LSU football loses key recruiting and personnel staffer to NFL organization
According to a report from CBS Sports' Matt Zenitz, LSU football's director of player personnel Preston Tiffany is heading to the NFL.
The Philadelphia Eagles are expected to hire the former Tiger, who also held the same position at Ole Miss prior to working in Baton Rouge. He joined the LSU staff in February 2024 and is the second recent departure after director of player development Jordan Arcement moved on to an agency.
Tiffany spent four years with the Rebels in recruiting and personnel roles. He and current LSU senior associate athletic director Austin Thomas were instrumental in acquiring talent that led to Ole Miss' best year in program history with 11 wins and a No. 9 finish. Both departed Oxford at the end of the 2023 season.
Hailing from Aiken, SC, Tiffany attended South Carolina and worked in recruiting and player personnel as a student assistant.
During his time under head coach Brian Kelly, Tiffany helped LSU sign a top 10 class and the nation's best transfer portal class.
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