LSU football commit discusses helping flip his teammate from another SEC school

The Tigers’ class of 2024 won’t play college football with each other for another year. Still, recent LSU football commit – and former Ole Miss commit – Joseph Cryer may have a leg up in that department as he and fellow commit Tylen Singleton already play high school ball together. That bond is already paying off for coach Brian Kelly, as Singleton may have played a significant role in his teammate’s commitment.

LSU football commit talks about recruiting his teammate from another SEC school

Some of the best recruiters out there are fellow recruits. This is especially true when said recruits are teammates in high school. That may have been exactly the case with current LSU football commits Tylen Singleton and Joseph Cryer.

Singleton first committed to the coach Brian Kelly and the Tigers on July 22, and he immediately put his recruiting glasses on. At the time, his Many High School teammate Joseph Cryer was committed to Ole Miss, an in-conference rival of his future team.

However, Singleton decided that wouldn’t do and immediately went to the elite Louisiana offensive lineman. The opportunity to be teammates post-high school was simply too good to pass up.

“I mean, as soon as I committed, I called Joe, like, ‘Joe, they’re gonna offer you.’ And every day, I was talking to him, telling him about LSU,” Tylen Singleton told KALB Sports. “I was a key piece in him decommitting and committing to LSU.”

Looking back, it’s safe to say that the four-star linebacker couldn’t have been more spot-on. LSU football would offer the three-star offensive lineman on July 26, which pretty much sealed the deal. Cryer was committed to the Tigers less than a week later.

First off I would like to thank god for putting me in this position!! I also want to thank my family for helping me out through this process!!! With that being said I’m a 100 % committed to Louisiana State University!! #GeauxTigers 🐯#YeahChief pic.twitter.com/f9w8D05esq

— Joseph “𝐵𝐼𝐺 𝐻𝑂𝑆𝑆 ” Cryer (@JoBighossCryer) July 31, 2023

The two future Tigers are ready to be teammates well into the future

With the current (and future) teammates committed to the same program, things look incredible for coach Brian Kelly’s squad.

When the Tigers added Singleton to their class of 2024, they not only gained a top Louisiana prospect, but he quickly became the Tigers’ top linebacker commit. Then, with the addition of Joseph Cryer, Kelly received his fourth offensive line commitment, just about finalizing the position group.

Even better, this adds an immediate level of brotherhood to the class. The current teammates appear close and have no intention of stopping. In fact, Singleton has been very open about his intention to room with Cryer their freshman year.

“That was the reason why he decommitted from Ole Miss, just to come to LSU. We’ve already talked about it, we’re gonna dorm together and everything.”

How to #LSU flip ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nat Central OL @JoBighossCryer from Ole Miss to the Tigers??

I believe Cryer’s former @ManyHighSchool teammate and #LSU commit @tylenpaul may have had something to do with it @KALBSports pic.twitter.com/FHqcTDHTmT

— Dylan Domangue (@dylanMD16) August 2, 2023

LSU football currently has 22 commits in their class of 2024, but it doesn’t appear that the Tigers are satisfied yet. They still have several big-name targets left on their board, including multiple announcing their college decision this week.

Keep an eye on this recruiting class as things continue into the future. Brian Kelly isn’t done yet, and the Tigers could have one of the best groups in the entire country when things are all said and done.

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