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Freshman safety Craig Loston is expected to make his debut in an LSU uniform less than two weeks after his delayed arrival in Baton Rouge.
LSU coach Les Miles said Loston will see the field on Saturday against Washington — just maybe not in the defensive backfield.
“We might get him some special team snaps this Saturday,” Miles said.
Loston, a 6-foot-2-inch, 193-pound safety prospect, signed with LSU in February as the nation’s top-ranked player at his position. The heralded safety is the final piece of the Tigers’ highly-touted 2009 recruiting class to arrive in Baton Rouge.
The Aldine, Texas native was a surprise addition for Les Miles and company. Loston committed to Tommy Bowden at Clemson during his junior year of high school, only to renege on his pledge when Bowden was fired. Loston then followed the recruiting trail to College Station, Texas, where he committed to Mike Sherman at Texas A&M.
But Loston changed his mind again, fell to the powerful wooing of Tiger coaches and committed to LSU in January.
Miles said Loston impressed in his limited practice time.
“Craig Loston may have been a little closer to the two-deep had he come in early enough,” Miles said. “He has come in and shown great speed and shown the ability to hit. He has a very natural understanding of the football.”
Miles also mentioned a hand injury Loston suffered, but Loston’s high school coach, Ray Evans, said the injury won’t affect Loston’s first season in Baton Rouge.
“It’s old,” Evans said.
The Daily Reveille
8/31/09
