LSU still trying to settle on a starting RB; Thaddeus Moss and Rashard Lawrence expected to play

LSU coach Ed Orgeron said the Tigers’ starting running back Sunday against Miami will either be senior Nick Brossette or sophomore Clyde Edwards-Helaire, although “whichever one starts, the other one’s going to get a lot of time.”

Neither back has recorded a touchdown in his LSU career, but Orgeron said at the start of preseason camp that Edwards-Helaire was “dynamite.” The Catholic High graduate had nine carries for 31 yards in 2017 — a limited number behind eventual NFL second-rounder Derrius Guice.

Orgeron said Edwards-Helaire will return kickoffs for LSU, and he will share punt-return duties with Texas Tech transfer Jonathan Giles.

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