LSU hosted a number of prospects on campus Saturday, and they landed a couple of verbal commitments for the Class of 2011 in the process.
St. James reciever Alonzo Lewis decided to become a Tiger. Lewis is a big receiver at 6'3" 200 pounds. He does not have blazing speed, but he has a lot of potential to develop into a big-time player. Lewis attended the U.S. Army Junior Combine in January and ran a slow 40 time. Lewis excels at running good routes and using his body and strength to shield defenders.
LSU also landed their first out of state commitment in League City, TX linebacker Trevon Randle. Randle is a well put together 6'1" 205 pounds and has tons of speed. He chose LSU over offers from Oklahoma, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, and Arizona. He was also expected to receive an offer from Texas. Randle was an all-state linebacker in Texas and also played a good deal on offense. It's early, but Scout.com rates Randle as the #5 outside linebacker in the nation while Rivals has him on their Rivals 250 Watch List. He's also ranked #22 on Lone Star Recruiting's Texas Top 100 list. Here is some video of Randle:
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A number of other prospects were in attendance on Saturday such as:
DT Mickey Johnson
WR Bradley Sylve
OL Sedrick Flowers
OL Trai Turner
OL Jonah Austin
QB Zach Oliver
S/LB Renaldo Thomas
ATH Ryan Byrd
CB Nick Shepard
The following LSU Commitments were also on hand:
RB Terrance Magee
RB Kenny Hilliard
OL La'El Collins
DT Anthony Johnson
WR Jarvis Landry
Three other prospects were on campus, but they were attending a track meet which happened to be taking place on Saturday. It's unclear whether they were able to take part in any of the Junior Day activities or meet with the coaches while they were on campus. Those players were:
OL Greg Robinson
DB T.K. Fleming
ATH Effrem Reed
Despite all of the prospects that were on LSU's campus Saturday, the players who chose not to attend raised just as many eyebrows.
LSU running back commitment Jeremy Hill chose to attend Alabama's Junior Day rather than LSU's. This was after he apparently told Tigerbait.com that he was going to LSU late Friday night. Hill probably just wanted to take a trip to check out another school, but it's still not a great sign that he decided to do so when LSU wanted him on campus.
Rayville High School's Quinton Griffin (TE) and Gerand Johnson (DT) were both in Tuscaloosa as well.
Evangel high school defensive end Jermauria Rasco and West Monroe defensive tackle Chuck Hunter were also in Alabama. Rasco was originally scheduled to attend LSU's Junior Day.
LSU is planning on having a second Junior Day in March on the same day as the Spring Game. Many of the prospects that missed Saturday's Junior Day are planning to attend in March.
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