Top-ranked switch quarterback Sam Leavitt is reportedly anticipated to signal with the LSU Tigers, sources with data of the state of affairs confirmed to ESPN‘s Pete Thamel on Monday (January 12).
“Sources: Arizona State transfer quarterback Sam Leavitt is expected to sign with LSU. Leavitt’s pick comes after trips to Kentucky, Tennessee and Miami. He led ASU to the College Football Playoff in 2024 and has 4,652 career passing yards and 36 touchdowns,” Thamel wrote on his X account.
Thamel ranks because the No. 1 general prospect for the 2026 school switch portal, based on 247Sports.com. The reported dedication is a significant recruiting victory for newly hired LSU head coach Lane Kiffin because the group confronted a beginning quarterback dilemma following Garrett Nussmeier‘s commencement and backup Michael Van Buren transferring to South Florida.
Leavitt, 21, who was chosen because the Big 12’s preseason Offensive Player of the Year, has threw for 1,628 yards, 10 touchdowns and three interceptions on 145 of 239 passing, whereas additionally recording 206 yards and 5 touchdowns on seven speeding makes an attempt, in seven video games for the Arizona State Sun Devils earlier than present process season-ending surgical procedure on a lingering foot damage. The former West Linn High School prospect initially signed with Michigan State because the No. 21 quarterback, No. 1 participant from the state of Oregon and the No. 311 general prospect for the 2023 nationwide recruiting cycle, based on the 247Sports Composite rankings.