Lane Kiffin May Learn On Monday If Whit Weeks Can Play “Later In The Season, Or Not At All”

By GLENN GUILBEAU, Tiger Rag Editor

LSU linebacker Whit Weeks’ status for the rest of the season after breaking his right leg on Saturday night in the win over Texas A&M may be updated on Monday, LSU coach Lane Kiffin said in a zoom teleconference on Sunday afternoon.

“We’ll know more in the morning if he can play later in the season, or not at all,” Kiffin said.

Weeks, a senior and team captain from Watkinsville, Georgia, left the Tigers’ 35-6 win in the third quarter on crutches with an apparent ankle injury. Reports surfaced on Sunday that he broke his fibula, which runs between the knee and ankle. Weeks had four tackles and a quarterback hurry in the game before the injury and leads LSU with 24 tackles on the season.

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The No. 11 Tigers (3-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) play on Saturday against McNeese State (2-3) at 6:45 p.m. on the SEC Network.

“So, obviously, that’s not an ideal situation,” Kiffin said.

Kiffin also provided an update on the injury to starting tight end Trey’Dez Green, who did not play Saturday after suffering a knee injury the previous week at Ole Miss.

“Trey’Dez is expected back later in the season, but it could be a while,” Kiffin said. “Neither will be back soon.”

Kiffin just lost starting defensive back Dashawn Spears, who plays the star position (combination defensive back and linebacker), for the season last week when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee at Ole Miss. Kiffin moved safety Ty Benefield to Spears’ star position for the A&M game and moved redshirt freshman Jhase Thomas to Benefield’s spot at safety.

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“These are very significant players and leaders who continue to be lost for either the season or an extended amount of time,” Kiffin said. “It’s really, really challenging, and a lot of people have to step up.”

Green, a junior from the Baton Rouge area, had four catches for 60 yards before getting hurt at Ole Miss. He has 14 catches for 222 yards and a touchdown on the season.

“It just really is unfortunate for those kids who work so hard for these injuries to happen,” Kiffin said. “And it’s not anything to do with training or over-training. They’re really just, for the most part, freak injuries.”