LSU football coach Brian Kelly sounded off on the NIL landscape that’s dominating recruiting. The veteran head coach says recruiting used about relationships, now it’s about the dollars.
“It’s about ‘What’s the most money I can get?’, and that’s unfortunate. But it’s the world we live in,” Kelly said.
The Tigers signed 23 players to start the early signing period. Recruiting services rank LSU’s class anywhere between sixth and eighth. Kelly is pleased with the class he brought in, but it will take more financial support from Tiger fans to remain competitive.
“You have to have active participation from a donor base. And it can’t just be one or two guys,” Kelly said.
LSU lost out on a few elite prospects in the final two weeks leading up to the early signing period. LSU can make up for those losses by signing players out of the transfer portal, but again it will take money.
“We need to get continued support from our donor base, so we can continue to now augment the roster through the transfer portal, which is the other way of building your roster now in this new world that we live in,” Kelly said.
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