In the moment of truth, ESPN’s No. 1 player in the 2026 class informed the world he wasn’t leaving Louisiana, committing to LSU as he placed an oversized purple LSU cap over his dreadlocks and unzipped the hoodie to show his LSU chain and gold Tigers shirt.

Lamar Brown is staying in Louisiana. The highly-touted Class of 2026 trench star, who also had Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns as one of his finalists, chose to join the LSU Tigers on Thursday.

Thanks to recruiting insider Billy Tucker, it was revealed that all four fan bases can tune in to ESPN2 at 12:15 p.m. CT on Thursday to watch Brown make one of the most significant choices of the summer.

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Five-star athlete Lamar Brown committed to the LSU Tigers on Thursday over the Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies. Brown is from University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is a member of the 2026 recruiting class. He is considered a multi-sport athlete and is a track and field star when not playing football.