LSU’s tight end room is stocked up and ready for 2025
LSU’s top-rated transfer portal class added a second tight end as Donovan Green, formerly of Texas A&M, announced on Saturday he would be transferring to LSU.
Green was a four-star prospect coming out of high school in the 2022 cycle and had a promising start to his collegiate career. Green played in 10 games in 2022 with four starts and caught 22 passes for 233 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He was primed for a breakout season in 2023 but tore his ACL and missed the entirety of the season. He worked his way back to the field in 2024 and played in seven games this past season, but did not record a statistic.
While he hasn’t caught a regular season pass in two seasons, Green doesn’t have to be Mason Taylor in 2025; but at a reported 6’5”, 257 pounds, Green is the prototypical size for a tight end and gives LSU a full compliment of options at the position now that they’ve added him and Bauer Sharp to the room.
With Sharp, Green, incoming freshman JD LaFleur and rising sophomore Trey’Dez Green, LSU is fully stocked at the tight end position for 2025 and beyond. While Sharp has one season of eligibility remaining, Green has two seasons so if nothing else, the coaching staff won’t have to seek out his replacement next offseason.
Green gives LSU a total of 15 portal additions and the staff reportedly still isn’t done. Brian Kelly and his staff are working on adding at least one safety—if not two—and rumors are abound that they’ve got a silent commit from a tackle. We’ll have it ready if and when those additions are made.