New Orleans (La.) Riverdale athlete Donte Jackson has emerged in the class of 2015 as one of the nation’s most dynamic, electric and highly-coveted prospects and on Wednesday morning, he announced that he’s taking that ability to LSU.

“I felt a lot of love,” Jackson said of his decision to chose the Tigers. “There was a lot of genuine love. It’s close to home and I’m loved there so it’s kind of like I have two families in my home state.”

The 5-11, 165-pound speedster that projects to cornerback in college had narrowed his recruitment down to LSU and Georgia heading into his Wednesday morning decision. Behind the recruitment of Jeremy Pruitt, Georgia had long been a contender and at varying points, a leader in Jackson’s recruitment. Even as late as Tuesday night, Jackson was unsure of where he would commit but he woke up Wednesday morning with a peace about his decision.

“This morning,” Jackson responded when asked when he made his decision. “It was just what my heart was screaming when I woke up. I didn’t really have an idea last night. My mom kept asking me if I wanted to push it back. I said ‘I know for a fact that I will have something when I wake up in the morning’. When I woke up in the morning the my heart was just screaming LSU.”

At LSU, it was Frank Wilson and Corey Raymond that headed up Jackson’s recruitment but due to Jackson’s ability to play both sides of the football, offensive coordinator Cam Cameron had some ideas for Jackson’s future as well.

“They tell me I can come in and compete for the starting corner job right away and I’ll look to play some offense too,” he said. “I talked to coach Cam about that already. He wants me to pull up some packages for me to play offense. They want to utilize some big play skills and try to get a national championship.“

Jackson also dealt with the prospect of playing for a new defensive coordinator in Baton Rouge in recent weeks. Through his research into Kevin Steele, Jackson is confident in the future of the Tiger defense as well.

“I talked to him,” he said of Steele. “I think it was a good hire. A lot of people like to bring up his Clemson days but I doubt he had players at Clemson like the players we have at LSU. Coach Steele will utilize the players at LSU like myself and he’s going to win some game.”

With Jackson’s decision, he joins close friends Xavier Lewis and Tyron Johnson on the 2015 commit list but turning his back on Georgia wasn’t easy.

The decision to pick LSU over Georgia wasn’t easy.

“It was tough. I built a real good relationship with the whole Georgia staff. Every Georgia fan knew my name but the heart wants what the heart wants. If my heart wanted to be at Georgia, it would’ve woke up telling me Georgia. We’re all men and I had to make my decision.”

Jackson is ranked by the industry-generated 247Sports Composite as the No. 56 player in the country but 247Sports has him ranked significantly higher as the nation’s No. 10 player overall and the nation’s top athlete. With his commitment, LSU jumps up from No. 14 in the 247Sports team recruiting rankings to No. 10.