Maason Smith was prepped and ready to take the college football world by storm in 2022 until an ACL injury sidelined him for nearly the entirety of last season. Now that he has been medically cleared and he will now be paired with Mekhi Wingo in his third year in college football, Harold Perkins in his sophomore season, surrounded by the veteran pieces that Brian Kelly and the recruiting staff landed in the transfer portal, will LSU have one of the top if not the top defensive line and pass rush in all of college football?
It is a tall task considering the defensive talent that SEC foes Alabama and Georgia have collected and the strong defensive groups in the trenches across the Big 10 and ACC, but what will LSU have to do in order to be the most dominant in the country? What will the proven pieces like Harold Perkins and Maason Smith need to build upon and what will the newcomers need to contribute in order to help the stars shine?

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