THE HURRY-UP: LSU COMMIT BRYCE ANDERSON’S RECRUITMENT “100 PERCENT OPEN,” BUCKEYES OFFER MICHIGAN LEGACY WILL JOHNSON, JAHVAREE RITZIE RELEASES TOP FIVE
ANDERSON'S RECRUITMENT OPEN
Ohio State and LSU are two of the three core programs (Florida the other) fighting for the term “DBU,” and it looks like they will continue fighting against each other on the recruiting trail for some of the best talent residing in the South.
Last week, Kerry Coombs snagged a sophomore star out of Louisiana (cornerback Jyaire Brown) who the Tigers were very much in on and will be until he signs. On Friday night, we detailed another one of the Bayou players in the 2022 class whom Coombs and the Buckeyes are targeting (safety Jacoby Mathews) despite having not yet offered him to this point.
On Friday night, shortly after we gave a rundown of Mathews’ recruitment, Coombs was back at it, dishing out an offer to LSU safety commit Bryce Anderson.
Anderson is a sophomore at West Brook High School in Beaumont, Texas who is ranked as the No. 4 safety in America’s 2022 class, in addition to being rated No. 92 overall and No. 14 overall in Texas.
Though he has been committed to LSU since September, Anderson is enthusiastic about having been offered by the Buckeyes over the weekend. It’s an offer that made an impression on the young man, and he says he is taking the offer seriously, as the interest between him and Ohio State is mutual.
“Coach Coombs offered me, and I was very excited to receive such a prestigious offer,” Anderson told
Eleven Warriors. “I'm 100 percent open in my recruitment, and I'm interested in Ohio State.”
Anderson says he was watching throughout the NFL Draft, taking note that LSU led the country with 14 total draft picks and that Ohio State tied for second with 10 draft picks. Both programs are now under consideration for Anderson, who holds nearly two dozen offers, including from Alabama, Baylor, Georgia, Michigan, Oklahoma, Penn State, Texas and the other DBU nominee, Florida. He has plenty of options for where he wants to be developed into a potential pro down the line.
“I'm going to a school that's putting DBs in the league and (putting a lot in the) first round, and I'm going to whichever fits me,” Anderson said.
The 6-foot, 185-pounder played in his first varsity action in late August for the Bruins, rushing five times for 51 yards and a touchdown and going 2-for-5 for 18 yards as a quarterback.
Two days after his varsity game, he committed to LSU as the Tigers’ first pledge in the class, eventually joined by two more sophomores by the time December hit. That four-man class is unofficially ranked No. 1 in the country right now. (Unofficially in the sense that there are no composite rankings for 2022 players yet, and the team rankings will not be official until those are released.)
Anderson is the third-highest rated player in the Tigers’ class of 2022. According to 247Sports scout Gabe Brooks, Anderson is a player who “could provide versatility thanks to athleticism, instincts and awareness. Capable in man coverage, but also terrific covering territory as a deep safety.”
Brooks also assesses that Anderson has agility and fluid movement in his breaks on receivers, and his “great top-end speed” is exemplified by a sub-11-second time in the 100-meter dash and 22.03 time in the 200 meter dash. Both of those times were registered during his freshman year at West Brook.
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