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10/24/22 - Jayden Daniels, rSr/2024, LSU + More +

OCT 24 SEC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jayden Daniels, QB, LSU,...Accounted for 5 TDs (3 rush, 2 pass) in leading LSU to a 45-20 win over No. 7 Ole Miss in Tiger Stadium...Completed 21-of-28 passes for 248 yards and added 121 rushing yards ... Became first quarterback in LSU history to rush for 100 yards and pass for 200 yards in same game twice in one season...Scored on runs of 3, 11, and 17 yards and threw TD passes of 34 and 1 yard ... Broke LSU single-season records for rushing TDs by a quarterback (9) and rushing yards by a quarterback (524)...Down 17-3 early in second quarter, LSU outscored Ole Miss, 42-3, for the remainder of the game, including 28-0 in the second half...After a punt on first possession of second half, LSU scored TDs on final four possessions of game...LSU's offense racked up 35 first downs and 500 total yards in the win. - SEC Football

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QB Jayden Daniels, LSU
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10/24/22 - Mekhi Wingo, Jr/2024, LSU + More +

OCT 24 SEC DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Mekhi Wingo, DT, LSU,...Recorded 7 tackles along with 1.5 sacks totaling 18 yards in losses in LSU's 45-20 win over No. 7 Ole Miss ... Both sacks came in fourth quarter...Forced a fumble, batted down 2 passes and added a QB hurry ... Anchored an LSU defense line that limited Ole Miss to a season-low 116 rushing yards...Down 17-3 just seconds into the second quarter, LSU's defense held the Rebels to only 3 points the remainder of the contest as the Tigers outscored Ole Miss 42-3 over the final three quarters. - SEC Football

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DT Mekhi Wingo, LSU
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10/24/22 - Harold Perkins Jr., Jr/2026, LSU + More +

OCT 24 SEC CO-FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Harold Perkins, LB, LSU,...Played key role in LSU defense shutting down Ole Miss in the second half of the 45-20 win...Saw majority of his snaps in second half when the Tigers held the Rebels scoreless and 137 total yards...Finished with 5 tackles, a sack for a 6-yard loss, a pass breakup a two QB hurries. Sack came on 3-and-15 in second quarter and forced an Ole Miss field goal. - SEC Football

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OLB Harold Perkins Jr., LSU
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10/23/22 - Jayden Daniels, rSr/2024, LSU + More +

LSU re-entered The Associated Press College Football poll at No. 18 on Sunday and No. 25 South Carolina earned a ranking for the first time in four seasons. The first six teams in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank held their spots after either winning and not playing this past weekend. Georgia is No. 1 for the third straight week, with No. 2 Ohio State gaining ground after it blew out Iowa. The Bulldogs, who were idle, received 31 first-place votes and 1,530 points, and the Buckeyes got 18 first-place votes and 1,513 points. No. 3 Tennessee received 13 first-place votes. No. 4 Michigan, No. 5 Clemson and No. 6 Alabama also held their spots, with the Tigers receiving a first-place vote.

No. 7 TCU moved up a spot after remaining unbeaten with a second-half comeback against Kansas State. Oregon jumped two spots to a season-high No. 8 after routing UCLA. Oklahoma State is No. 9, followed by Southern California and Wake Forest in a tie at No. 10. LSU, in its first season under coach Brian Kelly, handed Mississippi its first loss of the season in emphatic fashion and moved back into the rankings ahead of its game against Alabama on Nov. 5 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Tigers were ranked for a week earlier this month before losing to Tennessee. They improved to 6-2 by outscoring Ole Miss 42-3 after falling behind by 14 in the first half. South Carolina, under second-year coach Shane Beamer, is ranked for the first time since a one-week stint after the opening weekend of the 2018 season. The Gamecocks beat Texas A&M to improve to 5-2. They have not been ranked this late in a season since 2013. - AP College Football

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QB Jayden Daniels, LSU
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10/22/22 - Jayden Daniels, rSr/2024, LSU + More +

Jayden Daniels ran for three touchdowns and passed for two scores, and LSU roared back from an early two-touchdown deficit to hand No. 7 Mississippi its first loss this season, 45-20 on Saturday. The performance gave the dynamic Daniels the LSU record for touchdowns rushing in a season by a quarterback with nine. Daniels also has accounted for 11 TDs rushing or passing combined in the span of two games. He had three of each in a 45-35 victory at Florida last weekend. Reveling in the resounding triumph over a historical and highly-ranked rival, LSU fans stormed the field as the game ended. Now LSU (6-2, 4-1 SEC) is back in the race to win the SEC West - if the Tigers can beat No. 6 Alabama. After being outgained 200-80 in the first quarter and falling behind 17-3 on Jonathan Cruz's field goal to start the second quarter, LSU outscored Ole Miss (7-1, 3-1) 41-3 the remainder of the game. The Tigers finished with 500 total yards to 404 for coach Lane Kiffin's vaunted Mississippi offense.

