BATON ROUGE – LSU football landed the commitment of consensus four-star safety C.J. Jimcoily on Thursday afternoon.

Jimcoily, the Nashville, Tennessee native, chose the Tigers over Alabama, Stanford and Tennessee during a ceremony with his family and friends at Lipscomb Academy. Jimcoily's commitment is the third defensive back to pledge to LSU in the 2025 recruiting class along with five-star cornerback D.J. Pickett from Zephyrhills, Florida, and three-star safety Jhase Thomas from Destrehan.

"We're going to The Boot baby," Jimcoily said Thursday.

Per the 247Sports Composite, Jimcoily is the 32nd best safety prospect in his class and No. 348 overall recruit in the country.

It's well documented the struggles and the help that LSU needs in the defensive backfield and Brian Kelly and his defensive staff have attacked those positions in the 2025 recruiting cycle, but there's been some swinging and missing on some players. Winning the race for Jimcoily is a big boost for the Tigers.

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LSU had been trending positively to land Jimcoily the past couple of weeks with most of the leading recruiting pundits predicting Kelly and company to land him.

Jimcoily released his top four schools in May and visited his four finalists during the official visit period in June. He was on campus in Baton Rouge on June 14-16.

The 6-foot-2, 205-pound athlete has played both safety and cornerback during high school and has plenty of versatility to his game.

LSU football 2025 recruiting class

QB Bryce Underwood / 6-3, 205 / Belleville High School / Belleville, Michigan / No. 1 ranked nationally

CB D.J. Pickett / 6-4, 180 / Zephyrhills High School / Zephyrhills, Florida / No. 9 ranked nationally

WR Derek Meadows / 6-5, 200 / Bishop Gorman High School / Las Vegas / No. 32 ranked nationally

RB Harlem Berry / 5-11, 175 / St. Martin's Episcopal School / Metairie / No. 44 ranked nationally

DE Damien Shanklin / 6-4, 230 / Warren Central High School / Indianapolis / No. 48 nationally

DE LaJesse Harrold / 6-5, 215 / Robinson High School / Tampa, Florida / No. 73 nationally

OL Devin Harper / 6-5, 300 / Calvary Baptist Academy / Shreveport / No. 104 ranked nationally

LB Charles Ross / 6-1, 195 / North Shore High School / Houston / No. 105 ranked nationally

RB JT Lindsey / 5-11, 185 / Alexandria High School / Alexandria / No. 151 nationally

WR TaRon Francis / 6-2, 200 / Edna Karr High School / New Orleans / No. 151 nationally

OT Carius Curne / 6-4, 301 / Marion High School / Marion, Arkansas / No. 197 nationally

OT Tyler Miller / 6-5, 315 / Laurel High School / Laurel, Mississippi / No. 225 ranked nationally

S C.J. Jimcoily / 6-3, 205 / Lipscomb Academy / Nashville / No. 348 ranked nationally

LB Keylan Moses / 6-2, 210 / University Lab / Baton Rouge / N/A nationally

TE John David LaFleur / 6-6, 220 / Sulphur High School / Sulphur / N/A nationally

OT Brett Bordelon / 6-4, 260 / Isidore Newman School / New Orleans / N/A nationally

DL Brandon Brown / 6-2, 286 / Eau Gallie High School / Melbourne, Florida / N/A nationally

DL Zion Williams / 6-4, 295 / Lufkin High School / Lufkin, Texas / N/A nationally

LB Jaiden Braker / 6-3, 212 / South Gwinnett High School / Snellville, Georgia / N/A nationally

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Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his Tigers coverage on Twitter: @ByCoryDiaz. Got questions regarding LSU athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz atbdiaz@gannett.com.

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