LSU Football: Ed Orgeron outlines recruiting plan for 2021

LSU football wrapped up National Signing Day with the nation’s No. 4 rated recruiting class.

LSU football head coach Ed Orgeron just wrapped the 2020 recruiting cycle (minus any potential transfers), which means he’s already making plans for the Tigers’ 2021 recruiting class.

On Wednesday, Coach O spoke at length about LSU’s 2020 recruiting class.

After discussing the players the Tigers signed on Wednesday, Orgeron shifted his attention to LSU’s 2021 recruiting class and how he plans to attack it.

Coach O told reporters that he hopes to sign at least 21-22 players during the early signing period next December (and every December moving forward).

I think this is a good approach by Orgeron. Get all the heavy lifting done in December, and then leave a few spots open for highly rated players who didn’t sign in December.

This approach also allows Orgeron and his staff to address any potential departures to the NFL with a transfer option.

(Side note: LSU has three spots remaining in their 2020 recruiting class and Orgeron is looking to add three transfers — center, linebacker and the best player available.)

Orgeron also mentioned on Wednesday that he plans to recruit Louisiana, Dallas and Houston hard over the next year.

That shouldn’t really come as a surprise. Those are areas that LSU is always going to recruit hard.

For now, the Tigers only have four players committed to their 2021 recruiting class.

But I imagine we’ll see that number change drastically in the next few months, as players start to commit during spring visits.