Daniels passed for 258 yards and ran for 121 without a turnover. His scoring passes went for 34 yards to Jaray Jenkins and 1 yard to tight end Mason Taylor. He ran for touchdowns of 3, 11 and 17 yards, the longest all but salting the game away in the fourth quarter. Josh Williams ran 1 yard for the Tigers' final TD late in the fourth quarter. Nearly everything went right for LSU in the second half. Even linebacker Harold Perkins Jr.'s unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after a third-down stop at the Rebels' 15-yard line early in the fourth quarter couldn't turn the tide in the Rebels' favor. Down 11 points at the time, Ole Miss wound up having to punt anyway minutes later. Daniels then drove the Tigers 75 yards for a touchdown to make it 38-20. After first-quarter touchdown runs of 3 and 6 yards by Judkins, Ole Miss was threatening to go ahead 21-3 when LSU's defense finally got a stop on third-and-5 from the LSU 13, limiting the Rebels to a field goal. - LSU/AP College Football

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QB Jayden Daniels, LSU
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10/17/22 - Will Campbell, Jr/2026, LSU + More +

OCT 17 SEC CO-OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Will Campbell, LT, LSU,...Anchored LSU offense that racked up 28 first downs, 528 yards and 45 points in road win over Florida...Just a true freshman, played all 70 offensive snaps vs. Florida, not allowing a sack or QB pressure...LSU averaged 4.7 yards per rush and converted 8-of-12 third-down opportunities and the Tigers were 2-of-2 on fourth-down chances...Help pave the way for 100-yard rusher Josh Williams (106 yards on 17 carries), who averaged 7.6 yards a rush...Starter in both wins at Auburn and Florida, marking the first time LSU has swept both teams on the road in same season in school history. - SEC Football

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OT Will Campbell, LSU
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10/15/22 - Jayden Daniels, rSr/2024, LSU + More +

Jayden Daniels accounted for six touchdowns - three passing and three rushing - and LSU beat Florida 45-35 Saturday night at The Swamp for its fourth consecutive victory in the series. Daniels finished with 349 passing yards - 115 of them to Kayshon Boutte - and 44 yards rushing. The Tigers (5-2, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) rebounded from a 27-point loss to Tennessee a week earlier and matched their longest winning streak against the Gators since 1977-80. This one, like so many of the recent matchups in series history, came down to the final minutes. Trailing by a touchdown, Florida (4-3, 1-3) got a rare third-down stop with a little less than two minutes remaining. But freshman Damian Ramos kicked a 47-yard field goal with 1:52 to play to essentially seal the victory. Anthony Richardson tried to rally Florida, but his fourth-down pass fell incomplete, and LSU ran out the clock from there. Richardson played turnover-free football for the first time in six weeks, but the Gators needed him to play defense to make a difference in this one. He opened the game with a 51-yard touchdown pass and added a highlight-reel, 81-yard scoring run to start the fourth quarter. However, the Gators were too inconsistent in between.

The Tigers had no such issues. They scored touchdowns on their first six possessions, without any help from a short field. They rolled up 469 yards on those drives, picking apart Florida's much-maligned defense, especially on third down. LSU moved the chains eight times in its first nine third-down attempts. The one miscue? Well, coach Brian Kelly's offense converted on fourth down. Florida finally forced a punt with about 13 minutes to play and followed with an 80-yard drive that ended with Trevor Etienne's 1-yard plunge. Trailing 42-35, the Gators looked like they had a game-changing interception with a little less than six minutes to play. But Jason Marshall's pick was negated by a roughing-the-passer penalty on teammate Gervon Dexter. Dexter drove Daniels to the ground and landed on top of him after he released the ball. Richardson completed 15 of 25 passes for 185 yards and a TD to Justin Shorter on the second play of the game. Richardson also ran for 109 yards and a score. - LSU/AP College Football

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QB Jayden Daniels, LSU
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10/07/22 - Sevyn Banks, rSr/2023, LSU + More +

