BREAK: LSU superstar withdraw from the transfer portal to tigers for last season
LSU running back John Emery announced on Friday that he will be returning to the Tigers for his sixth and final year of college football.
In April, Emery entered the NCAA transfer portal as a graduate transfer. This offseason, he has been recovering from a knee injury that ended his season in LSU’s November victory over Florida. In 2023, he recorded 23 carries for 121 yards.
Emery began his LSU career as a five-star recruit from Destrehan High in 2019-20. He rushed for 566 yards on 114 carries over his first two seasons before academic eligibility issues disrupted his third year and affected the first two games of his fourth year.
Throughout his career, Emery has accumulated 1,062 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns.
With Emery’s return, LSU now has five scholarship running backs on the roster: graduate senior Josh Williams, sophomores Kaleb Jackson and Trey Holly, and freshman Caden Durham.
Holly is currently suspended indefinitely following his arrest in February related to a Union Parish shooting that injured two people. In April, a grand jury declined to charge him with attempted second-degree murder but indicted him on a felony count of illegal use of a weapon or dangerous instrumentality.
Holly’s attorney has stated that he will plead not guilty.