The Scoop: LSU and the NCAA Transfer Portal

There’s new developments to report with a pair of transfer portal defensive tackles who remain uncommitted.

LSU will move forward with the recruitment of Grand Valley State defensive tackle Jay’viar Suggs, a portal target the staff offered on Wednesday.

The Tigers are not expected to push any further for ULM transfer defensive lineman Adin Huntington, sources tell The Bengal Tiger staff.

Huntington, a 6-foot, 280-pounder who has been viewed by some colleges as a defensive end and others as a defensive tackle, is no longer on the board in Baton Rouge as he shifts his focus shifts to two teams.

The Virginia native, who transferred from Kent State to ULM ahead of the 2023 season, will choose between Tulane and Cal, a source tells The Bengal Tiger staff.

Meanwhile, the LSU staff’s focus has shifted to Suggs, who is set to arrive for an LSU visit on Sunday and depart from Louisiana on Tuesday.

Earlier this week, he narrowed his list to six teams: Michigan, USC, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Florida State and Kentucky. Suggs also said a decision would likely come this week.

Less than 24 hours after receiving an LSU offer on Wednesday, Suggs revealed a new list of top teams – and LSU was now in the mix. The Tigers were joined by Michigan, Kentucky and Wisconsin as the final four teams for the GVSU transfer.

The Flint, Mich., native is a graduate transfer and has two years of eligibility remaining after spending five seasons at Grand Valley State. Suggs took a redshirt in 2019 before the 2020 season was canceled as a result of the pandemic, and his 2021 campaign was cut short before it began as a result of an injury. That said, the past two years brought plenty of playing time his way.

A 6-foot-3, 282-pounder, Suggs logged 21 stops, 7 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, 5 pass breakups and 1 forced fumble in 2022. In 2023, Suggs totaled 21 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and 5 sacks to go along with 4 pass breakups and a forced fumble. He had at least one half-tackle for loss in eight of 11 appearances.

For LSU, there are connections here that could help if the Tigers make a push. Brian Kelly won a pair of D2 National Championships at Grand Valley State, and his youngest son, Kenzel Kelly, was on the Grand Valley State football team with Suggs this past season. Suggs is also a graduate of Clarkston (Mich.) High as part of the 2019 class, making him a senior when current LSU starting offensive lineman Garrett Dellinger was a sophomore at Clarkston High.

Wisconsin’s Gio Paez is already committed to the LSU staff as a defensive tackle who arrives on campus this summer, and now Suggs has an offer in from the Tigers and an LSU campus visit set for this weekend.

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