I wonder if he meant that the coaches thought he was a draft first option. Like they thought he'd declare because he was good enough and that would likely be his choice. IDK
Maybe, but he seemed pretty clear on what he said.
I do have another theory though. Let’s say the scouts felt Cox was a likely first rounder BEFORE the knee injury, but not after. Now you could make the case that someone thought he needed to spend another year playing and working on regaining speed and range of motion (without getting hurt again, hopefully). And if you’re going to play another year for THAT reason, you might just as well do it at a high profile school like LSU if they’ll have you? Because if your skills DON’T quite return to pre-injury levels, having an SEC & LSU moniker behind your name might be the next best thing to improve your draft stock, given those circumstances.
That all assumes that Obregon’s statements are accurate about the first round, so just a theory. Most likely, it was some harmless level of coach-speak. [emoji4]
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