By KACE KIESCHNICK, Tiger Rag Staff Reporter
Another legendary No. 7 is growing in Baton Rouge. LSU tight end Trey’Dez Green, now wearing the coveted number, had a breakout performance in coach Lane Kiffin and offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr.’s attack during the No. 8 Tigers’ 45-14 win over Louisiana Tech on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.
Green (6-foot-7, 242) caught six passes for 104 yards and a touchdown on nine targets from quarterback Sam Leavitt.
The superstar from Zachary High first pass did not come until the Tigers’ first drive of the second quarter when Leavitt overthrew him for his first of three interceptions. But in the next two drives before halftime, Green made four catches for 71 yards, though LSU was not able to garner more than a 10-7 lead at halftime due to the turnovers.
“We just stayed composed,” Green said. “It’s football, you’re going to have bad plays. It’s nothing too major. We came in at halftime, made the adjustments, and we came out and executed the plays that the coaches called for us.”
LSU outscored the Bulldogs 35-7 in the second half with Tech’s only touchdown coming against the defensive backups. Kiffin said in his postgame press conference that the first team defense and Green were the two bright spots of the game, and that Green showed what it means to wear the No. 7.
“Maybe it was perfect for us, because if we play good on offense, and game is 70-7 or something, then you don’t have their attention.” … Lane Kiffin in Saban Brain Mode: https://t.co/FOkkId5eQg
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“Now that I understand the seven and what those guys talk about — it’s when you need a play,” Kiffin said. “And the old sevens tell the new sevens when they talk to them, ‘That’s what it’s for.’ And there are going to be games that are rough, and things aren’t going well, and you got to find a way. And that’s what he did, just breaking through tacklers on big third downs like that. As I was watching, I was thinking that’s exactly what they talk about the number. It was really cool.”
Green was given the No. 7 jersey at the end of August camp along with linebacker Whit Weeks. The number was passed onto them by former LSU star running back Leonard Fournette, who wore No. 7 from 2014-16, and others. The number annually goes to the Tigers’ top playmakers.
Of Green’s six catches, four went for first downs and one resulted in a touchdown. He also rushed for two first downs.
“I just try to be there for my team, like when they put me in at the running back position,” Green said. “Whatever the coach needs me to do, whatever my team needs me to do, I’m going to do whatever to help this team win.”
As for sharing a number with other LSU greats like Fournette, Patrick Peterson, Tyrann Mathieu, Derek Stingley Jr. and Bert Jones, Green said he tries not to get caught up in it.
“It’s an honor that they chose me to wear number seven, especially by me being from the state of Louisiana,” he said. “It’s just a blessing. It means so much to me. I feel like I got the whole state on my back when I go out there.”
Green’s 104 receiving yards were the most by any player in the game and the second highest total in his career after 119 against South Carolina last season. Both he and the offensive coaching staff have alluded to the big season he could have for the Tigers this year as a focal point in the LSU offense. He showed his versatility against Tech, producing as on-the-line tight end, a slot receiver and a wide receiver. Green ran for 45 yards after the catch and broke several tackles as he displayed a physicality he said he worked on this off-season.
The touchdown extends his school record for career touchdowns for a tight end to 12. It came on a third-and-goal from the 10-yard line after he was unable to haul in a score on a diving attempt up the seam or connect with Leavitt on a fade in the prior two plays.
“It felt good,” Green said of the touchdown. “I try not to look too much at it. I don’t really care about the stats part as long as we win, then I’m doing my job.”
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