By ANDRE CHAMPAGNE, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter
LSU head coach Lane Kiffin is gradually adding to his offensive line for the 2026 season as he received a commitment from unranked Nicholls State freshman transfer Ja’Mard Jones from the Transfer Portal on Thursday night.
Jones (6-foot-4, 295 pounds) played in six games in the 2025 season and allowed just two pressures and did not give up a sack.
He is LSU’s fourth lineman portal addition, but first one not ranked. Kiffin will continue to look for more and has been very interested in No. 4 overall portal prospect by 247sports.com and No. 1 offensive tackle Jordan Seaton (6-5, 330), a redshirt freshman from Colorado. Seaton was the No. 13 prospect in the country, No. 1 offensive tackle and No. 4 player in Florida in 2024 out of IMG Academy in Bradenton.
Seaton just entered the portal on Monday and was scheduled to visit LSU, but has not. He has visited Mississippi State and has been courted by Texas, Oregon and Miami, among others.
#LSU lands a late night commitment from Nicholls freshman transfer OL Ja’Mard Jones .
— Andre Champagne (@andrechampagnee) January 16, 2026
Jones did not give a single sack with the Colonels this season.@TigerRagMedia @jamardWrld pic.twitter.com/DYASH4VsmJ
Jones was not ranked by 247sports.com or On3.com – or even listed – when he signed with Nicholls State in 2025 out of Rummel High in Metairie. He was named to the Class 5A second team all-state team by the Louisiana Football Coaches Association and was an honorable mention on the Louisiana Sports Writer’s Association Honorable Mention team.
Jones is Kiffin’s 31st commitment and/or signee for his 2026 portal class. The window for players to enter the portal ends at midnight Friday. Miami and Indiana players have until Jan. 24 to enter the portal as they are in the College Football Playoff national title game on Monday.
LSU PORTAL COMMITS/SIGNEES (31) – No. 1 By 247Sports.com, No. 19 By On3*:
No. 1 Quarterback Sam Leavitt of Arizona State
No. 2 Safety Ty Benefield of Boise State
No. 6 Quarterback Husan Longstreet of USC
No. 7 Edge Jordan Ross of Tennessee
No. 11 Defensive Lineman Stephiylan Green of Clemson
No. 12 Wide Receiver Eugene “Tre” Wilson III of Florida
No. 13 Defensive Lineman Malik Blocton of Auburn
No. 16 Interior Offensive Lineman William Satterwhite of Tennessee
No. 26 Wide Receiver Jayce Brown of Kansas State
No. 27 Receiver Winston Watkins of Ole Miss
No. 30 Wide Receiver Tre Brown III of Old Dominion
No. 30 Offensive Tackle Darrin Strey of Kentucky
No. 39 Tight End Malachi Thomas of Pittsburgh
No. 40 Wide Receiver Jackson Harris of Hawaii
No. 49 Interior Offensive Lineman Ja’Quan Sprinkle of North Carolina Central
No. 56 Quarterback Landen Clark of Elon
No. 82 Edge Jaylen Brown of South Carolina
No. 84 Running Back Raycine Guillory of Utah
No. 104 Running Back Rod Gainey Jr. of Charlotte
No. 124 Defensive Lineman Achilles Woods of South Alabama
No. 136 Wide Receiver Malik Elzy of Illinois
No. 154 Wide Receiver Tyree Holloway of West Florida
No. 205 Wide Receiver Josh Jackson of McNeese
No. 206 Wide Receiver Roman Mothershed of Troy
Unranked Offensive Lineman Ja’Mard Jones of Nicholls State
Unranked Tight End Zach Grace of Oregon
Unranked Running Back Dilin Jones of Wisconsin
Unranked Safety Treylan James of Southern
Unranked Punter Hayden Craig of Florida
Unranked Long Snapper Mack Mulhern of Florida
Unranked Kicker Scott Starzyk of Arkansas
*On3’s Team Transfer Portal Ranking Index utilizes the On3 (P)erformance score to measure a team’s production during the transfer process, compared relative against its overall roster, not just portal additions. This proprietary algorithm determines if a school has improved its overall team talent, stayed the same, or declined in talent during the transfer window.
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