LSU lands 4th top-50 2025 recruit in CB Antoine

• Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJan 27, 2024, 08:24 PM ET

LSU’s recent run on the recruiting trail continued Saturday with an in-state pickup in the 2025 class.Four-star cornerback

Jaboree Antoine, ranked No. 47 in the 2025 ESPN 300, vowed to Brian Kelly’s program, adding to a currently high-profile group.Antoine, who plays at Westgate High School in New Iberia, likewise considered Texas and Tennessee and will enroll early in January 2025.” Staying at home would be big understanding that my household can concern every game,”he informed ESPN.” Betting the state of Louisiana and playing for simply LSU itself– the organization– is huge.”Editor’s Picks 2 Related Antoine follows five-star quarterback Bryce Underwood(No. 1 in 2025), luxury wide receiver Dakorien Moore (No. 4 in 2025)and four-star running back Harlem Berry (No. 16 in 2025)as top-50 potential customers to reveal for LSU up until now for 2025. Underwood and Berry each committed earlier this month, and Moore dedicated in August.Berry and Antoine roomed together at the Under Armour All-American Camp and have actually remained in regular contact.” As soon as we get there, we prepared to

work, “Antoine stated.” We’re attempting to bring back the LSU we know and the state of Louisiana understand.

“LSU’s momentum on the trail is developing. The Tigers are in line to have the 11th-best class in 2024 with the traditional signing duration approaching on Feb. 7. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound Antoine saw time at both quarterback and in the secondary for the Mighty Tigers the past 2 seasons while

playing for his cousin, head coach Ryan Antoine.” I’m actually a lockdown cornerback,”Antoine stated.”That’s what you’re going to get. A dedicated guy. I played quarterback, so I understand both sides.

I’m a thinker, so I process whatever before it even occurs.” LSU has actually won 10 games in each of Kelly’s two seasons, with an explosive offense blazing a trail. However the defense lagged behind Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jayden Daniels and the rest of the offense sometimes last year, enabling 28 points a game, which ranked 13th in the SEC, and 416.6 yards per game, which ranked 105th in the FBS.Under brand-new defensive organizer Blake Baker, Antoine figures to help a Tigers defense that allowed 255.6 yards a game last year(115th in the FBS). Baker was employed far from Missouri on Jan. 5 amid an

overhaul of Kelly’s protective coaching staff.Antoine stated it was the return of defensive backs coach Corey Raymond to LSU after a year at Florida that helped press things over the top for him.”[ Raymond] stated he actually wishes to secure [opposing pass receivers], “Antoine stated.”So I understand with everybody in that LSU building, I would fit in the plan fantastic.”