Recruiting Round-Up: Three 2027 Players LSU Tigers Have Made Progress With

The LSU Tigers coaching staff has been hot on the recruiting trails as of late, as Lane Kiffin is getting his first chance at a full-year cycle in Baton Rouge.

At this stage of the 2027 recruiting class, the Tigers still have their hands in a lot of pots. They currently have five players and rank No. 44 overall in the nation. If they pull off some of the moves they are trending for, they should rocket up those rankings.

Here are three elite players in the 2027 class with whom LSU has reportedly been making good progress:

If the name sounds familiar, it's because he is the brother of current Tigers defensive back Aidan Anding, who suffered a torn Achilles tendon last month and will miss the 2026 season. He's still just a sophomore and will have a long road ahead in Baton Rouge.

The younger Anding is a four-star safety out of Ruston. The 247Sports composite rankings have him as the No. 21 safety in the class and the No. 11 player in Louisiana. The future of the safety room is already, and Anding would fit in perfectly.

LSU has made the final group of team's for the player, as he posted his top three on Sunday. The Tigers were there next to the Kansas State Wildcats and Ole Miss Rebels.

Another top player who is whittling down his list is five-star back Williams-Callis out of Richmond, TX. He recently posted his Top 10, which included LSU. 

Williams-Callis is about as productive as high school running backs get. Through three seasons in varsity, he has picked up 7,554 yards with 125 touchdowns. He's had 40 games of at least 100 yards.

He has averaged 10 yards per carry on a 756-carry sample size. There's not much more to say than that. He isn't the biggest back, but he makes up for it with immense speed and solid durability.

One of the most underrated moves that the Tigers made this offseason was the addition of Sterling Lucas as defensive line coach. He is a proven elite recruiter, and is already working his magic with the five-star pass rusher KJ Green.

Per 247Sports' Benjamin Wolk, Green has replaced the Oregon Ducks with LSU on his list of final five official visits. The Ducks were scheduled to host Green on the final weekend of May. He will now be in Baton Rouge.

Green is the No. 2 EDGE in the country per the 247Sports rankings, but the composite rankings drop him down to No. 10. Either way, he's an elite prospect and would add to the already elite group of young, top-end talent across the defensive line.