No. 1 Ot Listed Among 'most Impactful' Transfer Portal Additions

The vestiges of nan 2026 NCAA transportation portal rhythm are announcing their commitments successful nan weeks aft its window.

The two-week model for assemblage shot players to participate nan NCAA transportation portal began connected Jan. 2, though astir entrants announced their intentions aft nan extremity of nan regular season. Jan. 16 was nan last time of nan two-week window.

Now that nan immense mostly of nan 2026 entrants person recovered their adjacent school, nan value of nan movements has go a sermon for assemblage shot media.

Pete Nakos of On3 released a database of nan astir impactful transfers successful nan 2026 portal rhythm connected Saturday. One sanction that appeared connected nan database was erstwhile Colorado violative tackle Jordan Seaton, who committed to LSU connected Friday night.

"The sweepstakes to onshore Jordan Seaton ended connected Friday night, arsenic LSU hit retired Miami, Mississippi State, and Oregon," Nakos wrote. "The Colorado transportation is wide regarded arsenic 1 of nan apical violative tackles successful nan sport."

The 6-foot-5, 330-pounder was a top-five imaginable and nan No. 1 violative tackle successful nan 2024 recruiting rhythm erstwhile he committed to Deion Sanders and Colorado. His effect pinch nan Buffaloes was contiguous arsenic he started each 13 games that season, becoming only nan 3rd existent freshman successful programme history to commencement each game.

Seaton was named All-Big 12 Coaches Honorable Mention for some Freshman of nan Year and Offensive Lineman of nan Year. On3, 247Sports and Pro Football Focus each named Seaton to their 2024 Freshman All-American teams.

An wounded trim Seaton's 2025 play astatine Colorado to conscionable 9 games. In 541 snaps, Seaton allowed conscionable 1 sack, 5 pressures and zero backmost hits. He was named to nan All-Big 12 Second Team and received Midseason All-American favoritism from some The Sporting News and Athlon.

Seaton is 1 of 40 transfers that person committed to Lane Kiffin's inaugural LSU team. Of nan 40 transfers, 8 of them are violative linemen who person been acquired to protect Sam Leavitt.

Of nan galore reasons why LSU parted ways pinch Brian Kelly, anemic violative accumulation was among its biggest gripes successful 2025. Prior to nan Texas Bowl against Houston, LSU did not people much than 25 points against an FBS opponent. 23 points was LSU's highest output connected nan scoreboard successful immoderate of its FBS wins, coming doubly against Louisiana Tech and Arkansas.

A portion of nan problem for LSU's discourtesy progressive struggles astatine nan constituent of attack, a probable consequence of replacing nan mostly of its 2024 starters. Two of nan 2025 starters entered nan portal successful interior violative lineman DJ Chester (Mississippi State) and violative tackle Tyree Adams (Texas A&M).