LSU shows its reach on 2014 Watch List 
September, 27, 2012
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David Helman | ESPN.com
National signing day for the class of 2014 seems like a distant speck on the map, but this is already shaping up to be a textbook recruiting effort from LSU.
There's a pretty basic formula the Tigers have followed to recruiting success during the Les Miles era: Lock up the lion's share of the top talent in Louisiana, then grab a few quality prospects from talent-rich states nearby -- Texas, Mississippi, Florida or Georgia.
That appears to again be the case next year. Of the 12 Louisiana targets in the ESPN Watch List for 2014, LSU has offered 10. The two without offers, wide receiver Cameron Sims (Monroe, La./Ouachita Paris) and linebacker Kenny Young (New Orleans, La./John Curtis), are certainly on LSU's radar.
There's a pretty basic formula the Tigers have followed to recruiting success during the Les Miles era: Lock up the lion's share of the top talent in Louisiana, then grab a few quality prospects from talent-rich states nearby -- Texas, Mississippi, Florida or Georgia.
That appears to again be the case next year. Of the 12 Louisiana targets in the ESPN Watch List for 2014, LSU has offered 10. The two without offers, wide receiver Cameron Sims (Monroe, La./Ouachita Paris) and linebacker Kenny Young (New Orleans, La./John Curtis), are certainly on LSU's radar.
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Gary Laney joined ESPN.com in 2012 after spending a year and a half as online sports editor of the Baton Rouge (La.) Advocate. Before that, he covered LSU sports for the Advocate. He has also been the sports editor at the Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise and covered McNeese State athletics for the Lake Charles (La.) American Press. Laney currently lives in Baton Rouge. Email him at glaneyespn@gmail.com