LSU CB commit Kade Phillips is new 5-star in updated 2025 On300

With the Early Signing Period just over two weeks away, On3 has updated its recruiting rankings for the 2025 class. Missouri City (Texas) Hightower cornerback and LSU commit Kade Phillips is the No. 23 overall prospect and a new five-star in the 2025 On300.

The latest edition of On3’s 2025 rankings features 25 five-star prospects, up six from the previous update in September. Of those 25 five-stars, 23 are committed to college programs.

The 6-foot-0.5, 185-pound Phillips flipped his commitment to the Tigers from Texas on Aug. 18, continuing an impressive run of late-summer recruiting wins for Brian Kelly and his staff in Baton Rouge. Defensive backs coach Corey Raymond was instrumental in luring the Lone Star State standout away from the Longhorns.

“LSU has been on me ever since they first offered me,” Phillips told On3 upon making his flip public. “It was a little while once I committed to Texas with them still texting and calling me almost every day. The [LSU] coaching staff was locked in with me even after I committed.”

“I feel like I can really be developed into something big,” he added. “And being able to be coached by Coach Raymond is important. He really played a big part in my recruitment, never really losing hope or sight of me and calling me every day.”

Phillips is now the No. 4 CB in the On300 and is one of four five-star prospects committed to LSU this cycle. The Tigers continue to hold a top-five recruiting class, per the On3 Industry Team Recruiting Rankings, with the Early Signing Period on the horizon. The class also includes Five-Star Plus+ quarterback Bryce Underwood, Five-Star Plus+ CB DJ Pickett and five-star running back Harlem Berry.

Scout’s Take on Kade Phillips

On3’s Director of Scouting and Rankings Charles Power says this of Phillips as a prospect:

“Kade has some of the best physical traits we’ve seen at the corner position in the 2025 cycle. This is a guy who has elite length and a big frame. At that size, he can really move. He was a state finalist in the long jump in Texas, and you see that athleticism on the field.

… I really like him as a corner. He has position versatility with the ability to play corner or safety at the next level, but we feel like the length and speed and ball skills he shows as a two-way player at the high school level really translates well to corner.”