To follow-up on a potentially positive story for LSU that appears right below this one, here’s something not so positive.
Thursday night, Ed Orgeron confirmed that Ray Thornton has been indefinitely suspended from his football program. The only reason given was the standard unspecified violations of team rules.
As a backup linebacker, Thornton, a redshirt junior, had played in three of the Tigers’ four games this season.
A four-star 2016 signee, Thornton took a redshirt as a true freshman. In the next two seasons, he played in 18 games, with the Texas native starting four of those contests (two each in 2017 and 2018).
Thornton’s suspension continues a rough week personnel-wise for LSU, which is coming off the first of two bye weekends they’ll have this season.
It was confirmed earlier this week that running back Lanard Fournette, the younger brother of former LSU All-American Leonard Fournette, had decided to transfer from the Tigers. A day later, four-star 2018 signee Kenan Jones did the same.