Just read that LSU's WR Brandon LaFell has withdrawn his name from the NFL Draft and will return for his Senior Season, anyone else heard this?

Yeah, that's the news coming out of LSU today. Good news for the Tigers!

I also heard the same thing. Very good news. But I'm starting to get a bad feeling about R. Randall.

It was posted on LSUsports.net Personally, I did not care if he left. I really just hope he is not messing us up with RR. Lafell needs this next year but if he does not make catches when the ball hits him in the hands it will not matter.

LaFell's decision was a good one, and not unexpected. While he was considered a likely second-round pick, there was a flood of underclassman wide receivers declaring for the draft this year who might have gone in front of him - Texas Tech's Michael Crabtree, Missouri's Jeremy Maclin, Florida's Percy Harvin, North Carolina's Hakeem Nicks, Missouri's Darius Hayward-Bey and Rutgers' Kenny Britt among them. By staying in school, LaFell lets all those guys clear out of his way and as of right now I don't know if he's not the top receiver on the board for the 2010 draft. Maybe Dez Bryant at Oklahoma State or Arrelious Benn at Illinois would go ahead of LaFell, but I wouldn't necessarily assume that to be the case.

By staying at LSU, LaFell also gives himself a chance to really connect with Jordan Jefferson and spend the offseason developing the kind of pitch-and-catch chemistry you really want between a quarterback and his top receiver. LaFell's work ethic and leadership will really help the rest of the receivers as well, and I can see him having a senior year even better than the campaign he just had (63 catches, 929 yards, eight touchdowns).

Keeping LaFell along with Charles Scott and Ciron Black means that the LSU offense which stomped all over Georgia Tech in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl will be largely intact except for finding a replacement or two on the offensive line and at fullback (where Steven Ridley is going to be the biggest positive surprise in the LSU offense next year). Demetrius Byrd will need to be replaced at wide receiver, but I think Terrence Toliver had gotten to the point where he was better than Byrd by the end of the season anyway.