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Cortez Hankton's big NFL Draft weekend a glimpse at future for LSU WRs by:Billy Embody•about 2 hours LSU wide receivers coach and co-offensive coordinator Cortez Hanktonhad an NFL Draft weekend some colleges would love to have as a whole. Hankton had five players he’s coached, developed and/or recruited land in the top 80 2024 NFL Draft picks. On top of 1st round draft picks from his recent coaching run at LSU in Top 10 pick Malik Nabers and 1st rounder Brian Thomas, Jr., he had a trio of former players land with NFL teams. Georgia’s Ladd McConkey and Jermaine Burton went at No. 34 to the Los Angeles Chargers and No. 80 to the Cincinnati Bengals, respectively. Former Georgia turned Texas wideout AD Mitchell also landed in the draft at No. 52 overall, going to the Indianapolis Colts. Joining an episode of Andy Staples On3 on YouTube earlier this month, Hankton Jr. told stories about Nabers and Thomas, and why they’ve been nothing but successful on the football field. “Well, I had a little history with both of them because I recruited them coming out of high school, and so I was familiar with their skill set,” Hankton Jr. said. “Malik was always ultra competitive. He was the guy that played a game with a chip on his shoulder. You know, there’s this way about him that he can willed himself to make a play. “Brian Thomas is probably the most gifted athlete that ever coached and also has high football intelligence. And so when you are blessed to coach those guys, they make your job a lot easier.” Five of the first 13 wideouts taken in the draft are products in some way of Hankton’s tutelage. For LSU, that’s a good sign. The future could be bright, if Hankton’s past group is any indication. Hankton’s got an opportunity to turn Kyren Lacy into a draft pick as he heads into his final season with the Tigers. He brought in Liberty wideout CJ Daniels, Mississippi State playmaker Zavion Thomas and has others in the mix to one day hear their name on draft day. Hankton’s got more talent on the way for LSU. After signing a solid group in 2024, which includes a borderline Top 100 prospect in Kylan Billiot, LSU has the No. 1 wideout committed in 2025, Dakorien Moore. Toss in Louisiana standout and four-star prospect TaRon Francis, and LSU’s future appears bright at the position. Hankton’s ascent into co-offensive coordinator is well-deserved since arriving back in his home state coming off a National Championship with Georgia. Quietly, he’s shown why he’s a key staffer for the Tigers, who has kept the professional talent at wideout flowing out of Baton Rouge. His weekend in Detroit might just be the start.

