RESERVE — East St. John wide receiver C.J. Turner can say he had a pretty good weekend.

With a slew of college coaches in attendance, Turner, a 6-foot-1, 155-pound rising senior, attended the LSU Satellite Camp held at the Saints practice facility last weekend.

The bad news is, he left with a broken rib and a bandage covering a bloody gash beneath his left eye after a collision with Dutchtown’s Adam Sparks.

“I don’t know what happened,” Turner said. “I got up and my eye was bleeding.”

The good news is, the 16-year-old Turner also left the camp with three offers to play college football — one from Louisiana Tech, one from Nicholls State and one from the University of Louisiana-Monroe. He can add those to his already standing offer from Southeastern.

“I guess you could say it was productive,” Turner said. “I think I showed people I can play tough.”

This has been a hot spring for Turner. After playing in the shadows of older, more experienced receivers, transitioning to a new head coach before his junior year and a new starting quarterback midway through it, Turner is stepping into the spotlight.

He certainly shined during East St. John’s spring game against McDonogh 35, scoring three touchdowns, including a 44 yarder and a 77 yarder from Marquis Darensbourg.

“I knew we were playing against one of the best secondaries in the city,” Turner said. “I was like, ‘Man, we’ve got to get out there and get this done.’ The first time we connected it was a curl route. I saw the opening and made the dude miss. The second time, he just said, ‘Get open.’ And I got open.

“The third time was in the red zone and the dude that lined up in front of me, Brad Stewart, was one of the best DBs in Louisiana so I was like, ‘If I can beat this dude right here, everybody’s going to start looking at me,’ so I had to get it done.”

East St. John head coach Aldon Foster said it was good to see Turner excel.

“He has really worked his behind off,” Foster said. “He always ran good routes and had good hands. He got faster. That showed in the spring game. The thing is, everybody liked his film from last year but all spring, he has taken it to another level.”

Turner really has no choice. He is the one being tapped to fill the spot left by recently graduated Da’Monte Coxie, an LSU commit.

“We really put the onus on him,” Foster said. “He’s got big shoes to fill. They just have that chemistry, though. ”

The Wildcats struggled to find a rhythm in Foster’s first season, finishing 2-8.

The first half of the season was taken up with trying to get Darensbourg eligible after his transfer from Destrehan. Turner said the season was rocky as the players dealt with a new staff, offense and multiple quarterbacks.

“It was hard because you have that chemistry with a quarterback, and every other week you had a different quarterback,” Turner said. “He finally came and we all got together and said we got to get this show on the road.  The offense started flowing more because he was throwing the ball better. (Darensbourg) just had to get used to us and we had to get used to him. ”

Now, after the pair’s spring showing, Turner thinks they have things figured out.

“It felt good,” Turner said of the spring outing. “We just connected. That was the best since he got there. We work every day so I sort of expected it, but I didn’t expect it to be that good. If we stay like that, we’re going to be hard to beat.”