BATON ROUGE, La. -- Recruiters called the 2014 class in Louisiana the best group of football prospects ever to come out of the Bayou State. It was a collection of talent that was supposed to be unrivaled by any other for decades to come. Then the 2016 class rolled around.
Yes, the 2016 Louisiana class doesn't have the No. 1 overall prospect like 2014 did with Leonard Fournette, but it does have top-10 recruits like offensive tackle Willie Allen and defensive tackle Rashard Lawrence. The group also has extraordinary depth with 20 players in the ESPN 300, the highest number of national recruits since ESPN started covering recruiting in 2006.