BATON ROUGE – When he was hired, LSU football Lane Kiffin laid out that the most important things he needed to get done in the first few days, and weeks, of landing his new job was closing out the early signing period for LSU's 2026 recruiting class . Second was filling out his coaching staff.

Kiffin checked the first one off and landed what is rated the 13th-best class, per the 247Sports Composite and he's still working on completing his full-time on-field staff.

What's next for Kiffin at LSU has to be filling out his first roster with the Tigers through the transfer portal, which opens Jan. 2. Kiffin has made a name for himself in how he and his staffs at his previous stop, Ole Miss , worked magic through the portal.

The expectation is that at LSU, the portal czar will be abl

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