Picture this: LSU defensive end Jack Pyburn — all 264 pounds of him — practicing pass rush moves against his kitchen counter, his long golden locks flowing behind him.

It was an odd, yet productive ritual. But it was also necessary — Because Pyburn transferred from Florida to LSU last December, he couldn’t let much idle time slip by without first using it to hone his pass-rushing skills. The Tigers were planning to give him a new job. So, he got creative, and by the time spring practices rolled around, he was saying he had begun to see “massive improvements” in his game.

Six months later, those advancements have taken the field.

“I think I'm overall an elite defensive end now,” Pyburn said after LSU’s penultimate practice of preseason camp . “I think every single part of my game

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