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LSU redshirt freshman quarterback Emile Picarella has decided to leave the program after one season in Baton Rouge.

To fill Picarella's spot, LSU gained a commitment from MTSU transfer quarterback Kaden Martin, the son of former Tennessee star quarterback Tee Martin, who is currently an offensive analyst for LSU.

Though he has yet to appear in a college football game, Martin gives the Tigers another depth option in a revamped quarterback room that now includes Sam Leavitt, Husan Longstreet, and Landen Clark heading into the 2026 season.

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Chicken22 hours
Damn. Gonna miss him.
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Cosmo21 hours
Didnt you write this kid a NIL check?
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Chicken16 hours
Let's just say I was the very first fan on the Emile Mobile...
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The Eric6 hours
The only one
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AtlantaLSUfan17 hours
Good luck Emilie. That was a heck of a walk on QB. He was our #2 in the bowl game. Should have given him a couple reps.
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fr33manator1 day
Who?
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Bill W Tiger22 hours
Picarella from U-High?
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KING NOLA3 hours
All this talk about "nepotism at it's worst," please just stop it. If any of you were on LSU coaching staff with an opportunity to bring your QB son on LSU roster, you would do it too. It was a swap of two QB's who's never going to see the field. At least he could actually have a chance to play where ever he lands, good luck to him.
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LSUlefty1 day
Who dat?
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brewdrees15 hours
Delta State tho???
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UncleLester19 hours
Once a Tiger, forever a Tiger! Go be great, Emile!
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HuntinFishin2510 hours
NIL - Revolving Door - $$$
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Redhead5716 hours
College football free agency. I guess I’m getting old. No commitment to the school. Money driven
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drizztiger16 hours
So, like coaches for all of your decades? Without looking it up, how many colleges was Bear Bryant the HC?
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Kreg Jennings7 hours
Maybe 3 or 4 over 40 years? Not 5 schools in 4 years like some of these pre Madonna’s average.
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drizztiger6 hours
Respect for the pre Madonna’s
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LL721 hours
Maybe he can help the sorry baseball team.
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Twenty 4923 hours
I don’t know anything about any of those QBs.
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Yeti_Chaser21 hours
These are typically just guys trying to get into coaching
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Spankum23 hours
Redshirt junior and he has never participated in a college football game that I can tell. Looks like he plays a bit of baseball. Best of luck to him.
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CallmeSteveo1 day
Nice!
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BIIIL19 hours
Daddy helping him pick up a paycheck. Nepotism at its worst
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NotaStarGazer19 hours
I agree...nepotism at its worst. Picarella has been at LSU a year as a RS. He turned down SEC scholarship offers to walk on at LSU. This Martin kid has the same amount of on field experience as Picarella which is 0. So why bring in a guy from outside the program who will never see the field at LSU. TBH, Picarella wouldn't either but this stinks that the ONLY reason there is this exchange of "walkon" caliber players is that Kaden Martin's dad is on the only staff. Not exactly a classy move IMO.
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Scoob18 hours
If he was so good, why's he transferring to a D2 school? I'm seeing Delta State.
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