LSU’s Trey’Dez Green off injury report ahead of Auburn game
The tight end was absent from Wednesday’s SEC availability report after missing four games with a knee injury, raising the prospect of a return against Auburn.
LSU tight end Trey’Dez Green was absent from the SEC availability report released Wednesday, October 21, for Saturday’s game at Auburn, after missing four games with a knee injury. The change suggests he could return, but does not establish whether he will play at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Green had been listed as out on LSU’s previous availability reports since injuring his knee in the September 19 loss at Ole Miss, Tiger Rag reported. He was hurt during the fourth quarter of that game. Wednesday’s initial report no longer lists him as injured, though Tiger Rag said LSU could still choose to keep him out of the Auburn game.
Green’s recovery ahead of the Auburn game
Coach Lane Kiffin had described progress two weeks earlier. Green was ‘getting closer’ to a return and was out of his brace and moving his knee, Kiffin said, according to The Daily Advertiser. ‘If there’s anybody that’s going to come back sooner than maybe what people think, it would be him,’ Kiffin said. Tiger Rag reported seeing Green on the sidelines without the brace at LSU’s previous two games.
Green’s possible return would give LSU back a large receiving target. Tiger Rag described the 6-foot-7, 240-pound tight end as a favored target of quarterback Sam Leavitt. Green caught four passes for 60 yards against Ole Miss before missing the next four games, the outlet reported.
LSU enters the Auburn game at 5-2 overall and 2-2 in the Southeastern Conference; Auburn is 4-2 and 2-2, according to Tiger Rag. Kickoff is scheduled for 11 a.m. Central Time on Saturday, October 24, at Jordan-Hare Stadium, with ABC carrying the game. LSU has lost eight consecutive road SEC games since beating Arkansas in October 2024, Tiger Rag reported.
Other LSU players on the availability report
Freshman defensive lineman Richard Anderson is newly listed as doubtful, The Daily Advertiser reported. The outlet said LSU would be without linebacker Whit Weeks, defensive back Dashawn Spears, wide receiver Phillip Wright and linebacker Charles Ross against Auburn. Weeks fractured his fibula earlier this season, while Spears sustained a season-ending knee injury in the Ole Miss game. Tiger Rag also listed those four players as out.
LSU has an open date after Auburn and next plays Alabama at home on November 7, Tiger Rag reported. That schedule gives Green another week before LSU’s following game if he does not play Saturday.
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Sources and context
- LSU football injury report | Star TE Trey'Dez Green off injury reportThe Daily Advertiser / USA TODAY Network; carried by Yahoo Sports
- LSU Tight End Trey’Dez Green Is Off SEC’s Injury Report For 1st Time Since Knee Injury At Ole MissTiger Rag
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