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LSU Lands Commitment From Alabama LB Monty Rice

by Staff Reporter

December 12, 201658 Comments

The LSU coaching staff received some great news on Monday afternoon when inside linebacker Monty Rice announced that he has committed to the Tigers.

Rice, a 6-1, 227- pound prospect from Madison, AL is rated a four-star prospect by ESPN and Scout. He chose LSU over Georgia and Auburn.

Rice is expected to immediately sign financial aid paperwork with LSU, as will enroll early this upcoming January.

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He is the No. 10 inside linebacker in the country and the No. 13 overall player from the state of Alabama for 2017, according to ESPN.

Securing linebackers for the class of 2017 is a top priority for LSU as the Tigers will lose seniors Kendell Beckwith and Duke Riley to graduation.

LSU missed out on top Baton Rouge linebackers Dylan Moses and Chris Allen who are both headed to Alabama next year. The commitment from Rice plugs a major hole for LSU.

For more info on Rice, visit his profile page on our Recruiting Tracker.

Filed Under: LSU Football Recruiting

Originally published on TigerDroppings.com

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lsusteve1•108 months

So many snowflakes ruining this positive for LSU.....Welcome Aboard Mr. Rice. We love having good kids that want to be at LSU and help us win.

eugene1928LSU•108 months

amen to that, would love to have the LA boys but we want great players who want to be at the LSU, don't care where they come from, welcome Mr. Rice, like the size of this LB too.

GoldenAge•108 months

Thank the lord! Welcome aboard Monty!

RajunTiger•108 months

@bayoubengel61 4 star actaully plus with a yr like this i expected us to lose big name recruits..it will get better once we have some stabilty..and fire alleva.

Lexman1•108 months

One at a time O and staff will assemble a solid group. And remember, Aranda has a lot of say in the defensive recruiting process. For all the negative posts out there, I think we all agree Aranda can mold a Championship caliber defense out of whoever he has at his disposal. More to come!

NASA_ISS_Tiger•108 months

5 stars in HS don't necessarily make 5 stars in College. 4 star that coachable to a scheme of a DC....that could make a 5 star college player. Good thing about Madison kids...whether it's Bob Jones or James Clemens...they all come with discipline. You can't coach that.

baobabtiger•108 months

But signing more 5* players puts you in a better position to win. Bama proves that.

Sisyphus•108 months

Tre'Davious White, Ethan Pocic, Kendell Beckwith, Derrius Guice, and Arden Key were all 4 stars coming out of high school.

tigersbh•108 months

And sadly, they never beat Alabama.

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BigDropper•108 months

Chest...

G I Jeaux•108 months

GREAT NEWS........Welcome BIG TIGER!!!!

FournetteForEver7•108 months

Cook some Rice with dat Gumbo!

bluephi1914•108 months

his neck thick like devin white so he may be pretty dang good.

Gumbo1•108 months

@Dylan Moses: you missed out on your hometown LSU dynasty!

LesnarF5•108 months

Dylan who ???

Babboo•108 months

His film is impressive. Very versatile and his size is outstanding. He will be a very, very good SEC MLB.

semjase•108 months

Why was he not recruited by Alabama? What's the problem there? BTW, can somebody get that man a pennant without freaking Toonces on it!

SamuelClemens•108 months

Bama didn't want Dak Prescott either

bass•108 months

Monty Rice will be a better pro than Moses and Allen, NFL stats prove this to be a fact when comparing linebackers from LSU vs bama

Whynotme•108 months

What kind of logic is that?

bass•108 months

They had their chance at greatness, they passed.

Lexman1•108 months

It does seem that there are more successful LB's in the pros from LSU than Bama

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SamuelClemens•108 months

#DylanWho ?

biglego•108 months

This is great news!

PadreDe21•107 months

From everything available this kid is an absolute baller but just didnt go to camps...similar size to Moses so im assuming he will play the same spot...im happy with Rice..the best way to get back at Moses is to forget him..dont boo him, dont even notice him...we got our stud ILB

PeaRidgeWatash•108 months

Toonce me

bluephi1914•108 months

Lexman1 the one he did sign was Clifton garrett but he transferred to uab.

Old•108 months

Good News

Big Sway•108 months

Welcome home!

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