Former LSU offensive lineman named top player by teammates at Senior Bowl
The 2022 NFL Draft is just a few months away with hundreds of college football players attempting to fulfill their dream of playing at a professional level. For the seniors that have spent all four years on campus, they have the chance to improve their stock by heading to Mobile, AL.
The annual Reese’s Senior Bowl has been a week-long event, having practices until Saturday’s game. On Friday night, participants voted on who was the best at each position.
Former LSU Tigers offensive lineman Ed Ingram was named the top offensive lineman on the American team at the practice player-of-the-week awards ceremony. Defensive lineman also on the American team voted for Ingram after facing him on a daily basis.
Check out the tweet from Jim Nagy, the Executive Director of the Reese’s Senior Bowl.
Ingram played in 13 games for LSU this season, being voted Second-Team All-SEC by the coaches. Over his four-year career in Baton Rouge, the offensive lineman appeared in 45 games, starting in 34 of them. He played on both sides, getting 22 starts at right guard and 12 at left guard.
Coming out of high school Ingram was ranked a four-star prospect according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting services.
Ingram comes out of DeSoto High School and was a top 30 recruit within the state of Texas at No. 28. On a national scale, the interior offensive lineman ranked at No. 15 and No. 191 overall.
LSU Tigers announce unique NIL deal
LSU football announced a new NIL deal on Friday afternoon, in reaching near-unanimous team participation in the Fanatics and OneTeam Partners co-branded player jersey program, the school announced in a press release on their website.
The partnership between OneTeam partners and Fanatics was announced on Thursday. Several other teams across the country are participating in the program: including Oklahoma, Washington and Penn State.
This type of a customizable jersey program has been long overdue for college football programs across the country. Luckily with NIL, it’s now a reality and players will be able to directly benefit from their jerseys being sold. It’ll be easier for fans to buy jerseys of their favorite players, as opposed to buying them from sites that aren’t as trustworthy.
There’s one big question Fanatics and players will have to deal with. What happens when the player decides to enter the transfer portal after one year? Will there be some sort of Jersey Assurance? That will be interesting to see how that’s handled moving forward.