By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor
LSU coach Lane Kiffin is still hunting for a projected starting quarterback, possibly Sam Leavitt of Arizona State – the No. 1 ranked player in the Transfer Portal who remained uncommitted Sunday night – or uncommitted No. 6 quarterback Husan Longstreet of USC.
Leavitt visited LSU early last week while Kiffin was hoping to possibly get Washington quarterback Demond Demond Williams Jr., but Williams decided to stay at Washington.
Then Leavitt ventured off to visits at Tennessee and then Miami over the weekend. Kiffin chased Leavitt to Tennessee before Leavitt took off for his Miami visit, but Kiffin did not get a commitment. Then Kiffin moved on to Longstreet, possibly just in case he doesn’t get Leavitt. Longstreet was at LSU on Saturday.
But Kiffin had to at least get one quarterback in the house with the portal window ending on Friday, other than for players on teams in the playoff finals. And Kiffin gained a commitment Sunday from projected backup Landen Clark, a redshirt freshman from FCS Elon University of the Coastal Athletic Association.
Clark (6-0, 186 pounds) is the No. 75-ranked quarterback in the portal and the No. 975 prospect overall by 247sports.com as a transfer. He completed 155 of 277 passes for 2,321 yards and 18 touchdowns with eight interceptions in 2025 for Elon, which is located in Elon, North Carolina. He also rushed for 614 net yards and 11 touchdowns on 189 carries for the Phoenix, which finished 6-6 on the season and seventh in the CAA at 4-4 behind Rhode Island, Villanova, Monmouth, New Hampshire, William & Mary and Maine.
A three-star prospect, he was not ranked coming out of Radford High in Radford, Virginia. He played in four games as a true freshman in 2024 and was red-shirted.
Lane Kiffin’s dad Monte Kiffin replaced Bo Rein after the 1979 season at North Carolina State when Rein became LSU’s coach. Weeks later on this date – Jan. 10 – in 1980, Bo Rein died in a plane crash.https://t.co/vdnb2bzpov
— Glenn Guilbeau (@SportBeatTweet) January 11, 2026
LSU also gained a commitment on Sunday from unranked portal edge Achilles Woods (6-3, 289), a redshirt freshman from South Alabama, which finished 4-8 overall and 3-6 in the Sun Belt in 2025. Woods played in 12 games as a reserve, making 11 tackles with a sack and a quarterback hurry.
A three-star prospect out of Austin High in Decatur, Alabama, Woods was ranked as the No. 103 edge in the nation and No. 60 prospect in Alabama in 2024. He played in one game as a true freshman in 2024.
The Tigers have 23 players either committed or signed for its 2026 portal class:
LSU TRANSFER PORTAL COMMITMENTS AND/OR SIGNEES (23)
No. 2 Safety Ty Benefield of Boise State
No. 9 Defensive Lineman Stephiylan Green of Clemson
No. 10 Wide Receiver Eugene “Tre” Wilson III of Florida
No. 11 Defensive Lineman Malik Blocton of Auburn
No. 14 Edge Jordan Ross of Tennessee
No. 22 Wide Receiver Jayce Brown of Kansas State
No. 25 Wide Receiver Tre Brown III of Old Dominion
No. 34 Tight End Malachi Thomas of Pittsburgh
No. 35 Wide Receiver Jackson Harris of Hawaii
No. 75 Quarterback Landen Clark of Elon
No. 79 Running Back Raycine Guillory of Utah
No. 129 Wide Receiver Tyree Holloway of West Florida
No. 174 Wide Receiver Josh Jackson of McNeese
Unranked Edge Achilles Woods of South Alabama
Unranked Center William Satterwhite of Tennessee
Unranked Safety Treylan James of Southern
Unranked Wide Receiver Malik Elzy of Illinois
Unranked Offensive Tackle Ja’Quan Sprinkle of North Carolina Central
Unranked Defensive Lineman Jaylen Brown of South Carolina
Unranked Running Back Rod Gainey Jr. of Charlotte
Unranked Punter Hayden Craig of Florida
Unranked Long Snapper Mack Mulhern of Florida
Unranked Kicker Scott Starzyk of Arkansas
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