Recruiting tension. That’s what Kalen DeBoer should be feeling after Lane Kiffin’s latest move. Alabama has been involved with Ruston (La.) 5-star TE Ahmad Hudson for months now. The offer went out back in October 2024. Now the timing doesn’t matter much anymore as the pressure point arrived on January 31.
LSU insider Zack Nagy reported that Lane Kiffin personally checked in with Ahmad Hudson and followed it up by making the trip to Ruston for an in-person visit this week. He is the No. 1 TE in the 2027 class and the No. 9 overall player nationally, according to 247Sports. Although the interest is always there for Kalen DeBoer’s program, he is not new to LSU.
Ahmad Hudson was offered by LSU back in 2023, heading into his freshman season. That was when JR Belton was still the program’s Director of Recruiting. He is now LSU’s Assistant GM under Lane Kiffin. The Ruston High School product visited LSU multiple times, camped there, and has been on their radar since the Tigers started building their 2027 board. New TEs coach Joe Cox was in Ruston last week checking on Hudson…