LSU, Oklahoma and the meaning of in-state recruiting for national titles

Biletnikoff Award winner Ja’Marr Chase is from Harvey, Louisiana. Kristian Fulton is from New Orleans. Justin Jefferson torched OU for 14 catches, 227 yards and four TDs. He’s from Saint Rose, Louisiana. John Emery Jr. was the No. 13-ranked player and No. 2 running back in the 2019 class. He’s from Saint Rose, Louisiana, too. Derek Stingley Jr. is from Baton Rouge. Terrace Marshall is from Bossier City. Patrick Queen is from Ventress, and Clyde Edwards-Helaire is from Baton Rouge. The ships docked in Louisiana centuries ago and seeded the ground with hitters and hell raisers who became Boot Boy legends. As a matter of fact, 59 percent of LSU’s starters are from Louisiana. And don’t forget Oklahoma went head up with LSU in a recruiting battle for the top inside linebacker in the 2017 class. Jacob Phillips was as close to being a Sooner as Jase McClellan was. Doesn’t mean a damn thing if, like Blake taught us, you can’t close. However, 2017 was also the year the Sooners locked up the top five recruits from the state. And that’s as it should be each and every year. Alas, it is not. Sign up for my newsletter: https://rj.substack.com/ RJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RJ_Young RJ on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rjyoungshow/channel/ RJ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RJYoungShow/ RJ's radio's show live stream: https://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/index.cfm?stationCallSign=KYAL RJ'S SHIRT STORE ➡️https://goo.gl/Mog1uE 🔴 SUPPORT RJ ON PATREON ➡️ https://goo.gl/v4yGTb 🎧 THE RJ YOUNG PODCAST (iTunes) ➡️ https://goo.gl/SZmHjK ✅ SUBSCRIBE TO MY NEWSLETTER ➡️ http://eepurl.com/c-gZg9 //SEND ME STUFF// P.O. Box 700445 Tulsa, OK 74170 //BIO// RJ Young is the host of The RJ Young Show on The Sports Animal from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. CT weekdays. His book LET IT BANG was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2018. He was featured in Natural Light's 2019 Super Bowl commercial. He graduated with a master's in professional writing from the University of Oklahoma. He doesn't like it when his socks get wet. 🔴 Uploads EVERY day at 6 p.m. CT. #TheRJYoungShow