Tag: Jordan Toles

Ravens to release DB Jordan Toles after signing Eddie Jackson to a 1-year deal

The Baltimore Ravens are reportedly released rookie defensive back Jordan Toles after signing Eddie Jackson to a one-year deal.

The Ravens kicked off their 2024 training camp on Sunday, and one undrafted rookie received some devasting news before the first session.

Baltimore agreed to a one-year deal with Eddie Jackson on Friday, just hours before veterans reported to the Under Armour Performance Center for training camp. Aaron Wilson reports that the move put the Ravens at 91 players on the roster, and the team released defensive back Jordan Toles before the practice.

Toles is a Baltimore native and logged 66 tackles, along with three interceptions, in 2023 during his final season at Morgan State University.

Toles was an All-MEAC First Team selection, emerged as one of the league’s best players during the 2023 season, became an Aeneas Williams Award finalist, and was presented as the best defensive back in HBCU Division I college football based on performance on the field, athletic ability, and character.

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LSU defensive back enters the transfer portal

LSU safety has entered the transfer portal

Jordan Toles, a six-foot-one, 209-pound Junior defensive back has entered his name into the transfer portal. Toles played in 14 games over two seasons for the Tigers finishing with 16 tackles.

Toles was a four-star safety in the 2020 recruiting class. 247Sports had him listed as the No. 80 overall player, the No. 5 safety, and the No. 5 player from the state of Maryland.

LSU had a massive influx of players from the transfer portal going into this season so that is something that would definitely shuffle up the depth chart for every corner and safety that was already on the team.

Guys like Sevyn Banks, Jarrick Bernard, Greg Brooks Jr., Mekhi Williams-Garner, and Joe Foucha all came to Baton Rouge and catapulted themselves to the top of the depth chart at their respective positions.

No matter where Toles decides to transfer to, I wish the best for him and his future. With kickoff just 24 days away, he doesn’t have much time to find a new home and try and learn a new defensive scheme.

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Best LSU football recruit from every state since the year 2000

LSU is in a football recruiting hotbed, but who are the top recruits from states out of Louisiana signed by LSU?

LSU is fortunate to be in a hotbed of football recruiting in the state of Louisiana. LSU has traditionally been able to keep much of the state’s top talent close to home, but sometimes the Tigers have to go on the prowl beyond the state’s borders if they want to build the best recruiting class possible.

With another recruiting cycle in the books, now is a good time to take a look at the LSU recruiting efforts since the turn of the century and see who the best LSU recruit in each state has been.

To put together this list, the 247 Sports composite rankings are referenced. In all, 20 states are included in LSU’s recruiting efforts since 2000. The most fertile grounds for LSU recruiting are close to home in Louisiana and Texas. Those two states have produced players like Derek Stingley, Grant Delpit,  Jarvis Landry, and Joseph Addai, just to name a few. LSU has also claimed some recruiting victories in Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi and brought a recruit home from California, Michigan, and Ohio.

For the purposes of this list, JUCO players are included, and they are specifically noted. Keep in mind JUCO recruiting rankings are not necessarily the same as the traditional recruiting class rankings.