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With just over a week to go until National Signing Day, LSU’s signing is finally rounding into shape. Over the last few weeks, the Tigers have pulled in some big name recruits, with four-star athlete Donte Jackson, a New Orleans native, the latest among them.
Since Kevin Steele and Ed Orgeron were hired, the LSU coaching staff has been criss-crossing the map, living up to the coaches’ stated goal of going after every top recruit within reach. There are a few areas where the Tigers could use a boost still — defensive line being the primary need — that Steele and Orgeron are likely looking to fill.
On the whole, LSU’s class — which moved into the top 10 nationally with Jackson’s decision last week — appears to be bringing playmakers on both sides of the ball. Toliver is the No. 2 cornerback in the country, and he’ll be joined by Jackson and fellow four-star Xavier Lewis in an already loaded secondary. Jackson in particular is known as a true threat any time he can get his hands on the ball and he’ll be a dangerous player in the return game.
Meanwhile, Tyron Johnson joins a young, talented receiving corps, and Derrius Guice and Nick Brossette bring a splash of diversity to the backfield. David Ducre, a talented runner who will likely play a combo-fullback role at the college level, will present yet another ball-carrying option for the Tigers.
Editor’s note: All recruiting ranking are in reference to 247sports’ industry composite
* Indicates player has already enrolled at LSU
Assessing LSU’s recruiting class
Current commits/enrollees: 18 (average star rating: 3.4)
Remaining primary targets: CB Iman Marshall (five-star), DE CeCe Jefferson (five-star), DE Arden Key (four-star)
National rank: 10
SEC rank: 5
Commits
| NAT RANK | PLAYER | H.S. (CITY, STATE) | STAR | POS | HGT | WGT |
| 8 | Kevin Toliver II* | Trinity Christian (Jacksonville, Fla.) | 5 | CB | 6’2″ | 185 |
| 27 | Tyron Johnson | 5 | WR | 6’1” | 191 | |
| 37 | Maea Teuhema | Keller (Keller, Tex.) | 5 | OL | 6’4” | 340 |
| 46 | Derrius Guice | 4 | RB | 5’11” | 219 | |
| 56 | Donte Jackson | Riverdale (New Orleans, La.) | 4 | ATH | 5’11” | 165 |
| 177 | Xavier Lewis | 4 | CB | 6’ | 175 | |
| 181 | Nick Brossette | 4 | RB | 6’ | 207 | |
| 205 | David Ducre* | Lakeshore (Mandeville, La.) | 4 | FB | 5’11” | 238 |
| 293 | Jazz Ferguson | West Feliciana (Saint Francisville, La.) | 4 | WR | 6’5” | 205 |
| 418 | Adrian Magee | Franklinton (Franklinton, La.) | 3 | OT | 6’5” | 315 |
| 470 | George Brown Jr. | 3 | OT | 6’6” | 253 | |
| 486 | Isaiah Washington | Edna Karr (New Orleans, La.) | 3 | WDE | 6’4” | 240 |
| 663 | Bry’Keithon Mouton | Acadiana (Lafayette, La.) | 3 | TE | 6’1” | 230 |
| NA | Lanard Fournette | St. Augustine (New Orleans, La.) | 3 | ATH | 5’9″ | 170 |
| NA | Hanner Shipley* | Marble Falls (Marble Falls, Texas) | 3 | TE | 6’5” | 283 |
| NA | Justin McMillan* | Cedar Hill (Cedar Hill, Texas) | 3 | DUAL | 6’1.5″ | 170 |
| NA | Blake Ferguson | Buford (Buford, Ga.) | 2 | LS | 6’1″ | 235 |
| 25 (JUCO) | Jeremy Cutrer | Mississippi Gulf C.C. (Perkinson, Miss.) | 3 | S | 6’2″ | 170 |
A former freelance journalist from Philadelphia, Brett has made the trek down to SEC country to cover the greatest conference in college football.
