Westgate TE Danny Lewis commits to Alabama over LSU
2022 New Iberia (La.) Westgate tight end Danny Lewis announced on National Signing Day that he was headed to Alabama over LSU and Florida, he said at his high school.
Lewis ranks as the nation’s No. 32 tight end and the No. 29 prospect in Louisiana this cycle, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
Lewis’ official visit to Alabama was key.
“Alabama official visit was great,” Lewis told On3Sports last month. “You get to see everything like why they succeed more than everybody. Their staff and the training and everything they do is just on another level. The thing that I like about their plan is most of the people, you’re getting recruited by Alabama, you know them to be successful in the future like make it up to the next level.”
“Me and coach Golding are pretty close. He’s pretty cool. I don’t know how to explain it, but we just click. Coach Saban, he’s a great man. He gave me all the statistics about everyone that went to Alabama and how they were so successful in the league and everything. Just read to me how the program is great.”
LSU holding out for 5-star Harold Perkins
LSU is in contention for some of the nation’s best prospects. All of them have or are announcing on National Signing Day as well.
Missouri City (Tex.) Hightower wide receiver Caleb Douglas, five-star Ponchatoula (La.) safety Jacoby Mathews and five-star Cy Park (Tex.) linebacker Harold Perkins are the remaining targets left to announce. Douglas is pegged to Florida, Mathews seems bound for Texas A&M and Perkins is leaning to LSU, according to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine. Lake Charles College Prep (La.) running back TreVonte’ Citizen committed to Miami earlier on Wednesday.
Waxahachie (Tex.) defensive back Jaelyn Davis-Robinson committed to the Tigers to start things off on Wednesday. The Lone Star State prospect picked LSU over UNLV, Oregon and others.
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Brian Kelly’s staff has an impressive haul in the 2022 class. The staff reeled in elite transfer and high school talent in less than two months on the job.
So far, Florida International offensive lineman Miles Frazier, East Carolina long snapper Slade Roy, Arkansas safety Joe Foucha, Arkansas defensive back Greg Brooks, Louisiana defensive back Mekhi Garner, Notre Dame punter Jay Bramblett, Virginia linebacker West Weeks, Penn State running back Noah Cain, Louisiana wide receiver Kyren Lacy, East Tennessee State offensive lineman Tre’Mond Shorts, Missouri defensive lineman Mekhi Wingo and Oklahoma State defensive back Jarrick Bernard-Converse have all pledged to transfer to LSU.
From the high school ranks, LSU has 13 signees already on board. Four-star offensive lineman Will Campbell, four-star quarterback Walker Howard, four-star offensive lineman Emery Jones, four-star cornerback Laterrance Welch, four-star linebacker DeMario Tolan, four-star cornerback Jordan Allen, three-star wide receiver Landon Ibieta, three-star defensive lineman Tygee Hill, three-star tight end Mason Taylor, three-star offensive lineman Bo Bordelon, three-star offensive lineman Fitzgerald West and three-star kicker Nathan Dibert make up the 2022 recruiting class for LSU that signed early.
