Patrick Peterson News

School: USC Started with Bonneville Phoenix: September 2012 Favorite Sports Memory: Going to Game 7 of the 2001 World Series Favorite all-time athlete: A.C. Green Favorite sports movies: Field of Dreams, The Scout and Remember the Titans Two years into his NFL career, Patrick Peterson has more than lived up to the hype he generated after being ... (more)

In a text message that morning, the star-crossed former Heisman Trophy finalist said he had no plans for that night.

Former college stars Julio Jones of Alabama and Patrick Peterson of LSU have taken their talents to the NFL.

Les Miles and the LSU Tigers coaching staff have done an exceptional job in recruiting since Miles arrived in Baton Rouge back in 2005.

Too many bad memories, too much of a stigma attached to the name once meant as a compliment to former LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu.

Mathieu, but he has plans for the artist formerly known as the "Honey Badger" to make a position change to free safety.

Linebacker Kevin Minter is headed to a new team after the Cardinals took him in the second round of the draft, but he'll see some familiar faces once he gets to the desert.

As I sat through my umpteenth hour of NFL Draft coverage on Sunday morning , the panelists worked through exhausted story lines, of which my biases found either painfully obnoxious or terribly interesting .

With the 2013 NFL Draft behind us, it is now time for the "experts" to put their money where their mouth is.

Xavier Lewis, a rising junior at East St. John, already is getting a lot of attention from colleges.

Last year's No. 69 overall pick, Bills wideout T.J. Graham , received a $671,000 signing bonus with his four-year deal.

Former LSU star Tyrann Mathieu must have felt a little bit like Dorothy from the "Wizard of Oz" as he watched Round 1 of the 2013 NFL draft spin away from him while he watched TV in a New York City restaurant Thursday night.

Love that Minter was taken by us providing good depth with D-Wash, Brinkley and Minter.

After relatively safe choices in the first two rounds of the NFL draft, the Cardinals took a chance in the third by taking Mathieu, the talent-but-troubled safety from LSU.

The Arizona Cardinals have used their third-round draft pick on LSU safety Tyrann Mathieu, filling a need in the secondary with a player with a checkered past.

LSU linebacker and 2012 team MVP Kevin Minter was picked by the Arizona Cardinals with the No.

Former LSU cornerback Tharold Simon was arrested Thursday night for allegedly intimidating a police officer in his hometown of Eunice, La., according to KATC.com . Eunice city officials planned to proclaim Friday as "Tharold Simon Day" during a ceremony, and that will go on as planned according to Mayor Rusty Moody.

Tyrann Mathieu raised his voice only once on Thursday night in the crowded restaurant basement, where more than 50 people gathered to watch the first round of the NFL draft, hopeful the defensive back with a checkered past would be selected.

He had an excellent workout and should be drafted near the top of the second round.

NEW YORK -- Tyrann Mathieu said he never approved of the wording of a flyer for a nightclub party touting him as a 2013 first-round pick -- a flyer he posted on Instagram Wednesday morning -- but a former teammate says that sounds like a Honey Badger thing to do.