Kim just loaded up a roster: BREAKING: LSU women's basketball signs three guards from transfer portal By TigerBait Staff April 24, 2024 BATON ROUGE – LSU Coach Kim Mulkey has announced the addition of Shayeann Day-Wilson, Kailyn Gilbert and Mjracle (pronounced Miracle) Sheppard, three guards who will bolster the Tigers’ perimeter depth. They will join transfer forward Jersey Wolfenbarger and Jada Richard, Louisiana’s high school player of the year, as the five new additions on LSU’s roster heading into the 2024-25 season. “We could not be more excited to add Shayeann, Kailyn and Mjracle to the LSU family,” Coach Kim Mulkey said. “The three of them will add a combination of experience and depth on the perimeter for us and will bolster our roster to continue to compete at an elite level.” Mjracle Sheppard: Guard, 5-10, Kent, Washington Sheppard will join the Tigers after spending her freshman season in Starkville at Mississippi State. During her freshman season at MSU, Sheppard averaged 5.1 points and 2.1 assists per game with 48 total steals. She scored in double figures in three games with a career high of 14 against Jacksonville State. She also had 3+ steals in six games, including a career high of 7 against Kennesaw State. A native of Kent, Washington, Sheppard went to Montverde Academy in Florida for high school where she became a four-star recruit. She was a critical piece in helping lead Montverde to the 2021-22 National Championship. During the championship run, Sheppard led the team with 4.2 assists per game and added 7.2 points game. She also led the team with 2.6 steals per game en route to the championship. Kailyn Gilbert: Guard, 5-8, Tampa Bay, Florida Gilbert will come to LSU after spending the previous two seasons at Arizona. After averaging 4.9 points as a freshman, Gilbert saw a big jump to 15.1 points per game during her sophomore season. She had a total of 88 assists during her two seasons in Tucson. She scored over 20 points in six games during her sophomore season and earned one Pac 12 Player of the Week honor. Just as Gilbert saw her scoring output take a jump from her freshman season to sophomore season, her assists went from 1.1 per game as a freshman to 2.3 during this past season. Gilbert finished her high school career at IMG Academy. Throughout her high school career she was a three-time First Team All-State selection and two-time Hillsborough County Player of the Year. She was ranked at the No. 31 player in her class by ESPN HoopGurlz in the class of 2022. Shayeann Day-Wilson: Guard, 5-6, Toronto, Ontario Day-Wilson, the 2022 ACC Freshman of the Year, comes to LSU after spending a season at Miami and before that, two seasons at Duke. In three seasons, Day-Wilson has averaged 10.8 points per game with 300 assists and 79 steals. She has started 71 games and played in a total of 93 games throughout her college career. Over the past season, Day-Wilson scored in double figures in 14-18 ACC games, including a stretch of 12 in a row. She set her career-high with 27 points, going 5-11 from three-point range, during a double overtime game against Georgia Tech. She tallied 5+ assists in six games, including a career-high 9 assists in a game against Jacksonville. During her sophomore season at Duke, Day-Wilson scored in double figures in 12 games and led the Blue Devils with 2.5 assists per game. During her freshman season, the ACC coaches voted Day-Wilson as the ACC Freshman of the Year. She led all ACC freshmen with 12.7 points and 3.7 assists per game. She earned three ACC Freshman of the Week honors and one USBWA National Freshman of the Week accolade. The Toronto, Ontario native Day Wilson was the top-rated Canadian guard in the class of 2021, ranked No. 41 overall in the class according to ESPN HoopGurlz. In high school she led Crestwood Prep to back-to-back OSBA High School State Championships and was a Bio Steel All-Canadian player, equivalent to a McDonalds All-America selection. She played on numerous Canadian national teams too, including on the U23 Canada team that won the gold medal at the inaugural GLOBLJAM International Basketball Showcase in 2022 and with the U19 Canada team the 2021 FIBA World Cup in Hungary.

This time last season, did you have a hunch, we would win the National Championship?

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LSU RB John Emery Jr. enters the NCAA Transfer Portal by:Sam Gillenwater•about 6 hours LSU running back John Emery Jr. has entered his name into the transfer portal. Over the last five years in Baton Rouge, Emery Jr. appeared in 37 games, including five starts. He arrived in 2019 and was a freshman on the undefeated, national title-winning team. He has been with the Tigers ever since in playing under both Ed Orgeron and then Brian Kelly. In his career, Emery Jr. has rushed for 1,062 yards and 14 touchdowns on 213 carries. He has also caught 36 passes for 320 yards and a pair of receiving scores.

Saturday night we had a group see Jeff Foxworthy. Very enjoyable time by all. I think my side is still hurting.

Great job Jace. Like seeing the former QB spending time with you!

Former LSU guard Hailey Van Lith announced her commitment to TCU, according to Talia Goodman. She will have one season of eligibility remaining for the Horned Frogs. Van Lith averaged 11.6 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.2 steals per game for the Tigers last season. Van Lith started her career at Louisville, leading the Cardinals to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. She was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Wichita Regional during Louisville's run to the Final Four in 2022.

