LSU Football: Two-Minute Drill Highlights Scrimmage At Tiger Stadium

American football player in a white jersey and yellow helmet catches a football as a teammate in purple defends nearby, on a green field.
LSU transfer wide receiver Eugene Wilson III, a former Florida Gator, catches a pass during LSU's scrimmage Saturday afternoon at Tiger Stadium. (LSU photo).

Redshirt freshman quarterback Husan Longstreet threw a perfect strike across the middle with a nice loft that hit sophomore wide receiver Winnie Watkins in stride for a 58-yard touchdown near the end of a 113-play spring football scrimmage at Tiger Stadium Saturday afternoon.

The two-minute drill drive started at the LSU offense’s 18-yard line with 1:34 to play and the offense trailing by five points with no timeouts.

Longstreet, a transfer from USC who has been practicing with the first team with projected starter Sam Leavitt out with a foot injury, opened the drive with a 24-yard completion to freshman signee wide receiver Corey Barber Jr. for 24 yards to the 42-yard line. After two incompletions, Longstreet threw the TD with 1:03 to go to Watkins, a transfer from Ole Miss.

Not to be outdone, walk-on redshirt freshman quarterback Emile Picarella III completed a 25-yard touchdown pass to redshirt freshman tight end JD LaFleur, who did a 180-degree turnaround to make the catch to close the scrimmage.

Longstreet continued to put distance between himself and sophomore transfer quarterback Landen Clark of Elon. Longstreet completed 22 of 29 passes for 367 yards and five touchdowns with zero interceptions., according to statistics kept by Preston Guy of Tigerbait.com. He added 26 yards rushing on 11 carries with a touchdown and lost fumble. Clark was 10-of-17 passing for 107 yards and no touchdowns or interceptions. He also rushed nine times for 43 yards with a TD.

Picarella was 5 of 12 for 90 yards and two touchdowns, including a 67 yarder to transfer wide receiver Tyree Holloway, and he had an interception.

Watkins led all receivers with nine catches for 164 yards and his touchdown. Transfer wide receiver Jackson Harris caught five for 120 yards and three TDs. Barber had four receptions for 51 yards. Wright caught two for 37 yards.

Sophomore running back Harlem Berry gained 43 yards on nine carries.

Sophomore transfer running back Dilin Jones had a 13-yard burst up the middle, but he also fumbled on the 1-yard line.

Defensively, edge rusher Princewill Umanmielen had a sack and another stop for a loss. Linebacker Davhon Keys made four tackles.

INJURY REPORT

Not participating in the scrimmage due to various injuries were quarterback Sam Leavitt, linebacker Whit Weeks, safety Tamarcus Cooley, tight end Trey’Dez Green and wide receiver Tre Brown

The Tigers close spring practice on Friday without a spring game.

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