Baskerville is set to join a now crowded middle linebacking corps that LSU bolstered last year with freshmen Tyler Taylor, Jacob Phillips and Patrick Queen. LSU returns Devin White and those three next season but will lose Donnie Alexander and Jonathan Rucker.
Cotton is one of five defensive tackle prospects signed by the Tigers but he'll be the only one joining the Tigers in January. Cotton is recovering from a torn ACL that ended his senior season after just one game but he'll get a chance to recover and learn on campus now.