Former LSU running back John Emery wants to play another year of college football, but it appears he won’t have the option to return to the Tigers.
- LSU coach Brian Kelly said Saturday that while the team will be supportive of Emery as he tries to continue his career, LSU is “set” at running back ahead of the 2025 season
Former LSU running back John Emery wants to play another year of college football, but it appears he won’t have the option to return to the Tigers.
LSU coach Brian Kelly said Saturday that while the team will be supportive of Emery as he tries to continue his career, LSU is “set” at running back ahead of the 2025 season
We haven’t talked to John about it,” Kelly said. “It was the first that we heard.”
A five-star recruit in the 2019 class from St. Rose, Emery spent his first six seasons at LSU. He rushed for 1,123 yards and 14 touchdowns and caught 37 passes for 328 yards and two scores.
Emery missed the entire 2021 season and the first two games of the 2022 season because he was ruled academically ineligible. After finding a role, he later suffered a torn ACL in November 2023. Emery entered the transfer portal after the injury and briefly committed to UCLA, but he ultimately returned to LSU for his sixth year.