Jordan-Hare Stadium went silent as LSU's Sevyn Banks remained on the ground, not moving, after delivering a helmet-first hit on the opening kickoff. Banks was carted off in a stretcher, and by halftime, he was back in the locker room with a neck brace, with movement in his extremities. LSU coach Brian Kelly had more news on Banks at the media conference on Monday. "The diagnosis is a spinal cord bruise, which puts him similar to Major Burns' situation, where there was a bruise, nothing else though, no structural issues," Kelly said. "That's probably going to take 5-6 weeks before we get him back. Now, Major burns starts running today, he'll be outside running with us. Next week, he'll begin football non-contact drills with us. So there will be a similar protocol and procedure provided there's no setbacks along the way." Burns was sidelined for the New Mexico game on Sept. 25. Kelly announced after that he would be out the next 3-6 weeks with an upper neck injury. - Baton Rouge Advocate

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CB Sevyn Banks, LSU
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10/03/22 - *BJ Ojulari, Jr/2023, LSU + More +

OCT 3 SEC DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: BJ Ojulari, DE, LSU,...Had 4 tackles, including a pair of sacks, and a forced fumble in LSU's 21-17 comeback win over Auburn...His second quarter strip sack sparked LSU's comeback as the fumble was picked up by Jay Ward and returned 23 yards for a touchdown, cutting the Auburn lead to 17-7...The defensive TD started a run of 21 unanswered points for LSU as the Tigers recorded their biggest conference comeback since 1979 at Ole Miss...Other sack came in first quarter on third down and forced an Auburn punt...In second half, LSU's defense limited Auburn to 145 total yards, forced two turnovers, two punts and a turnover on downs. - SEC Football

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OLB *BJ Ojulari, LSU
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10/03/22 - Sevyn Banks, rSr/2023, LSU + More +

After a scary injury early in the Auburn-LSU game Saturday, LSU senior Sevyn Banks was taken to the East Alabama Medical Center where he was treated and released before the end of the game. LSU head coach Brian Kelly on Sunday thanked the staff at EAMC for their work with Banks, along with the Auburn's medical team and LSU's own trainers and doctors. Banks returned to the stadium before the end of the game. Banks went down on the game's opening kickoff. Auburn player Wesley Steiner saw his injury and immediately jumped up and down gesticulating for the LSU trainers to come to the field to treat Banks. The stadium fell into a hush as Banks was carefully carted out.

Later in the game it was announced that, after a series of tests at the hospital, Banks was alert and mobile and had been cleared to leave the hospital and return to the stadium. "A special thanks to the Auburn medical team, staff at East Alabama Medical Center and Beau Lowery and our trainers and doctors for their work last night," Kelly posted to Twitter on Sunday morning. Steiner posted shortly after the game: "For all those that believe in prayer please pray for Sevyn Banks long term health and swift recovery to playing football. He suffered and injury tonight at Jordan-Hare and it struck me deeply. He was being responsive. Thank Jesus for that one. I just want others to pray for him." - Opelika-Auburn News

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CB Sevyn Banks, LSU
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10/01/22 - Greg Brooks Jr., rSr/2024, LSU + More +

John Emery Jr. rushed for a tackle-breaking, 20-yard touchdown and Greg Brooks Jr. had a late interception to help LSU complete a 21-17, come-from-behind win over Auburn on Saturday night. LSU (4-1, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) fell behind 17-0 before Jayden Daniels brought the visiting Tigers back with help from Auburn blunders. It was the fourth straight win for Brian Kelly and LSU. Auburn (3-2, 1-1) blew its second straight double-digit lead, but was bailed out by Missouri's goal line fumble in overtime last week. There was no bailout this time. Brooks ripped the ball away from LSU transfer Koy Moore after a catch with 2:18 left in Auburn's fourth straight failure to capitalize on a trip across midfield. Backup quarterback Garrett Nussmeier, who came in after Daniels banged knees with an Auburn player in the fourth, was able to run out the clock.

