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LSU Football: Tigers ranked as No. 1 contender for 5-star DB

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One of LSU football‘s top targets in the 2022 recruiting class is five-star defensive back Jacoby Mathews.

Mathews, 6-foot-1/204 lbs from Ponchatoula, LA (Ponchatoula), is ranked in 247Sports’ composite rankings as the No. 2 safety in the country and the No. 27 overall player in the 2022 recruiting class.

Suffice it to say, Mathews is a must-land player for the Tigers (LSU can’t afford to miss on one of the top-rated in-state players, especially with the program’s reputation as “DBU”).

Mathews, however, won’t be an easy player to land.