Siaki Ika, out of Salt Lake City, was never really on LSU’s radar for a good part of the 2019 season.

A one-time BYU commit, it was an official visit in October that started to put the wheels into motion. Ika had been considered to be an Alabama lean, but as their numbers grew tighter, their interest faded, leaving LSU to fight off Florida and home-state Utah.

It took until the first day of the early signing period, but Ika announced his commitment, signed the same day and was on campus a month later.