Lane Kiffin Pulls Off Historic Recruiting Feat Amid First Month With LSU Football

Lane Kiffin and the LSU Tigers aren't slowing down on the recruiting trail this month after signing a coveted 2026 Recruiting Class last week.

Once Kiffin arriving in Baton Rouge on Nov. 30, the new head coach of the Bayou Bengals immediately went to work where he had a one-on-one meeting with the No. 1 prospect in America, Lamar Brown.

Brown, a Louisiana native, was in the LSU Football Operations Building once Kiffin landed in the Bayou State as the two developed a relationship.

The prized LSU commit ultimately signed with the LSU Tigers less than one week late in the first recruiting win of the Kiffin era in Baton Rouge.

"That is our number one focus right now is to sign the best class that we possibly can Wednesday," Kiffin said during his introductory press conference. "Also, we have big-picture thinking too.

LSU Tigers Football: Lamar Brown. — Courtesy of Lamar Brown's Instagram.

"We're not reaching or we're not signing kids because they're from this school or that school or any of that stuff, okay? We're going to sign the best players that we can on Wednesday.

"I know what the interest was of players nationally to come play for us where we were just at, and now when you put that with this stadium and with that logo, it makes me want to get on the phone right now."

Kiffin and his staff at LSU quickly put in work on the recruiting scene - flipping prospects from Ole Miss, doubling down on current LSU commits, and making decisions on players that weren't on his board.

Now, with the Early Signing Period in the rearview mirror, Kiffin and Co. have locked in 14 signees to the 2026 Recruiting Class.

The new staff in Baton Rouge took a "quality over quantity" approach with the Tigers holding the highest average player grade of 93.81, according to 247Sports.

LSU signed a pair of five-star prospects, 8 four-stars, and 4 three-stars in the 2026 Recruiting Class with multiple "under-the-radar" players.

The final signee in the class was none other than Brown, the top-ranked prospect in America, where Kiffin made recruiting history of his own.

The Baton Rouge (La.) University Lab five-star prospect officially signed his National Letting of Intent with the LSU Tigers - giving Kiffin his first No. 1 prospect ever signed.

Now, LSU flaunts a Top-15 class in the 2026 Recruiting cycle with a pair of Louisiana five-stars headlining the elite class in Baton Rouge.

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