Johnsons pull out of LSU

 

Hot on the heels of Myles Brennan’s decision to transfer, LSU’s starting QB Max Johnson has decided to leave Baton Rouge.

LSU now has one scholarship athlete on its roster – although next year the Tigers bring in 5-star QB Walker Howard, with Garrett Nussmeier also there. New coach Brian Kelly is going to have to get a transfer in, which shouldn’t seem hard bearing in mind LSU’s status.

Johnson threw for 2,815 yards, 27 TDs and 6 INTs, yet was utterly medicore as a passer, finishing with a completion percentage of 60.3% (225 – 373).

Despite being generally unloved by Tigers fans, Johnson won their hearts with a tremendous final drive against Texas A&M that gave departing coach Ed Orgeron the send-off that he deserves.

Max’s brother Jake – who was also recruited by Alabama and Florida – decided to decommit from Brian Kelly in a perfectly-orientated ‘screw you’ to new coach Brian Kelly with two simultaneously-timed tweets. Jake was the No.1 TE in the 2022 class.

Kelly has also had decommitments from 3-star WR DeColdest Crawford (who was meant to be a LSU lock) and four-star RB TreVonte’ Citizen.