I've had several people that questioned that Stingley could have ever said this. So I'll submit this:
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Derek Stingley Jr. was once considered a nearly unanimous top-five pick. That was before injuries and COVID-19 affected his playing time at LSU.
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Derek Stingley Jr. pro day
Stingley participated in LSU's pro day on April 6 — one of the latest in college football — and seemed to put to bed any lingering injury concerns teams may have had.
The 6-0, 190-pounder not only ran a 4.37 40-yard dash, but he also put up a 38 1/2-inch vertical jump and a 10-2 broad jump on top of his position drills.
Stingley said at the event that the Lisfranc injury is no longer a concern:
"The Lisfranc injury, it happened on the first day of camp," he said. "And I played those three games (to start the '21 season) with the Lisfranc.
"When I hurt it, it was painful. But the Lisfranc is an injury, once you get it fixed, you'll never worry about it again. I feel fine right now. It doesn't even feel like I hurt it in the first place."
Stingley said he felt his pro day performance was enough to show teams "nothing has changed" and that "I'm still me."
"I just wanted to show that nothing has changed over these past couple of years," he said. "Just go out there and do what I did.
"It was good, it was fun. The teams just wanted to see how I moved and after I showed them that I'm still me, everything is going to be good."