PFF Names Ten True Freshmen To Watch In 2025

Pro Football Focus selected LSU five-star freshman cornerback DJ Pickett as one of ten true freshmen to wach in 2025. Here's what they had to say:

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8. CB DJ Pickett, LSU

Rivals Industry Ranking: No. 11 overall, No. 2 CB (Five star)
Sanchez isn’t the only cornerback who could make an immediate impact. One of LSU‘s starting outside cornerback spots will be manned by Virginia Tech-transfer Mansoor Delane, but the other is very much up for grabs. While the Tigers do return a starter in Ashton Stamps, he had a sub-70.0 PFF grade in 2024 and LSU needs some star power on what’s been a lackluster defense for the last couple of seasons.

That could come in the form of Pickett, who has ridiculous tools. He has absurd length for the cornerback position at 6-foot-5, 195 pounds while running a 10.7-second 100-meter dash. He’s also a fluid mover as well with great ball skills (10 interceptions in his high school career). Pickett could follow in the footsteps of Derek Stingley Jr. and Eli Ricks as cornerbacks who made massive impacts as true freshmen at LSU.

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