BATON ROUGE – Today is the first day of class on the LSU campus and as a result, the Tigers welcomed four early enrollees to school for the spring semester. All four players will take part in the spring practice, which is scheduled to begin in late March, and will be true freshman for the Tigers for the 2015 season.
The four freshmen who are joining the Tigers for the spring include fullback David Ducre of Lakeshore High School in Mandeville; quarterback Justin McMillan of Cedar Hill High School in Cedar Hill, Texas; tight end Hanner Shipley of Marble Falls High School in Marble Falls, Texas; and cornerback Kevin Toliver of Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Fla.
Toliver joins LSU after a sensational high school career, one that saw him develop into one of the nation’s top recruits. Toliver was a consensus five-star prospect and was listed at one point during his prep career as the nation’s No. 1 recruit for his class. He is currently ranked No. 6 in the ESPN 300.
As a senior in 2014, Toliver earned First-Team All-USA honors from USA Today s well as being selected to take part in the prestigious Under Armour All-American Game.
Ducre, who is listed as the No. 1 rated fullback in the nation by 247Sports, rushed for 812 yards and 18 touchdowns as a junior and then followed that with 1,586 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns on the way to first team All-District honors as a senior in 2014.
A 6-1, 177-pound quarterback, McMillan led Cedar Hill High School to consecutive state titles in 2013 and 2014. The left-handed gunslinger threw for 2,897 yards and 37 touchdowns and rushed for 656 yards and six touchdowns as a senior.
Shipley is a 6-5, 284-pound tight end who was nationally ranked by Rivals, 247Sports, Scout and ESPN recruiting websites. Utilized more as a blocker at Marble Falls High School, Shipley did catch four passes for 78 yards and one touchdown as a senior. He competed at the Offense Defense All-American Bowl in Orlando, Fla., after his senior season.