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Lane Kiffin talks QB Sam Leavitt’s progress as LSU football wraps up spring practice

By By REED DARCEY | Staff writerThe Advocate

When Sam Leavitt wasn’t practicing this spring, he’d slip on a pair of tennis shoes and a jersey. The LSU quarterback didn’t need to pop on a helmet, but he did anyway.

Leavitt was out on the field every day, though, watching quarterbacks Husan Longstreet and Landen Clark compete for the right to be his backup. Kiffin said that Leavitt did a good job when he was fi…