Jalen Brewster was on campus at LSU on Saturday for the college football game against Texas. Although it was not a surprise to see him in Baton Rouge, it was still a surprise to see him in Baton Rouge after what he said at the end of August.
The five-star prospect reaffirmed his commitment to Texas Tech and shut down his recruitment.
It just goes to show that a college football player’s word does not mean anything until he has signed the dotted line. And even then, as we saw with Ole Miss during the offseason, a signed contract still may not guarantee that a player won’t change his mind!
Jalen Brewster is committed to Texas Tech.
At 6-foot-3, 302 pounds, Jalen Brewster is rated as a five-star prospect in the recruiting Class of 2027. Not only is he considered the top-ranked player at his position, most people consider him to be the top-ranked high school football player in the country.
As a native of Cedar Hill, Texas, Brewster announced his decision to stay in the Lone Star State and play for the Red Raiders on Oct. 4, 2025. He chose Texas Tech over LSU, Florida, Indiana, and Alabama, among others, but we are only going to focus on the Tigers.
Lane Kiffin left Ole Miss for LSU at the end of November. He immediately started to recruit Brewster to Louisiana.
Brewster visited Bloomington, Gainesville (three times), Miami and Baton Rouge during the spring and early. It seemed more and more likely that he was going to flip his commitment from the Red Raiders to the Tigers as fall camp approached. The Hurricanes, Gators and Hoosiers were out. It was down to two.
However, Brewster publicly reaffirmed his commitment to Texas Tech on Wednesday, Aug. 26 and shut down his recruitment. He could focus only on his senior season of high school football without all of the outside chatter about a potential flip. He was going to play in Lubbock next season. Everybody could stop speculating— and they did.
We have not heard anything about Brewster’s recruitment over the last ~10 weeks but it appears as though it is not actually over.
LSU is still trying to flip Texas Tech’s top college football recruit.
Jalen Brewster transferred from Cedar Hill High School in Texas to Buford High School in Georgia after the first week of the season. The move allows him to make a lot of NIL money before he enrolls at either Texas Tech or LSU.
Buford is currently ranked No. 3 in the country at 11-0 after its first-round victory over Marietta on Friday. Brewster, who sometimes gets to play running back, even scored a rushing touchdown during the 24-point win.
And then he got on a plane on Saturday morning, after the nationwide ground stoppage, and flew from Georgia to Louisiana. The top-ranked recruit posted the following photo from LSU on Saturday afternoon.
Clearly, despite what he said back in August, Jalen Brewster did not shut down his recruitment. This (not that) unexpected visit makes it clear that the Tigers are still very much in the mix, which once again raises questions about a property purchase in Texas. Is LSU willing to pay a potential buyout if Brewster flips his commitment? What kind of agreement, if any, did Brewster sign?
Even if this visit does not come as a huge surprise, it is surprising to see a player who reaffirmed his commitment to Texas Tech and shut down his recruitment back on the road to visit a different school. Maybe it’s a ploy. Maybe he is going to flip. We’ll see.