Tag: Christian Brathwaite

2023 LSU Tigers Snapshot Profile: No. 44 Christian Brathwaite

The four-star true freshman will look to provide key depth at linebacker this season.

Going into the 2023 football season, LSU Wire will be looking at each player listed on the Tigers’ roster.

Over the preseason, each profile will cover where the player is from, how recruiting websites rated them coming out of high school, and what role they will play for Brian Kelly this season.

We’re looking at one of this defense’s intriguing true freshman in [autotag]Christian Brathwaite[/autotag], a former four-star offensive lineman from Cypress (Tex.) Cypress Ranch. He’ll look to compete for playing time early in a linebacker group that’s talented at the top but looking for players in the two-deep to step up this fall.

Christian Brathwaite Preseason Player Profile

Tigers land massive commitment from top transfer portal linebacker

With the addition of Omar Speights, LSU has the No. 1 transfer class in the country.

LSU’s transfer portal haul this spring just keeps getting better.

On Thursday, the Tigers picked up a monumental commitment through the portal from former Oregon State linebacker [autotag]Omar Speights[/autotag]. A First Team All-Pac-12 selection in 2022, Speights led the Beavers with 83 tackles.

He finishes his career in Corvallis with 308 tackles (25 for loss), five sacks, three interceptions and three fumble recoveries. The Philadelphia native has been a full-time starter for the last three seasons.

This was a massive pickup for LSU, which currently has just four scholarship linebackers on the roster: [autotag]Greg Penn III[/autotag], [autotag]Harold Perkins[/autotag], [autotag]West Weeks[/autotag] and early-enrollee [autotag]Whit Weeks[/autotag]. True freshman [autotag]Christian Brathwaite[/autotag] also joins the team this summer.

With Speights’ addition, LSU has the No. 1 transfer class in the country this offseason.

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Top-50 cornerback locks in return trip to LSU for game vs. Alabama

Javien Toviano is one of LSU’s top remaining uncommitted targets.

When the Tigers face Alabama on Saturday with the SEC West potentially on the line, they will have one of the top remaining prospects on their 2023 recruiting board in attendance.

Martin (Arlington, Texas) cornerback [autotag]Javien Toviano[/autotag], a four-star prospect in the 2023 class, has set a return trip to Baton Rouge for an unofficial visit this weekend as LSU hosts the Crimson Tide in a top-15 battle.

A top-50 prospect in the country and the No. 7 cornerback, per the 247Sports Composite, Toviano was previously on campus in September for an official visit the weekend of LSU’s matchup against Southern. Following that visit, he received two Crystal Balls for LSU, including one from 247Sports director of football recruiting Steve Wiltfong.

The Tigers are also a heavy favorite for Toviano according to On3, which also has him as a top-50 prospect, though it lists him as a safety. Toviano said recently that he is close to making a decision but wants to take his remaining official visits before deciding.

Toviano would be the fourth commit from Texas in the 2023 class as he would join safety [autotag]Ryan Yaites[/autotag], receiver [autotag]Kyle Parker[/autotag] and the most recent player to join the class, linebacker [autotag]Christian Brathwaite[/autotag].

LSU’s 23-man 2023 recruiting class currently ranks seventh overall per the 247Sports Composite and fifth per On3. The Tigers will hope to push for a consensus top-five class down the stretch.

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Where LSU stands in the 247Sports 2023 recruiting rankings at the end of October

The Tigers’ 23-man class currently sits in the national top 10 entering the month of November.

As early signing day approaches in December, it’s been a bit of a quiet stretch on the recruiting trail recently for the Tigers after they exploded in July and August.

LSU only landed one commitment for the 2023 class this month in linebacker [autotag]Christian Brathwaite[/autotag], who flipped from Baylor last week.

Still, some slowdown was to be expected. LSU’s class sits at 23 players and squarely in the national top 10. The Tigers can afford to be a bit picky now, and they’re focusing their attention on a couple of elite prospects as the cycle winds down, including five-star cornerback [autotag]Desmond Ricks[/autotag], who recently set an official visit.

Here’s how the full top 25 breaks down per the 247Sports Composite Rankings as we enter the month of November.

LSU flips 2023 linebacker from Baylor

LSU picked up its 23rd commitment in 2023 on Wednesday from recently offered linebacker Christian Brathwaite.

It’s been a bit of a quiet month on the recruiting trail, but coach [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] is closing things off by completing a flip.

On Wednesday, the Tigers secured a commitment from Cy Ranch (Cypress, Texas) linebacker [autotag]Christian Brathwaite[/autotag]. The three-star prospect was previously committed to Baylor, pledging to the Bears back in January and taking an official visit to Waco in June.

However, Brathwaite picked up an offer from the Tigers on Tuesday, and LSU received several Crystal Ball projections from 247Sports to land him the same day. On Wednesday morning, he made the flip official and committed to the Tigers.

Brathwaite ranks as the No. 464 overall player and No. 40 safety in the country, per the 247Sports Composite. His addition puts LSU’s 2023 class at 23 overall commitments, though it still ranks No. 7 in the country.

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