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Is Freshman TE Arik Gilbert In The Transfer Portal? Ed Orgeron Comments On The Situation

by Staff Reporter

January 5, 202138 Comments

Gus Stark / LSU Athletics

Update: Arik Gilbert is officially in the transfer portal.

LSU freshman tight end Arik Gilbert, who opted out of the season after the Alabama loss, sent out a couple of tweets over the weekend to announce that he was entering his name into the transfer portal.

The former 5-star prospect from Marietta, Ga. ended up deleting those tweets, adding confusion to the situation.

On Tuesday morning, Ed Orgeron joined 104.5 ESPN's "Off The Bench" and said that Gilbert "entered the transfer portal" but that they are still in contact with his family and hope that he comes back.

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A new report from Sports Illustrated recruiting analyst John Garcia, Jr. claims that Gilbert has still not officially entered his name into the NCAA Transfer Portal.

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We'll see how this plays out and keep you updated along the way.

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TigerFan55555•51 months

id bet he comes back now that the OC has been hired... knowing that the offense that he committed to is coming back...

slicc3333•51 months

Get him back to LSU only if he wants to be a TIGER. and work hard to be the best TE he can be----I would love to truly see his talents in Death Valley in the lights with his abilities. I thick leaving is the worst decision this young man will ever make in his life...

slicc3333•51 months

think--my bad

WhiskeyPlease•51 months

They need to get him back LSU is preparing an Offense that will showcase his talent

rar•51 months

he's a democrat...he was for the txfer portal until he was against it....if he isn.t committed let him go...in fact help him go...if sticks around he'll poison the locker room

SuckFickNaban•51 months

Lmfao. 95% of the people you cheer on in purple snd gold are dems, dummy.

brewdrees•51 months

If he gone let him go. I just don't like the transferring in the SEC stuff!!

Twenty 49•51 months

This is like that actress who was dead, then not dead, then dead again.

MrKnowItAll•51 months

My body aches for him being put in that official Transfer Portal. His body may never recover from such a brutal transformation.

lsutigerfan619•51 months

She gone

eddieray•51 months

Good luck in the future, no hard feelings, don’t come back. Toodles

saint tiger225•51 months

Screw you dude. Glad our coaches don't listen to idiots like you.

slicc3333•51 months

Shut up---You don't speak for any of here..

St Jean The Baptiste•51 months

I wish someone would tell him "Toodles." That my be one of the few things he would understand.

dwright369•51 months

With all the harsh and dark undertones surrounding Gilberts situation, I no longer harbor ill-will toward him or the decision he made. I honestly believe he’s going through some type of serious, life-altering situation that is far more important and pressing than football. Count me in the group that wishes Arik Gilbert nothing but the best now and in the future!!

ELR1964GoTigers•51 months

Agree - However, LSU does have Tight Ends just as good as Arik who are chomping to prove what they can do; so I don't see a big loss in talent !!!

GeauxsomeMeaux•51 months

It is clearly Big loss of talent, but you just simply have to have the “next man up” mentality!

LSU615•51 months

Man, I understand people being hard on this kid. But I was in my mid 20's before I got my ish together. Quitting isn't a good thing, but maybe he's going through some serious things behind the scenes that we obviously don't know about. I think the mature thing to do is respect whatever the kid wants to do, but hope he decides to do it at LSU.

LSUFanHouston•51 months

Difference is, when we were in our 20s, there was no social media around for kids to blast all their "decisions" on. These kids love and want all this technology but if they don't know how to use it, it bites them hard.

PillageUrVillage•51 months

Thank God we didn’t have social media when I was in high school.

SanJoseTigerFan•51 months

In contacts with Parents but not Arik.......????

225Tyga•51 months

I already posted about all of this.

alumni95•51 months

Stop all future posts. 225 Tyga has spoken.

kciDAtaE•51 months

We need Will Wade to close the deal

lil 7thward•51 months

Facts!

DVinBR•51 months

once a quitter always a quitter

saint tiger225•51 months

Man, we have some real backwards, dumbass fans that love to show their arse on this site.

SomeLSUguy•51 months

So you're sayin there's a chance...

LSUsince74•51 months

Bama bound

NASA_ISS_Tiger•51 months

More like UGA bound.

rob62•51 months

I don’t care where he goes.

LSUMANINVA•51 months

There are days that I wish I could enter the transfer portal.

Adam4LSU•51 months

Activate the strong arse offers!

takemking•51 months

Baby come back.

slicc3333•51 months

like getting that 13# bass to the boat then....you know....splash...

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