Some might not know this guy, but you know one or more of his sons! ONE LAST RIDE: CENTRAL BASEBALL COACH LEO MCCLURE FINISHING COACHING CAREER AT END OF THE SEASON, BUT HIS IMPACT ON COMMUNITY, SCHOOL IS IMMEASURABLE April 16, 2024 by William Weathers // GeauxPreps.com Contributor During the course of his first season as athletic director/football coach at Central High School, David Simoneaux Jr. sought the advice of people to point him in the right direction to gather support for the program. Whether it was monetary in nature or simply supplies, Simoneaux routinely found himself turning toward the school’s baseball coach Leo McClure. That’s because McClure was dyed-in-the-wool maroon and gray, a 1973 graduate of Central High where all three sons – Tanna, Trey and Todd – had graduated and enjoyed standout athletic careers for the Wildcats. “The McClures are synonymous with athletic excellence at Central,” Simoneaux said. “You could call them one of the royal families.” Leo McClure had also spent time at the school as athletic director/football coach, head basketball coach and finally baseball, where he informed his team last week that the 2024 season – his fifth – would be his last. “There’s been a million conversations that I’ve had with him and asked who to call if you were going to try this, or try to make this happen, and he’ll tell you call such and such,” Simoneaux said. “He’s been a tremendous resource and I hate to see him go because I’ve learned so much from him and enjoyed working with him.” Central finished the regular season Monday with a 7-0 loss to Catholic High in a game that helped determine the District 4-5A championship. The Wildcats (22-8) will take a No. 10 into the Division I non-select state playoffs against league foe Zachary at 6 p.m. Friday in the best-of-three bi-district series. “I knew last May,” McClure said of the 2024 season being his last. “My wife and I talked about it. That in conjunction with other things that I have, my age (68), we decided this will be my last giddy-up.” In typical McClure low-key fashion, he announced his intentions to his team before Central’s doubleheader sweep of Liberty in 4-5A play. “I didn’t want this to be about me, and that it would be about us and finishing the season in the playoffs,” he said. Central has bordered on a top 10 team in the Division I power ratings for most of the season. The Wildcats feature a strong pitching staff led Southern Mississippi signee Grayden Harris and fellow pitcher/center fielder Jacob Leblanc, a Northwestern State signee. “It’s played out about the way I thought it would,” McClure said. “We have pretty good pitching and we’re pretty good on defense. We’re like a lot of people where we’ve got to find ways to get hits and score runs.” Whenever Central plays its final game – the Wildcats have advanced to the state quarterfinals the past three seasons – it will end an association between McClure and sports that’s been a 47-year love affair. McClure, who’s lived in Atlanta, Georgia the past 17-18 years and maintained a residence in Central, plans to dedicate more of his time to his private company that constructs concession stands at ballparks in the south. “That’s what I’ll do 19-20 weekends a year,” McClure said. “I’ll be around with what’s going on at Central High School. I’m a Central High graduate and my sons live here. I’m Central through and through.” McClure’s a former three-sport standout at Central (football, basketball and baseball) and played basketball at Southeastern Louisiana before getting into coaching at the age of 21. He remains second on SLU’s career assists record with 433, second in single-season assists with 188 and his 15 assists against Tennessee-Martin remains No. 2 on the school’s single-game list. McClure was the head basketball coach at Central from 1977-84 before getting into college coaching at his alma mater SLU, joining the staff as an assistant coach three years before being elevated to head coach from ’87-’89. He entered the private business from ’89-’91 and then returned to Central where he was the athletic director/football coach in ’91-’92, bringing with him a sense of pride that’s been echoed under Simoneaux in his first season in 2023. “He had a theme here called ‘Restore the Pride’,” Simoneaux said. “He likens that to our ‘Close the Gates’ theme. For him to endorse the things I’m doing on a daily basis, we’re working together, trying to move this thing forward.” McClure was also a visionary, ahead of today’s travel ball craze 20 years ago. He created the Louisiana Tigers’ 13-14-year-old team, a program that morphed into nearly 10 teams and McClure was credited with sending more than 150 players to college and more than 40 to the professional ranks. For his efforts, McClure was a 2013 inductee in the Louisiana USSSA Hall of Fame. Five years ago, when Central was in the market for a baseball coach, they called McClure to gauge his interest. He said yes, and the rest has been history. Central embarks on a playoff journey they hope will result in another trip to the state tournament where the Wildcats last claimed back-to-back Class 5A state championships in 2019 and ’18. “I just wanted to move on to the next phase of my life,” McClure said. “I’ve been coaching since I was 21 one way or another. That’s a long time to be involved in sports or coaching. I wanted to do some other things with the rest of my life.”

