BATON ROUGE — LSU football ran out of weights in the weight room for Dominick McKinley to max out his squat this offseason.

The 6-foot-6, 308-pound defensive lineman had enough plates to add up to 650 pounds and he moved it with ease, but there was no more room on the bar for him to go heavier.

Brian Kelly and the LSU coaching staff may not know exactly how much McKinley can squat but there are undeniable traits they see out of the second-year player out of Acadiana High School in Lafayette. HOW HAROLD PERKINS JR. ENDED UP PLAYING STAR FOR LSU FOOTBALL

"He's a lot more confident," LSU defensive coordinator Blake Baker told reporters following the team's 10th preseason practice Monday. "The weight room as much as anything builds your confidence out there on the football field and I

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