PODCAST: Steve Wiltfong joins Shea Dixon to talk LSU recruiting

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2027 QB Peyton Houston commits to LSU!

The first quarterback domino for LSU Football’s 2027 class has dropped with Evangel’s Peyton Houston committing to the Tigers.

Houston announced his commitment to LSU on Monday morning, which comes just days after he and his family soaked in the atmosphere of Death Valley at night during the program’s win over Florida.

Houston becomes the first LSU commitment for the 2027 recruiting class, which features double-digit Rivals 300 prospects from Louisiana.

Houston is notably the first quarterback commitment for the Tigers, as well. LSU has offered a handful of Top 100 quarterback in next year’s class, including local Baton Rouge 5-star Elijah Haven and the Lone Star State’s Colton Nussmeier.

With an offseason filled with speculation as to which quarterback LSU offensive coordinator Joe Sloan and the Tigers would grab, the first name off the board is the Evangel star who set Louisiana’s 5A state passing record a year ago when he finished his sophomore season with 4,480 yards passing.

Houston reflects on offseason visit to LSU, push from the Tigers

Houston made multiple trips to LSU’s campus this offseason, including a trip this spring that allowed the 4-star prospect an opportunity to dive even deeper into the program.

“LSU was a vibe,” Houston told The Bengal Tiger. “We got to spend a lot of time with (offensive coordinator Joe) Sloan and were able to get inside of his mind and see what he likes to do with the quarterbacks, what he preaches, harps on. And we got to see the ‘bad’ side of him, too, for sure, when he had to get into the quarterbacks. But that’s where you want to be. You don’t want a coach that’ll just kind of let you laissez faire everything, but will be on you and not let anything slide.

“And we got to see what life outside of football would be like and the programs they’ve got set up for the players and how they can suit them to get to the next level and also to be prepared outside of football.”

Peyton and his mother Naomi and father Shaun “divided and conquered” the morning with Peyton following starting quarterback Garrett Nussmeier, Naomi watching the reserve quarterbacks and Shaun watching the offensive linemen to share notes later and attempt to put together as complete a picture as possible.

And they each shared their enjoyment of getting the full scope of the day’s work from pre-practice meeting, through the full practice and then back into post-practice meetings, seeing the detailed planning, approach and correction and adjustments — including wealth of technology and all-around intentionality of quarterback development.