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LSU experiences drama-free early signing day

It’s the most wonderful time of the year in more ways than one.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year in more ways than one. Happy early signing day.

LSU entered the day with 27 commitments and as of noon CT, all of those commitments have signed their name on the dotted line.

The only signing that LSU has not announced yet is the signing of four-star athlete and MaxPreps Louisiana Player of the Year [autotag]Ju’Juan Johnson[/autotag]. As you can see in the video below, he has signed with LSU, the Tigers just haven’t tweeted it out yet.

For many years, there has been an air of uncertainty around signing day regarding players getting cold feet and changing their minds at the last minute but that was not the case today. The Tigers class is currently ranked as the No. 13 overall recruiting class by 247Sports. It would be the first recruiting class that [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] has signed that finished outside the top 10.

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Former LSU cornerback commit pledges to Florida State

Cai Bates decommitted from the Tigers after taking a visit to Tallahassee last month.

Four-star cornerback [autotag]Cai Bates[/autotag], a one-time LSU commit, completed his flip to Florida State on Friday.

The Edgewater (Orlando) prospect committed to the Tigers back in July following an official visit to Baton Rouge the prior month. He remained locked in through most of the football season, but he announced his decommitment on Nov. 13.

That decision came just two days after Bates took a visit to Tallahassee to see the Seminoles’ game against rival Miami.

A top-10 cornerback in the 2024 class and top-100 prospect nationally, Bates was one of LSU’s highest-rated commits before he eventually exited the class last month.

LSU’s 2024 class currently ranks 13th nationally per On3 and 14th per 247Sports. It features three cornerback commits with [autotag]Ju’Juan Johnson[/autotag], [autotag]Wallace Foster[/autotag] and [autotag]Bernard Causey[/autotag].

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4-star LSU cornerback target announces commitment date

One of the best cornerbacks in the 2024 recruiting class has announced his commitment date.

One of the best cornerbacks in the 2024 recruiting class has announced his commitment date. The four-star corner from Waco, Texas, has trimmed his final list of schools down to five, LSU, Texas, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, and Oklahoma.

[autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] is working on taking a four-star cornerback in the heart of Texas. [autotag]Kobe Black[/autotag] is a 6-foot-1, 190-pound cornerback who plays for Connally High School. The Connally Cadets finished the 2023 season 8-4 with a loss to Jasper in the second round of the playoffs.

LSU currently has 26 commitments for the 2024 recruiting class with three of those commits being cornerbacks. (four-star [autotag]Ju’Juan Johnson[/autotag], three-star [autotag]Wallace Foster[/autotag] and three-star [autotag]Bernard Causey[/autotag]). Johnson recently broke the Louisiana state record for yards of total offense in a career last Friday.

Black currently has received multiple crystal balls to Texas and the Longhorns are a 95% favorite to land him per On3.

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LSU commit breaks Louisiana high school total yards record

Last Friday, Ju’Juan Johnson broke the Louisiana state record for total yards on offense.

Last Friday, [autotag]Ju’Juan Johnson[/autotag] broke the Louisiana state record for total yards on offense as he led Lafayette Christian Academy to a 57-21 win over McDonogh 35. The previous state record for career total offense yards was set at 13,659 yards.

That record was set by Brock Berlin at Evangel Christian Academy. His record stood for 24 years until Johnson finally broke it

The Lafayette Christian Academy Knights are currently 10-2 and are preparing for a third-round playoff game at home this week. Johnson is a 5-foot-11, 190-pound, four-star cornerback in the 2024 recruiting class. He committed to LSU on May 15 and he is projected to play cornerback once he gets to Baton Rouge.

He is the starting quarterback for the Knights and he is very successful as he is usually the best athlete on the field. Johnson has even tweeted out asking some of the LSU coaches if he can sub in at quarterback to throw some passes.

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LSU commit Ju’Juan Johnson breaks Louisiana high school yards record

LSU commit Ju’Juan Johnson broke a 24-year Louisiana high school football record as he recorded his 13,662 yard of his career on Friday.

Lafayette Christian Academy (La.) quarterback Ju’Juan Johnson entered the Div. II Select quarterfinals on Friday needing 351 yards to break the all-time Louisiana yards record of 13,659 set last century.

With a three-yard run in the fourth quarter, he did so, finishing the game with 13,662 yards to break the 24-year record set by Brock Berlin of Evangel Christian in 1999.

According to the Daily Advertiser, the LCA coaching staff entered the game with the intention of Johnson setting the mark. Sounds aggressive? You’re forgetting that nobody in Louisiana has ever recorded more yards than him. Through 11 games, Johnson averaged about 364 yards per contest, according to MaxPreps stats. That goal was below his usual output.

By the end of the first half, Johnson was well on pace after recording 234 yards and three touchdowns, according to the Advertiser. He finished with 354 yards and six total touchdowns to lead LCA over McDonogh 57-21 and advance to the semifinals.

The team presented Johnson with a championship belt and announced that his number, No. 7, would be retired at the end of the season, the news outlet reported.

“God blessed me with so much talent. I’m thankful for Him, I’m thankful for my coaches and my teammates,” Johnson said. “It means a lot knowing that everybody around me, my support wall, it means a lot for them to be around me and celebrate a great moment.”

Johnson was previously committed to Colorado until April 2023. LSU pounced, fending off offers from other top schools, including Florida, and earned his commitment.

The star has played quarterback, wide receiver and defensive back in high school and will play in the secondary at LSU.

With that, the all-time Louisiana yards leader may be recording the last of his yardage. But he still has at least one more game to add to his record.

LCA will face off against Teurlings Catholic (Lafayette, La.) in the semifinals with a trip to the championship game on the line.

BREAKING: Four-star cornerback Cai Bates decommits from LSU

The Tigers lost a key piece in the 2024 class on Monday night.

