The LSU Tigers received a big football present for on Christmas Day.

Elias Ricks, the top-rated junior cornerback in the high school ranks, committed to LSU's 2020 recruiting class on Tuesday.

This Is For My Family#GEAUXTIGERS🐯 pic.twitter.com/Dk41ZCYGUZ

— 12 (@Eliasricks2020) December 25, 2018

The 6-foot-2, 180-pound Ricks, from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, chose the Tigers over offers from Alabama, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and USC, among others.

Ranked by Rivals and 247Sports as the top cornerback in the 2020 recruiting class, Ricks is listed by ESPN as the #16 player nationwide.

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