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Ellie Lederman
Five star defensive tackle Lamor brownESPN’s No. 1 Composite Recruitment In 2026 category, announced its commitment Agitation On Thursday, a seismic local recruitment win for coach Brian Kelly and Tigers.
Brown, a 6-foot-5, 285-pound defender of Irwinville, Louisiana, announced his decision on a sportscantter from a ceremony at the University Laboratory School, located on the LSU campus located on the LSU campus, just one mile east of the Tiger Stadium.
Brown chose LSU Texas A&M, Miami And Texas After official visits with each program in this spring. If the brown ESPN 300 hangs at number 1 and indicates later this year, it will mark the first overall top rank recruitment of the tigers since Leonard Fortenet in 2014.
Brown told ESPN about his pledge to LSU, “This is nothing that does not do many children of baton roose.” “Everyone wants to play at the Tiger Stadium. I am blessed to play there.”
Despite the home ties and the school’s proximity to the brown, LSU faced a tight, down-to-wire recruitment fight with SEC rivals Texas A&M to hold the 2026 defender home of ESPN.
According to ESPN sources, Brown remained unspecified between schools late on Wednesday night. The sources of both Tigers and Ex -Football Program were optimistic on Thursday morning, before Brown informed each coaching staff of his decision shortly before his ceremony.
The first major event involved in the brown process, Texas A&M, in the last two years, confirmed his confidence in late stages on Thursday on the power of all-out recruitment efforts of the program with versatile, two-way linemen.
Aggies hosted Brown at least eight times after June 1, 2024, and Texas A&M Head Coach Mike Elco and his employees made regular trips to the university lab to travel to Brown in their Sophomore and Junior years. Brown told ESPN that he developed close ties with Egis defensive line coach Scene Spencer and Tony Zerod-AD during his recruitment.
A source within the Texas A&M football program told ESPN, “We did everything we could do.”
Texas A&M also appeared to proceed in brown process last month. After an official visit with The Egis, Brown posted: “Think that a book is closed …” canceled a planned trip on social media on 14 June and temporarily on the LSU set for the next weekend.
Brown later re-respected the official journey with tigers from 20–22 June, a weekend that eventually left her decision to live close to the house and join LSU as the second five-star pledge in 2026 category.
Brown said about his late June journey with LSU, “He did not take the possibility.” “They put everything on the table for me that it likes to be a tiger as a player for three or four years, but even after football in life. Staying at home, all resources and branding I can make for myself here, which matters a lot to me.”
Initially, before focusing his focus to protect this spring, both were recruited as a defensive and aggressive line probability, Brown played two-trips in the university lab. He has recorded 91 tackle and eight sacks in his last three Versity season, and brown projects are capable of playing in the defensive line at the next level as a skilled defender.
Set to become the first top-five signator of tigers Herold Perkins (No. 4 2024 ESPN300), Brown now joins five -star wide receiver Triston keys ,
The brown cycle stands as a top rank of 10 ESPN300 recruits committed to LSUs in the brown cycle. He resides with a defensive end Tanton henderson (Number 61 overall) and defensive tackle Richard Anderson (Number 93), leading a defensive class including pledge from safety Aden hall (Number 126) and cornerback Havan Finni JR(Number 72) and Dilon perite (Number 223).
Tigers can continue to connect on the defensive line with a four-stara probability next month Duice GaraldsESPN’s No. 2 Defense Tackle is ready to announce its commitment on August 2, in 2026. Four star aggressive linemen Darius gray (Number 73 overall) is another priority target for LSU.
Brown’s pledge leaves only four uncommended recruitments amidst 23 five -star possibilities of ESPN in 2026 category, led by a group led by No. 1 Derek Cooper (Number 7 overall). tight end Caden prothro , Florida, Georgia And Texas on Saturday afternoon.
