Lamar Louis
| No. -- New Orleans Saints | |||||
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||
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| Date of birth: | October 2, 1993 | ||||
| Place of birth: | Breaux Bridge, Louisiana | ||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||
| Career information | |||||
| High school: | Breaux Bridge (LA) | ||||
| College: | LSU | ||||
| Undrafted: | 2016 | ||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 4, 2016 | |||||
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Lamar Louis (born October 2, 1993) is an American football linebacker for the New Orleans Saints. He played college football at Louisiana State. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cardinals in 2016.
High School career
Louis attended Breaux Bridge High School where he played high school football as both a Running back and linebacker. As a senior, he rushed the ball 43 times for 293 yards and one touchdown. On defense he recorded 37 solo tackles, two sacks, one interception, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble.
He was named a member of the ESPN All-Louisiana Football Team. He was also a 2011 LSWA Class 4A All-State offensive honorable mention. He was selected to the 2011 Press-Register Super Southeast 120. He was named to the 2012 Times Picayune Blue-Chip list. he was ranked No. 111 in the 2012 final Scout.com Southeast Top 150. He was a four-star prospect according to ESPN.com, Rivals.com, 247sports.com and Scout.com. He was also rated as Louisiana’s No. 6 prospect by ESPN.com and 247sports.com, and No. 7 by Rivals.com. He was ranked as the nation’s No. 10 athlete (someone who plays on both offense and defense) by ESPN.com, and No. 18 by Rivals.com.[1]
College career
Louis then attended Louisiana State University majoring in sports administration.[1]
As a freshman in 2012, he appeared in 11 games with five starts. He finished the season with 13 tackles (five solo) and two quarterback hurries. He started the final five games of the season due to injuries to Luke Muncie and Kwon Alexander. As a sophomore in 2013, he appeared in all 13 games of the season as a back-up too D.J. Welter. He recorded 25 tackles (11 solo) and two fumble recoveries. As a junior in 2014, he appeared in 12 games, with 10 starts at Sam linebacker. He recorded 29 tackles, 2.5 tackles-for-loss and one forced fumble. As a senior in 2015, he appeared in 12 games with two starts. He recorded 30 tackles and one tackle-for-loss.[1]
Professional career
After going unselected in the 2016 NFL Draft, Louis signed with the Arizona Cardinals.[2] He was released on September 14, 2016.[3]
On November 1, 2016, Louis signed with the New Orleans Saints.[4][5]
Personal life
Louis is the son of Redell and Kennedy Louis.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Lamar Louis bio". LSUSports.com. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
- ↑ Kleinpeter, Jim (April 30, 2016). "LSU LB Lamar Louis, QB Stephen Rivers agree to free agent deals with Arizona Cardinals". NOLA.com. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Cardinals' Lamar Louis: Waived with injury designation". CBSSports.com. September 14, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/_ball_is_life23/status/793538445075296256
- ↑ Dixon, Shea (November 1, 2016). "Former LSU player signed by the Saints". LSU.247Sports.com. Retrieved November 1, 2016.