Pair of LSU Football Wide Receiver Signees Rated Top-10 in Transfer Portal Cycle

Brian Kelly and the LSU football staff knocked the NCAA Transfer Portal out of the park during the winter window with multiple immediate impact pieces signing with the program.

LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier will have an embarrassment of riches to work with offensively with the staff adding a pair of Day 1 starters for the Bayou Bengals heading into the 2025 season.

The Tigers will return Aaron Anderson, Chris Hilton and Zavion Thomas as productive pieces from 2024, but with two newcomers joining the receiving corps, LSU is stacked.

On3 Sports has revealed its latest Transfer Portal Rankings with the LSU Tigers landing a pair of Top-10 wide receivers in the current cycle.

The Top-10 Transfer Wide Receivers:

- No. 1: Eric Singleton - Auburn
- No. 2: Zachariah Branch - Georgia
- No. 3: Kevin Concepcion - Texas A&M
- No. 4: Micah Hudson - Texas A&M
- No. 5: Duce Robinson - Florida State
- No. 6: Dane Key - Nebraska
- No. 7: Nic Anderson - LSU
- No. 8: Barion Brown - LSU
- No. 9: Noah Thomas - Georgia
- No. 10: Kevin Coleman - Missouri

The Pair of LSU Transfer Signees:

WR Nic Anderson - Oklahoma to LSU

Anderson set the Oklahoma freshman record for touchdown receptions with 10 in 2023. His 798 receiving yards that year rank No. 2 in Oklahoma history for a freshman.

In two years with the Sooners, Anderson appeared in 17 games with six starts, all coming as a redshirt freshman in 2023. Anderson missed the entire 2024 season with an injury.

Anderson earned Freshman All-America honors from The Athletic in 2023 and was twice named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week. He had three 100-yard games with a career-high 120 yards on three receptions against Tulsa. All three of his receptions against Tulsa went for touchdowns.

Other 100-yard games in 2023 came against West Virginia (119 yards) and Central Florida (105 yards). He scored a touchdown in seven games, including three against Tulsa and two against Central Florida. He became the first freshman in Oklahoma history to have three receiving TDs in a game.

In OU’s 2023 win over Texas, Anderson caught the game-winning TD pass with 15 seconds left in the 34-30 win over the Longhorns.

He capped his redshirt freshman season with seven receptions for 73 yards and a touchdown against Arizona in the Alamo Bowl.

Anderson was a four-star prospect at Katy High School and was ranked as the nation’s No. 15 wide receiver prospect by ESPN.

Now, Anderson has officially arrived in Baton Rouge for the spring semester after moving in last weekend. He began working out with the program this week with the strength and conditioning coaches getting a chance to work with the new-look team.

WR Barion Brown: Kentucky to LSU

After a three-year stint with Kentucky, Brown now has now joined the LSU Tigers with over 120 career catches, 1500+ receiving yards and double-digit touchdowns under his belt at his previous stop.

Brown also holds the record for most kick return touchdowns in SEC history with five in his college career. Look for Brown to be an integral piece to LSU's success in 2025.

"Explosiveness, veteran presence, maturity that he brings to the room. We have some young players and I think it's pretty clear, when you're recruiting receivers you're looking at who your quarterback is to. You've got a veteran quarterback, someone who can push the ball down the field. He looked at that, at the success of the receivers at LSU. He's an explosive player and I think it was pretty easy this was going to be a great fit for him," Kelly said in December.

Both Anderson and Brown have arrived in Baton Rouge and are working out with the program ahead of spring camp in March.

The LSU Transfer Portal Signees (16):

The Additions on Offense (8):
- TE Bauer Sharp: Oklahoma
- WR Barion Brown: Kentucky
- QB Michael Van Buren: Mississippi State
- WR Destyn Hill: Florida State
- WR Nic Anderson: Oklahoma
- OL Braelin Moore: Virginia Tech
- OL Josh Thompson: Northwestern
- TE Donovan Green: Texas A&M

The Additions on Defense (7):
- CB Ja'Keem Jackson: Florida
- EDGE Jimari Butler: Nebraska
- EDGE Jack Pyburn: Florida
- CB Mansoor Delane: Virginia Tech
- DL Sydir Mitchell: Texas
- EDGE Patrick Payton: Florida State
- S Tamarcus Cooley: North Carolina State

The Special Teams Additions (1):
Punter Grant Chadwick: Middle Tennessee

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Nick Saban Calls LSU Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier a "Sleeper" Ahead of 2024 Season

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