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BATON ROUGE, La. -- With the 2012-2013 school year winding down, the members of the LSU signing class of 2013 should be arriving on campus soon for summer workouts. The Tigers brought in eight early enrollees in the spring and 19 more will come this ...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- GTN writer Gary Laney took your LSU recruiting questions: Henry (Montgomery, AL): Gary, are there any Alabama recruits catching LSU's attention? I f not may I suggest one name? Taylor Stallworth. Gary Laney: Two that jump ou...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU got its signing day surprise. ESPN 150 defensive end Tashawn Bower flipped from Auburn, to Florida then LSU, sending his letter of intent to LSU late Wednesday morning. Bower, the lone surprise in an LSU class that looke...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- It's the end of the line for the recruiting season as signing day looms. Key word, 'end.' On the eve of national signing day, defensive ends are the talk of LSU recruiting. On Monday, long-time commit Frank Herron re-affirme...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- It looked so simple for LSU heading into the last weekend before signing day. With 26 committed players in the class and nobody left that wasn't already a longshot, the Tigers looked like they just might just tiptoe quietly to ...

Frank Herron (Memphis, Tenn./Central) drove 10 hours from Memphis, Tenn., to Austin, Texas, this weekend for a surprise official visit to Texas. Once the ESPN 300 defensive end got home from his long road trip, it didn't take long for him to reach a ...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- So much activity, so little resolution. LSU hosted the nation's No. 1 player, who was considered a long shot before the weekend. He met celebrities, attended a rap concert and seemed to leave Baton Rouge with a good vibe toward...

A'Shawn Robinson will not be a Longhorn. The crater that loss leaves in Texas' already small 2013 recruiting class is an unmistakeable one. The ESPN 150 defensive tackle's decision to back out of his pledge during an in-home visit on Saturday ensu...

Texas is bringing in one more surprise visitor on the final weekend of official visits. ESPN 300 LSU defensive end commit Frank Herron (Memphis, Tenn./Central) is on an official visit to Texas this weekend and has a scholarship offer, according to...

Frank Herron and Latevius Rayford are set to sign with their respective colleges. The two Memphis (Tenn.) East prospects will do so at 2 p.m. ET on Feb. 6, national signing day, at their school, according to assistant coach Bryan Williams. Herr...

Blog | January 30, 2013

Two committed prospects from Memphis (Tenn.) East are set to make their decisions. It would be a surprise if ESPN 300 defensive end Frank Herron didn't sign with LSU and three-star receiver Latevius Rayford didn't sign with Vanderbilt. The two are...

Blog | January 29, 2013

BATON ROUGE, La. -- With national signing day two weeks away, LSU is close to the finish line, but the Tigers still have some big names they are after: Team needs: LSU was decimated on the defensive line by graduation and early NFL draft entrees. ...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- It didn't take long in the recruiting process before it began to seem like LSU would not keep its most local target on campus. Tim Williams, an ESPN 150 defensive end and the state's highest-ranked player, seemed to lean toward...

Frank Herron has seen strong interest from several schools hoping to test his commitment to LSU, which he made in June. The defensive end from Memphis (Tenn.) Central is listening, but it doesn't seem as though he's wavering. Still, schools keep c...

Blog | January 10, 2013

BATON ROUGE, La. -- When LSU got a commitment from athlete Kendell Beckwith at the Under Armor All-American game last week, it looked like the Tigers had secured the top player in Louisiana. Think again. The new ESPN 150/300 and team rankings c...

LSU has failed to get double-digit first downs in its last two postseason games, both losses, which is a cause for concern for LSU's offensive future -- but not if the future offensive Tigers who played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl have any say...