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On a warm spring day at Parkway High School in Bossier City, La., a quarterback named Brandon Harris brought back memories of the good old days gone by. Harris threw passes for coaches from four college programs: Ohio State, Indiana, Baylor and Te...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- When LSU reached out to offer ESPN 150 athlete Ronnie Clark of Calera, Ala., last week, the Tigers weren't exactly expanding their recruiting base for him. Clark, who many project as a safety, has strong Louisiana ties. He move...

How about this for a tailor-made banner recruiting class. Of LSU's 10 most prominent recruiting targets, eight are from Louisiana and all 10 are in the top 100 of the ESPN 150. The other two? One is already committed to the Tigers and the other, w...

NEW ORLEANS -- When Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans in 2005, it looked like a game-changer, maybe even a game-ender, for the city's storied high school football history. Many of the city's schools never re-opened. Others came back as ...

Signing day has its own tradition in Baton Rouge, where for 18 years LSU fans have celebrated the new recruiting class with the Bayou Bash.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- The night before signing day, Frank Wilson slept on an air mattress in his office But only for a few hours. LSU's recruiting coordinator doesn't have much time for that during the height of the recruiting season, especially ...

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...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU has a couple of players on its wish list visiting this weekend and the Tigers coaching staff will have plenty of help in trying to get them to commit. While ESPN 150 defensive back Tahaan Goodman (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. H...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- ESPN 150 athlete Kendell Beckwith (Clinton, La./East Feliciana) visited Alabama in early December, then got a home visit later in the month from LSU head coach Les Miles. If it sounds like a two-horse race, Beckwith said as muc...

The SEC is a cutthroat business -- as if anyone needed to be told. Roughly a third of the conference's jobs are turning over, including three of its more noteworthy programs. As football fans nationwide are well aware, Auburn set a new precedent f...

The lack of a running back in LSU's 2013 recruiting class signals two obvious situations. First, as has been repeated plenty, the Tigers are absolutely loaded at the position with five quality players, none of whom are seniors. Second, it creates a p...

It looks like it's quality over quantity for ESPN 150 athlete Kendell Beckwith (Clinton, La./East Feliciana) this season. Louisiana's top-ranked recruit made his first trip of the season -- an unofficial visit to LSU -- Saturday night for the Tig...

After a bit of surprising recruiting news Saturday at LSU's 7 on 7 camp, things returned to form Sunday during Day 2 of the Tigers' July camp bonanza. ESPN 300 member Rickey Jefferson (Destrehan, La./Destrehan), long considered a lean to commit to...

You have questions, we have answers. Gary Laney will handle your questions today, as David Helman recharges his batteries before the LSU football camps (July 14-21) and, of course, the start of August camp. Send questions for future mailbags to glane...

LSU is rising in the recruiting rankings by drawing in players from all around the country, which the Tigers aren't normally known to do

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Even with recruiting season entering its home stretch, LSU coach Les Miles isn't planning on rushing the process of hiring his new wide receivers coach. Miles said so himself when receivers coach Billy Gonzales left Wednesday to take the offensive...