Lane Kiffin may or may not still be steering LSU by the time Broderick Sanders III is ready to suit up, but the Tigers have already made an early push for the John Curtis Christian School defensive lineman.
Sanders, listed at 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds, would be a freshman in 2030 if he ends up in Baton Rouge. That’s a long way off, of course - he just finished eighth grade last spring - but LSU still got in early, offering him a scholarship at its Elite Camp on June 11.
“My mentality was as soon as I stepped on the field, I was going to kill everybody and use every weapon and do the best I can,” Sanders said this week on FOX 8/WVUE TV to Garland Gillen.
He added after the offer, “And I got the offer,” Sanders said, noting that he played three games as an eighth grader last fall on the Curtis varsity team.
LSU isn’t the only program paying attention. Sanders has also picked up offers from Ole Miss and Texas A&M.
At LSU’s camp, special assistant for defense and recruiting Ed Orgeron put Sanders through drills and worked him out on the field.
“We did the exploding of the hips on the ground,” Sanders said. “And then we did the dipping - a lot of defensive end drills. He was showing me the whole process.”
For all the buzz that comes with early offers from major programs, Sanders said he plans to keep his head steady.
“I’m going to stay humble,” he said. “I’m a very humble person.
I know all this could end in a snap. I just keep my head down and keep working.”
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