By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor
LSU baseball coach Jay Johnson is on his way to another top class for the 2028 season after signing No. 1 classes in 2026 and ’27.
BREAKING: Two-way star (OF/P) Dexter McLeon Jr. has committed to #LSU! Jay Johnson lands the #2 overall player in the 2028 recruiting class as the Tigers look to build off the #1 recruiting classes in both 2026 and (so far) 2027. https://t.co/03RBmwGamm
— CJ (TigerBait.com) (@CJFWrites) October 22, 2026
Dexter McLeon, the No. 1 ranked player for the Class of 2028 by Perfect Game and No. 2 by Baseball America, has committed to LSU.
McLeon (6-foot-3, 206 pounds) is a right-handed pitcher and outfielder from Buford High and Suwanee, Georgia, near Atlanta.
McLeon’s father, Dexter McLeon Sr., is a former NFL cornerback who played for the St. Louis Rams when they won Super Bowl XXXIV in the 1999 season. A second round pick by St. Louis out of Clemson in 1997, McLeon also played on the Clemson baseball team as an outfielder and catcher. A native of Meridian, Mississippi, he played quarterback for the Meridian High football team and was drafted in the 13th round as a baseball player in 1993 by Minnesota. But he chose to play football at Clemson. He played for the Rams from 1997-2002, the Kansas City Chiefs from 2003-05 and the Houston Texans in 2006.
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