For what its worth, more than 14 months away from signing day... Peyton Houston commits! The Evangel Christian QB is the 8th ranked QB in the US, 2nd in LA (behind Elijah Haven) with a 4-star rating. He is LSU's first verbal commit for this class. Tracking other notable QB targets for LSU in this class, Haven (the only 5-star QB in the class for now) is the #1 QB in the class but is 98% Florida according to on3.com. Nuss' brother Colton is #6 and is 99% LSU.
The current commit list, in order of commitment: Peyton Houston, QB, Evangel Christian HS (Shreveport), 4-star Ah'Mari Stevens, WR, Chaminade-Madonna HS (Hollywood, FL), 4-star Braylon Calais, ATH, Carencro HS (Cecilia), 4-star Ahmad Hudson, TE, Ruston HS, 5-star K.J. Green, EDGE, Stephenson HS (Stone Mountain, GA), 5-star Brennen Lacy, RB Frisco (TX) HS, 3-star Markez Davis, ATH, Northwest HS (Opelousas), 3-star Cade Cooper, WR, Malvern (PA) HS, 3-star Terrance Smith, IOL, Lansdale (PA) Catholic HS, 4-star Amaziah Siale, OT, Mission Viejo HS (Kapaa, HI), 3-star Tre Segurra, RB, Byrnes HS (Duncan, SC), 4-star Trey Martin, RB, Franklin Parish HS (Winnsboro), 4-star Chris Whitehead, EDGE, Lloyd C. Bird HS (Chesterfield, WV), 4-star Gary Burney, WR, Parkway HS (Bossier City), 3-star Karnell James, S, Manvel (TX) HS, 4 star Jayden Anding, S Ruston HS, 4-star
Based on 247sports, this year's class in LA looks weak. They have a total of 2 5-stars, and 10 4's. Here's their current ranking: 1. Elijah Haven, QB, Baton Rouge Dunham School, 5-star, #2 prospect in nation, Alabama commit 2. Ahmad Hudson, TE, Ruston, 5-star, LSU commit 3. Easton Royal, WR, New Orleans Brother Martin, 4-star (5-star, #4 overall on rivals) Texas commit (I think LSU will flip him) 4. Albert Simien, IOL, Lake Charles Sam Houston, 4-star (5-star, #10 overall on rivals) A&M 63%, LSU 30% on rivals 5.Karon Eugene, S, New Iberia Westgate, 4-star, LSU, Michigan, Ohio State, Arizona St, Houston 6. Peyton Houston, QB, Shreveport Evangel, 4-star, LSU commit 7. Ethan Kimmie, WR, Zachary, 4-star, Arkansas, FSU, Kentucky, ULL, UNLV 8. Jayden Anding, S, Ruston, 4-star, LSU, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Kansas St, Arizona St 9. Braylon Calais, Ath, Cecilia, 4-star, LSU commit 10. Trey Martin, RB, Winnsboro Franklin Parish HS, 4-star, LSU commit 11. Jayden Miles, RB, Baton Rouge Catholic, 4-star, Florida St commit 12. Malachi Ziegler, QB, Benton, 4-star, SMU commit
The commitment frenzy continues! June 15: Terrance Smith, 4-star IOL from Lansdale Catholic (Pennsylvania). 10th ranked IOL in the nation by on3, projected as OT by 247sports Amaziah Siale, 3-star OT, Kapaa (Hawaii) Mission Viejo HS 6'6", 365, not highly rated, but obviously a lot of material to work with June 16: Tre Segurra, 4-star RB, Duncan (SC) Byrnes HS 7th ranked RB in the nation by on3 June 17: Trey Martin, 4-star RB, Winnsboro Franklin HS. 11th ranked RB, #6 overall in LA by on3 Chris Whitehead, 4-star EDGE, Chesterfield (WV) Lloyd C. Bird HS #8 edge in the nation and #1 overall in the state of West Virginia by on3 Whitehead looks like a package deal, his brother Isaiah also committed for 2028, 3-star OT
Missed this one over the holiday, but... Karnell "Greedy" James, 4-star S, flips his commitment from Texas to LSU!
Updated state rankings from 247: 1. Elijah Haven, QB, Baton Rouge Dunham School, 5-star, #2 prospect in nation, Alabama commit 2. Easton Royal, WR, New Orleans Brother Martin, 5-star (5-star, #4 overall on rivals) Texas commit 3. Ahmad Hudson, TE, Ruston, 5-star, LSU commit 4. Albert Simien, IOL, Lake Charles Sam Houston, 4-star (5-star, #10 overall on rivals) Notre Dame commit 5. Peyton Houston, QB, Shreveport Evangel, 4-star, LSU commit 6. Braylon Calais, Ath, Cecilia, 4-star, LSU commit 7. Trey Martin, RB, Winnsboro Franklin Parish HS, 4-star, LSU commit 8. Ethan Kimmie, WR, Zachary, 4-star, Arkansas, FSU, Kentucky, ULL, UNLV 9. Jayden Anding, S, Ruston, 4-star, LSU commit 10.Karon Eugene, S, New Iberia Westgate, 4-star, LSU, Michigan, Ohio State, Arizona St, Houston 11. Jayden Miles, RB, Baton Rouge Catholic, 4-star, Florida St commit 12. Markez Davis, Ath, Oeplousas Northwest, 4-star, LSU commit Summary: Royal and Hudson swapped the #2 and 3 spots, Royal gets the 5th star Simien committed to Notre Dame June 26 LSU commits Houston, Calais and Martin climb to #5, 6 and 7 respectively, while previous (uncommitted) #5 Eugene drops to #10 Anding drops from #8 to 9 and is still uncommitted, but now has a 100% LSU designation LSU commit Davis replaces Malachi Zeigler at #12
And there's Jayden Anding's commitment! Ruston 4-star safety is the brother of sophmore CB Aidan Anding.
