Coveted 2027 QB Peyton Houston to stay home, commits to LSU - ESPN

Days after a Week 3 win over Florida, No. 3 LSU secured a key commitment and a potential quarterback for the future Monday with a pledge from 2027 recruit Peyton Houston, the top-ranked pocket passer in the ESPN Junior 300.

Houston, a 5-foot-11, 200-pound quarterback from Shreveport, Louisiana, is ESPN's No. 77 overall prospect in the 2027 class. A godbrother of former LSU All-American and Super Bowl LV champion Devin White, Houston announced his commitment to the Tigers over finalists Oklahoma, USC, Texas and Texas A&M in a ceremony at Evangel Christian (Louisiana) Academy).

«It's big staying home,» Houston told ESPN. «It's a great feeling for the [family], putting on for the city and the state.»

Houston was on hand for the Tigers' 20-10 victory against Florida, and now stands as the first member of the program's 2027 recruiting class. His pledge arrives as a much-needed boost to the quarterback pipeline of a Tigers' program that has struggled to land impact quarterbacks from the high school ranks since coach Brian Kelly took over in late 2021.

Quarterbacks Walker Howard and Rickie Collins — signed respectively in the 2022 and 2023 recruiting cycles — combined to appear in six games before leaving LSU via the transfer portal, while four-star 2024 Colin Hurley signee has yet to take a snap for the Tigers. LSU's 2025 class suffered a crushing blow last November when the nation's No. 1 overall recruit flipped his pledge from the Tigers to Michigan weeks before the early signing period. And despite efforts with top 2026 passers including five-stars Dia Bell and Keisean Henderson and four-stars Bowe Bentley and Landon Duckworth, LSU is still searching for a quarterback commit in the current cycle.

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