The Tigers came out of the gate red-hot in the 2025 recruiting cycle.
They quickly gained commitments from the top receiver, running back and receiver in the cycle while jumping out to a No. 1 ranking, but things cooled off a bit during the summer.
Five-star receiver [autotag]Dakorien Moore[/autotag] decommitted and later flipped to Oregon, and four-star cornerback [autotag]Jaboree Antoine[/autotag] left the class as well and will now decide between LSU and Miami on Saturday.
But the last few weeks saw the Tigers get some momentum back. After landing top-100 EDGE [autotag]Damien Shanklin[/autotag] and several other defensive commits during the first week of July, LSU added five-star [autotag]DJ Pickett[/autotag] — the nation’s top cornerback — to the class on Wednesday.
Pickett’s addition moved the Tigers’ class up to No. 3 nationally per On3, but when it comes to average player rating, LSU leads the nation at 92.49, just barely edging out Oregon and Ohio State.
There’s a lot of time between now and signing day, and LSU still needs to close things out with this class. But if it continues at this pace, it will bring in one of the program’s top signing classes in recent memory.
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