Kiffin’s Offseason Recruiting Wizardry
Since arriving at LSU on November 30, Lane Kiffin has ignited a recruiting renaissance. In less than two months, he’s overseen the hire of new leadership, proclaimed championship ambitions, and inked 14 high-profile recruits—including five-star defensive linemen Lamar Brown and Richard Anderson—into LSU’s 2026 class. His primary focus, however, has been dominating the NCAA Transfer Portal: LSU currently boasts the No. 1 portal haul in America, featuring top talent across every position from quarterbacks Sam Leavitt and Hussan Longstreet to special teams standouts Hayden Craig, Mack Mulhern, and Scott Starzyk. Kiffin’s strategic onslaught has flipped LSU from institutional limbo to recruiting kingpin in record time.
In a move that would make even a Vegas card counter blush, Kiffin has treated the Transfer Portal like an all-you-can-eat buffet—piling his plate high with elite talent, then swaggering out with an armful of trophies. Rumor has it he’s already scouting for portal-wide confetti cannons and marching bands to greet every new signee. Meanwhile, Baton Rouge locals are reportedly selling sunscreen for the glare off all those shiny new five-star commitments. If recruiting were an Olympic sport, Lane Kiffin would have single-handedly hosted and won the gold.
LSU Eyes UNC Tackle Flip Heist
LSU is making a late push to flip Baylor offensive lineman Sean Thompkins, who verbally committed to North Carolina but has yet to sign. The 6-foot-5, 300-pound redshirt sophomore logged 460 snaps in 10 games for Baylor in 2025 and remains unbound by paperwork, leaving the door open for Lane Kiffin’s Tigers. Thompkins will visit LSU this week as the Tigers seek to bolster a trench-thin roster. LSU’s portal class already includes four new offensive linemen—Ja’Quan Sprinkle, William Satterwhite, JaKolby Jones, and Darrin Strey—and they’re also tracking Devin Harper, a former Ole Miss commitment who flipped away from LSU last fall.
Meanwhile, LSU fans have reportedly begun staging flash mobs in front of Thompkins’s hometown grocery store, chanting “Flip him back!” in defiance of standard NCAA recruiting decorum. One local even floated buying billboard space at a nearby tractor pull to persuade the young lineman. At this rate, Kiffin’s next plan might involve a motivational skywriting campaign or an interpretive dance by the marching band—because why recruit quietly when you can choreograph a full-blown heist?
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