South Alabama on Tuesday added its first football commitment for the 2023 late signing period from a record-setting Louisiana high school star.

Running back Patrick “PJ” Martin, from De La Salle High School in New Orleans, announced Tuesday he will sign with the Jaguars. The late signing period begins Feb. 1.

A first-team Class 4A all-state pick, Martin (5-foot-10, 200 pounds) set a school record with 2,248 yards and 35 touchdowns (33 rushing) in 2022 for a De La Salle team that went 10-1 and won its district championship. He totaled 195 yards and four touchdowns in a first-round playoff loss to Lafayette Christian.

Martin also has scholarship offers from Purdue, Western Illinois and Southern, according to 247 Sports. He is rated a 3-star prospect by On3.com.

Martin joins a South Alabama recruiting class that added 12 players during the December early signing period. Among that group was one running back, Jarvis Durr of Brandon (Miss.) High School.

South Alabama returns leading rusher La’Damian Webb, top backup Braylon McReynolds and short-yardage specialist Marco Lee from its 2022 team, and also recently added Ole Miss transfer Kentrel Bullock. However, Webb and Lee will be fifth-year seniors in 2023.

South Alabama 2023 recruiting class

December signees (12)

Cole Blaylock, SAF, 6-0, 190, Mobile/UMS-Wright Prep

Josh Bledsoe, CB, 6-2, 170 LaFayette, Ala./LaFayette HS

Jarvis Durr, RB, 5-11, 193, Brandon, Miss/Brandon HS

Anthony Eager, WR/KR, 6-1, 170, Mobile/McGill-Toolen Catholic

Adrian Griffin, OL, 6-5, 260, Pleasant Grove, Ala./Pleasant Grove HS

Gio Lopez, QB, 6-1, 210, Madison, Ala./James Clemens HS

Reggie Neely, CB, 6-0, 170, Memphis, Tenn./East Mississippi CC

Jordan Norman, DE, 6-3, 230, Hoover, Ala./Hoover HS

Shamar Sandgren, WR, 6-2, 180, Savannah, Ga./Itawamba (Miss.) CC

Trent Thomas, TE, 6-6, 225, Mobile/Cottage Hill Christian

John Michael Ward, OL, 6-5, 280, Century, Fla./Northview HS

Karon Weary, SAF, 6-2, 180, Columbia, Miss./East Marion HS

Division I transfers (4)

Kentrel Bullock, RB, 5-10, 210, Columbia, Miss./Ole Miss

Reed Buys, OL, 6-4, 300, Vicksburg, Miss./Mississippi State

Jordan Davis, OL, 6-5, 300, Fairburn, Ga./South Carolina

Javon Ivory, WR, 6-1, 200, Grove Hill, Ala./Memphis

Committed, not yet signed (1)

PJ Martin, RB, 5-10, 200, New Orleans, La./De La Salle HS