The LSU football staff is scouring the country for cornerbacks to add to the 2024 recruiting class, and a top target has emerged.<\/p>\n
LSU cornerbacks coach Robert Steeples made his way to Orlando (Fla.) this week to check in on four-star Cai Bates<\/a><\/strong>, who is high atop the wish list for the Tigers.<\/p>\n \u201cThey say I am No. 1 on the board,\u201d Bates told On3 reporter Keith Niebuhr<\/a> during an in-person interview on Thursday. \u201cIt definitely made me feel like a priority. They have a great relationship with my parents and a great relationship with my coaches. They came to my practice (Tuesday), and talked with my coach a lot and spent time with him. Coach Steeples was here. He\u2019s a great guy. I have a great relationship with him.\u201d<\/p>\n Bates, who is ranked by the On3 Industry Rankings as a Top 20 cornerback and No. 179 overall prospect in the 2024 class, carries a 3.8 GPA and plans to enroll early after graduating from Edgewater High in December.<\/p>\n When it comes to LSU making the Sunshine State product a priority, one pitch is the chance at early playing time in Baton Rouge.<\/p>\n \u201cTheir message to be is, honestly, they need me and don\u2019t just want me,\u201d Bates said. \u201cI could come in and get a lot of great reps as a freshman and definitely produce and play a lot as a true freshman.\u201d<\/p>\n Bates was in attendance for the LSU Spring Game in April, and the push made by Steeples and head coach Brian Kelly spoke volumes with the four-star prospect and his family.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was my favorite out of all the schools I\u2019ve been to,\u201d Bates told The Bengal Tiger. \u201cI got a warming feeling and just felt genuine unlike any school that I\u2019ve been at.<\/p>\n \u201cCoach Steeples is a really good person to be around and I fell like I would excel under his coaching. I spent a good amount of time with Coach Kelly and just got a great feel for the school, even hung out with the team after the spring game.<\/p>\n \u201cCoach Kelly has been recruiting me hard and has built a great relationship with my family. Making it known that I\u2019m a priority for LSU. (Coach Kelly) spent a bunch of time with me, the whole day on Friday, and I was in the loop before the spring game with the team in meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n Bates knows of one official visit so far: LSU.<\/p>\n The Tigers will be the first team to host the Top 20 cornerback prospect, and Bates will follow that up with another official visit two weeks later.<\/p>\n \u201cI have two (dates) set,\u201d he told On3. \u201cLSU is June 2-4. Then I am not sure if it is Tennessee or Kentucky on June 16-18, but I am pretty sure it will be Tennessee.\u201d<\/p>\n As for a commitment timeline, Bates said he plans to shut down his recruitment ahead of his senior year of high school this fall.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to be committed before August 1,\u201d he said. \u201cLate-June or July. Definitely before my senior season.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t make a Top 10 or anything like that, but there are a few schools standing out. LSU, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Ohio State, Maryland, Alabama, Florida \u2026 a lot of schools, really.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Top target emerges at CB for LSU<\/a> appeared first on On3<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The LSU football staff is scouring the country for cornerbacks to add to the 2024…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}LSU Spring Game visit set the tone for Bates<\/h2>\n
Official visit to Baton Rouge locked in \u2013 and timetable set for a decision<\/h2>\n