In the moment of truth, ESPN’s No. 1 player in the 2026 class informed the world he wasn’t leaving Louisiana, committing to LSU as he placed an oversized purple LSU cap over his dreadlocks and unzipped the hoodie to show his LSU chain and gold Tigers shirt.

University Lab five-star athlete Lamar Brown will remain in the Bayou State for his college career after verbally committing to the LSU Tigers

University Lab five-star athlete Lamar Brown strongly considered leaving Louisiana to play his college football, but LSU closed strong and landed a commitment from the two-way lineman on Thursday. Now,

Lamar Brown is staying in Louisiana. The highly-touted Class of 2026 trench star, who also had Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns as one of his finalists, chose to join the LSU Tigers on Thursday.

Thanks to recruiting insider Billy Tucker, it was revealed that all four fan bases can tune in to ESPN2 at 12:15 p.m. CT on Thursday to watch Brown make one of the most significant choices of the summer.

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