LSU cornerback Ashton Stamps (26) drags down wide receiver Aaron Anderson (1) after the catch for a short gain at the National L Club Spring Game on Saturday, April 13, 2024 at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU cornerback Ashton Stamps (26) makes the stop on Texas A&M wide receiver Ainias Smith (0) in the fourth quarter on Saturday, November 25, 2023 at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Cornerback Ashton Stamps (1) huddles with the defense during LSU football practice on Tuesday, August 13, 2024.
After starting the final three games of his freshman season, LSU cornerback Ashton Stamps was determined over the spring and summer to make sure it wasn’t just a cameo appearance. Judging by the review he received Wednesday from Brian Kelly, it’s apparent the first two weeks of preseason camp were exactly how Stamps envisioned it going coming off his first season with the Tigers. Buoyed by the return to LSU of secondary coach Corey Raymond and the aggressive, attacking scheme of new defensive coordinator Blake Baker, Stamps is definitely in his element playing man-to-man and pressing wide receivers coming off the line of scrimmage.
In other words, he’s quickly made himself at home as the Tigers’ top cornerback and a likely starter for the opener with Southern Cal since the first snap of preseason practice on Aug. 1. That morning, the Archbishop Rummel High School graduate staked his claim to the position with an interception along the sideline in a 7-on-7 dr.