LSU’s rebuilt wide receiver room already has a pair of names getting national attention.
Tre Brown and Jackson Harris were both named Wednesday to the Biletnikoff Award preseason watch list, a notable nod for two transfer additions expected to play major roles in LSU’s offense. The award sits just below the Heisman Trophy in prestige for pass-catchers, and landing on the watch list puts both receivers in some serious company.
That’s especially relevant for LSU, where only one wideout from the 2025 team remained after the offseason turnover. Lane Kiffin answered by attacking the transfer portal and bringing in nine receivers, a clear sign of how aggressively the Tigers are trying to reset the position. Kiffin and Charlie Weis Jr. also rotate receivers quickly in their offensive scheme, which means the room should be wide open for production.
The Biletnikoff Award was established in 1994 and is named for Pro Football Hall of Famer Fred Biletnikoff. It honors the top pass-catcher in college football every year, and its past winners include Ja’Marr Chase, Travis Hunter, Marvin Harrison Jr, and DeVonta Smith.
Harris arrives with the loudest recent production. A redshirt junior, he transferred from Hawaii after a breakout season.
Before that, he spent two years at Stanford and managed only six catches. Then came last season: 49 receptions, 963 yards, and 12 touchdowns.
Brown’s path has been just as interesting. The redshirt junior came to LSU from Old Dominion after one season there, where he posted 38 catches for 762 yards and four touchdowns. Before that, he spent his first two college seasons at Hutchinson Community College, using a medical redshirt in year one and then following it with 27 catches for 500 yards and nine touchdowns.
Brown and Harris are trying to follow Makai Lemon, who won the Biletnikoff Award in 2025 at USC.
The watch list also included a long SEC-heavy group: Cam Coleman (Texas), Ryan Coleman-Williams (Alabama), Mario Craver (Texas A&M), Anthony Evanns III (Mississippi St), Trell Harris (Oklahoma), Mike Matthews (Tennessee), Isaiah Sategna III (Oklahoma), Junior Sherrill (Vanderbilt), Keshaun Singleton (Auburn), Braylon Staley (Tennessee), and Ryan Wingo (Texas).
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