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LSU QB Emile Picarella Leaves Program, MTSU QB Kaden Martin Transfers In

By Staff Reporter•May 24, 20262:20 pm•

HELEN COMER/The Daily News Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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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Chicken•2 months

Damn. Gonna miss him.

Cosmo•2 months

Didnt you write this kid a NIL check?

Chicken•2 months

Let's just say I was the very first fan on the Emile Mobile...

The Eric•2 months

The only one

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AtlantaLSUfan•2 months

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.

Bill W Tiger•2 months

Picarella from U-High?

KING NOLA•2 months

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.

HuntinFishin25•2 months

The DVs are 'pin heads'!

fr33manator•2 months

Who?

brewdrees•2 months

Delta State tho???

LSUlefty•2 months

Who dat?

Tigershine•2 months

In addition to being a camp arm, I
can see Martin having a role in analyzing film and in the future as a GA.

Mr Happy•2 months

Best of luck young men. Geaux Tigers.

HuntinFishin25•2 months

NIL - Revolving Door - $$$

UncleLester•2 months

Once a Tiger, forever a Tiger! Go be great, Emile!

Redhead57•2 months

College football free agency. I guess I’m getting old. No commitment to the school. Money driven

drizztiger•2 months

So, like coaches for all of your decades? Without looking it up, how many colleges was Bear Bryant the HC?

Kreg Jennings•2 months

Maybe 3 or 4 over 40 years? Not 5 schools in 4 years like some of these pre Madonna’s average.

drizztiger•2 months

Respect for the pre Madonna’s

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LL7•2 months

Maybe he can help the sorry baseball team.

Twenty 49•2 months

I don’t know anything about any of those QBs.

Yeti_Chaser•2 months

These are typically just guys trying to get into coaching

Spankum•2 months

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.

CallmeSteveo•2 months

Nice!

BIIIL•2 months

Daddy helping him pick up a paycheck. Nepotism at its worst

NotaStarGazer•2 months

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.

Scoob•2 months

If he was so good, why's he transferring to a D2 school? I'm seeing Delta State.

KBeezy•2 months

Picarella alerted staff before spring ended that he was leaving. Emille didnt leave because we brought in Martin. Exactly the opposite: We brought martin in because Emille informed coaches he was leaving

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