Scrimmage recap

Zach Mettenberger and Jermauria Rasco were the top performers in LSU's second spring scrimmage Thursday afternoon in Tiger Stadium.

Mettenberger completed 21-of-35 passes for 247 yards and a touchdown - a 7-yarder to Jarvis Landry. Rasco made a scrimmage-best five tackles, including three sacks. Two of Rasco's sacks came against the No. 1 offense in a two-minute drill. His third sack came on a fourth-and-long play.

The scrimmage involved numerous third-down situations and two-minute drill work. All phases of the kicking game were worked on during the scrimmage. The offense scored four touchdowns - two against the No. 1 defense.

STATISTICS

Quarterbacks

Zach Mettenberger - 35 attempts, 21 completions, 247 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception

Stephen Rivers - 9 attempts, 3 completions, 30 yards

Anthony Jennings - 9 attempts, 4 completions, 18 yards

Receivers

Jarvis Landry - 7 catches, 77 yards, 1 touchdown

Avery Peterson - 4 catches, 60 yards

Dillon Gordon - 4 catches, 40 yards

Odell Beckham - 2 catches, 30 yards

Running backs

Kenny Hilliard - 20 carries, 90 yards

Terrence Magee - 7 carries, 76 yards, 1 touchdown

Jeremy Hill - 13 carries, 60 yards

Defensive players

Jermauria Rasco - 5 tackles, 3 sacks

Craig Loston - 4 tackles, 1 tackle-for-loss

Lamin Barrow - 4 tackles, 1 fumble recovery

Christian LaCouture - 4 tackles

D.J. Welter - 3 tackles

WHAT LES MILES HAD TO SAY

"Our team is making improvement. We were sloppy at times on the offensive side of the ball. The offense is really much improved. It's just that they are shooting themselves in the foot. They have to understand that we are not going to play football that way. We have talented players who can make big plays. The quarterback is throwing the ball better, but we have to improve on the little things (penalties, center-quarterback exchange and protecting the football).

"Rasco had a nice day. He continues to improve with every practice. It looked like Loston had a nice day as well. He made some big plays for the defense. We improved defensively. The defense lined up and did the right things."

WHAT'S UP NEXT

LSU will be off until Tuesday, April 9 due to the school's spring break. The Tigers have six more practices, including the spring game on Saturday, April 20.