LSU received another commitment from a former NFL training camp player looking to come back to college football. All-SEC Ole Miss D-tackle Zxavien Harris was waived by the Saints this preseason after going undrafted and is now coming to LSU. He joins tight end Dae’Quan Wright as another standout under Lane Kiffin last season, hoping to come back for a fifth year of college eligibility thanks to the ruling of a Baton Rouge judge. Kiffin says he does not think pro players should come back to college but this is an unprecedented situation.

Cut 21 (15) “…fifth year.”

The Patriots are trading former LSU receiver Kayshon Boutte to the Texans for safety Jaylen Reed and a 2028 seventh-round pick. Another ex-Tiger, linebacker Deion Jones, was traded by the Saints to the 49ers for running back Zamir White. Jones just signed with New Orleans earlier this month.

The Saints have been hit by the injury bug hard this preseason. New Orleans returned from a disastrous 34-0 loss to the Los Angeles Rams in their second preseason game Saturday and over 20 Saints were not at practice. Cornerback Rejzhon Wright was placed on injured reserve as he undergoes hip surgery, and running back Ty Chandler is feared to have suffered a severe knee injury.

Tulane announced that Madison Prep product Zeon Chriss-Gremillion will start at quarterback to open the season against Duke. The redshirt senior started his college career at UL Lafayette and spent the last two seasons at Houston.

Grambling head coach Mickey Joseph has yet to name a starter at QB for the Tigers’ season opener Saturday.

Former LSU quarterbacks Max Johnson and Michael Van Buren were each named starters. Johnson will start for Georgia Southern in his seventh college football season, and Van Buren earned the number one spot at South Florida.

Louisiana Tech women’s basketball coach Brooke Stoehr has agreed to a contract extension to stay in Ruston through the 2030-2031 season. She led the Lady Techsters to a 26-and-7 season last year.

LSU received a commitment from Notre Dame edge rusher Junior Tuihalamaka. The 23-year-old was one of the class of 2022 players who received a fifth year of eligibility from a temporary restraining order granted by a Baton Rouge judge. He started three games for the Irish each of the last two seasons and recorded four total sacks, 61 tackles and nine tackles for loss in 28 games.

He joins an edge room featuring Ole Miss transfer Princewill Umanmielen, Tennessee transfer Jordan Ross and five-star freshman Lamar Brown. Coach Lane Kiffin says Umanmielen has been impressive during camp so far.

Cut 18 (19) “…get him down.”

Umanmielen had nine sacks as a Rebel last season.

Class of 2022 college athletes who are looking to return for a fifth season are now ineligible thanks to the NCAA’s stay request approved by the U.S. 10^th Circuit Court of Appeals. Any athletes included in individual injunctions or temporary restraining orders like the one granted in Baton Rouge on Wednesday are still eligible, but all other players will have to wait on further hearings.

Louisiana Tech’s touchdown leader from a season ago, running back Andrew Burnette, was one of the players included in the order, and he has returned to practice with the Bulldogs. Head coach Sonny Cumbie says he’s glad to have him back.

Cut 21 (11) “…to be here.”

Burnnette and the other plaintiffs, including LSU commit Junior Tuihalamaka and former Tiger Jack Pyburn, are awaiting an August 31 hearing to decide if their eligibility will become permanent. Pyburn’s path back to college football may be more difficult than Burnette and Tuihalamaka’s because he, like many others in the case, already signed an NFL contract.

ULM received an over 2-million-dollar grant from the Louisiana Department of Health to expand its health science offerings. The funding comes through the Rural Transformation Project, hoping to provide more educated medical professionals to rural hospitals. Dr. Wendy Bailes, the dean of the ULM College of Health Sciences, says one of the three initiatives of the grant is to increase nursing school enrollment.

Cut 7 (08) “…students per year.”

Beginning July 1, DCFS raised foster care board rate payments from 600 to 900-dollars a month, but stopped reimbursing families for incidental expenses. Danielle Eley cares for three children, and she says those reimbursements help pay for a lot.

Cut 10 (11) “…theater.”

Eley’s testimony helped Covington lawmakers convince DCFS Secretary Rebecca Harris to bring back the reimbursements for the remainder of this fiscal year.

