re: 2026 No. 2 prospect Jahkeem Stewart is strongly considering reclassifying to 2025

OSU has probably made the biggest impression on him, and is probably our biggest competition.


They can brag about NFL Dlineman recent like we can with WR's. I think the biggest thing is that he wants LSU to know that just because we're the closest SEC school to him, and just because we have some Purple Knights on our staff, he still wants to be treated like the #1 player in the country.

If we try to lowball him due to proximity or even relationships, he will certainly go elsewhere. He's worked hard to become, and remain the #1 player in the country, and should be rewarded for it.


Thankfully, we have experience in keeping the #1 player in the country happy. He wants the same effort from us that we put in for Underwood. As long as we do that, he will be an LSU Tiger.

Kelly and has shown, at least with high school kids, an innate ability to identify the things most important to recruit and highlight how LSU is the best place for them realize those goals.


He makes his decision in January, and we are in a good place with him despite OSU's desperate attempts to lure him up to the frozen north, and LSU still has plans for multiple visits with him this upcoming summer and fall. Thanos will be an LSU Tiger, as long as they use the Underwood playbook.