[autotag]Xavier Atkins[/autotag] is a 2024, four-star, 6-foot-1, 190-pound linebacker from Jonesboro-Hodge High School where he stars for the Jonesboro-Hodge Tigers.
The Tigers are 2-3 to start this season after a 20-10 win last night over Pineville High School. Even though Atkins is listed as a linebacker, when you are as good of an athlete as he is, sometimes you play on both sides of the ball so you can make even more of a difference.
In this play, Jonesboro-Hodge hits Atkins on a screen pass and he gets a couple of good blocks and sheds a tackle as he strolls into the endzone.
LSU currently has five overall commits for the 2024 recruiting class, a class that is ranked as the No. 3 class in the country, and Atkins is one of two linebacker commits. The other linebacker commit is [autotag]Maurice Williams[/autotag] from Pearland, Texas.
There are still a couple of years between now and Atkins signing day, but he will definitely be a player to keep an eye on.
#LSU commit Xavier Atkins puts Jonesboro-Hodge up 20-10 on Pineville with a 41-yard TD. @XavierAtkins8 @On3Recruits https://t.co/ofCjdz6Auf pic.twitter.com/tDvisLcl7S
— Billy Embody (@BillyEmbody) September 30, 2022
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