LSU football entered the offseason needing help in the secondary. The Tigers have been inconsistent on the backend under Brian Kelly and are losing veteran corner Zy Alexander, along with a handful of transfer portal exits.
Last year, Kelly hired secondary Corey Raymond to help right the ship. Raymond built the best secondaries in college football in his original stint at LSU.
The group improved in 2024, but the talent level wasn’t where it needed to be.
When the transfer portal opened, LSU got busy. Raymond is one of the best recruiters in the game. With the help of a strong NIL push, Raymond was able to land some of the top defensive backs on the market.
Today, we’ll look at the top secondary transfer portal hauls of 2025. Some players are still looking for a home, but most of the big dominoes have fallen.
In these rankings, I’ve tried to gauge which classes are best set up to make an impact in 2025. Talent and experience matter.
Let’s see where LSU sits.
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Bill Belichick is running the show in Chapel Hill — that’s a good sign for the Tar Heels defense. Belichick made some splashes in the secondary that will lead to instant improvement on that side of the ball.
Belichick hires his son, Steve, away from Washington to lead the unit. Steve Belichick brought cornerback Thaddeus Dixon and safety Peyton Waters along with him. Waters didn’t play much but was a freshman in 2024. Dixon, according to PFF, was the No. 5 ranked coverage corner in the Big Ten.
UNC added safety, Gavin Gibson, from ECU, who totaled six pressures with four pass breakups in 2024.
Gibson adds playmaking ability while Dixon has a chance to be one of the best corners in the ACC.
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Washington took a loss with Dixon transferring to UNC, but they added the top-ranked corner in the transfer portal in Tacario Davis.
Davis thought about the NFL but decided to reunite with former coach Jedd Fisch in Seattle. Davis is an All-American…
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