LSU Football Roster Update: Where Do the Tigers Stand With Double-Digit Additions?

Brian Kelly and the LSU Tigers will have a new-look roster in 2025 with the coaching staff attacking the recruiting trail in order to bolster the depth in Baton Rouge.

From the No. 1 rated Transfer Portal Class in America to a Top-10 2025 Signing Class, Kelly and Co. will certainly have a revamped roster this upcoming season.

LSU has welcomed 20-plus newcomers for the spring semester with 13 early-enrollees and double-digit portal signees to this point, but the program has also seen its fair share of departing players.

The Bayou Bengals saw players enter the NCAA Transfer Portal along with multiple key components of the 2024 roster elect to enter the 2025 NFL Draft.

With January already half way over and the offseason in full swing, where does the LSU roster currently stand?

The LSU Football Roster Update:

LSU Portal Entries [19]:

- Rickie Collins: Quarterback (Syracuse)
- Landon Ibieta: Wide Receiver
- CJ Daniels: Wide Receiver (Miami)
- Dashawn Womack: EDGE (Ole Miss)
- Jordan Allen: Safety (Houston)
- Shelton Sampson: Wide Receiver (Louisiana-Lafayette)
- Kylin Jackson: Defensive Back (TCU)
- Xavier Atkins: Linebacker (Auburn)
- Jyaire Brown: Cornerback (UCF)
- Bernard Causey: Cornerback (Georgia State)
- Nathan Dibert: Kicker (Eastern Michigan)
- De'Myrion Johnson: Defensive Tackle
- JK Johnson: Cornerback (Oklahoma State)
- Ka'Morreun Pimpton: Tight End (TCU)
- Jay'viar Suggs: Defensive Tackle (Wisconsin)
- Sage Ryan: Defensive Back (Ole Miss)
- AJ Swann: Quarterback (App State)
- Kimo Makane'ole: Defensive Lineman (West Virginia)
- Jalen Lee: Defensive Lineman (UNLV Rebels)

LSU 2025 NFL Draft Entries:

- Will Campbell: Offensive Lineman
- Emery Jones: Offensive Lineman
- Mason Taylor: Tight End
- Bradyn Swinson: Defensive End
- Sai'vion Jones: Defensive End
- Garrett Dellinger: Offensive Lineman
- Miles Frazier: Offensive Lineman
- Josh Williams: Running Back
- Kyren Lacy: Wide Receiver
- Gio Paez: Defensive Lineman
- Paris Shand: Defensive Lineman
- Zy Alexander: Cornerback
- Major Burns: Safety

Key Returning Pieces:

- Garrett Nussmeier: Quarterback
- Harold Perkins: Linebacker
- Aaron Anderson: Wide Receiver
- Whit Weeks: Linebacker
- Damian Ramos: Placekicker
- Caden Durham: Running Back

Along with key returnees, LSU has officially signed eight of the Top-100 players in the NCAA Transfer Portal with the Tigers currently holding the No. 1 overall class.

The program has upped the ante on the NIL side of things in order to piece together a competitive roster heading into year four of the "Kelly Era" in Louisiana.

"It has put us in a position where we can be aggressive on anybody that comes into the portal. And that simply wasn’t the case before,” Kelly said of the new NIL approach in December.

“I’m not saying this particular match did that, but I think it really sent a message to everybody that this is where we are today. And if we want to be where we all want to be in terms of putting our roster together, we all have to step up. It started with me, and I think our fanbase responded equally.”

The Portal Additions [16]:

The Additions on Offense (8):
- TE Bauer Sharp: Oklahoma
- WR Barion Brown: Kentucky
- QB Michael Van Buren: Mississippi State
- WR Destyn Hill: Florida State
- WR Nic Anderson: Oklahoma
- OL Braelin Moore: Virginia Tech
- OL Josh Thompson: Northwestern
- TE Donovan Green: Texas A&M

The Additions on Defense (7):
- CB Ja'Keem Jackson: Florida
- EDGE Jimari Butler: Nebraska
- EDGE Jack Pyburn: Florida
- CB Mansoor Delane: Virginia Tech
- DL Sydir Mitchell: Texas
- EDGE Patrick Payton: Florida State
- S Tamarcus Cooley: North Carolina State

The Special Teams Addition (1):
Punter Grant Chadwick: Middle Tennessee

The Top-100 Transfer Signees:

- Florida State EDGE Patrick Payton: No. 3
- Oklahoma WR Nic Anderson: No. 14
- Kentucky WR Barion Brown: No. 22
- Virginia Tech CB Mansoor Delane: No. 47
- Florida EDGE Jack Pyburn: No. 54
- Virginia Tech IOL Braelin Moore: No. 61
- Northwestern OL Josh Thompson: No. 74
- Florida CB Ja'Keem Jackson: No. 91

*Note: LSU safety signee Tamarcus Cooley is yet to be ranked by 247Sports. On3 Sports has the recent LSU commitment as the No. 2 safety in the NCAA Transfer Portal.*

The LSU Early-Enrollees [13]:

LSU will have 13 early-enrollees take part in Spring Camp after arriving in Baton Rouge in early January for the semester.

- DJ Pickett: No. 1 CB in America
- Harlem Berry: No. 1 RB in America
- Carius Curne: No. 4 IOL in America
- Charles Ross: No. 2 LB in America
- Solomon Thomas: No. 2 IOL in America
- Damien Shanklin: 4-Star EDGE
- TaRon Francis: No. 1 WR in Louisiana
- JD LaFleur: No. 1 Tight End in Louisiana
- Zion Williams: 4-Star DL
- Tyler Miller: 4-Star OL
- Brandon Brown: 3-Star DL
- Dilan Battle: 3-Star DL
- Brett Bordelon: 3-Star OL

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