New Commitment: DT Cassius Marsh

by Jrlz on Oct 27, 2009 4:19 PM CDT Comment 14 comments

I haven't posted in a while, but I feel this is worth posting.

Marsh is a talented defensive tackle from Westlake Village, California. Marsh has a four star rating from Rivals.com, and he is ranked 13th-best among defensive tackles nationally. LSU's depth at defensive tackle is talented, but thin, so Marsh's commitment is big news.

It is rare for LSU to grab a player from California. Marsh comes from Oaks Christian High School, a super-powerhouse program. Notre Dame's Jimmy Clausen went to Oaks Christian. Cassius Marsh is teammates with Nick Montana, the son of NFL Hall-of-Famer Joe Montana and a QB commit for Washington. Nick's backup? Trevor Gretzky, the son of Wayne Gretzky. And Nick throws passes to Trey Smith, the son of Will Smith (the actor, not the Saints' DE).

Plenty of schools wanted Marsh. He held offers from just about the entire Pac-10, including USC. He also got offers from Oklahoma and Tennessee (recruited by Ed Orgeron). LSU beat USC, UCLA, Oklahoma and Coach O for a DT in California. Not an easy feat. Major props to the recruiting staff.

Marsh is an outstanding athlete. He's listed at 6-3 and 275, and he runs the 40 in 4.9 seconds. More importantly, he's quick off the ball. He's also very strong. It is common for LSU to take defensive tackles and turn them into offensive linemen, but I believe Marsh will stay at DT.

LSU is thin at DT. Right now we have a rotation of 4 DTs, and two of them are seniors. Next year, we return Drake Nevis and Josh Downs. Chris Davenport is redshirting, and will probably see lots of playing time next year. Marsh could slip into LSU's DT rotation right away next season.

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Someone has got to say it...

I hope Cassius doesn’t stab any of our players in the back.

by uberschuck on Oct 27, 2009 9:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Et tu, uberschuck?

CHAD JONES! WOOOO!!!!

by The Bengal on Oct 28, 2009 1:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I try not to get too excited about prospects

especially if there is not a lot of film available, and there isn’t on Marsh. I do like that he’s a defensive tackle. The most important thing you point out is how thin we are at defensive tackle. We’re thin in 2009, and we lose 2 scholarship DTs after this year. We will have exactly 3 scholarship defensive tackles returning to the team next year if no one from end slides inside.. The opportunity for immediate playing time is there.

Even this year, we’ve been playing with fire, trying to get through the season playing only 4 defensive tackles except in garbage time when a walk-on comes in.

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And The Valley Shook

by Richard Pittman on Oct 27, 2009 9:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Something that I would think kind of evens out the lack of film

is his offer list. Some very big time schools were going after him, and for us to reach all the way to California to get him is impressive.

by Ianoka on Oct 27, 2009 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is it confirmed

he has an offer from USC?

CHAD JONES! WOOOO!!!!

by The Bengal on Oct 28, 2009 1:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It is believed he had an offer from USC to play offensive line.

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by Richard Pittman on Oct 28, 2009 5:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

frick

way to get us all excited Pit. real cool

by LSU Jonno on Oct 28, 2009 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yall aren't counting Hicks thought right?

We’ll have Davenport, Downs, Nevis, and Hicks next year. Then we’ll have Porter and now Marsh from this year’s class so that will be 6.

Isn’t Bennie Logan a DT as well? 7?

by LSU Jonno on Oct 28, 2009 8:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Porter

I thought Porter was slated for OL. Maybe I’m wrong though.

I do believe Logan is/will move inside to DT. Supposedly Brockers was getting looks there earlier during the season but they still haven’t pulled off his shirt.

by amiznit on Oct 28, 2009 8:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Blackmon was the DT we recruited for OL.

Porter was recruited for DL I think.

by LSU Jonno on Oct 28, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's the other way around

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by Richard Pittman on Oct 28, 2009 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ah, ok

Either way that still makes 7 guys for next year. Only two with D1 experience though. But Hicks should be able to contribute right away, and davenport will be two years removed from his knee injury so he should be able to dominate. We’ll have 4 legit guys, and everyone was super high on Logan which could make for a 5 man rotation.

We may be able to redshirt both of our DTs from this year’s class.

by LSU Jonno on Oct 28, 2009 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs