Five-star cornerback DJ Pickett committed to LSU on Wednesday.
"The deciding factor was him being happy," Pickett's father, Damien, said to Steve Wiltfong of On3. "Where he's happy on and off the field. Where he can grow as a young man.
"It was mostly football-based but also where he feels he can excel in the classroom and do the things in the classroom."
Pickett, who had Oregon and Miami as his two other finalists, is the No. 2 cornerback and No. 6 overall player in 247Sports' composite rankings for the 2025 class.