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Coming off of another camp MVP performance, one of the nation's hottest recruits is ready to see what comes next. With more than 30 offers to his credit and a busy spring and summer ahead, running back Joe Mixon (Oakley, Calif./Freedom), is busy plotting his next move.

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Frank Herron (Memphis, Tenn./Central) drove 10 hours from Memphis, Tenn., to Austin, Texas, this weekend for a surprise official visit to Texas. Once the ESPN 300 defensive end got home from his long road trip, it didn’t take long for him to reach a final decision.

Herron is staying true to his eight-month pledge to LSU and still plans to sign with the Tigers on Wednesday.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- ESPN 150 defensive end commit Tashawn Bower (Somerville, N.J./Immaculata) took an official visit to Florida over the weekend.

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BATON ROUGE, La. -- GTN writer Gary Laney takes your questions on LSU football and recruiting:

From Scott: It's common knowledge that LSU uses the RB by committee approach, and it has worked well. But what I've noticed is it becomes somewhat of a flavor of the month. In late 2010 and 2011 (Spencer) Ware and (Michael) Ford were the tandem; then in 2011 Kenny Hilliard emerged and fell back in line; this year it was Alfred Blue until he got injured, and Jeremy Hill emerged and took the spotlight. All those guys have unique qualities, but it seems they burn bright and then fade into the depth chart. Ware wasn't the same after his suspension, but how would you explain Ford and Hilliard's lack of use at times? Could the same happen to Hill with the new recruits coming in?

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Class of 2015 defensive back Kevin Toliver (Jacksonville, Fla./Trinity Christian) is sure to be one of the most highly rated cornerback prospects in the country by the time he is a senior.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Class of 2014 prospect Michael O'Connor was one of the top quarterbacks on hand at the Under Armour National Combine on Friday.

The 6-foot-5, 205-pound signal-caller, who was born and raised in Canada, is starting to receive college interest from several programs.

As a sophomore at Ashbury College in Ontario, Canada, O'Connor threw for 51 touchdowns and only seven interceptions. Impressive numbers, considering he was playing 12-on-12 football. Last season, O'Connor moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., where he played at Baylor high school. After one season at Baylor, O'Connor and his family decided to move to Bradenton, Fla., where will he will play at IMG Academy, an upstart football program.

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ESPN 150 athlete Ricky Seals-Jones will be making his college choice known to the world on Monday. His father, Chester Jones, confirmed to GigEmNation that Seals-Jones will make his announcement on Monday at 10 a.m. CT at Sealy (Texas) High School.

Ranked the No. 13 recruit in the ESPN 150 and the No. 1 player in the state of Texas, Seals-Jones is down to two finalists, LSU and Texas A&M.

Seals-Jones, who is ranked the No. 1 athlete in the country, was originally committed to Texas in the spring before decommitting and opening up his recruiting process. He trimmed his list down to Texas A&M and LSU in September.

He has taken unofficial visits to Texas A&M twice and once to LSU. He has scheduled an official visit to Texas A&M on Jan. 11 but has not yet scheduled an official visit to LSU. He received in-home visits from both Texas A&M and LSU last week.

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ESPN 150 athlete Ricky Seals-Jones took the months of October and November to take unofficial visits to LSU and Texas A&M, but last week, the schools came to him as the in-home visit period began.

First was LSU special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey on Nov. 26, then Texas A&M recruiting coordinator and running backs coach Clarence McKinney followed three days later in making the trip to Sealy, Texas.

Both visits went well, according to Seals-Jones, and were similar.

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Here's a telling statistic for anyone questioning LSU's recent recruiting success: in the past 11 seasons dating back to 2001, the Tigers have finished first or second in the SEC West nine times.

During that span, LSU has played for five conference championships, won four of them, traveled to five BCS bowl games, played for three national championships and won two.

Simply put, no other program in the SEC has sustained that level of success over such a long period -- not Alabama, which was up and down for years before the hiring of Nick Saban, and not Florida, which endured mediocrity at both ends of the past decade.

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If 2016 running back Kameron Martin (Port Arthur, Texas/Memorial) were a politician he wouldn't need a campaign team to get his message out to the masses. He can handle that on his own.

Martin (5-foot-10, 170 pounds) is as proactive a freshman as you will ever come across when it comes to getting his name out to prospective college programs. Just this past Saturday he traveled to LSU to watch the Tigers take on Mississippi State.

"It was a good visit for my first visit," Martin said. "This was my first visit in general. I really, really liked it."

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As of Monday night, ESPN 150 defensive tackle Greg Gilmore (Hope Mills, N.C./South View) didn't know which school he would to commit to Thursday.

Gilmore, however, is still planning to announce his commitment Thursday afternoon, with a choice between LSU, Florida and Oklahoma. His announcement will be aired live on RecruitingNation at 5 p.m. ET on ESPNU.

Gilmore, who is 6-foot-4 and 285 pounds, concluded his planned official visits with a trip to LSU last weekend to see the showdown between Tigers and Alabama.

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Defensive tackle Rod Crayton (Dadeville, Ala./Dadeville) said he's trimmed his list to four schools and hopes to make a decision sometime after taking all of his official visits.

The three-star prospect said his top schools currently include Arkansas, LSU, Penn State and Tennessee.

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ESPN 150 defensive tackle Greg Gilmore (Hope Mills, N.C./South View) entered the weekend with a top three of Oklahoma, Florida and LSU.

He had seen Florida and LSU before but had no idea what to expect on his official visit to Oklahoma. After seeing the Sooners, he now knows what to expect.

“It was a mind-blowing experience,” Gilmore said. “I had a lot of fun and got a lot out of it. There were no negatives at all. The atmosphere was amazing, as good as any I’ve seen.”

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