{"id":114471,"date":"2025-08-03T02:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T02:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/114471\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T02:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T02:06:10","slug":"no-2-dt-deuce-geralds-commits-to-lsu-tigers-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/114471\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 2 DT Deuce Geralds commits to LSU Tigers football"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/lederman_eli.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/>\n<p>Eli LedermanAug 3, 2025, 05:34 AM<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"b9a22bd6-7449-92bc-0e95-a6d8da673b3e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.ph\/college-football\/team\/_\/id\/99\/lsu-tigers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LSU<\/a> added another player to its star-studded 2026 defensive line class on Saturday with a pledge from No. 2 defensive tackle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/football\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/252336\/deuce-geralds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deuce Geralds<\/a>, ranked No. 40 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/football\/recruiting\/rankings\/scnext300boys\/_\/view\/rn300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 ESPN 300<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Geralds, who plays at Collins Hill High School in Suwannee, Georgia, is ESPN&#8217;s No. 5 recruit in the state for the 2026 class. He chose the Tigers over finalists <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"116d333f-cf1a-0c67-d450-36a834af56de\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.ph\/college-football\/team\/_\/id\/2483\/oregon-ducks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oregon<\/a>, <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"ea1660a4-aeb8-b9da-7d9f-fcd70d3a0162\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.ph\/college-football\/team\/_\/id\/130\/michigan-wolverines\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan<\/a>, <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"f6196074-c394-4821-7b0b-c4271d9467de\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.ph\/college-football\/team\/_\/id\/145\/ole-miss-rebels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ole Miss<\/a> and <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2fc3b71f-8247-22a5-f6da-df3902cbb438\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.ph\/college-football\/team\/_\/id\/194\/ohio-state-buckeyes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ohio State<\/a> following official visits with each program this spring.<\/p>\n<p>Geralds is the son of former Ole Miss offensive lineman Daverin Geralds, a starting center on the Rebels&#8217; 2010 Cotton Bowl team. The younger Geralds also spent a portion of his childhood in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, near the LSU campus before relocating to Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Geralds told ESPN he has maintained strong ties in Louisiana. He now joins as the latest blue-chip member of an increasingly deep Tigers defensive line class led by elite prospects from across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/p>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<p>LSU secured a seismic recruiting victory last month when five-star defensive tackle and No. 1 overall prospect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/football\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/256474\/lamar-brown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lamar Brown<\/a> (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) committed to the Tigers on July 10. No. 7 defensive tackle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/football\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/256700\/richard-anderson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Anderson<\/a> &#8212; a former youth football teammate of Geralds&#8217; &#8212; comes from New Orleans&#8217; Edna Karr High School and has been pledged to LSU since June 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Between the in-state trio, the Tigers hold commitments from three of ESPN&#8217;s top 10 defensive tackle prospects in 2026, more than any other program nationally. Elsewhere on the defensive line, LSU is set to add four-star defensive end pledge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/football\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/260048\/trenton-henderson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trenton Henderson<\/a> (No. 61 overall) and fellow edge rushers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/football\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/256551\/darryus-mckinley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darryus McKinley<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/football\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/264940\/deanthony-lafayette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DeAnthony Lafayette<\/a> in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Geralds told ESPN that the prospect of joining a talent-rich defensive line class and his relationship with LSU interior defensive line coach and 13-year NFL veteran Kyle Williams were key factors in pulling his pledge to the Tigers amid late pushes from Ole Miss and Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Coach Williams not only coaches my position, but he actually went through it and played with a body type like mine in the NFL for a while,&#8221; Geralds said. &#8220;The opportunity to play for him was really intriguing to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Upon his pledge, Geralds trails only Brown and five-star wide receiver <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/football\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/259405\/tristen-keys\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tristen Keys<\/a> (No. 10 overall) as the third-ranked of 11 top 300 pledges in LSU&#8217;s 2026 recruiting class, which entered the weekend at No. 11 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.ph\/college-football\/recruiting\/story\/_\/id\/44574905\/2026-college-football-recruiting-class-rankings-top-teams-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN&#8217;s latest class rankings<\/a> for the cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Geralds is a two-way standout who also competes in the track and field throwing events at Georgia&#8217;s Collins Hill. He was credited with 114 tackles (30 for loss), 13 sacks and 36 hurries as a junior in 2024. Geralds also features out of the Collins Hill backfield, where he logged 33 carries for 211 yards and eight touchdowns last fall playing running back and wildcat quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>Geralds began Saturday as one of two uncommitteds among the 24 defensive tackle prospects ranked inside the 2026 ESPN 300 alongside four-star <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/football\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/267168\/anthony-lonon-jr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Lonon Jr.<\/a> (No. 246 overall), who announced his pledge to <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"4351fef8-fe69-53b1-ea57-72684b36ec35\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.ph\/college-football\/team\/_\/id\/61\/georgia-bulldogs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia<\/a> on Saturday. Their moves now leave four-star <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/football\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/265302\/emanuel-ruffin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emanuel Ruffin<\/a>, ESPN&#8217;s No. 28 overall defensive tackle, as the top-ranked uncommitted prospect at the position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eli LedermanAug 3, 2025, 05:34 AM Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. 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