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True freshmen DTs Richard Anderson (5-star, No. 1 at position nationally per 247) and Deuce Geralds took first-team reps on Day 2 of fall camp alongside redshirt freshman safety Jhase Thomas — the first time LSU has started two true freshman interior linemen, highlighting their rapid development…
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New LSU assistant head coach/running backs coach Kevin Smith, in his first season after three years at Ole Miss, drilled technique and pad level with the backs on Day 1 of fall camp — first on-field look at the staff addition from Lane Kiffin’s program.
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LSU head football coach Lane Kiffin’s weekly radio show is relocating from TJ Ribs on South Acadian to Court To Table at 7477 Burbank Drive beginning Thursday — the first venue change after several years at the prior location.
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Trey’Dez Green, LSU’s 6-7 junior tight end who posted 33 catches for 433 yards and seven touchdowns in 2025, was named to the Mackey Award preseason watch list. ESPN’s FPI projects the Tigers for 8.4 wins in 2026, a total viewed as disappointing in year one of the new regime.
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LSU football media gathered for day one of fall camp, the opening session of a month-long slate of practices that will preview depth chart shifts and scheme installs ahead of the 2026 season.
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**Transfer QB Sam Leavitt, LSU’s new starter and the No. 1 portal QB from Arizona State, looked sharp on Day 1 of fall camp with a crisp deep ball in limited media viewing.** The redshirt junior is working back from November Lisfranc surgery that sidelined him from spring practice under new coach…
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LSU opens the Lane Kiffin era ranked No. 13 in the 2026 Preseason Coaches Poll — four spots lower than the Tigers’ No. 9 placement a year ago.
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LSU senior linebacker Whit Weeks and senior defensive end Princewill Umanmielen made the FWAA’s 2026 Bronko Nagurski Trophy preseason watch list of 68 defenders — elevating the returning All-SEC LB and the Ole Miss transfer who posted 9 sacks in 2025 as LSU’s defensive anchors.
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LSU offensive tackle Jordan Seaton, the second-team All-Big 12 transfer from Colorado and Washington, D.C., native, landed on the 2026 Outland Trophy preseason watch list — the award for the nation’s top interior lineman, last won by a Tiger when Glenn Dorsey claimed it in 2007, ahead of his firs…
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LSU linebacker Whit Weeks and edge rusher Princewill Umanmielen were named to the Nagurski Trophy preseason watch list Tuesday by the Football Writers Association of America — early national recognition for the Tigers’ defensive front as they enter the 2026 season.
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Sam Leavitt, the redshirt junior quarterback who transferred from Arizona State to LSU after the 2025 season, was named to the preseason watch list for the 90th Maxwell Award. The Oregon native joins 80 other candidates, including 16 from the SEC, as one of the early frontrunners for the national…
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LSU opened at No. 13 in the 2026 preseason US LBM Coaches Poll released Tuesday, one of nine SEC teams in the top 25 — the Tigers face six other ranked opponents on their schedule.