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Tigers making an early impression on 5-star 2024 quarterback

Five-star Texas passer DJ Lagway listed LSU as one of four early favorites.

LSU could be about to land its quarterback commit in the 2023 cycle, as four-star quarterback [autotag]Ricky Collins[/autotag] — a Baton Rouge native — recently decommitted from Purdue.

However, the Tigers are already making some moves with an elite signal-caller for the following cycle. Five-star Willis, Texas quarterback [autotag]DJ Lagway[/autotag] is ranked as the No. 17 overall prospect and No. 3 quarterback in 2024 on the 247Sports Composite, and he told On3 that LSU is one of four schools standing out for him so far.

The Tigers join Florida, Texas A&M and USC on that list.

“I like how they do recruiting,” Lagway said of the Tigers, per On3’s Chad Simmons. “They have really good recruiters, who show a lot of genuine love. I feel like (quarterbacks) Coach (Joe) Sloan is heading in the right direction with the offense. I’m just excited to see what they do this year; it’s going to be fun to watch them, too.”

Lagway isn’t close to making a decision. Coaches aren’t even allowed to directly contact 2024 prospects until Sept. 1, and he said that he intends to make game-day trips to a number of schools during the 2022 season. He said he hopes to cut his list down by mid-season and plans on making a decision during the spring of 2023.

The Aggies are the early favorite, holding a 72.1% chance of landing him according to the On3 RPM. But LSU will hope to change things by getting Lagway on campus this fall.

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LSU a recruiting winner from July, per On3

The Tigers landed 14 total commits during July, 11 of which were in the 2023 class.

There’s no denying LSU’s recent success on the recruiting trail.

After a relatively slow start to the 2023 class, coach [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] built a lot of momentum during the month of July, picking up 11 commits for the current cycle and vaulting his class back into the top 10 according to the 247Sports Composite. That’s not even including the three commits he landed for 2024, for which the Tigers currently have the nation’s No. 3 class.

With all the success, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise to see LSU deemed a winner by On3 in its July recruiting recap. Here’s what On3’s Keegan Pope had to say about Kelly’s additions this month.

On3 Consensus Team Ranking: No. 9
July Commitments: 11
Avg. Rating Per Commit: 90.59

The Skinny: New LSU head coach Brian Kelly has picked up on the recruiting trail right where he left off at Notre Dame. The Tigers add a whopping 11 commitments in the month of July, pushing them as high as No. 6 in the On3 Consensus Team Recruiting Rankings at one point.

The crown jewel of the month (and the class so far) is Miami (Fla.) Gulliver Prep wideout Jalen Brown, who LSU beat Miami and Michigan for, among others. July was a massive few weeks on the defensive line, though, with four prospects ranked among the top-200 nationally giving their pledges. July 4 was full of fireworks, with On3 top-40 defensive lineman Darron Reed and four-star EDGE Dashawn Womack each adding their names to the commit list. That was on top of On3 top-35 EDGE Joshua Mickens and four-star Jaxon Howard pledging earlier in the week.

Arguably the Tigers’ biggest target is set to come off the board next week: five-star Baton Rouge (La.) Catholic wideout Shelton Sampson Jr. And all signs are pointing to the purple and gold.

Landing Sampson would take this class from good to great, and the Tigers could also land their quarterback for the cycle sooner rather than later. Baton Rouge passer [autotag]Ricky Collins[/autotag] decommitted from Purdue on Monday, and LSU immediately became the heavy favorite.

If there were any questions about how well Kelly would do recruiting in the southeast, consider those questions asked and answered.

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4-star Baton Rouge quarterback decommits from Purdue, considered LSU lean

The Tigers have quickly become the favorite to land Ricky Collins since he backed off his pledge on Monday night.

The wait for a quarterback in the 2023 class has been drawn out for the LSU Tigers, but it may be coming to an end sooner rather than later.

Coach [autotag]Brian Kelly[/autotag] got some good news late Monday night as four-star Woodlawn (Baton Rouge) quarterback [autotag]Rickie Collins[/autotag] decommitted from Purdue after spending nearly a year pledged to the Boilermakers.

After missing on several of the class’ top targets like [autotag]Jaden Rashada[/autotag], [autotag]Dante Moore[/autotag] and [autotag]Arch Manning[/autotag], Collins quickly rose up LSU’s board. It is one of several schools that has been ramping up efforts with him in recent weeks.

Shortly following his decommitment, 247Sports Director of Football Recruiting Steve Wiltfong placed a Crystal Ball in the Tigers’ favor for Collins, and he was shortly joined by five other predictions for LSU.

On3 also gives LSU a 97.8% chance of landing him.

Collins is the No. 177 overall prospect and No. 13 quarterback, according to the 247Sports Composite. While the Tigers have enough depth to go without a quarterback this cycle, that’s not necessarily the safest approach in the transfer portal era.

It seems that may not be the case, though, and some more good news with Collins will likely be coming down the pipeline shortly.

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