LSU managed to avoid any major losses in the transfer portal, but that changed on the final day before it closed.
On Tuesday, true freshman offensive tackle [autotag]Lance Heard[/autotag] announced his intentions to transfer from LSU after one season. The news wasn’t exactly a surprise as the former five-star recruit from Monroe didn’t travel with the team to Tampa for the ReliaQuest Bowl.
Coach [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] said that Heard — who ranked as a top-15 prospect nationally coming out of high school — was evaluating his future with the program at the time. In 2023, he appeared in 12 games and made one start at right tackle.
New: #LSU OT Lance Heard has entered the Transfer Portal, @On3sports has learned.
Heard was a 5-star signee a year ago who made one start this season for the Tigers.https://t.co/H7FnBQ19XR pic.twitter.com/5SYCHHZh39
— Shea Dixon (@Sheadixon) January 2, 2024
LSU is expected to return both starting tackles in 2024 as [autotag]Will Campbell[/autotag] and [autotag]Emery Jones[/autotag] are not draft-eligible. Heard didn’t have a clear path to start, but losing the highest-rated recruit from the 2023 signing class will certainly hurt.
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