferson, Ja’Marr Chase, and Devin White.
Dixon also produced features and interviews with student-athletes and head coaches for various sports, which were seen on LSU Athletics’ social media channels and streamed on the LSU GOLD platform.
Dixon originally served as the Coordinator of Offensive Operations for the LSU Football team from 2012-2020 before being promoted to the Executive Director of Creative Content in the spring of 2020. While in college, Dixon began her LSU career as a student with the LSU football team.
Before returning to Baton Rouge, Dixon was a sports anchor and reporter at KNOE-TV in Monroe, La., where she would shoot, edit, produce and anchor weekly sportscasts.
NABERS SHINES AT LSU PRO TIMING DAY
BATON ROUGE – Malik Nabers further enhanced his case as the top wide receiver in the 2024 NFL Draft with a time of 4.35 in the 40-yard dash and a vertical leap of 42-inches as LSU held Pro Timing Day at the Charles McClendon Practice Facility.
In all, 13 Tigers took part in the Pro Timing Day which was held in front of all 32 NFL teams, including six head coaches. Over 150 media were credentialed for the event with NFL Network, ESPN and SEC Network broadcasting portions of the day live. The NFL Network will have a one-hour show dedicated to LSU Pro Timing Day tonight from 7-8.
“We had a lot of national television here – NFL Network, ESPN- getting that type of notoriety for LSU and our football program certainly is very good for your program and how your move forward relative to recruiting,” LSU coach Brian Kelly said. “Our young guys get to see what it’s like, it’s a job interview in many ways and how you need to prepare for that job interview. I think our guys did a great job of preparing for that job interview.
“Finally, the entire country got a chance to see elite players and what that looks like. LSU has done a great job over the years of developing elite players and you got to see that today.”
Nabers, a unanimous All-America and runner-up for the Biletnikoff Award, dazzled scouts with his performance that also included a leap of 10-feet 9-inches in the broad jump. He did 15 reps on the 225-pound bench press.
Nabers heads into April’s NFL Draft as one of the top two receivers in this year’s class. His results on Wednesday could vault him into a top five pick and the first receiver selected.
“Physicality and ability to separate from great players, there has to be something you look for,” Kelly said of Nabers. “When you watch film, you see him separate from great players in the SEC. Today you saw a 42-inch vertical and a 4.3 (40-yard dash). This ability to separate on the field is now backed up by the physical prowess you see with a 42-inch vertical and a 4.3 (40-yard dash).
“It validates what you see on film and that it’s backed up by great physical traits. I think what it does more than anything else is that it shows he can separate with the ball in his hands, he can be explosive after the catch. Now it comes down to ‘who is the kind of guy who you want to get the ball in their hands’. I don’t think there’s a better receiver in the country.”
Heisman Trophy quarterback Jayden Daniels went through a 58-play passing script that included Nabers, Brian Thomas, Greg Clayton along with underclassmen in Kyren Lacy and Mason Taylor. Daniels only participated in the position workouts as did Thomas, who ran a 4.33 40 at the NFL Combine earlier this month.
Other highlights in the 40-yard dash for the Tigers include safety Andre Sam with a time of 4.53, linebacker Omar Speights at 4.62, and edge rusher Ovie Oghoufo at 4.65.
Speights led all players in the bench press with 30 reps, followed by defensive tackle Mekhi Wingo with 28, offensive lineman Charles Turner with 22 and defensive lineman Maason Smith with 21.
Next up for the Tigers is the NFL Draft, which takes place April 25-27 in Detroit.
SEC ANNOUNCES LEAGUE FOOTBALL SLATE FOR 2025 SEASON
BATON ROUGE – The Southeastern Conference announced the scheduling format for the 2025 football season on Wednesday.
Similar to the 2024 SEC football schedule, in 2025 teams will play eight league games plus one required opponent from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 or major independent.
SEC schools will play the same league opponents in 2025 that they are scheduled to face in 2024. LSU will host Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina and Texas A&M in Tiger Stadium in 2025 and will travel to face Alabama, Ole Miss, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt.
LSU’s non-conference games in 2025 has the Tigers traveling to face Clemson on August 30 followed by home games against Louisiana Tech on September 6 and Western Kentucky on November 22.
“Continuing with our current format for the 2025 season provides additional time to understand the impact of the changes happening around us as we determine the appropriate long-term plan for SEC football scheduling,” said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.
The full schedule of dates of games for the 2025 football season will be announced at a later
time.
The 2025 schedule format was approved by a vote of the SEC Presidents and Chancellors last
week following a recommendation from the league’s Athletics Directors.
The 2025 season will be the second year that the SEC Championship Game will feature the top
two teams in the 16-team Conference standings at the end of the regular season. Beginning with the 2024 season, the SEC will eliminate divisional standings
3 FORMER LSU TIGERS IN SUPER BOWL ON SUNDAY; LSU SUPER BOWL STREAK AT 23
BATON ROUGE – Three former LSU Tigers – Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Neil Farrell, and Ty Davis-Price – will look to win a Super Bowl ring on Sunday when the NFL’s championship game takes place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
Kickoff for the contest is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. and will be televised on CBS.