After some nice recent wins on the recruiting trail, LSU suffered a pretty substantive loss on Monday night as four-star Edgewater (Orlando) cornerback [autotag]Cai Bates[/autotag] decommitted.

Bates ranks within the top 100 nationally, per the 247Sports Composite, and he was the second-highest-rated committed player in LSU’s 2024 class prior to his decommitment. Bates committed to LSU on June 26 following an official visit days earlier.

With Bates’ departure from the class, LSU’s group of 2024 commits now ranks 14th nationally per 247Sports and 12th nationally per On3. Between Bates and [autotag]Ondre Evans[/autotag], LSU has lost both of their top 160 cornerback commits in the 2024 recruiting cycle.

LSU still has a trio of cornerback commits in four-star [autotag]Ju’Juan Johnson[/autotag] and three-stars [autotag]Wallace Foster[/autotag] and [autotag]Bernard Causey[/autotag]. There is no clear favorite to land Bates now, though Florida State, Alabama, Tennessee and others remain in the mix.

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Where does LSU’s 2024 recruiting class rank after recent shakeups?

Here’s where LSU’s class ranks after some recent shakeups.

LSU’s 2024 class looks different than it did last week.

It took a hit when cornerback [autotag]Ondre Evans[/autotag] flipped to Georgia. It’s a big loss considering Evans was just one of eight top 200 commits in the class and plays a position of need.

The staff did its best to recoup the loss, though. In recent days, the Tigers got commitments from corners [autotag]PJ Woodland[/autotag] and [autotag]Bernard Causey[/autotag]. Both are three stars, but there’s optimism about what they can bring to the class.

The Tigers now sit with five corners in the 2024 class. Causey and Woodland are joined by [autotag]Ju’Juan Johnson[/autotag], [autotag]Cai Bates[/autotag] and [autotag]Wallace Foster[/autotag].

Even with the new additions and the young talent already on the roster, expect LSU to be active recruiting defensive backs in the portal.

But after the recent shakeups, let’s take a look at where LSU’s class stands now.

On3: 11th

247Sports: 12th

The loss of Evans knocked LSU’s class out of the top 10, but the Tigers are in pursuit of top 100 wide receiver [autotag]Dre’lon Miller[/autotag], who decommitted from Texas A&M after a visit to Baton Rouge.

A commitment from Miller would put LSU back in the top 10.

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BREAKING: LSU lands 3-star 2024 cornerback commit

The Tigers have suffered some recent losses on the trail, but they beat out a pair of division foes for this Hattiesburg, Mississippi, prospect.

After taking a couple of recent losses in the 2024 recruiting class, including a four-star cornerback in Ondre Evans, the Tigers got their class back up to 24 commits with the addition of [autotag]PJ Woodland[/autotag] on Sunday night.

The three-star Oak Grove (Hattiesburg, Miss.) cornerback committed to LSU over in-state SEC West foes Ole Miss and Mississippi State. He had received Crystal Ball projections in favor of both schools, including a prediction for the Rebels as recently as last weekend.

But LSU received a pair of Crystal Balls on Sunday, and it was the heavy favorite according to On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine.

Woodland ranks as the No. 526 player nationally and No. 17 overall prospect in the state of Mississippi, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings. He’s one of X cornerback commits in the 2024 class, which also features [autotag]Cai Bates[/autotag], [autotag]Ju’Juan Johnson[/autotag] and [autotag]Wallace Foster[/autotag].

LSU’s 24-man 2024 class currently ranks 12th nationally.

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WATCH: 4-star LSU CB commit Ju’Juan Johnson dazzles with offensive ability

Ju’Juan Johnson projects as a defensive player in college, but he’s plenty explosive on the other side of the ball.

LSU is recruiting four-star Lafayette Christian Academy cornerback commit [autotag]Ju’Juan Johnson[/autotag] to play in the secondary, but Johnson, an all-around weapon, also makes plays as a dual-threat quarterback for his high school team.

Facing off against cross-town rival Acadiana and five-star defensive lineman [autotag]Dominick McKinley[/autotag], who committed to Texas A&M over the Tigers, Texas and others prior to the game, Johnson put on a show with his offensive abilities.

To open the second half of the game, Johnson kept one himself and found paydirt 77 yards later. It was one of four touchdowns on the ground as he finished 140 rushing yards.

In the passing game, Johnson completed 12 of 23 passes but still managed to throw for 317 yards and an additional four touchdowns, giving him eight total on the day.

Johnson still projects as a defensive player in college, but perhaps he will be able to make use of his explosiveness on the other side of the ball, as well.

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Elite Louisiana cornerback Wardell Mack commits to Florida

LSU lost out on one of the top players in the state of Louisiana.

LSU lost out on one of the top players in the state of Louisiana in the 2024 cycle on Friday as four-star Marrero (La.) John Ehret cornerback [autotag]Wardell Mack[/autotag] committed to coach Billy Napier and the Florida Gators.

Mack ranks as the No. 72 player nationally and No. 2 player in the state of Louisiana, according to On3. It’s a tough loss, but it’s softened by the fact that the Tigers already have a top-100 cornerback on board in [autotag]Cai Bates[/autotag].

Still, it’s a bit disappointing that the Tigers have struggled to land the top players in the state in this cycle. LSU boasts commitments from eight of the top-10 players in Louisiana, but with Mack committing to Florida and No. 1 prospect [autotag]Dominick McKinley[/autotag] trending toward Texas, it seems like LSU is poised to miss on the two best prospects in the state.

In addition to Bates, LSU has commitments from cornerbacks [autotag]Ondre Evans[/autotag], [autotag]Ju’Juan Johnson[/autotag] and [autotag]Wallace Foster[/autotag] in the 2024 cycle.

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