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Four-star cornerback Cai Bates from Orlando, Fla., decommitted from LSU on Monday night.

Bates, a 6-2, 180-pound prospect from Orlando, Fla., committed initially to the Tigers in July over Alabama, Tennessee, Florida State, Ohio State, Texas A&M, and Colorado.

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LSU now has 25 verbal commitments for the class of 2024 with the departure of Bates.

In October, the Tigers lost four-star cornerback Ondre Evans, who flipped to Georgia and landed three-star prospects PJ Woodland and Bernard Causey (Ole Miss flip).



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NorthstarinLA6 months
man our DB coaches can't get high end kids to commit, then we get 4stars and lose them...time for Steeples and Cooks to be gone
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cajunmud6 months
Meanwhile Corey Raymond and FL are ranked 4th (with the year they're having?)! LINK /
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rattlebucket6 months
Who cares? NIL and Transfer portal. Commits. De-commits. Signing day kinda dont matter. Its year to year
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LSUMANINVA6 months
How can he decommit when a commitment is no longer a commitment? None of these kids are committed until the paperwork is sent in. And even that is only good for one season.
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TRUTH
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Gaston6 months
To be fair the offers aren’t really ‘offers’ either.
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LSU_Legz6 months
Commitments don't mean shite these days.
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duckblind566 months
Haven't in years
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LSUVT6 months
DB coaches need to be replaced. Unable to coach up the secondary players, can't recruit. We can't afford keep them another year. Daniel's has carried the offense and bailed out the defense in our 7 wins.
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If you can't recruit top defensive talent, you can't compete in the SEC. This ain't the BigEast. You can't scheme your way through the SEC with inferior talent.
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PhillyTiger906 months
Kelly probably told them House is staying and their response is l
“nah I’m good”
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DotBling6 months
The word used should be changed because these kids have no idea what commitment means. Wonder why?
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eugene1928LSU6 months
Because they are democrats
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FLBooGoTigs16 months
This has been predicted for months it sucks but recruits commitments don't mean sh*t these days.
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Morpheus6 months
Hearing the D coordinator will prob get fired doesn’t help.
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skullopener6 months
he should be
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udtiger6 months
"Commitment"

Lol
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VaeVictus6 months
Gordon can't do it all.
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CanebreakCajun6 months
Aside from a a couple a year, we really need to get away from high school players more than 2 states away. This seems to happen to 90% of "commits" from far away. Lousiana, Texas and Mississippi. There you go. I know we will probably get the Michigan kid, but that's so far and few between. If a California or Florida kid wants to transfer here, wonderful. But these hs ones are a different story.
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catfish 626 months
“46 offers” lol
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KING NOLA6 months
Where there’s smoke there’s fire when it comes to our secondary prospects. First of all our 2nd year DB’s are not developed they’re the same as they were when they came here. Yeah they’re good for a nice play or two but most times they’re out of position and when they are not they’re missing tackles like crazy. Everybody on this site bitch at me when I say get Corey Raymond back here in the worst way but I guest y’all like this instead. Robert Steeples is an f’ing joke, right now he’s the King of the 3* prospects, not able to hold on to the 4*’s and don’t even try for a 5*. Along with House, Steeples and Kerry Cooks got to go because this is NOT the standards set by DBU.
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PurpleEcho6 months
Maybe some are weary about Corey. Maybe that same smoke you talk about applies to Coreys methods and development of student athletes. Why not go look for another coach that can coach lock down corners. Just a thought
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TNoon6 months
Surprise surprise
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tigerpawl6 months
That's what happens when your D goes to the dogs.
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TKLSUMD6 months
Oh well…
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Fisherchefjeff6 months
Tiger Bates
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Crapshoot6 months
Exactly, it's all up to BK's DC to coach up whichever athletes show up in BR next year
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GeauxGutsy6 months
First of all thank God and secondly-Respeck muh decision
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cypresstiger6 months
Buh bye
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