Daniels only passed for 80 yards but also ran for 59 and a 1-yard touchdown. Auburn's Robby Ashford passed for 337 yards and two touchdowns in his second start, including an early 53-yarder to Ja'Varrius Johnson and an 18-yarder to Camden Brown. But he lost one of his four fumbles and threw the late interception. Emery gave LSU its first lead late in the third quarter, breaking one tackle attempt in the backfield and having three other defenders get a hand on him. Auburn then set up first-and-goal from the 5 before disaster struck early in the fourth. First, Ashford dropped the ball and lost 5 yards, then Moore was intercepted by Harold Perkins Jr. on a trick play. LSU whittled a 17-0 deficit down to 17-14 by halftime, a week after Auburn led Missouri 14-0 after the first quarter. - LSU/AP College Football

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FS Greg Brooks Jr., LSU
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10/01/22 - Sevyn Banks, rSr/2023, LSU + More +

LSU defensive back Sevyn Banks was injured on the opening kickoff against Auburn on Saturday night. Banks was strapped onto a stretcher and carted off the field after the entire team came onto the field in support. Auburn's Wesley Steiner immediately signaled to the LSU sideline after the play with Banks lying on the ground. ESPN reported that Banks was talking to medical personnel and would be taken to East Alabama Medical Center. No details were immediately available on the nature of his injury. Banks was called for targeting on the play. Banks is a graduate transfer who played in 36 games for Ohio State, starting 14 of them. Banks had only played in one game for LSU, making four tackles against New Mexico. - AP College Football

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CB Sevyn Banks, LSU
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09/30/22 - Garrett Dellinger, Sr/2025, LSU + More +

Sophomore offensive lineman Garrett Dellinger is "doubtful" for the Auburn game this weekend with a hand injury, LSU coach Brian Kelly said Wednesday morning. Dellinger underwent surgery Tuesday, Kelly said. LSU hoped he would be available Saturday night, but there may not be enough time for him to recover. "It appears as though it's going to be tight for him to make the game," Kelly said. "At first, we thought we could get him ready. But there was a screw and a plate that needed to go in there. Right now as we're talking, I'd say he's doubtful for Saturday." A key piece of the offensive line, Dellinger started the last three games at left guard after playing center in the season-opening loss to Florida State.

The former top 100 recruit has played center, guard and tackle during his career. The Athletic first reported Dellinger broke his hand this week and would miss the Auburn game. Without Dellinger, LSU would have to use a different starting offensive line for the fourth time in five games. The Tigers played the same group in back-to-back games for the first time this season last weekend against New Mexico. - Baton Rouge Advocate

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OG Garrett Dellinger, LSU
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09/24/22 - Jayden Daniels, rSr/2024, LSU + More +

The LSU defense held New Mexico to 88 total yards in a 38-0 shutout victory Saturday night at Tiger Stadium. While the defense helped propel the Tigers to their first shutout victory since 2018, LSU did see its starting quarterback Jayden Daniels exit the game in the third quarter with an injury. Scrambling for 16 yards on a fourth-down play, Daniels was slammed down to the ground by AJ Haulcy and Dion Hunter. He didn't return to the game. Before exiting the game, Daniels had one of his most efficient games thus far, completing 24 of 29 passes for 279 yards. The LSU offense got going on its opening drive, marching 57 yards in eight plays, culminating with a 5-yard touchdown run by Armoni Goodwin for a 7-0 lead. After a 31-yard field goal by Damian Ramos made it 10-0, Daniels led LSU on a methodical, 15-play, 88-yard drive with Goodwin capping things off with a 1-yard touchdown run to make it 17-0.

Averaging 27.3 points coming into the game, New Mexico (2-2) struggled to develop any sort of rhythm offensively, crossing midfield only once. Lobos senior quarterback Miles Kendrick completed only 5 of 7 passes for 47 yards. Nate Jones led the Lobos with 33 yards rushing on eight carries and Jaden Hullaby had the biggest play of the night for New Mexico when he hauled in a 38-yard pass from Kendrick that moved the ball to the LSU 38-yard line - its deepest penetration of the night. Sacking Perkins four times on the night as a unit, freshman linebacker Harold Perkins led LSU defensively with eight tackles. Sophomore Garrett Nussemeier replaced Daniels in the third quarter, leading the Tigers to three touchdown drives to put the game away for LSU. - LSU/AP College Football

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QB Jayden Daniels, LSU
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09/19/22 - *BJ Ojulari, Jr/2023, LSU + More +

SEPT 19 SEC DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: BJ Ojulari, DE, LSU,...Had 4 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks in win over Mississippi State...LSU's defense held Mississippi State to nearly 200 yards below its season average as the Bulldogs managed only 289 yards of total offense (75 rushing, 214 passing)...On six second half possessions, LSU defense allowed only a field goal, forced three punts, one 4th down stop and had an interception. - SEC Football

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