Prospects from the Pelican State have headlined LSU’s recruiting classes for the last few years.But LSU coach Les Miles has also been known to reach for recruits across the nation, landing out-of-state players like senior tight end Richard Dickson, sophomore cornerback Patrick Peterson and freshman quarterback Russell Shepard.Miles and the rest of the coaching staff have already begun extending written and verbal offers to recruits for the 2011 class. LSU has extended offers to 22 out-of-state recruits, and 15 of them were named to the Scout.com 100 for the class of 2011. Nine in-state players have also received offers, according to Scout.”It’s hard to evaluate these guys at this point,” said Scout recruiting analyst Sonny Shipp. “You can only know so much about a recruit before they play out their junior season.”Shipp said offers for players outside of Louisiana are often handed out quickly, while in-state offers take more evaluation.Certain criteria must be met by the players for LSU to hold their offers closer to National Signing Day. Shipp said grades, progression on the field and other benchmarks determine if the offer with be kept.Some recruits land offers after a high school teammate commits to a school. Shipp said after Skyline (Dallas) wide receiver Mike Davis committed to LSU for 2010, the coaches took a harder look at his teammate — middle linebacker Anthony Wallace — who received an offer for the 2011 class.A pair of Texas players have attended camps at LSU in the summer. North Shore High School offensive tackle Sedrick Flowers came to Baton Rouge in June, and Cleveland High School defensive end Cedric Reed camped in July. Reed, a Scout four-star recruit, recorded 75 tackles and nine sacks his sophomore season. The 6-foot-5-inch, 243-pound lineman has a slew of offers such as Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and Texas Tech.Tight end Chris Barnett is the third Lone Star State native with a 2011 offer.LSU has offered four South Carolina prospects — quarterback Justin Worley, wide receiver Hakeem Flowers, offensive tackle Brandon Shell and defensive end Jadeveon Clowney.Shell and Clowney are both high-profile linemen. Shell, a 6-foot-7-inch, 310-pound recruit from Goose Creek High School, has LSU, Clemson, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia in his top five, according to Scout. Shell gets guidance from his uncle, former Oakland Raiders coach Art Shell.”He helps me any time he can,” Brandon Shell said. “He came up to Goose Creek from Monroe [Ga.] to help us out at practice not long ago. He has really helped me with my technique.”Three Florida natives received LSU offers — quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, running back Mike Bellamy and cornerback Keelin Smith.Bridewater recently attended a Nike 7-on-7 tournament in Oregon and met a former LSU elite quarterback.”It was really cool to see JaMarcus Russell out there helping us out,” Bridgewater told Scout. “I watched him when he was at LSU, and he is kind of the reason why they have my attention.”Three Georgia natives are also on LSU’s 2011 offer list — running back Isaiah Crowell, quarterback C.J. Uzomah and defensive tackle Gabe Wright. Crowell has several offers, but the 6-foot, 204-pound Georgia native is highly considering the Tigers.”LSU is a school that I want to be in the mix for me,” Crowell told Scout. “I don’t know really anything other than what I have seen on television, so I need to get to learn more about the program first.”Two recruits from Alabama and North Carolina received offers. One recruit from each of Tennessee, Washington, Arizona, Ohio and Nevada have also gotten offers.Las Vegas native Jalen Grimble plans to visit Baton Rouge and see his cousin, freshman LSU linebacker Barkevious Mingo.- – – -Contact Michael Lambert at [email protected]