As another National Signing Day comes and goes, LSU football coach Les Miles can celebrate. The Tigers have once again locked up one of the top recruiting classes in the nation, rated as the No. 2 class by Rivals.com and No. 3 by Scout.com.”Coach Miles and his staff have done a great job of going out and getting the best players in the country,” said LSU Athletic Director Joe Alleva.Fans didn’t have to wait long for some Signing Day surprises, as LSU lost two long-time wide receiver commits in Kenny Bell and DeAngelo Benton. Benton was a member of the 2007 LSU recruiting class but has been academically ineligible the last two years. He signed with Auburn early Wednesday morning.Miles said Benton did not have a scholarship offer.”I thought about DeAngelo and made some hard-pressed decisions with him, and I wish him the very best for him to go on and get his degree and have a great career,” Miles said.While the decision caught LSU fans off guard, it may have helped secure the top player on the Tigers’ board, wide receiver Rueben Randle.Just days before signing day, rumors began to spread that Bell was thinking of switching his commitment from the Tigers to the Crimson Tide. Those rumors came to fruition when Bell decided to sign his letter of intent with Alabama early Wednesday afternoon.Bell’s switch to Alabama, along with the signing of five-star running back Trent Richardson, was enough to make the Crimson Tide pass LSU in the overall class rankings. “LSU filled their needs across the board,” said Sonny Shipp, recruiting analyst for Scout.com. “[LSU] may not have gotten the number of receivers that they wanted to get, but you’ve got two guys that could easily slot in there with Morris Claiborne and Drayton Calhoun. They can play that slot position that Kenny Bell would have filled.”Though the Tigers lost out on two receivers, Randle was able to soften the blow for LSU fans.The Bastrop High School product announced he would sign with LSU at approximately 1 p.m. Randle is the consensus No. 1 wide receiver prospect in the nation and is rated as the No. 2 overall player in the country by Rivals.com and No. 3 overall by Scout.com.”There’s going to be very few difference makers in this class, but Rueben Randle’s definitely going to be one of them,” Shipp said. “He’s going to come in and play as a true freshman. He’s not going to redshirt.”LSU fans received a nice surprise when the Tigers picked up a commitment from defensive end Sam Montgomery (Greenwood, S.C.). He chose LSU over North Carolina and Tennessee live on ESPNU.”I’m going to keep this No. 1 recruiting class going,” said Montgomery as he picked the LSU helmet on the table in front him.The 6-foot-4-inch, 230-pound defensive end is rated as a four-star prospect by both Rivals and Scout.Though signing day may be over, there’s still one more name that Tiger fans are going to keep a close eye on — defensive back Janzen Jackson. Jackson reportedly decided to hold off his signing until tomorrow morning. While it seems LSU is still the team to beat for the five-star cornerback’s signature, the Tennessee coaching staff isn’t giving up on the Barbe standout. Jackson visited Tennessee Jan. 9 after his father, Lance Guidry, became an assistant coach candidate. Guidry did not take a position with Tennessee.Miles can not talk about recruits who have not signed a letter of intent by NCAA rules. However, he alluded to Jackson on Wednesday afternoon.”We’re hanging fire on a corner in the state, but we’re very confident there certainly,” Miles said. “But he’s one that we’re continuing to recruit and he’s one that’s utterly important to us.”    —-Contact Tyler Harvey at [email protected]