LSU has had at least one player on the roster of teams competing in the Super Bowl for 23 consecutive years, which stands as the longest current streak in college football. LSU’s streak dates back to January of 2002 when running back Kevin Faulk made the first of five Super Bowl appearances for the former LSU All-American.
Edwards-Helaire and Farrell are key contributors for the Chiefs, while Davis-Price is on the practice squad for the 49ers. All three of LSU’s Super Bowl LVIII participants were part of the school’s 2019 national championship.
Edwards-Helaire will be making his third appearance in the Super Bowl, while Farrell and Davis-Price are playing in the game for the first time. Edwards-Helaire is 1-1 in Super Bowls, winning a ring last year in the 38-35 victory over the Eagles. The Chiefs fell to Tampa Bay in Edwards-Helaire’s first Super Bowl appearance in 2021.
In Super Bowl LV against Tampa Bay, Edwards-Helaire started at running back and led the Chiefs in rushing with 64 yards on nine carries. He added two receptions for 18 yards.
In program history, 47 former Tigers have combined to win 57 Super Bowl rings. Faulk has three Super Bowl rings to lead all former LSU players.
Eight former LSU players have won two Super Bowl titles – Rohan Davey, Randall Gay, Jarvis Green, Tory James, Leonard Marshall, Booger McFarland, Spencer Ware and Corey Webster all won pair of Super Bowl titles.
Faulk’s five Super Bowl appearances are the most of any former Tiger, followed by linebacker Roy “Moonie” Winston, who played in the game four times with the Vikings in the 1970s.
Following Sunday’s Super Bowl, the next regular-season football game scheduled to be played in Allegiant Stadium features LSU and Southern Cal on Sunday, Sept. 1.
The kid from San Bernardino, Ca. Jayden Daniels wins 2023 Heisman Trophy
A well deserving season for Jayden Daniels as he captures the 2023 Heisman Trophy. Jayden becomes the 2nd college player to throw for 10,000 yards and run for 3000 yards during his college career as a quarterback.
This year as the LSU quarterback Daniels threw for 3800 yards, 40 tds, and only 4 interceptions, quarterback rating 95.7. The last 2 games vs Georgia State and rivals Texas A&M he contributed 10 touchdowns, pretty amazing athlete.
As Daniels gets ready for the NFL definitely a 1st round draft pick should be selected in the top 10. Next game for Jayden and the LSU Tigers will be in Tampa Bay for the ReliaQuest Bowl taking on Wisconsin, going out with a bang as a LSU Tiger.
FIVE FORMER LSU TIGERS ADD NAMES TO PROJECT GRADUATION LIST
BATON ROUGE – Graduating Champions is the mission of the LSU football program under head coach Brian Kelly.
That mission is not just for current players, but also applies to those who have come before – the ones who helped lay the foundation on which the four-time national championship program is built.
Four more former Tiger football players accomplished the mission on Friday as they officially become LSU graduates. The list includes Trindon Holliday, Grant Delpit, JaCoby Stevens and Jay Ward. All four won national championships in football and now they are LSU graduates.
Holiday was part of LSU’s 2007 national championship team, while Delpit, Stevens and Ward were all members of the perfect season in 2019.
“Our mission is not just about our current players,” LSU coach Brian Kelly said. “It’s about former players and reaching out to them to make sure they understand that we are here and ready to help in any way we can. We want to assist them and build that bridge so they can come back and graduate.
“We are very proud of our four former football players for sticking to their commitment of earning their degree and being part of our mission and that’s graduating champions. It gets difficult sometimes, you get distracted, life takes a different turn and priorities then change, but it’s great to see the guys stick with it and earn their LSU degree. It’s a proud moment and I want to congratulate them on this accomplishment.”
The four football players, along with former baseball pitcher Jesse Stallings, all took advantage of LSU’s Project Graduation program, an initiative formally implemented by the Cox Communication Academic Center for Student-Athletes in 2010. Project Graduation is a program put in place to assist former LSU student-athletes return to school and obtain their degree.
Since the inception of the program, nearly 100 former LSU student-athletes have returned to school and earned their college diploma.
“The mission of Project Graduation is to help former student-athletes return to school and graduate,” said Jason Shaw, the Director of Academic Affairs for the Cox Communications Academic Center and the Project Graduation coordinator. “There’s nothing more gratifying than seeing our Project Graduation students make the commitment to return to school and finish what they started.
“It’s a very proud moment for all of us in the Academic Center. Many of these student-athletes have gone on to play professional sports or start a career outside of athletics and to watch the commitment they make and what it means to them to get their LSU degree is special.”
Holliday, who last played for LSU in 2009, spent six years in the NFL before retiring from the league following the 2015 season. He left campus just six hours shy of earning his degree and decided last spring to complete his final two classes in order to graduate.
“I got a call from (quarterback coach) Joe (Sloan) telling me about Project Graduation and how close I was to finishing my degree,” Holliday said. “He put in touch with Jason (Shaw) and Walt (Holliday) in the academic center and I was able to get those final six hours done this summer.
“Getting my degree means everything to me” Holliday said. “My daughter will be there to watch me walk across the stage so that’s going to be very exciting for my family.”
