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?? LSU 2022 Recruiting Class + Transfer Roundup

In revisiing the 2022 class (recruits/transfer ins/transfer outs) some key takeaways:

Recruits: 27%
Transfer Ins: 67%


Only the top end recruits panned out - with most of the 3 stars churning quick. While being able to locate key talent and allowing other programs to develop players showed a higher hit rate.

For future roster building we should focus on elite talent and have a smaller class - with an eye to capture transfers after season end. Obviously, i don't have specifics on NIL allocation - and would assume low end HS talent don't get much payout so that is a factor that wasn't included.

Also interesting to note, the transfer outs were a 22% hit rate/


HIGH SCHOOL SIGNEES

Harold Perkins (5? LB) – ?? Green: Freshman All-American, 164 tackles, 13 sacks; centerpiece of LSU defense.

Will Campbell (4? LT) – ?? Green: 38-game starter, All-American, Jacobs Trophy winner, #4 overall NFL pick.

Emery Jones (4? OL) – ?? Green: 3-year starter, 996 pass-pro snaps, 2× 2nd-team All-SEC.

Mason Taylor (3? TE) – ?? Green: LSU TE record-holder (129 rec / 1,308 yds), 2nd-round NFL pick.

Laterrance Welch (4? CB) – ?? Yellow: Special teams contributor, rotational CB entering 2025.

Bo Bordelon (3? OL) – ?? Yellow: Backup OL, started 2024 bowl game.

Quency Wiggins (4? DL) – ?? Red: Transferred to Colorado; limited production (11 tackles in 2024).

Nathan Dibert (3? K) – ?? Red: LSU kickoff specialist, transferred out.

Jordan Allen (3? S) – ?? Red: Transferred to Houston; 11 tackles in 2024.

Tygee Hill (4? DL) – ?? Red: Transferred to Oregon State; 12 tackles, 1 sack.

Fitzgerald West (3? DL) – ?? Red: Transferred to Louisiana; 24 tackles, 3.5 TFL.

Landon Ibieta (3? WR) – ?? Red: Injuries + transfer to Nicholls St.; 8 rec, 122 yds.

Jaelyn Davis-Robinson (3? CB) – ?? Red: Transferred to SMU; reserve DB.

DeMario Tolan (4? LB) – ?? Red: Transferred to Auburn, dismissed 2023.

Walker Howard (4? QB) – ?? Red: Transferred to Ole Miss, then Louisiana; limited reps.

TRANSFER ADDITIONS

Jayden Daniels (4? QB, ASU) – ?? Green: SEC West champ, Heisman finalist, one of LSU’s most impactful transfers ever.

Mekhi Wingo (4? DL, Mizzou) – ?? Green: All-SEC DT, consistent starter.

Kyren Lacy (4? WR, Louisiana) – ?? Green: 58 catches, 9 TDs in 2024.

Aaron Anderson (4? WR, Bama) – ?? Green: Breakout WR1 in 2024: 61 catches, 875 yds, 5 TDs.

Jarrick Bernard-Converse (4? DB, Ok State) – ?? Green: 2022 starter, drafted by NYJ.

Miles Frazier (4? OL, FIU) – ?? Green: 28 starts since transferring; reliable OL.

Greg Brooks Jr. (4? CB, Arkansas) – ?? Yellow: Early impact, then sidelined by health issue.

Sevyn Banks (4? CB, OSU) – ?? Red: Played 5 games at LSU, injury-limited.

Kolbe Fields (4? LB, South Carolina) – ?? Red: No major defensive impact.

NOTABLE TRANSFERS OUT (prior to 2022 season)

Trey Palmer (4? WR) – ?? Green: Broke out at Nebraska (1,043 yds, 9 TDs), drafted.

Dwight McGlothern (4? CB) – ?? Green: Ballhawk at Arkansas, 6 INTs in 2 seasons.

Max Johnson (4? QB) – ?? Yellow: Started at A&M, inconsistent.

Eli Ricks (5? CB) – ?? Yellow: Moved to Bama, played rotationally, drafted.

Corey Kiner (4? RB) – ?? Yellow: Solid RB at Cincinnati, 1,000+ combined yards.

Koy Moore (4? WR) – ?? Red: Transferred to Auburn, never emerged.

Navonteque Strong (3? LB) – ?? Red: JUCO; no major production post-transfer.

Raydarious Jones (4? CB) – ?? Red: Transferred to MVSU; no impact.

Darren Evans (3? CB) – ?? Red: Left LSU, no notable career beyond.

anyone see that video with all the texas lambos? remind me why im wrong again?

Where does this money come from? You same whiners whose lives revolve around football but don’t have enough to chip in an extra 10k to boost our NIL have no ability to complain.

Guess what, all these schools that outbid us, have way more earning potential than us. In LA, the same 2m house in BR would be 5 million. Basic economics.

Get your money up, not your funny up

Update - this is why we aren’t even a top 100 school. You realize rankings = endowment? And endowment equals number of donors with liquid capital with the ability to sink money into frivolous things like college football. We have very few $$$ donors vs these other NIL schools that churn out earners and are willing to pay. LSU, everytime we need some money we go to a personal injury attorney. This thread just shows how many people here have never been outside of LA. Good gracious.

stop living in the past... your high school girlfriend moved on.

Cuz we should have gone 12-0 and won the ncaag right?

People on this board are delusional af

only racist when you say a white wr aint good enough?

How about yall dragging boutte, devin white and all these other studs that actually helped win games. lol

sneaky athletic, came from a good family...

Exxon and Dow aren’t even Louisiana companies… tell me you don’t understand the business world

More ppl want to run on here and spit hate on our qb (who was the only qb moving the ball) then look at the positives

This is why our fan base is so awful. We let these haters have a voice

Do you really think that every decision on capital that the wealthy make is for ROI? Once you attain a certain level of wealth it’s a dick measuring contest…

Don’t contort 30m as a lot of money for some individuals. There is a ton of liquidity flowing to the top and 30m is a drop in the bucket for a significant amount of individuals.