4-star 2025 running back trims final list to 7 schools, including LSU

LSU is a 94% favorite to land James Simon per On3.

One of the best running backs in the 2025 recruiting class has narrowed his list of final schools down to seven schools. [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] and the LSU Tigers are in the final seven.

LSU joins Miami, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Texas, Alabama and Louisiana Tech as the final seven schools that are being considered by [autotag]James Simon[/autotag]. Simon is a 5-foot-11, 200-pound, four-star running back from Calvary Baptist Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana. The Calvary Baptist Cavaliers finished the 2023 season 14-0 and were winners of the 2A state championship.

Simon has currently received multiple crystal ball projections to commit to LSU and the Tigers are a 94% favorite to land him per On3. LSU’s 2025 recruiting class is currently ranked as the No. 3 class in the country by 247Sports. The Tigers already have one commit at the running back position in that class in four-star [autotag]Harlem Berry[/autotag]. Berry is rated as the No. 2 running back in the class by 247Sports.

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