BATON ROUGE — LSU went through its sixth practice of the spring here Wednesday as the Tigers continue to work toward their first scrimmage, which will take place on Saturday in Tiger Stadium.
LSU worked out for just over two hours in full pads in intermittent rain here at the Charles McClendon Practice Facility. LSU will take Thursday off before holding a workout on Friday leading into Saturday’s scrimmage.
“We did a pretty good job today offensively,” LSU coach Nick Saban said. “I have been pleased with the way we have been able to function offensively. We have a lot of experience especially on the offensive line with four out of five starters coming back and three receivers that have played a significant amount.
“Both quarterbacks, with a little bit of experience, are way ahead than where they were a year ago. The young runners look like they are doing a pretty good job, so I am very pleased at where we are on offense.
Saban said that despite thin on the defensive side of the ball, he’s been pleased with that’s groups progress.
Defensively, we don’t have enough guys with enough knowledge and experience about what we are doing, how to do it, the intensity you have to play with,” Saban said. “The first group is doing a pretty good job, but after that we are thin. We need more guys to step up to the plate and be more responsible to play with the kind of intangibles you have to play with to be successful.
Saban said the Tigers have done very little experimenting with players playing different positions this spring, however, cornerbacks Travis Daniels and Randall Gay both saw action at safety on Wednesday. Saban also noted that freshman running back Justin Vincent saw a few snaps on defense in the secondary.
“Justin Vincent played a few plays on defense, but is still going to practice on offense because he has shown a lot of positive things as a running back,” Saban said. “He is probably the best athlete on this team relative to where he is on the depth chart. The objective with Justin is not to move him to defense. The objective is ‘Could this guy be a solution to a problem if we had one next year, if we lost a safety or didn’t have any depth at that position?’ That way he would have some knowledge to build on if we had to move him over there.”