April 23, 2026, 2:18 p.m. CT<\/p>\n
LSU football signed one of the best defensive line classes in the country in the latest recruiting cycle, bringing in the No. 1 player in the class, Lamar Brown, as well as the top-ranked defensive lineman, Richard Anderson.<\/a> These two were the highlights of the Tigers<\/a>\u2019 class, but they were also joined by another highly ranked D-line recruit, Deuce Geralds, who committed to LSU last August.<\/p>\n Geralds didn\u2019t receive the same five-star label as Anderson and Brown, but he was still a top-five defensive lineman in his class, and he\u2019s been proving why he was ranked so highly this spring.<\/p>\n Lane Kiffin was asked about the sort of impact Geralds has had over the past month during a press conference<\/a> on Tuesday. Here\u2019s what he had to say:<\/p>\n \u201cDeuce has done a phenomenal job, [he\u2019s had a] major impact,\u201d Kiffin explained. \u201cFor him to come in and play at the level he plays at, but practice the way that he does, it says a lot about his coaching in high school, it says a lot about his upbringing with his parents. He\u2019s gonna be a great player here.\u201d<\/p>\n The transition from high school to college is certainly far from easy, and Geralds, as someone who technically should still be in high school, faces an even tougher path. It would be understandable if he used this spring to settle into the flow of a Power Four program, but according to Kiffin, Geralds has done anything but settle.<\/p>\n