LSU football is thrilled to have five-star tight end Arik Gilbert in their 2020 recruiting class, but they weren’t necessarily expecting to land the dynamic athlete from Georgia.
Gilbert, an early enrollee at LSU who is rated as the No. 5 overall 2020 player in the nation, kept his recruitment close to the vest, not offering many hints of where he would land.
Even recruiting analysts who closely covered Gilbert were surprised when he announced his commitment to the Tigers.
247Sports recruiting analyst Shea Dixon recalled this week that most folks around LSU thought Gilbert would end up at Alabama or Georgia.