Meet the LSU starting tight end whose career began as a fifth

A few games into his first season as a tight end, Bauer Sharp called his dad.

"I’m never playing quarterback again," Sharp’s dad recalled him saying. "I love this."

Sharp had been recruited to Southeastern Louisiana as a quarterback, but after spending his freshman year so far down the depth chart that he remembers being fifth string, he changed positions.

Four years later, Sharp is No. 3 LSU’s starting tight end. Everyone in his family has gotten tattoos on their wrists once they’re old enough that say “our story,” and Sharp’s stands out on a team filled with former blue-chip recruits. He’s the only starter at LSU this season whose career began at an FCS school.

Sharp was an unranked, zero-star prospect coming out of Dothan (Ala.) High. His one scholarship offer came from Southe