Story byThe Daily AdvertiserCory Diaz, Lafayette Daily AdvertiserMon, January 12, 2026 at 2:31 AM UTC·2 min readBATON ROUGE – The wait for a quarterback in this transfer portal class is finally over for LSU football fans. Lane Kiffin and his offensive staff have landed Elon transfer quarterback Landen Clark out of the transfer portal Sunday night. Clark announced his commitment to LSU via his social media pages. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementQuarterback has been the biggest need for the Tigers that went unaddressed for the first week of the current transfer portal window. That's not due to a lack of Kiffin and LSU trying, as they have hosted Arizona State transfer QB Sam Leavitt and USC's Husan Longstreet even more recently, things just didn't materialize under Clark. LSU FOOTBALL PORTAL TRACKER LSU football transfer portal tracker: LSU signs Elon transfer QBAs a freshman, Clark was sensation for the Phoenix earning Colonial Athletic Association co-Offensive Rookie of the Year honors throwing for 2,321 yards, 18 touchdowns with eight interceptions.