LSU fifth-year senior offensive guard Bo Bordelon has earned his starting spot after four seasons as a backup. The son of former standout Tigers lineman Ben Bordelon, Bo says he had to earn his starting job after asking Lane Kiffin and his coaching staff for a fresh start. He made the switch from right tackle to left guard and put on extra weight this offseason and says his new offensive line coaches have made a big difference.

Cut 14 (13) “…what I want.”

The U.S. 10^th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the NCAA’s stay request against the ruling giving all class of 2022 athletes a fifth year of eligibility. Any athletes looking to return are now ineligible until an expedited appeal hearing unless they have been granted another state-level injunction or temporary restraining order like the one issued by a Baton Rouge judge on Wednesday. That order was granted to over 30 college athletes, many of whom played at Louisiana colleges, including former LSU defensive end Jack Pyburn.

Former five-star LSU defensive tackle Dominick McKinley made headlines for all the wrong reasons during the start of preseason practice. McKinley got reps with the second and third teams at times, but head coach Lane Kiffin says he has really turned his camp around.

Cut 17 (15) “…with our ones.”

Former LSU National Pitcher of the Year and Most Outstanding Player of the 2025 College World Series, Kade Anderson, will make his major league debut with the Mariners tomorrow. Anderson is baseball’s top pitching prospect after posting a 10-and-1 record with a 1.06 ERA and 135 strikeouts in Double-A this season.

ESPN College Gameday announced it will be coming to Oxford for Lane Kiffin’s return to Ole Miss when LSU takes on the Rebels September 19. It will be the Tigers’ second Gameday appearance in the first three weeks of the season after LSU hosts the show during their September 5 season opener against Clemson.

The U.S. 10^th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted the NCAA’s stay request against the ruling giving all class of 2022 athletes a fifth year of eligibility. Any athletes looking to return are now ineligible until an expedited appeal hearing unless they have been granted another state-level injunction or temporary restraining order like the one issued by a Baton Rouge judge on Wednesday.

Former LSU forward Amiya Joyner was one of the players named in that order and is entering the transfer portal. Joyner led the Lady Tigers with 7.5 rebounds a night and scored 9.2 points per game.

Louisiana Tech running back Andrew Burnette was also included in the ruling and is back practicing with the Bulldogs. Burnette led the team with nine rushing touchdowns last year and took 95 carries for 491 yards.

Former LSU defensive end Jack Pyburn and a trio of former Ole Miss football players were also granted the TRO.

Other plaintiffs in the case are LSU soccer player Jazmin Ferguson and basketball player Rashad King, McNeese defensive lineman Keenan Landry and basketball player Peitok Machar, Northwestern State first baseman Thomas Marsala and Tulane men’s basketball player Percy Daniels.

LSU football coach Lane Kiffin says he has been impressed by quarterback Sam Leavitt and the first-team defense throughout fall camp, but one of his biggest concerns is the depth of the offensive line.

Cut 19 (16) “…guys better.”

Kiffin is alluding to the temporary restraining order issued by a Baton Rouge judge that granted 16 college football players a fifth year of eligibility and allowed them to enter the transfer portal. Former Tigers edge rusher Jack Pyburn was one of the plaintiffs included. Ole Miss D-tackle Zxavien Harris and tight end Dae’Quan Wright are both entering the portal already.

Longtime SEC and LSU administrator Herb Vincent announced he will be retiring from his role as SEC Associate Commissioner for Communications after this season. Vincent served over two decades at LSU and was inducted to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame last year.

The Saints and Cowboys were each fined 500-thousand-dollars by the NFL following their fight-ridden joint practice on Tuesday. ESPN’s Adam Schefter says the league sent a memo to teams before the start of training camp emphasizing sportsmanship during joint practices. The Saints did not have any scuffles in practices with the Rams and Jaguars. Head coach Kellen Moore says they made an effort to focus on on-field work today.

Cut 20 (06) “…clean practice.”

Offensive guard Cesar Ruiz and defensive tackle John Ridgeway both left practice early with injuries. The Saints kick off their preseason game versus the rams Saturday at 3 p.m.

UL Lafayette infielder Lee Amadee announced he will be returning for a fifth season with the Cajuns. He is taking advantage of the fifth season of eligibility awarded to class of 2022 signees by a Colorado U.S. district court ruling. Amadee has been a full-time starter for the Cajuns each of the last three years and hit .300 with 7 homers, 12 doubles and 54 RBIs last season.