LSU football head coach Brian Kelly made a crucial announcement Monday regarding the health of two defenders.
During SEC media days, Kelly confirmed Whit Weeks and Harold Perkins are expected to be full participants for fall camp. The pair suffered injuries during the 2024 season, which forced LSU to be without its star linebackers in spring practice.
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Perkins tore his ACL in week four against UCLA. Weeks went down with a broken fibula and dislocated ankle in the second quarter of LSU’s bowl game against Baylor on New Year’s Eve.
Weeks led the team and tied for second in the conference with 125 tackles as a sophomore. Perkins showed flashes as a freshman in 2022, but the last two seasons have been a roller coaster. In defensive coordinator Blake Barker’s defense, Perkins will play the STAR position this season.
Kelly’s last update on the pair came in March, and it appears their progress held true to his report. At the time, Perkins and Weeks were still working with the Tigers’ training staff to prepare for summer workouts and then fall camp.
“They’ll have no restrictions going into camp,” Kelly said. “We feel really good about it.”
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This article originally appeared on LSU Wire: LSU’s Brian Kelly gives crucial injury update on defensive stars
