Well, the hashtag worked!
Five-star wide receiver Shelton Sampson out of Catholic High tweeted he was committing to LSU.
With a handful of Louisiana recruits like Tackett Curtis, Arch Manning, and Jaiden Ausberry leaving the state, the young Brian Kelly regime had been facing questions about their ability to lock down the state. Shelton Sampson’s (the No. 4 receiver in the country, No. 3 in Louisiana and No. 33 overall player) recruitment was slated to serve as a helpful test-case into Kelly’s ability to recruit the state, as he was always a much more realistic LSU target than those listed.