Lane Kiffin and his staff are stacking wins on the recruiting trail, and the latest one hits close to home. Gary Burney Jr., a four-star wide receiver from Bossier City, flipped his commitment from Houston to LSU on Sunday. It’s the kind of move that changes the math for a class already climbing the national rankings.
Burney made the call official with Hayes Fawcett of On3 and Rivals, then talked through his reasoning with Sam Spiegelman. The kid didn’t sugarcoat it.
“It’s LSU. I have been dreaming about this since I was a kid,” Burney told Rivals. “I have been waiting for this.” He also said he felt “overlooked and doubted” before LSU’s coaches stepped in. They believed in him, and he’s running with that.
Burney plays at Parkway High in Bossier City, and at 6-foot-4 he gives LSU a long, physical target on the outside. His breakout 2025 season says a lot: 76 catches for 1,367 yards and 15 touchdowns. That is not a fluke. That’s a guy who eats up defensive backs and stretches the field.
He also runs track. The 200-meter and the 4×100 relay. That speed earned him a regional Louisiana 5A invitation. So LSU is getting a big body who can move, which is a nice combo for wide receivers coach George McDonald, who took a real liking to Burney during a spring camp.
Houston was the first big offer to stick, but Baylor and Cincinnati were also in the mix. Burney could have stayed with the Cougars, but the pull of playing in-state at a program like LSU was too strong.
Kiffin has been smart about leaning on the past, too. He brought back Ed Orgeron to help with recruiting, and that move keeps paying off. LSU now has 13 verbal commits in the 2027 class and sits inside the top 20 nationally. The Tigers are not just filling spots. They are grabbing guys who can play right away.
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