LSU trending toward top-10 recruiting class with just three early commitments

Lane Kiffin and the Tigers have a key 5-star recruit and more on campus Saturday in Baton Rouge

The arrow continues to point up for LSU‘s recruiting efforts, with the Tigers securing another major commitment on Friday.

Four-star wide receiver Ah’Mari Stevens, a longtime Miami pledge, flipped to the Bayou Bengals on his official visit to Baton Rouge. The Chaminade-Madonna Prep (Fla.) star had been committed to the hometown ‘Canes since January 2025, but continued to look around at other schools despite that pledge.

The Tigers got him in the fold and have now landed one of the best pass-catchers in the state of Florida.

“LSU has always produced receivers. It is a school I am really interested in,” he told Rivals’ Chad Simmons last month.

In nine games as a junior playing alongside top-100 Syracuse signee Calvin Russell, Stevens turned 23 receptions into 312 yards and a touchdown. As a sophomore in 2024 at national powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas, he caught 44 passes for 550 yards and eight scores.

He joins a class now features three commits — all ranked as blue-chip prospects in the Rivals Industry Ranking. But even more impressive is that with just those three pledges, LSU holds the No. 11 class nationally and No. 5 group in the SEC.

Of the teams ahead of the Tigers, each have at least seven commitments and four have 10 or more. Their trio ranks No. 3 in terms of average rating per commitment as well. Lane Kiffin and Co. are trending for more as well.