Brian Kelly lists LSU injury updates entering Arkansas game
LSU head coach Brian Kelly provided an injury update Monday ahead of the team’s Week 4 matchup versus Arkansas.
The players he talked about during the press conference were safety Greg Brooks, EDGE Ovie Oghoufo, linebacker Omar Speights and tight end Mason Taylor.
“A couple of guys that did not play I’ll talk about them briefly,” Kelly said. “First of all, Omar Speights had what we felt like was a lower body injury. I would list him now as probable. Ovie Oghoufo, the same thing. Lower body injury at this time. Is probable. Same thing with Mason Taylor.”
Brooks is in a different situation than the other three players. He is dealing with a personal medical emergency.
“Greg Brooks is out,” Kelly said. “I don’t have a lot that I can report on Greg. It is a family matter so I’m not going to speak on the family’s behalf, if there’s anything that I can get to you further after I speak with the family, we’ll certainly give you information. But Greg is dealing with a medical emergency and he will not be available.”
The 5-foot-10 safety actually played the first three seasons of his career with the Razorbacks. He started 33 of 36 games for the team over his time in Fayetteville, Ark. He upped his tackles each season of his college career, including his first season last year with the Tigers.
Brooks has eight tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss and two pass breakups on the season. Oghoufo has five tackles on the year. Speights has nine tackles on the year. Taylor has five catches for 39 yards.
All four are typical starters for the team when healthy.
After losing to Florida State to start the season, LSU has bounced back with two major victories, including a blowout this past weekend of Mississippi State to open SEC play. Jayden Daniels led the way with four total touchdowns — two rushing and two passing — with 361 passing yards.
ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum said that the Tigers on the field this past weekend are probably closer to who they actually are than the team that fell in the season opener.
“You could just tell that they looked like they had a different mindset. You saw that immediately as that game began,” Finebaum said. “Now, some of that was really Mississippi State. That program just didn’t look like it knew, really, what hit them.”