LSU football wants to see consistency from its special teams unit. It's led to the Tigers spending more time on special teams this spring.
"We've more than doubled our investment in special teams," LSU head coach Brian Kelly said.
"Aman Anand has done a great job of organizing a number of the drills. As you may or may not have seen, we're not running a lot of full 11 on 11. It's much more skill development work, which has a carry-over to your position as well, but we've spent a ton of time, which has allowed our special teams coaches to really focus on the long snappers, the holders, the punters, the kicker, and their mechanics," Kelly said.
Kelly says he believes LSU has several guys that can make a difference on special teams in 2025.
"Let's do the things that elite special teams do, and you gotta start somewhere, and the best place to start is in the spring with a lot of technical work," Kelly said.
According to PFF, LSU's special teams grade ranked last in the SEC in 2024. LSU hired Anand with improvement in mind.
One area that wasn't an issue was LSU's kick return unit. Zavion Thomas and Aaron Anderson both returned kicks for scores. With the addition of transfer receiver Barion Brown, LSU has three elite options in the return game.
LSU's punting unit was an issue in 2024, but the Tigers are hoping the addition of Middle Tennessee transfer Grant Chadwick can change that.
This article originally appeared on LSU Wire: Brian Kelly says LSU football doubled its investment in special teams
