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LSU's Lane Kiffin says his players pursuing ex-NFLers​

LSU coach Lane Kiffin said Monday that he "struggled" with the decision to continue to pursue former NFL rookies seeking a fifth year of college eligibility even as the SEC opposes it but that because his current players said to "bring 'em," it made Kiffin "feel a little better in the struggle."

Kiffin said tight end Dae'Quan Wright, who was released by the Cleveland Browns, has been practicing with the team along with former Notre Dame defensive end Junior Tuihalamaka. Kiffin said that his final roster is due to the SEC on Friday, the day before LSU opens its season at home against Clemson, and that it's too early to predict if any of the late-arriving players will see the field in Week 1.

Kiffin said he met with the players' leadership committee and presented the situation to those players before asking them what they wanted to do about the possibility of adding Wright along with defensive tackle Zxavian Harris and former LSU defensive end Jack Pyburn, who were also released by NFL teams.

"Every one of them was emphatic about, 'If they can help us win, bring 'em,'" Kiffin told reporters Monday at his weekly news conference. "We understand we have a team that's practiced together and worked together all offseason, but one of them said, 'Hey, this is how it works at the next level, and this is how the real world works.' So that made me feel a little better in the struggle and being torn back and forth."

Just sayin': I'll go out on a limb here and say any of the current players that would be bumped out of a starting position (or even down the depth chart) and lose playing time due to one of NFL guys won't be emphatic about it. You know that if the current starters were told back in January that "you will practicing your ass off for the next 7 months, earn a starting position, and 3 days before the 2026 season starts Lane Kiffin would bring in a NFL player and bump you to 2nd string" they would've been in the transfer portal in heartbeat....... :lol:
 
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