A quarterback at Lafayette Christian Academy who amassed a state record 14,451 total yards with 171 touchdowns, Johnson ultimately signed with LSU as a defensive back in 2024. He eventually made the transition to running back before coming into the 2025 season with the quarterbacks.

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The Lane Kiffin era is officially over in Oxford after the coveted head coach made the move from Ole Miss to LSU on Nov. 30 in an unprecedented move. No. 6 Ole Miss (11-1, 7-1 SEC) is College Football Playoff bound with a first-round matchup against the Tulane Green Wave locked in, but Kiffin will not be on the sidelines after departing for LSU.

Nike launches Blue Ribbon Elite NIL program at LSU with 10 Tiger athletes. Four Lane Kiffin assistants return to Ole Miss.

New LSU Tigers head football coach Lane Kiffin laughed off the idea of him taking the Michigan Wolverines job after Sherrone Moore was fired.

Lane made the shocking decision public on November 30th when he left the Ole Miss Rebels after six years with the team. He got on a private jet and brought his reconciled wife Layla, daughter Landry, and son Knox Kiffin to the press conference.

Another athlete enters the transfer portal a month after Lane Kiffin joins LSU, with Brian Kelly’s son surprisingly reacting positively.