LSU football is assembling one of the top transfer portal classes in the country. Tigers’ head coach [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] said LSU planned to be aggressive, and the results have backed it up.
According to ESPN, LSU landed four of the top 13 ranked transfers in the portal.
Former Kentucky wide receiver [autotag]Barion Brown[/autotag] is the top-ranked of the bunch, sitting at No. 8 overall.
On Brown, ESPN says he brings “speed, speed, and more speed” to LSU.
“Brown should see a lot of targets for the Tigers next season and will continue to be a game-changer in the return game,” ESPN added.
Joining Brown at the top of the class are former Oklahoma wide receiver [autotag]Nic Anderson[/autotag], Virginia Tech transfer cornerback [autotag]Mansoor Delane[/autotag], and FSU transfer defensive end [autotag]Patrick Payton.[/autotag]
According to 247Sports, LSU’s transfer class is the best in the country, sitting at No. 1 ahead of Texas Tech.
LSU’s signed 14 transfers thus far, eight of them being four-stars.
LSU’s average transfer rating of 89.77 isn’t the best mark in the country, though it’s near the top. But no other program has matched LSU’s quality with the same volume.
Kelly and the staff are making it a point to fill needs. Payton leads a strong group of transfers at defensive end, and Delane helps replace the veteran presence that LSU is losing with cornerback [autotag]Zy Alexander[/autotag] moving on.
After an 8-4 regular season, LSU’s portal additions, along with key returnees, will have LSU expecting to compete for the playoffs in 2025.