BATON ROUGE – On Wednesday, 40 LSU athletes were signed to Nike's Blue Ribbon Elite NIL program.

The program was launched with LSU in December 2025, with 10 athletes signed at the initial launch. With the NIL program, the membership with LSU and Nike has been renewed through 2036.

Now, 40 athletes from 14 programs are brand ambassadors for Nike, LSU announced Wednesday. This year's class of 40 includes six returning student-athletes from last year's launch, along with 34 newcomers. 

The following players are Blue Ribbon Elite ambassadors: 

Cade Arrambide (Baseball)
Erik Arutiunian (Men's Tennis)
Sariyah Bailey (Soccer)
Abdi Bashir (Men's Basketball)
Ty Benefield (Football)
Aniyah Bigam (Track & Field)
Harlem Berry (Football)
Jayce Brown (Football)
Lamar Brown (Football)
Grant Buckmiller (Track & Field)
Kailin Chio (Gymnastics)
Mouhamed Dioubate (Men's Basketball)
Caden Durham (Football)
Kylee Edwards (Softball)
Casan Evans (Baseball)
MiLaysia Fulwiley (Women's Basketball)
Ava Galligan (Soccer)
Tima Godbless (Track & Field)
Trey'Dez Green (Football)
Landon Hood (Baseball)
Jere Hribar (Swimming)
Zakiyah Johnson (Women's Basketball)
Kaliya Lincoln (Gymnastics)
Husan Longstreet (Football)
Konnor McClain (Gymnastics)
Ella McDonald (Women's Tennis)
Cooper Moore (Baseball)
Mackenzie Pickens (Softball)
Madison Pickens (Softball)
DJ Pickett (Football)
Jurnee Robinson (Volleyball)
Jordan Seaton (Football)
Logan Schmidt (Baseball)
William Schmidt (Baseball)
Omar Serna (Baseball)
Árni Sveinsson (Men's Golf)
Ayla Tuua (Softball)
Princewill Umanmielen (Football)
Bino Watters (Baseball)
Whit Weeks (Football)