Domain: tiger-web1.srvr.media3.us Report: LSU Loses Another Offensive Lineman To The Transfer Portal

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LSU offensive lineman DJ Chester is reportedly entering his name into the NCAA transfer portal.

The redshirt sophomore from Conyers, Ga., was LSU's starting center in 2024 but was more of a rotational lineman this past season, playing in seven games at multiple positions with one start.

Chester is the third LSU offensive lineman to enter the transfer portal, joining Carius Curne and Coen Echols.



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LSUGOAT2•22 days
Damn they dropping faster than passes thrown to Chris Hilton Jr
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John Rambeaux•22 days
missed opportunity to say our lineman are jumping into the portal more this Hilton jumps for every fricking pass
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The Great Mystery•22 days
Another NIL Heaux

Can you imagine the day when not one player on your beloved tiger team comes from Louisiana.
Yes they are all migrant NIL heauxs from all over the USA with nothing in common with you except for the purple and gold that they wear.
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HuntinFishin25•21 days
What did you expect. NOT a question!
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Aussietigerfan•22 days
Thanks for your efforts Chester, but I’m relieved to hear this one
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GeauxLSUGeaux•22 days
Christmas two days in a row, nice
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RightWingTiger•22 days
Good luck to the young man wherever he lands.
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ArcticTiger•22 days
Losing this one is the best to happen to this Line this season!!
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Jabontik•22 days
Good luck DJ
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LSUbacchus81•22 days
Now this one I won’t miss.
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cypresstiger•22 days
All 3 musta been told they weren’t welcome anymore
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HuntinFishin25•21 days
Not so much "not welcome" but, a real honest and direct talk with Kiffin.
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tzimme4•21 days
They could just want more NIL money and return. Ever thought about that?
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Locoguan0•22 days
Somewhere in Baton Rouge Nuss's butt finally unpuckered.
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24chevrolet48•22 days
Thank goodness… another member of one of the worst OL gone
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Clayvet•21 days
Crazy how you guys think CLK is going to miraculously get a whole new OL in here by next season. Easier to coach up what you have for depth and you might be able to grab a few in the portal, but losing all these guys is bigger than what most think.
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Loser State•21 days
This is absolutely true, it creates an even bigger hole in an already blaring weakness going into 2026. It’s already too late to replace this many holes with anything resembling SEC caliber players.
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Tigerwm23•21 days
Did LSU really lose here?

Nope
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DaleGribblesMower•21 days
Not at all. Fat, weak, lazy, and completely undisciplined
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PotatoChip•22 days
Is LSU going to have a complete offensive line next year?
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HuntinFishin25•21 days
Complete? You mean all new? Hopefully so and it is trending that way. Yep, Kiffin needed to overhaul the OL more than any other position.
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Areddishfish•22 days
Dude was physically a prototype lineman. He just didn't have the headspace to make it work.
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HuntinFishin25•21 days
No surprise with the OL players. Why would there be after this season. Have a conversation with the new HC and the coach is honest. No job is secure and the NIL $$$ is out there. It is a new game and Kiffin is one of, if not the best at it. Time to rebuild and rebuild with the best available!!!
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33inNC•22 days
He won't go to a P4 team, dude is not P4 material.
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LSUsince74•22 days
This is comical, bye Chess
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bluebuck1•22 days
Football aside, how about these kids learning to play the game called “Life”. The O-Line coach that recruited them will be gone, if not gone already. Is there a chance these “quitters” could develop under a new O-line coach. That is a possibility. You don’t quit your job, if you get a new boss, in Life. The portal is creating greedy losers that can end up greedy loser in the game of Life.
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CaLSUTigerFan•22 days
Or these kids were told there isn't a place for them in the new scheme. Don't assume they wanted to leave. Heck, if I read all the crap people wrote about them, I'd leave too.
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HuntinFishin25•21 days
Not necessarily quitters in this case. This was an organization in peril and the 'OL Department' was the center of the problem. New CEO comes in and cleans house. Very normal and with NIL to add to the equation, this is not a surprise.
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DVinBR•22 days
Enjoy your new G5 team
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cypresstiger•21 days
That offensive line was offensive
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Tigerbite222•21 days
Very offensive....lol
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Muzza•21 days
The Transfer Portal will/is destroy the recruiting process for the best of the best players. Its no longer a game of young college players, but a game millionaire athletes.
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