BREAKING: LSU Adds Former Ohio State Cornerback JK Johnson

Former Ohio State cornerback JK Johnson has dedicated to Brian Kelly and the LSU Tigers after a profitable go to to Dying Valley this weekend. 

A 4-star recruit out of highschool, the Bayou Bengals reel in one other high-profile switch.

The LSU connection? Tigers cornerbacks coach Robert Steeples. Steeples coached Johnson at DeSmet Excessive College in Missouri a number of years again with their relationship finally sealing the deal on this one.

Johnson additionally performed with present LSU defensive lineman Mekhi Wingo at DeSmet. A former Prime 100 participant within the 2021 class, the redshirt freshman provides the Tigers some further depth of their cornerbacks room.

Recording 20 tackles in 13 video games for the Buckeyes this season, the teen has vital room to develop. Including a participant with as a lot upside as Johnson is a large win for this LSU program shifting ahead.

LSU has now added 4 cornerbacks by way of the switch portal in Johnson, Syracuse switch Darian “Duce” Chestnut, Texas A&M switch Denver Harris and Southeastern Louisiana switch Zy Alexander who each signed final month.

LSU Has Prioritized Cornerback in Switch Portal:

With Jarrick Bernard-Converse and Colby Richardson out of eligibility, it places this unit in a bind going ahead. One other key issue is Mekhi Garner’s choice to enter the NFL Draft. The lockdown nook, who showcased All-SEC caliber play in his lone season with the Tigers, leaves this cornerbacks room in a troublesome spot after declaring,

The Bayou Bengals are left with Sevyn Banks, Latterrance Welch and the incoming freshmen. Banks, who has battled the harm bug all season, would then be the one nook on this roster with vital expertise.

It was all the time identified the Tigers would wish to assault the switch portal when it got here to the secondary this offseason. With the portal open, anticipate LSU to proceed hitting this place group with power as they appear to rebuild a room that, at occasions, confirmed consistency.

Brian Kelly’s Switch Portal Message:

“They’ve to be the proper match first,” Kelly mentioned. “They’ve to acknowledge the worth of an training from LSU. They must have the proper traits. We’re not simply open for enterprise. We’re not simply placing a enroll saying, hey, we’re going to take whoever. They must be the proper match. I choose that they’re from the state of Louisiana if we will discover them. After which we’re going to tackle wants primarily based upon how that freshman class marries into it by the actual wants by place class.

“So we aren’t going to overload a specific place group. In different phrases, if we now have obtained three or 4 large receivers which can be freshmen coming in, chances are you’ll not see a heavy affect within the portal in that place.

“We’re going to develop primarily based upon our freshman class, too. So we’re doing this on the similar time, and in addition permitting our program to be youthful, too. We need to carry each of those alongside. We don’t all the time need to be a turn-it-over program the place we’re bringing in transfers and turning this system over.”