KAYSHON BOUTTE: THE FRESHMAN G.O.A.T

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By LONN PHILLIPS SULLIVAN

@LonnPhillips

In my lifetime, LSU fans have experienced some of the greatest receiving / pass-catching talents of modern times...Ja'Marr Chase, Josh Reed, Justin Jefferson, Dwayne Bowe, Odell Beckham Jr, Jarvis Landry, Terrace Marshall, Demetrius Byrd, Michael Clayton, Brandon LaFell, Early Doucet...and yet Tigers fans may never see a performance like Kayshon Boutte's 308 yards, 14 catches & 3 TDs again...

I've only witnessed a night of Boutte's automatic brilliance on a few occasions in college football:

Of course LSU fans must begin with the SEC & LSU record which Boutte's outrageous night passed: Josh Reed's 19 catches and 293 yards vs Alabama in 2001 (Rohan Davey tossed for 538 yards, still an LSU record)...but there are far more...

Every time Texas QB Vince Young moved vs USC in the 2006 Rose Bowl title game, he couldn't be stopped; Joe Burrow and Justin Jefferson were untouchable vs Oklahoma last year; Clemson's Deshaun Watson vs Alabama (both times); Reggie Bush's 503 total yards vs Fres