LSU football’s wide receiver play could return to a championship level in 2025. College football analyst Phil Steele ranked the Tigers’ pass-catching corps atop the SEC, sharing the No. 1 ranking with Alabama.
Steele dropped his unit rankings in his annual preview magazine earlier this summer.
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LSU lost four of its five leading receivers from the 2024 team, but the most productive of the bunch, Aaron Anderson, is back. LSU was aggressive in the transfer portal, signing Kentucky’s Barion Brown and Oklahoma’s Nic Anderson. Brown and Anderson both ranked among the best transfer receivers of the cycle. LSU signed Destyn Hill, too, a former blue-chip recruit out of New Orleans who dealt with injury issues at Florida State.
Also returning is Chris Hilton Jr, providing LSU a vertical threat outside.
With quarterback Garrett Nussmeier throwing the ball, LSU’s passing attack is shaping up to be explosive. LSU’s offense was efficient in 2024, but the Tigers failed to create explosive plays at will like they did in 2023. The 2025 offense doesn’t have to match the record numbers of 2023, but LSU wide receivers project to put up big numbers.
When is LSU football’s first game of 2025?
LSU football kicks off the 2025 season vs. Clemson on Saturday, August 30 at 6:30 PM CT.
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LSU football schedule
|
DATE |
OPPONENT |
LOCATION |
TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sat, Aug 30 |
Clemson |
Away |
6:30 PM |
|
Sat, Sep 6 |
Louisiana Tech |
Home |
6:30 PM |
|
Sat, Sep 13 |
Florida |
Home |
6:30 PM |
|
Sat, Sep 20 |
SE Louisiana |
Home |
6:45 PM |
|
Sat, Sep 27 |
Ole Miss |
Away |
TBD |
|
Sat, Oct 11 |
South Carolina |
Home |
TBD |
|
Sat, Oct 18 |
Vanderbilt |
Away |
TBD |
|
Sat, Oct 25 |
Texas A&M |
Home |
TBD |
|
Sat, Nov 8 |
Alabama |
Away |
TBD |
|
Sat, Nov 15 |
Arkansas |
Home |
TBD |
|
Sat, Nov 22 |
Western Kentucky |
Home |
TBD |
|
Sat, Nov 29 |
Oklahoma |
Away |
TBD |
This article originally appeared on LSU Wire: Where LSU football wide receivers ranks in Phil Steele’s unit rankings
