Jeremy Cutrer to LSU: Tigers Land 4-Star Safety Prospect

While the LSU Tigers are coming off an upset at the hands of the Mississippi State Bulldogs over the weekend, they received some good news in the form of a commitment from junior college safety Jeremy Cutrer.

Zephaniah Powell, who coached Cutrer at Jewel M. Sumner in Kentwood, Louisiana, announced that the safety will head to Baton Rouge, via sports writer Will Weathers:

Cutrer was present for the Tigers' 34-29 loss to the Bulldogs on Saturday but tweeted out that "we will bounce back":

According to 247Sports' composite rankings, Cutrer is the No. 1 JUCO safety and seventh-best JUCO recruit in the country. With the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College star on board, LSU sits 13th in 247Sports' team rankings for 2015.

As Geaux247's Nick Hollingsworth pointed out, this is the second time that Cutrer has signed with LSU:

In 2013, Cutrer was all set to join the Tigers, but he failed to have the necessary grades, which meant he needed to spend time at the JUCO level before jumping to FBS.

"I had to get used to the environment, but it's nice out there," he said of his time at Mississippi Gulf Coast, per James Smith of The Times-Picayune in New Orleans. "I'm pretty glad that I came to junior college, really. It gave me a chance to grow up and be a better man. I'm out here, but it's really helped me in a lot of ways and it was the best thing for me at the time. It let me grow up."

Cutrer is a heavy hitter over the middle who can also move up and help defend against the run. As a rangy ball-hawking playmaker, he'll fit right in on a Les Miles-coached defense.

At 6'2" and 170 pounds, Cutrer looks more like a wide receiver than he does a safety, though, so he'll need to add a little more muscle once he hits Baton Rouge.

While Miles obviously would've loved to have Cutrer two years ago, his time in junior college should help speed up his transition to the FBS level.