Stevens returned to campus after two years in the NFL. His undergraduate degree has allowed him to join the LSU football coaching staff as a graduate assistant this year.
“LSU has already done so much for me and my family,” Stevens said. “From allowing me to represent the state of Louisiana on the football field and helping me by guiding me into this next chapter as a coach. To finally be able to call myself an LSU graduate means so much.”
Stevens said getting his degree would not have been possible without Project Graduation.
“LSU’s Project Graduation program is amazing. There are so many people who worked with me and helped me achieve this great accomplishment. People like Walt Holliday, Jason Shaw, Beth Rex, and Miriam Segar all were with me for every step of the way.
“This (program) is something that every athlete who hasn’t finished their degree should consider. I will forever be grateful for it. Things like Project Graduation is what makes LSU so special and it’s what sets us apart from others. Project Graduation is the epitome of Graduating Champions.”
Ward, now a member of the Minnesota Vikings, said, “I’ve worked really hard over the past few years so it’s awesome to see all of that hard work payoff. Being able to say I’m an LSU graduate and a national champion means a lot to me.”
With his college diploma, Delpit joins elite company at LSU – graduating, winning a national championship, earning first-team All-America and being named the winner of a national award (he won the Jim Thorpe Award in 2019). Delpit made it back to campus for graduation before returning to Cleveland for the Browns’ preseason game against the Commanders on Friday night.
Playing golf in Tiger Stadium
A good experience in Tiger Stadium playing golf from the different sections. There’s a 9 hole course and you just follow the holes around Tiger Stadium and play golf.
I think the 8 and 9 iron are probably the best to land it by the nearby flags. It’s definitely a fun experience to play golf in Tiger Stadium in a high altitude as you rain golf balls from above.
In addition to the 9-hole course, Stadium Golf Tour offers golf simulators, a putting and chipping challenge, tours of the Lawton Room and the Jeff Boss Locker Room, and much more!
The event is designed for all skill levels and is perfect for families, college students, avid weekend golfers, date nights, and even those who have never picked up a club before!
Get out to Tiger Stadium from March 16th to the 19th to experience a fun adventure of hitting golf balls and a chance to tour the LSU Football Locker-room.
LSU’S WILL CAMPBELL NAMED SEC OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF WEEK
BATON ROUGE – LSU true freshman Will Campbell has been named the Southeastern Conference Offensive Lineman of the Week for his dominant performance in Saturday’s win over Florida.
Campbell, the starter at left guard for LSU in six of seven games this season, shared SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors with Darnell Wright of Tennessee.
Campbell started victories at both Auburn and Florida as this year’s LSU team became the first in school history to beat Auburn and Florida on the road in the same season.
In LSU’s win over Florida, Campbell played all 70 offensive snaps and graded out the highest among all Tiger offensive linemen. Campbell wasn’t called for any penalties in the 45-35 win and didn’t allow a sack or a quarterback pressure.
As an offense, Campbell anchored a line that helped the Tiges rack up 28 first downs and 528 total yards. LSU also converted 8-of-12 third-down opportunities and both fourth-down chances. The Tigers averaged 4.7 yards per rush.
In addition, he helped pave the way for running back Josh Williams’ 106 yards on 17 carries. Williams averaged 7.6 yards per rush on his way to the best output of his career.
LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels rushed for three touchdowns and passed for three more becoming the first player in school history to account for six touchdowns in that fashion in a game decided in regulation. Daniels finished the Florida contest with an LSU career-best 349 passing yards as he connected on 23-of-32 passes.
LSU returns to action on Saturday when the Tiges host seventh-ranked Ole Miss at 2:30 p.m. in Tiger Stadium.
LSU 45 Florida 35, LSU qb Daniels shines in win
A shout out to Billy and friends. I met a diehard Ole Miss fan today in Austin, Texas. A fun an debatable conversation, good stuff. I am looking forward to the Ole Miss vs LSU match up this Saturday at Tiger Stadium which will be televised on CBS at 2:30pm.
LSU just beat a good Florida Gator team at home, 45-35, Jayden Daniels had 6 touchdowns, 3 in the air and 3 on the ground, with 44 yards on the ground, LSU WR Boutte had 6 receptions and 115 yards, LSU rb Josh Williams had 14 carries for 108 yards. LSU receivers Jenkins, Johnson and rb Emery each caught a touchdown pass. Pretty amazing turnaround for LSU after getting beat by Tennessee last week 40-13. We don’t know what LSU Coach Kelly said to the troops but it was enough to spark the Tigers to another win in SEC Play.
Speaking of Tennessee, they pulled off a last minute victory over Alabama 52-49, pretty amazing effort by Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker, 385 passing yards and 5 touchdowns, with 56 rushing yards, and Tennessee kicker McGrath kicked the winning field goal. The University of Tennessee is asking fans to help pay for 2 new goal posts which the SEC fined the Volunteers $100,000, they have raised 44,000 dollars so far.
In other SEC games Ole Miss beat Auburn 48 to 34, it looked like Auburn was gonna get back in the game, but Ole Miss went ahead and added a few more touchdowns.