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LSU lands commitment from touted Alabama lineman Eric Taylor
LSU landed its 19th commitment late Tuesday night in Trussville, Alabama, native Eric Taylor (Hewitt-Trussville High School).
The talented Alabama DT is rated a 4-star prospect and ranks as the nation’s No. 25 overall DT and the state of Alabama’s No. 13 overall prospect for the class of 2020, according to 247Sports Composite Rankings. He’s a top 300 prospect nationally.
Taylor committed to LSU over offers from Alabama, Auburn and Florida, among others. The 6-foot-4, 280-pound lineman had visited LSU multiple times over the past few months.
He shared his commitment via Twitter:
Below are Taylor’s high school highlights:
LSU normally plays a 3-4, so one official DT, but really, all three along the front line can be DT’s. We still need OT’s in the worst way.
First they all are not projected at DT some will be 3 technic DE’s and remember we are definitely losing Uncle Phil and Fehoko and depending on the year DE Glen Logan have maybe him to. Of course we need OT’s in the worst way but we really need to stock pile D-Linemen because after next year the cupboard could become bare.
He has a very good upside, but like most big kids in highschool he just out muscles people right now. If he works on his technique he could be a beast in college.
LSU is getting a good one with upside. Definitely would have liked him at Bama, but numbers are numbers.