At LSU Pro Day, running back Leonard Fournette weighed in at 228, 12 pounds lighter than what the scale read at the NFL combine a month ago. Fournette says he wanted to show NFL teams that he has the discipline to lose weight and maintain…:
Cut 16 (12) “that’s it”
18 players participated in LSU pro day and NFL executives from every team were on hand, including the Saints. Only one LSU player has been drafted by the Black and Gold in the Sean Payton era. But General Manager Mickey Loomis says they don’t intentionally avoid players from Tiger Town..:
Cut 18 (17) “worked out”

On another Saints note, it’s reported that the Black and Gold are looking to release backup quarterback Luke McCown. Some say the writing was on the wall with this potential move as New Orleans signed quarterback Chase Daniel last week.

The LSU Baseball team has lost its fourth player since the start of the year as Coach Paul Maineri reportedly says pitcher Cole McKay is leaving the program. The sophomore hasn’t pitched this season as he recovered from what was called a minor surgical procedure.

On the diamond last night Northwestern State walked off with a solo home run in the bottom of the 9th to hand ULM a 5-4 lost in Natchitoches.

A late rally by McNeese State lift the Cowboys to a 5-3 victory over Louisiana Tech in Lake Charles.

In Thibodaux, Nicholls State picked up a 4-3 win over Mississippi Valley State.

A student who used to play football for UL-Lafayette but was kicked off the team in March, has been accused of raping someone in a residence hall. According to campus police, Artez Williams was booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center on a charge of second degree rape with a $100,000 bond.