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LSU wide receiver Javen Nicholas announced on social media Thursday that he is entering the NCAA Transfer Portal.

The redshirt junior from New Orleans joined the Tigers as a preferred walk-on in 2022 and played in two games during his true freshman season.

He appeared in 10 games during his redshirt freshman season in 2023 and played in 12 games last season, mainly on special teams, but also contributed as a wide receiver.

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oleheat11 days
Best Of Luck to him!
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chadr0714 days
Never even heard of the guy but good luck wherever you go
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jrobic415 days
This is the guy that exemplifies "student athlete", and who the xfer portal was intended for!
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TommyDaTiger15 days
Who????????
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saturncube2115 days
Good luck, young man
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Spankum15 days
Walk-on players serve a critical role on any team. They do all other work of a scholarshiped player but receive none of the credit. Thanks to him for being a Tiger!
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Mouche33714 days
Stop that! I've seen many walk-ons put in the work and get the recognition for it. Moreso because they're doing it as walk ones. And those walk-ons who do even more become scholar athletes. I agree that he has to do what's best for him and I wish him the best of luck.
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An economics degree in 3 years while playing football?! Kid is going to be a success in life no matter what he does. Good luck Javen I’ll be rooting for you, thanks for being a Tiger
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wallowinit15 days
Economics degree is no joke.
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Datbayoubengal15 days
The man came here, graduated in 3 years, and even got on the field a bit. He lived his LSU dream, and now it's time to get a chance to start somewhere that could use his talent. I'm guessing another Louisiana school.
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Woodman15 days
Hopefully he can gain a scholarship with a school that plays football and has a top MBA program. I'm thinking Rice, Columbia, Penn, Harvard if he's got graduated with high honors. Honors grad would suggest schools like UMass, UCF, Temple, North Florida, Samford or West Carolina. Still needs to test well on the GMAT, but there's a host of solid prep classes to know the ends and outs of the test.
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jrobic415 days
Yeah...but very few of those are football schools, and your second tier is random AF
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Hangit15 days
He played at LSU with a lot of NFL talent, and would have to again this year.
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Saunson6915 days
We have 4 legit threats who could all go over 1,000 yards:

Aaron Anderson
Nick Anderson (went for 800 yards true freshman, didn't play injured last year)
Chris Hilton (Only healthy for 2 games and showed out 200+ yards 3 TDs in those 2 games when finally healthy)
Trey'Dez Green

Barrion Brown also will be solid cleanup. Zero problem at WR/TE.
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ExpoTiger15 days
Who??!
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Hoosyadaddy14 days
Why?
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Bill W Tiger15 days
Good luck young man and Godspeed!
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saltytiger215 days
Thanks for the hard work! Good luck in the future.
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LSU Patrick15 days
I follow recruiting and never heard of this guy.
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Chalkywhite8415 days
He was a walk on that actually had some talent.
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Solo Cam15 days
I'm not trying to be a dick but do we really need an update when walk-on's are entering the portal
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PureBlood15 days
It is the offseason
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Ghost of Colby15 days
To his credit he worked his way up to playing time. He contributed on special teams and even had a few receptions during his time. Every team needs a few players like him on the roster, but he’s also earned the right to go somewhere else for more playing time to finish out his career.
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33inNC15 days
No one should be bashing this guy. He walked on, earned some time on the field AND graduated in 3 years. His major was an actual one and he paid his dues by helping the others prep for games.

Isn't this what we all want to see? He will go somewhere and get a graduate degree while continuing to play the game he loves. If he gets a shot at the next level, good for him. If not, he lived out his sports dreams and will have an education to show for it.

Good luck, young man.
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SwampMonster15 days
Insert “I never knew you” meme
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