The NFL Scouting Combine gets underway today in Indianapolis and 10 former LSU Tigers will participate. It’s an opportunity for running back Leonard Fournette to show NFL teams he’s over an ankle injury that limited him to seven games last season. Draft Analyst Mike Detillier says teams near the top of the first round will also be interested in talking with Fournette..:
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He says outside linebacker Duke Riley is moving up the draft boards the fastest out of the former Tigers, and Malachi Dupre has the most to gain, as he had trouble catching passes early in 2016.

Mississippi State head football coach Dan Mullen has been given a four-year contract extension through 2021, the school announced Monday. His deal will be $4.5 million dollars this season.

LSU senior left-hander Jared Poche was named Monday as one of the Collegiate Baseball National Players of the Week. He fired a no-hitter for two weekends in a row tossing eight hitless innings against Maryland on Saturday.

The Tigers will take on Nicholls State today at the Box. LSU coach Paul Maineri announced more injury news Monday, as junior pitcher Doug Norman will miss the remainder of the 2017 season.

Northwestern State hosts No. 16 UL-Lafayette today in Natchitoches. Both the Demons and the Ragin Cajuns are 3-3 on the season.

Two unbeaten teams will face off in Ruston today as Louisiana Tech hosts no. 24 Arkansas at JC Love Field. The Bulldogs are off to their best start in school history. Tech pitcher Nate Harris has been named Conference USA Pitcher of the Week.

In college hoops last night, UL-Lafayette pulled away to defeat Appalachian State 77-62 in Sun Belt Conference action. ULM fell to Coastal Carolina 77-72. Grambling lost to Mississippi Valley State 84-80. Nicholls’ center Liam Thomas has been named the Southland Conference Men’s Basketball player of the week.