LSU OT Will Campbell named one of the top 10 players in college football by CBS CBS Sports recently made a post of the pyramid of the best players in college football as we enter the 2024 season. The list was created by Blake Brockermeyer from 247Sports. According to Brockermeyer, LSU offensive lineman Will Campbell is one of the top players in the country. There is a reason why Brian Kelly awarded Campbell the historic No. 7 jersey when he was only a Sophomore. Due to NCAA rules, Campbell is not allowed to wear the No. 7 jersey during games. So, Kelly placed a No. 7 patch on his jersey. Brockermeyer has Campbell listed as the No. 6 player in college football. Here is what he had to say about him. “The top offensive tackle in the country, Campbell has excellent technique as a pass protector and does a nice job getting to the proper spot in protection with square shoulders,” Blake Brockermeyer wrote. “Campbell is generally a two-hand puncher, which can lead to problems if done exclusively, but generally stones his opponents and has excellent feet to recover if he slightly gets beat. He has strong hands and grip strength and if he’s able to get them on defenders, it’s over.” Campbell will be entering his junior season this fall for the Tigers. As the top offensive tackle in college football, this is likely his last season in college before being drafted by the NFL.

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Stock report from LSU's 2024 National L-Club Spring Game Kyle Richardson April 13, 2024 5:44 pm CT On Saturday, we got our first look at the 2024 version of the LSU Tigers during the National L-Club Spring Game in Baton Rouge. The Tigers lost a few great players from last year’s team, including three who could be first-round draft picks, Jayden Daniels, Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas Jr. With Garrett Nussmeier at the helm of the offense, it doesn’t look like they will miss a beat next fall. We also got a look at a few of the Freshmen who were early enrollees and got a chance to showcase their talents in the spring game and some of them looked great. Here are five players who I thought stood out during the spring game. Stock Up: Garrett Nussmeier Garrett Nussmeier was perfect today during the spring game. He finished the day 7-for-7 for 187 yards and two touchdowns. He showed great awareness in the pocket and flexed his arm strength against the defense. It does not look like the offense will miss a step next Fall. Stock Up: Kaleb Jackson Matt Pendleton-USA TODAY Sports Kaleb Jackson was the best running back today for the LSU offense. He finished the day with 14 carries for 62 yards and a touchdown. He will be competing for the starting running back job in the Fall. Stock Up: Gabriel Reliford Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to one of the newest players on the team, Gabriel Reliford. Reliford was a member of the 2024 recruiting class and an early enrollee for the Tigers. If you watched him play today you would not recognize him as a freshman. He finished the day with four tackles, two sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss. Stock Up: Austin Ausberry The Auburn transfer finished with the most tackles on the defense today and was solid in coverage. He finished the day with six total tackles and will have a lot of playing time this fall. Stock Up: Colin Hurley Another early enrollee for the Tigers got his chance to play this Spring and shined. Colin Hurley entered the game late in the second half and went 4-for-6 for 77 yards and a touchdown. He hit Khai Prean for a 64-yard touchdown pass on a perfect throw. Hurley could be in contention for the No. 2 quarterback spot.

First I’ll start with this, LSU is showing on one of the recruiting sites, only offering 3 players. One from Nola and two from BTR. Got a call today from a good friend, LSU has offered more than this number. The 2026 class is loaded, the N. La. Schools have so much talent. They have hit it big with OL and DL. The 26 class, Kelly and staff will have to very selective. I’m talking 4 and 5 star players abundantly and throughout the state. This could be like in the 90’s when LSU helped its roster with N. La. talent. We should pick up players from West Monroe, Neville, Ouachita Christian and Ruston.

LSU receives commitment from 2025 4-star RB Kyle Richardson April 13, 2024 5:31 pm CT On the day of the spring game, Brian Kellyand his staff received some great news for the 2025 recruiting class. They landed another commitment. This time it is from a four-star running back from Alexandria, Louisiana. LSU recently offered JT Lindsey and as soon as he was offered he received crystal ball projections to commit to LSU and the Tigers became the heavy favorites to land him. Lindsey is a 5-foot-11, 185-pound, four-star running back from Alexandria Louisiana where he plays for Alexandria High School. He is ranked as high as the No. 11 running back in the 2025 recruiting class by On3. The Tigers 2025 class currently ranks as the No. 3 class in the country by 247Sports and is headlined by two five-star recruits, Bryce Underwood and Dakorien Moore. Lindsey becomes the second running back commitment of the class as he joins Harlem Berry in what could be a very explosive backfield for the Tigers in the future.

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