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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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Chicken8 hours
Damn. Gonna miss him.
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Cosmo8 hours
Didnt you write this kid a NIL check?
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Chicken3 hours
Let's just say I was the very first fan on the Emile Mobile...
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fr33manator11 hours
Who?
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Bill W Tiger8 hours
Picarella from U-High?
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AtlantaLSUfan4 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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UncleLester5 hours
Once a Tiger, forever a Tiger! Go be great, Emile!
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LSUlefty11 hours
Who dat?
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LL78 hours
Maybe he can help the sorry baseball team.
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brewdrees1 hour
Delta State tho???
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Redhead573 hours
College football free agency. I guess I’m getting old. No commitment to the school. Money driven
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drizztiger2 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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Spankum10 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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BIIIL6 hours
Daddy helping him pick up a paycheck. Nepotism at its worst
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NotaStarGazer5 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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Scoob4 hours
If he was so good, why's he transferring to a D2 school? I'm seeing Delta State.
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CallmeSteveo11 hours
Nice!
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Twenty 4910 hours
I don’t know anything about any of those QBs.
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Yeti_Chaser8 hours
These are typically just guys trying to get into coaching
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