Football

BATON ROUGE – LSU junior running back Derrius Guice has been named a preseason candidate for the 2017 Doak Walker Award, the PwC SMU Athletic Forum released Thursday.

BATON ROUGE – LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron will travel to Bristol, Connecticut and spend Wednesday on ESPN's campus for the "Car Wash". Orgeron will participate in nearly 25 interviews during his trip to the Worldwide Leader in Sports.

BATON ROUGE – LSU quarterback Danny Etling has been named to the Wuerffel Trophy Watch list and linebacker Arden Key has been named to the Butkus Award Watch List, the two organizations announced Tuesday.

BATON ROUGE – LSU running back Derrius Guice has been named to the Paul Hornung Award Watch List, the Louisville Sports Commission announced Monday.

BATON ROUGE – Seven members of the LSU football team combined to earn eight spots on the 2017 Preseason All-Southeastern Conference teams, the league office announced Friday following the 2017 SEC Media Days.

BATON ROUGE – LSU junior defensive back Donte Jackson has been named to the Jim Thorpe Award Watch List, which honors 45 of the nation's best defensive backs.

BATON ROUGE – LSU junior center Will Clapp has been named to the Outland Trophy Watch List, while junior linebacker Arden Key and junior cornerback Kevin Toliver II have been named to the Bronko Nagurski Watch List, The Maxwell Football Club announced Thursday.

BATON ROUGE – LSU junior center Will Clapp has been named to the Rimington Award Watch List.

BATON ROUGE – LSU junior running back Derrius Guice and junior linebacker Arden Key were selected to the 81st Maxwell Award Watch List, while Key and junior cornerback Kevin Toliver II were named to the 23rd Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List, The Maxwell Football Club announced Monday.

BATON ROUGE – The unofficial start to football season begins today as LSU head coach Ed Orgeron and three key members of the 2017 Tigers head to Hoover, Alabama for Southeastern Conference Media Days.

BATON ROUGE -- Senior defensive end Christian LaCouture, senior wide receiver D.J. Chark and junior running back Derrius Guice will join LSU Football Head Coach Ed Orgeron at SEC Football Media Day on July 10, it was announced by the league Wednesday afternoon.

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BATON ROUGE – LSU outside linebacker Arden Key will return to the team on Monday, head coach Ed Orgeron announced on Sunday.

BATON ROUGE – Jonathan Giles, the leading receiver on Texas Tech's high-powered offense in 2016, has transferred to LSU, head coach Ed Orgeron announced.

BATON ROUGE – Kevin Faulk, the leading rusher in LSU history, has been included on the 2018 College Football Hall of Fame ballot, the National Football Foundation and the College Hall of Fame announced on Thursday.

DESTIN, Fla. -- LSU Football's Sept. 16 road contest against Mississippi State will kickoff at 6 p.m. CT, it was announced Wednesday from SEC Spring Meetings.

The 2017 LSU Football season opener against BYU in Houston, Texas, will kickoff Sept. 2 at 8:30 p.m. CT on ESPN, the Southeastern Conference and ESPN announced Thursday.

BATON ROUGE – Eight LSU football players, including three members of the 2017 team, received their college degree on Friday as the school held its spring commencement exercise on campus.

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BATON ROUGE -- Defensive tackle Davon Godchaux and wide receiver Malachi Dupre capped a spectacular 2017 NFL Draft on Saturday, as the seven-round event concluded in Philadelphia.

BATON ROUGE -- LSU Football players continues to be grabbed at a record pace in the 2017 NFL Draft, as three more Tigers were selected in the second and third rounds held Friday night in Philadelphia.

BATON ROUGE -- For the second time in the common-draft era, three LSU Football players were selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.

PHILADELPHIA – LSU has had 38 NFL first round draft picks in school history but that won't last much longer as the Tigers are expected to increase that total by three on Thursday night when the opening round of the NFL Draft is held here on the iconic steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

BATON ROUGE – LSU head coach Ed Orgeron issued the following statement today on senior quarterback Danny Etling.

BATON ROUGE -- With four minutes left in the first half, the 2017 National L Club Spring Game was moved indoors due to lightning near in Tiger Stadium with the Purple leading White, 7-3.